Theatre Under the Stars 2019 Season - EPA/ECC Singers
Theatre Under the Stars
AUDITION DATE
Wed, Nov 07, 2018
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (PDT)
Lunch: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
EPA rules in effect. In person sign up begins at 8:00AM on 11/7/2018.
CONTRACT
WCLO Minimum - $1140/wk
SEEKING
All roles are available with the exception of Wendy, Michael and John in Jerome Robbins Broadway. No understudies will be cast. TUTS is committed to diversity and encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities to attend this call.
PREPARATION
Please prepare 32 bars of a musical theatre song in the style of the show. Please bring sheet music for your song; a piano accompanist will be provided. Bring a photo/resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity Association LA Audition Center
5636 Tujunga Ave
North Hollywood, CA 91601
PERSONNEL
Megan Larche Dominick, CSA - Associate Artistic Director / Casting Director
OTHER DATES
See breakdown.
OTHER
No stage management positions are available.
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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.
BREAKDOWN
MAMMA MIA!
Music & Lyrics: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
Book: Catherine Johnson
Director: Dan Knechtges
Choreographer: Jessica Hartman
Musical Director: Stephen Jones
Rehearsals: January 29, 2019
1st Preview: February 19, 2019
Performances: February 21 – March 3, 2019
[DONNA](Female, late 30s-early 40s) – The mother of a 20 year Sophie. Attractive and free-spirited. A former lead singer in a group called “Donna and the Dynamos” who now owns and runs a hotel/casino on a Greek island. A strong feminist who also has both a wild and vulnerable side.
[SOPHIE](Female, 18-25) A special young woman who is determined to find the romance and happiness she feels eluded her mother. Has a zany spirit even though she pursues a conventional marriage. She desperately wants to know her father and so invites all the candidates to her wedding. Pop soprano.
[TANYA](Female, 40-50) A former singer in the “Dynamos.” Rich, sophisticated, acerbic, funny, and witty. On her 3rd marriage and ready for the next adventure, as long as it involves a private plane.
[ROSIE](Female, 40-50) Also a former singer in the “Dynamos” who now writes for and runs a feminist press. She’s confident, strong, and funny on the outside but shy underneath. Kooky and fun, good comic actress, bit of a clown.
[SAM](Male, 40-50) May be Sophie’s father. Left Donna 20 years ago because he was engaged to another woman. Charming, successful architect. Actor who sings. Baritone.
[HARRY](Male, 40-50) May be Sophie’s father. British financier, wealthy, buttoned-up, and conservative but trying to reconnect with his freer, youthful self. An actor who sings. High baritone, tenor.
[BILL](Male, 40-50) May be Sophie’s father. A travel writer with no possessions or strings. Good-natured, always ready for adventure and a good time. Should be a very good actor who sings.
[SKY](Male, mid-late 20s) Sophie’s fiancé. Athletic and sexy– has given up his life as a successful young businessman in order to make over Donna¹s tavern and marry Sophie. Tenor.
RAGTIME
Book: Terrence McNally
Music: Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Based on the novel: E.L. Doctorow
Director: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Choreographer: Josh Walden
Music Director: James Moore
Rehearsals: March 26, 2018
1st Preview: April 16, 2019
Performances: April 18 – 28, 2019
All characters require highly skilled actor-singers with engaging personalities and strong senses of humor.
COALHOUSE: A leading man of power, presence, pride, character and enormous charisma. His expectations of how he should be treated repeatedly come into direct conflict with how others think he should be treated. His final resort to violence is the climax of the story. Age range: 25-35. Voice: Powerful Baritone with strong high notes; Low Ab - High A
MOTHER. Graceful and gracious on the surface, a product of the upper class but inside there is a spirit and independence she has yet to discover. She experiences many changes through her care for the child of Coalhouse and Sarah, as well as her newfound awareness of her sexuality. She has a wonderful, playful relationship with her son, is always amused by him. She maintains a proper and dutiful relationship with her husband. Age range: 25-35. Voice: Beautiful Soprano with a strong Belt (to C#). Low: G - High F# (optional High B)
TATEH. An incredibly dynamic character, Tateh challenges his old life and seeks a better one for his daughter. Even when it seems he is beaten down by society, his innate strength and humor lift him up. Warm, funny, filled with life and passion; sexy; a survivor; a very clever man. Age range: 35-45. Voice: Baritone with good high notes. Low: A - High: F#
SARAH. Lovely, innocent and simple. She acts on her emotions without thinking. Age range: 18-22. Strong Belter (to D) with a good mix and a nice Soprano. Voice: Low: G - High: F#
FATHER. A good man, proud, upstanding. He represents the traditional views held by many turn-of-the-century Americans. After his return from his trip to the Arctic, he feels alienated from his family and his environment; he is baffled and befuddled by the new world. Age range: 35-40. Voice: Baritone with good high notes: Low: A High: F#
YOUNGER BROTHER. Idealistic and difficult, he searches for a sense of self. Obsessed with Evelyn Nesbit, he becomes embittered and depressed, and soon joins The Coalhouse Gang to fight injustice. Age range: 18-24 Voice: Strong Tenor. Low: B High: G#
JEROME ROBBINS’ BROADWAY
By: James M. Barrie, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, Sammy Cahn, Moose Charlap, Betty Comden, Larry Gelbart, Morton Gould, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Arthur Laurents, Carolyn Leigh, Stephen Longstreet, Hugh Martin, Jerome Robbins, Richard Rodgers, Burt Shevelove, Stephen Sondheim, Joseph Stein, Jule Styne.
Director: Cynthia Onrubia
Production Supervisor: Chris Bailey
Musical Director: Stephen Jones
Rehearsals: May 7, 2019
1st Preview: May 28, 2019
Performances: May 30 – June 9, 2019
SEEKING:
[FEMALE DANCERS] Seeking INCREDIBLE dancers with MAJOR ballet technique who sing well. This show celebrates the iconic choreography of Jerome Robbins, and as such requires triple threats for a variety of tracks - many with excellent features! Principal and Ensemble tracks are fluid and as such dancers must audition to be considered for all roles.
[MALE DANCERS] Seeking INCREDIBLE dancers with MAJOR ballet technique who sing well. This show celebrates the iconic choreography of Jerome Robbins, and as such requires triple threats for a variety of tracks - many with excellent features! Principal and Ensemble tracks are fluid and as such dancers must audition to be considered for all roles.
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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