WEST SIDE STORY Equity Ensemble Dancers (All genders) - Casa Manana, Inc. Auditions

WEST SIDE STORY - NYC ECC Dancers (Morning - All genders)

Casa Manana, Inc. | Fort Worth, TX

AUDITION DATE

Sunday, September 7, 2025
10:00 AM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CONTRACT

COST

$914 weekly minimum (Tier 1)

SEEKING

Equity dancers for WEST SIDE STORY (See breakdown).
Casa Mañana encourages performers of all gender identities and/or expressions, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.

PREPARATION

Please arrive warmed up and ready to dance. Bring your headshot and resume (stapled back-to-back) & Jazz shoes and clothes you can move in. Callbacks, if warranted, will be September 8, 2025. For Callback prepare 16-32 bar song in style of show. Bring sheet music in key, an accompanist will be provided but will not transpose. Callbacks will include cold readings.

LOCATION

Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Holding room - Studio 312

PERSONNEL

Elizabeth Adams, Company Manager
Expected to attend:
Wally Jones, Executive Producer
Parker Esse, Director/Choreographer
Phil Reno, Music Director

OTHER DATES

Callback: September 8th
Rehearsals Start: October 20, 2025
Show Opens: November 1, 2025
Show Closes: November 9, 2025

OTHER

www.casamanana.org
ECC 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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: ECC

BREAKDOWN

WEST SIDE STORY

SEEKING:

Riff - A spritely, quick-tempered leader. He seeks to eliminate the Sharks and establish his own gang's dominance. Tony's best friend, he is eventually murdered by Bernardo. Gender: male, Age: 25 to 30, Vocal range top: G4, Vocal range bottom: Bb2

Tony - A romantic young man and former leader of the Jets, he has found a new lifestyle now. Tony finds himself violently torn between his friendships and love. Falls in love to Maria and meets an untimely death. Genuinely sweet and sincere. Gender: male, Age: 25 to 30, Vocal range top: Bb4, Vocal range bottom: Bb2

Bernardo - A proud, strong, handsome Puerto Rican man. Bernardo seeks to carve out territory as a sense of identity for he and his friends. Maria's brother and Anita's boyfriend. Leader of the Sharks. Gender: male, Age: 25 to 35, Vocal range top: Eb4, Vocal range bottom: Bb2

Maria - A hopeless romantic and innocent young girl. She falls in love with Tony and finds herself at the center of the violent conflict between the two gangs. Bernardo's sister. Puerto Rican. Gender: female, Age: 18 to 21, Vocal range top: C6, Vocal range bottom: Bb3

Anita - Feisty and assertive. She dispenses older sister advice to Maria and tries to shield her from the dangers of the gangs. Bernardo's girlfriend and Maria's friend. Puerto Rican. Gender: female, Age: 25 to 30, Vocal range top: D5, Vocal range bottom: F3

Chino - An angry and, at times, naive Shark who turns murderous and vengeful. Suitor to Maria and friend of Bernardo's. Gender: male, Age: 20 to 25

Anybodys - A spunky tomboy who is desperate to become a member of the Jets. The other Jets mock her for her ambitions but generally appreciate her company. Full of energy and heart. Gender: female, Age: 15 to 25

Ensemble - Jets, Sharks, Jets Girls, Sharks Girls