Casa Manana, Inc. | Fort Worth, TX
Sunday, September 15, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)
Lunch 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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TYA
$615 weekly minimum
Equity actors for roles in 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (See breakdown). No roles will be understudied.
Please prepare a short song in the style of the show. Bring sheet music in the key, an accompanist will be provided but will not transpose. Bring your headshot and resume stapled back-to-back. Callbacks, if warranted, will be the same day and will include dance and/or cold readings.
Casa Manana
3101 W Lancaster Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76107-3042
Holding room - Studio B
Matt Stern, Music Director
Expected to attend:
Wally Jones, Executive Producer
Grady Bowman, Director
Callbacks - Same day.
Rehearsals Start: November 18, 2024
Show Opens: November 29, 2024
Show Closes: December 23, 2024
www.casamanana.org
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Late 20s, early 30s. Mezzo pop voice. Molly’s mom. Determined. Capable. Trying to protect her daughter from the disappointment of her Daddy being gone for Christmas through sheer force of “scheduling” (i.e. busy means happy). On the verge of running out of gas but fighting through it.
Late 20s, early 30s. Pop tenor voice with strong falsetto - riff to D5. Molly’s father. A Sergeant First Class in the US Army currently deployed overseas. Attentive, gentle, and kind with his daughter. His daughter’s hero.
Look 50s-70s. Traditional “Coca-Cola ad” Santa Claus. Wise and warm with a wry humor. Melodic speaking voice. He owes Mary a favor from a “delivery mistake” that happened on Christmas when she was a little girl.
30s+. Soloist with an R&B/Pop Tenor voice. “Santa’s helper” who is a fixture in Manhattan; rings his bell to collect money for the needy at Christmas while singing on street corners. Knows Santa personally. Good dancer.
20s-40s. Four New York street workers who occasionally break out in song together just for the fun of it, when they aren’t cutting jokes or putting out orange caution cones. Great comic timing, strong singers that are comfortable singing tight harmonies.
The gung-ho leader of Molly’s “Strawberry Scouts” troop. Brainy. Takes the scouting business very seriously but has a geeky sense of humor that sometimes misses the mark.
Soloist Baritone with a G. The “work name” of Molly’s cousin, Jeremy, who is employed at Santa Land in Macy’s department store as an Elf. Cheery, but often unsure of himself. Wants to be a stand-up comic but can’t tell a joke to save his life. Strong featured dancer (especially tap).
Mary’s Aunt who opens her home up to Mary and Molly for the holidays.
Neurotic Santa Land employee working as an Elf. Not good at adapting to stress. Featured Dancer (Male)
Sarcastic workmate to CHESTNUT in Santaland. Featured Dancer (Female)
Three seniors at Sunset Gardens Senior Apartments. Character roles.
An excitable, but hyper-dependable female Christmas Elf. Great comedic delivery and singing voice (belt). Must at least be a good mover.
A mischievous, but good-hearted female Christmas Elf. Great comedic delivery and strong belter. Must at least be a good mover.
11-16 years old. An 11-year-old girl who desperately misses her Daddy at Christmas. A devoted daughter to her mother, but Daddy is her hero. Sensitive but not brooding. Strong belter but comfortable also singing in head voice.
Seeking strong singers and dancers to play Strawberry Scouts, Shoppers, Santaland Kids, Snowball Throwers, Macy’s Frosty, Macy’s Rudolph, Police Officer, Jogger, Hot Dog Seller, Radio City Usherettes, Ice Skaters, Homeless Man, and Other Family.
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