THE DOUBLE-THREAT TRIO - Pittsburgh EPA
Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera
AUDITION DATE
Sat, Dec 01, 2018
3:00 pm - 10:00 pm (EST)
no scheduled break
APPOINTMENTS
For appointment, e-mailed to CabaretAuditions@pittsburghclo.org. Please include: - Your full name - Your preferred phone number - The role(s) for which you are interested in being considered - Your requested audition time (please provide availability in at least 30-minute increments).
CONTRACT
SPT $679/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for Pittsburgh CLO’s world premiere production of a new musical, THE DOUBLE-THREAT TRIO. See below for casting breakdown. Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to submit for all roles.
PREPARATION
Please bring:
A resume and headshot and a completed Audition Application
Audition Applications are available on the website and Paper copies will also be available on the day of auditions.
Please prepare:
Two contrasting 16-bar cuts of musical theater repertoire.
Please bring sheet music for your audition song selections.
Please bring your audition book.
You may be asked to read sides. Sides will be provided at the audition.
LOCATION
Pittsburgh CLO Academy
130 CLO Academy Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15122
8th floor
PERSONNEL
All personnel listed below will be present at the EPA:
Director: Scott Weinstein
Music Director: Matt Castle
Choreographer: Mara Newbery Greer
Producing Director (CLO): Mark Fleischer
Manager of New Work Development (CLO): Olivia O’Connor
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: Monday, January 28, 2019
Rehearsal Schedule: January 28 – February 6 9am – 5pm, February 7 – 14 Hours TBD
First Preview: Friday, February 15, 2019
Press Opening: Thursday, February 21, 2019
Closing: Sunday, April 28, 2019
Performance Schedule: Wed – Fri, 7:30pm; Sat, 2pm & 8pm; Sun. 2pm
1pm Thursday matinees February 28, March 28, and April 25
OTHER
Equity members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day as time permits
Please be prepared to clear your schedule on Sunday, December 2, 2018 (Hours TBD) for callbacks. Callbacks will include a movement call. Please dress appropriately
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.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to submit for all roles.
MILLICENT
(30s-60s): In order to do six different jobs on the production (writer, director, producer, choreographer, designer, and stage manager), she wears a different hat and creates a different persona for each. Must be facile with physical comedy and character-switching. Legit mezzo or soprano.
MALE UNDERSTUDY:
Will cover the roles of:
JAMISON (30s-50s): A pompous, Shakespeare-trained actor. A “terrible dancer,” the actor should be adept with physical comedy. Baritone or bari-tenor to F#.
KENNY (20s-30s): A dancer with a broad range, from ballet to tap to classic musical theater. Open, sensitive, a bit hot-headed. A bad singer, he is very nervous about his sense of pitch and vocal control. Bari-tenor or tenor to G.
FEMALE UNDERSTUDY:
Will cover the roles of:
NINA (20s-40s): A singer with broad vocal and stylistic range, from soulful pop/rock and gospel to classical/legit musical theater or operatic style. Whether over-acting, under-acting, or both, she cannot help being a bad actress. Strong comedic skills, belt/mix to D, legit soprano to high C.
MILLICENT (30s-60s): In order to do six different jobs on the production (writer, director, producer, choreographer, designer, and stage manager), she wears a different hat and creates a different persona for each. Must be facile with physical comedy and character-switching. Legit mezzo or soprano.
JAMISON (30s-50s): Cast.
KENNY (20s-30s): Cast.
NINA (20s-40s): Cast.
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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