ECC Singers (All Genders)
Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
10:00 AM (E)
Dance call to follow at 2:00 PM
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Dinner Theatre
$735 weekly minimum
Equity chorus singers for roles in Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre's 2025 season (see breakdown). Actors who are racially, ethnically, and physically diverse, as well as those of all gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities are encouraged to audition.
Please prepare two contrasting vocal selections; one up-tempo and one ballad. Music in the correct key. A one-minute monologue may or may not be requested. Please bring an updated picture/resume. Bring dance clothes and your entire vocal book for potential dance call back at 6:00 PM.
Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre
9301 Michigan Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46268-3108
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Elizabeth Stark Payne, Owner/Producer/Artistic Director: Directing 'THE LITTLE MERMAID'
Douglas E. Stark: Owner
Nick Stark: Owner
Brett Mutter: Casting Associate
Sally Scharbrough: Choreographing 'THE LITTLE MERMAID'
Kristy Templet: Music Directing 'JERSEY BOYS' & 'THE LITTLE MERMAID'
Projected 1st Rehearsal, December 27th, 2024
Open, January 9th, 2025
Close, February 9th, 2025
Projected 1st Rehearsal, January 27th, 2025
Open, February 14th, 2025
Close, April 13th, 2025
Projected 1st Rehearsal, April 3rd, 2025
Open, April 17th, 2025
Close, May 18th, 2025
Projected 1st Rehearsal, May 8th, 2025
Open, May 22nd, 2025
Close, July 13th, 2025
Notice: Audition Call Type: ECC
Book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice
Music by Bob Gaudio
Lyrics by Bob Crewe
Director/Choreographer: CANDI BOYD
Music Director: KRISTY TEMPLET
Stage Manager: DOUGLAS LAMB
Projected First Rehearsal: January 27th, 2025
Opening: February 14th, 2025
Closing: April 13th, 2024
TOMMY DEVITO: (Male Identifying, 30-40) Strong tenor/baritone voice, comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies; ability to play guitar a strong plus; funny; a wise-guy; a natural-born leader with appealing bad-boy quality.
FRANKIE VALLI: (Male Identifying, 20-35) A strong tenor with sweet and strong falsetto and able to sing in the style of Frankie Valli; strong tenor to high A or Bb plus strong falsetto up to treble G; charismatic and charming; has a gritty side as well as a polished veneer; very comfortable with four-part harmonies.
NICK MASSI: (Male Identifying, 30-40) Strong bass/baritone voice, very comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies; a quiet dreamer who longs for life after The Four Seasons; understated with a dead-pan quality.
BOB GAUDIO: (Male Identifying, 20-35) Strong tenor/baritone voice; very comfortable with traditional four-part harmonies; an intelligent, sensitive, and introspective musical prodigy.
GYP DECARLO: (Male Identifying, 45-55) Tough, Mafioso type; a strong singer.
BOB CREWE: (Male Identifying, 30-40) Intelligent and flamboyant; genius music producer and lyricist; an integral part of creating the magic of The Four Seasons.
JOE PESCI: (Male Identifying, 20-35) Young, energetic and funny; a strong singer. Doubles various roles. NOTE: May cover Frankie.
BARRY BELSON: (Male Identifying, 20-49) Doubles various roles (friends, producers, etc.); strong tenor to high C; with a strong falsetto to G above high C; has the ability to riff in rhythm-and-blues style.
NORMAN WAXMAN: (Male Identifying, 20-35) Owns a private money lending agency; doubles various roles; strong tenor/bari-tenor voice.
MARY & OTHERS: (Female Identifying, 20-39) Frankie’s wife; tough, “Seen it all”, Italian, Jersey girl; she’s got a killer sense of humor; doubles a variety of other roles including member of a 60’s style girl group; good dancer.
LORRAINE & OTHERS: (Female Identifying, 20-35) Frankie’s girlfriend; educated; not from Jersey; a reach career girl; young Diane Sawyer; doubles a variety of other roles, including member of a 60’s style girl group and tough-as-nails Jersey girl. Good dancer.
FRANCINE & OTHERS: (Female Identifying, 20-37) Frankie’s daughter; deeply loved by Frankie. She’s a Jersey girl—vulnerable, lost and acts out to make up for lack of attention from her dad. Doubles a variety of other roles including a member of a 60’s style girl group and a tough-as-nails Jersey girl. Good dancer.
Book by Jessica Zuehlke & Jim Stowell
Music & Lyrics by Drew Jansen
Director: EDDIE CURRY
Music Director: BRANDON VOS
Choreographer: KAREN PAPPAS
Stage Manager: TBD
Projected First Rehearsal: April 3rd, 2025
Opening: April 17th, 2025
Closing: May 18th, 2025
MRS. SNUSTAD (VIVIAN): is 60 to 70 years old and a widow. She is the most conservative of the ladies, and she is the matriarch of the kitchen. She is the one that makes sure the food tastes good before leaving the kitchen and she is the one that washes the dishes. Her duties are well defined (by her). She sits at the center worktable on a stool almost as a throne where she commands the work of the day. Her word is not to be tested and her decisions are final. She is a mix of Shirley McClain as “Weeser”, Bea Arthur as “Maude” in “Everybody Loves Raymond” and the mom in “Golden Girls”.
MRS. ELROY ENGELSON (KARIN): is 40 to 45 years old and is second in line to take over the kitchen. Her cooking is fabulous. She is neat and tidy in appearance and quite pretty in a very conservative way, almost looking like Jackie Kennedy with everything perfectly in its place. She senses the world is about to change because she listens to her daughter, Signe, who without her influence on Karin's life, might be as rigid as Mrs. Snustad.
MRS. GILMER GILMERSON (MAVIS): is in her late 50’s and is a farmer’s wife and a grandmother. She is not afraid of work and can fix anything mechanical as well as do the books. She is the most physical comedienne of the three ladies because of her “jump in and work” attitude. She appears rather disheveled even when dressed up for a wedding. She is somewhat butch, but not gay. Everyone loves her.
SIGNE (BEVERLY) ENGELSON: is the daughter of Karin and has just started college at the University of Minnesota. She comes home to visit often and loves working with her mother in the kitchen. She is 18 or 19 years old and ready to make her mark in the world. She represents change. Not only the change the church was going through in 1965, but the change the country was beginning to go through at that time. She would never really become a hippie, but she will like the styles once they are introduced at Sears in Minneapolis. She is pretty like her mother, and very sweet, but not afraid to challenge Mrs. Snustad and speak her mind in a respectful way.
PASTOR E. L. GUNDERSON: is the same age as Karin, but he has just married a young wife. The ladies all seem to have crushes on him in a respectful “pastorly” way. He is goaded by the fact that he comes from a family of Pastors, and his brother, not he, inherited his father’s church down the road. He is a bit competitive and finds that he can truly relax when in the kitchen. He has a very friendly and intimate relationship with God, almost like “Tevye” and he knows that the church runs best when the kitchen is happy.
Book by Doug Wright
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Glenn Slater
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