South Pacific - San Diego Equity Performers
San Diego Musical Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Tue, Dec 05, 2017
1:00 pm (PST)
APPOINTMENTS
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CONTRACT
Guest Artist Minimum - $471/wk
SEEKING
Singers, dancers, and actors. See breakdown. Local hires preferred.
PREPARATION
Prepare 32 bars of traditional musical theatre song in the style of the show. Bring sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided.
LOCATION
San Diego Musical Theatre Rehearsal Space
4650 Mercury Street
San Diego, CA 92111
PERSONNEL
DIRECTOR: Todd Nielsen
CHOREOGRAPHER: Randy Slovacek
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Don LeMaster
OTHER DATES
First non-union rehearsal: Tuesday, March 27, 2018
First Equity rehearsal: Tuesday, April 3, 2018
First performance: Friday, April 27, 2018
Closing performance: Sunday, May 27, 2018
OTHER
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An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
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BREAKDOWN
The roles of Nellie Forbush and Emile De Becque have been cast.
Ngana - Emile’s young Polynesian daughter. (6-11) Sweet with slight mischief. Speaks and sings in French.
Jerome - Emile's young Polynesian son. (7-12) Clever and mischievous. Speaks and sings in French.
Henry - Emile's native Polynesian servant. (30’s) Kind and authoritative to the children. Speaks French and French dialect. May double as sailor. (Baritone)
Bloody Mary - A survivor. Bold, fearless, tough and wily with wry wild sense of humor. Protective of her daughter and ambitious for her to have a better life. (Mezzo)
Liat - Mary’s Polynesian daughter. (18-early 20’s) Beautiful, kind, innocent. May double as Ensign. (Non-singing, but if doubled will sing as female ensemble.)
Bloody Mary's Assistant - Polynesian female (late 20’s-30’s) May double as Ensign.
Luther Billis - Opportunistic entrepreneur of the island, the sailors and anyone else he can play. Bucks authority. Rough edged with a soft spot for Nellie. Bit of a clown. (20’s-early 30’s) (Baritone)
Abner - (plays 20’s) Sailor. (Baritone or Tenor)
Stewpot - Carpenter's Mate Second Class, George Watts - (plays 20’s) (Baritone)
Professor - (plays 20’s) Sailor. (Baritone or Tenor)
Lt. Joseph Cable, United States Marine Corps - (plays 20’s) - Small town boy with a good heart. Handsome.
Honorable. Smart. New to the island and it’s ways. Missing home. (Tenor)
Capt. George Brackett, United States Navy - (50’s) Commanding officer on the island. Slightly pompous but not without a soft side. Non-singing.
Cmdr. William Harbison, United States Navy - (30’s-40’s) Bracket's right hand man. Can be hotheaded, especially when Billis is concerned. May double as sailor. (Baritone)
Lt. Buzz Adams - (plays 20’s) Pilot who flies the undercover mission. Doubles as sailor. (Baritone)
Yeoman Herbert Quale - Doubles as sailor. (Baritone or Tenor)
Radio Operator Bob McCaffrey - Doubles as sailor. (Baritone or Tenor)
Lt. Genevieve Marshall - Lead Nurse - (30’s) (Mezzo-Soprano)
Ensign Dinah Murphy - Nellie’s best friend - (20’s) (Mezzo-Soprano)
Ensemble - Other Male (Baritones and Tenors) and Female (Mezzo-Sopranos) to play Sailors, Marines, Seabeas,
Patrolman, Ensigns, Nurses, Islanders, Nuns, Officers, Soldiers, Pilots. All should move well.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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