THE CHRISTINE JORGENSEN SHOW - NYC EPA
Producing Org TBD
Friday, November 10, 2023
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM (E)
Mini
$733 weekly minimum
Equity actors for the role of Christine Jorgensen in THE CHRISTINE JORGENSEN SHOW.
Transgender women are encouraged to audition.
CHRISTINE JORGENSEN - (Transgender Woman - mid/late 20s) an ex-GI turned cabaret star of the 50s and 60s after her pioneering sex reassignment surgery. At one time the most-written-about woman in the world. Alongside her music director and mentor Myles Bell, Christine finds her voice as a woman through song.
MYLES BELL (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST) - (Cisgender male, 40s-50s) Christine's mentor and music director. He helps her find her voice as a performer.
Please prepare one of the provided sides at the following link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16KNBBPgKtDptbbdvQZGKyU-AvnkxE4D3. Plus up to 32 bars of a light and breezy tune, up-tempo or ballad, from the 1950s. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Ripley-Grier Studios (305)
305 W 38th St
New York, NY 10018-2902
Holding room - Studio 203
Joey Nasta, General Manager
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Andy Hamingson, Producer
Charlie Hano, CSA, Casting Director
Donald Steven Olson, Playwright
Rehearsals: January 16-February 8, 2024 (40hrs/week rehearsal)
Preview Performances: February 8-13, 2024
Opening night: February 14, 2024
Closing performance: March 4, 2024
Performances will be held in Theatre C at 59E59
SYNOPSIS: In the buttoned up 1950s an ex- GI returned from a procedure in Denmark as Christine Jorgensen, America's first transgender celebrity and performer. As timely as it is entertaining, THE CHRISTINE JORGENSEN SHOW is a tuneful re-telling of Jorgensen's remarkable true story. With the help of Myles Bell, a dynamic song-and-dance man, Christine developed a famous nightclub act that transformed her from headline to headliner.
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
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