Waitress Tour, LLC
REVISED
Salary updated.
CONTRACT
Production (League) $2244 weekly minimum
SEEKING
Equity actors for chorus parts in the WAITRESS tour.
ENSEMBLE: All gender identities, races, ethnicities, shapes, sizes, and looks to play mid-late 20’s to late 30’s. Must have excellent pop/rock voices in the style of Sara Bareilles. Must have excellent comedic timing and be able to play a range of characters comprising the community in which the story takes place. ENSEMBLE.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION IN BREAKDOWN. Please send the video, along with a photo/resume (if you have a resume), in an easily accessible link that does NOT require downloading (Google Drive, Dropbox, Vimeo, etc.). In the subject line, SINGERS type: “[Actor’s full name] - [WAITRESS ECC SINGERS]”; DANCERS please type “[Actor’s full name] - [WAITRESS ECC DANCERS]”. Please do NOT submit tapes to this e-mail address through a 3rd party website and please do NOT submit existing dance reels.
Deadline: Wed, Feb 9, 2022
SUBMIT TO
waitressmusicalcasting@gmail.com
PERSONNEL
Producer: Barry & Fran Weissler
Executive Producer: National Artists Management Company, NETworks
General Manager: Gentry & Associates
Director: Diane Paulus
Book: Jessie Nelson
Music and Lyrics: Sara Bareilles
Music Supervisor: Nadia DiGiallonardo (viewing auditions)
Choreographer: Lorin Latarro (viewing auditions)
Casting: The Telsey Office, Patrick Goodwin, CSA, casting director (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
REHEARSALS: March 14th, 2022 in NYC
PERFORMANCES IN CHARLOTTE, NC: April 19th - May 22nd, 2022
PERFORMANCES IN CLEVELAND, OH: o/a May 24, 2022 thru June 26 or July 3,
2022
Venue: Booth Playhouse (Charlotte, NC) and Hannah Theatre (Cleveland, OH)
OTHER
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
SINGERS: Please prepare a brief contemporary pop/rock song in the style of Sara Bareilles showing range with or without accompaniment. As an alternative, if you would prefer vocalizing with scales, please use the following accompaniment track to do so: tinyurl.com/VocalizingMusic . If you are using an iPhone to video record, please be sure to film horizontally (landscape style) and in a well-lit space (not backlit).
DANCERS: Below is a link of instructional videos to learn the choreography for “A Soft Place to Land” along with the music that can be used when self-taping:
Choreography teaching videos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/phurs20q8wkyrj1/AABTB-ShRm_9wRytDchoV6p2a?dl=0
Music track: “Soft Place to Land”: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4zliidcsm91zpto/10%20A%20Soft%20Place%20To%20Land.m4a?dl=0
If you are using an iPhone to video record, please be sure to film horizontally (landscape style) and in a safe, well-lit space in which you can move freely (indoors or outdoors is OK!) with your full body in the shot.
VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS:
In line with Federal law, CDC guidelines and in consultation with each of the theatrical unions, in order to help keep everyone safe, this production will require everyone to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a requirement to attend in-person callbacks or begin in-person rehearsals. Individuals may obtain any FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccination, which are all currently widely available and free of charge. If you have not yet been vaccinated, or do not yet have a plan in place for your vaccine, please keep in mind that, per the CDC, you are only considered to be fully vaccinated two weeks following your final dose. Please note that we will be asking individuals to show their vaccination cards in order to be physically present. In order to audition in person at callbacks, you must show FULL PROOF OF VACCINATION (14 days after receiving your final dose). We also are strongly encouraging all candidates to receive a booster shot if and when eligible.
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 submit.
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