SWEENY TODD **Updated** Equity Principal Auditions - Actor's Express Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday August 10, 2015
6 PM to 10 PM
(auditioning for all roles except MRS. LOVETT and BEGGAR WOMAN on this day)

Contract
SPT
$352/week AEA min

Location **New Location**

Georgia Shakespeare at Oglethorpe University

Conant Performing Arts Center

4484 Peachtree Road, NE

Atlanta, GA 30319

*UPDATE - NEW LOCATION* Free parking in

front of the building.

Seeking
Equity Actor/Singers for all roles and ensemble (except Mrs. Lovett and Beggar Woman)

Note: An additional EPA will be held on 8/9 for the roles of Mrs. Lovett and Beggar Woman (see separate notice)

Preparation
Audition Sides and Musical Selections may be downloaded in advance, contact Sheila Oliver for download information. Prepare sides and music selections relevant to your assigned or selected character. We do not need you to prepare your own.

Bring picture/resume

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Other Dates
1st reh: Week of 12/21/15.
REHEARSAL DAYS AND TIMES: weekday evenings and weekend daytimes
TECH: 1/16-1/17/16
PREVIEWS: 1/21-1/22. Opens: 1/23. Closes: 2/28
Wed-Sat at 8pm; Sat, Sun at 2pm

Other
Non-AEA actors may also be seen on day of as time permits.

MANAGING DIR: Alex Scollon
NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK PRODUCER IN RESIDENCE: Clifton Guterman

Personnel
WRITERS: Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler
DIR: Freddie Ashley
MUSICAL DIR: Bill Newberry
ARTISTIC DIR: Freddie Ashley
CASTING DIR: Sheila Oliver

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
AEA members Email Sheila Oliver for appointments sheila@actorsexpress.com.
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

Seeking the following roles only at this EPA:

Anthony Hope:
Male, 20-30. A naive and youthful sailor returning to London. He helps Todd return to London and unexpectedly falls in love with Johanna. Vocal range: Bb2 - F4.

Johanna:
Female. 18-21. A spritely girl, full of innocence, constantly yearning for freedom. Todd's long-lost daughter and Turpin's ward. Vocal range: Bb3 - A5.

Tobias Ragg:
Male. 12-18. A poor youngster apprenticed to Pirelli. He finds a surrogate family in Todd and Lovett. Vocal range: Bb2 - Ab4.
SEEKING A YOUTH ACTOR, NOT AN ADULT.

Judge Turpin:
Male. 50-65. A lecherous public official who portrays himself as a sanctimonious authoritarian. He takes advantage of his position in the city and is responsible for imprisoning Todd. Vocal range: E2 - Gb4.

The Beadle
Male. 40-55. A pompous public official. He is deeply loyal to the corrupt Turpin. Vocal range: D3 - D5.

Adolfo Pirelli/Ensemble:
Male. 30-45. A flamboyant Italian rival barber; a charlatan with a secret past. Vocal range: B2 -C5.

Jonas Fogg/Ensemble:
Male. 35-60. The owner of Fogg's Asylum. He sells the hair of madmen to wigmakers. Non-singing role.

Ensemble:
Males and Females. Townspeople; Policemen; Lunati

The role of SWEENEY TODD has been CAST.

NOTE: An additional EPA will be held 8/9, 6pm to 10pm for the roles of Mrs. Lovett and Beggar Woman. See separate notice.

Callbacks will be held 8/11, 6pm to 10pm