THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE Equity Principal Auditions - Theater Emory Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Monday, May 16, 2016
2 PM to 10 PM
Meal break 6 to 7

Contract
SPT
Tier 8; $550/week minimum

Location
Theater Emory Admin. Offices, Emory University
Campus, Rich Bldg, 2nd Fl
1602 Fishburne Dr
Atlanta, GA 30322
Second floor, room 210. Parking in Fishburne Parking Deck

Seeking
Equity actors.

There are 2 to 4 AEA contracts available to be cast among the available roles.

See breakdown

Preparation
Prepare one comic monologue of no more than 2 minutes. Contemporary monologue preferred but Shakespeare speech also acceptable.

Prepare 32 bars of a song in style of the show.

See breakdown for full Preparation Instructions/Suggestions

Bring 1 copy of picture and resume, stapled together

Other Dates
First Rehearsal- Aug. 23, 2016.
Performances- Sept. 22 – Oct. 2, 2016.

Callbacks, if needed, will be held on Monday, May 23.

Other
Theater Emory casts entirely from the Atlanta / North Georgia area

No housing available to out-of-area performers

www.theater.emory.edu/home/auditions/professionals.html

Personnel
by Rodgers and Hart, based on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors
Director: Donald McManus
Musical Director: Robby Glade
Casting Coordinator: Robert Schultz

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

Appointments
AEA members email emma.e.yarbrough@emory.edu. If no email access, call Emma Yarbrough at 404-712-9118. Email preferred.

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

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

Preparation:

Prepare one comic monologue of no more than 2 minutes. A contemporary monologue is preferred but a Shakespeare speech is also acceptable. Prepare 32 bars of a song in the style of the show. Suggested choices include anything from The Great American Songbook: Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers & Hart, etc. Bring sheet music - accompanist provided. A cappella auditions are also acceptable.

Please bring 1 copy of a picture and a resume, stapled together.

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2 to 4 AEA Contracts available to be cast among the following roles:

Production Description:
The Boys From Syracuse is a musical by Rodgers and Hart written in 1938 based on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. It was the first American musical comedy based on a Shakespeare play. The play is rooted in the stress of the looming horrors of World War II and the ethnic intolerance that fueled that conflict. The ancient city of Ephesus, Shakespeare’s London, and 1930s New York City were all vibrant economic and cultural centers that drew diverse communities together in times of ethnic intolerance elsewhere. This production strives to reproduce the creative energy of the traditionally marginalized, ethnically diverse community of artists who came together to make this meaningful farce in the first place. Theater Emory seeks a diverse group of performers who can embrace the comic energy of 1938 and make it relevant to 2016.

Character Breakdown:

Aegeon
50-65, Any ethnicity. Must be mature but with strong music-theater voice and presence. Good pantomime /physical theatre skills are a plus. Aegeon is the Father of lost twins who is caught in Ephesus and is about to be executed for being from Syracuse when the play begins. He persuades the Duke to delay execution for one day by singing the opening number that tells the story of how he became separated from his wife and children. High Baritone.

Antipholus of Syracuse / Antipholus of Ephesus (double cast)
30-35, Any ethnicity. Strong singer with acting ability to play two twin brothers. One brother is married to a woman in Ephesus but hangs out at the tavern with other women. The other brother is secretly in Ephesus searching for his twin and is mistaken for his twin by his brother’s wife. The actor needs to be a romantic lead and have good comic ability. Lyric Baritone.

Luce
30-40, Any ethnicity. Strong comedienne/ singer/actress with commanding stage presence. Cook and housekeeper for the Ephesus household. Wife of Dromio of Ephesus. Mistakes Dromio of Syracuse for her husband and finds him to be a much more attentive husband. Alto.

Emilia / Sorceress (double cast)
50-65, Any ethnicity. She must be mature and have a commanding presence. A good singing voice, and pantomime /physical theatre skills are a plus. Emilia is the long lost wife of Aegeon who is now a Seeress (Abbess in The Comedy of Errors) in Ephesus. She watches over all the action interfering as The Sorcerer and resolving the plot in the end as the Priestess/Abbess.