Fireside Theatre | Fort Atkinson, WI
REVISED
Updated breakdown.
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Dinner Theatre
$785 weekly minimum
Equity actors for roles in WEST SIDE STORY (See breakdown).
Performers of all ethnicities, physical types, gender identities, and ages are encouraged to audition.
All roles will be understudied.
There are no Equity stage managerial positions available.
Please prepare a short song in the style of the show. Singing from the show is fine. Please bring your picture and resume, stapled together.
Open Jar Studios
1601 Broadway
11th floor main entrance
New York, NY 10019
Holding room - Studio 12N
Music: Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book: Arthur Laurents
Musical Director: Mary Ehlinger
Expected to attend:
Director: Ed Flesch
Choreographer: Kristyn Pope
1st Rehearsal: February 10, 2025
Runs February 27 – April 13, 2025
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Story about the members of the gangs and their girlfriends (Jets and Sharks). The Sharks are a gang of Puerto Rican teens. Latino actors are encouraged to audition.
Maria: 18+ to play teenager. Lovely young Puerto Rican girl, excited and enthusiastic about her new life in America. Strong soprano. Sister to Bernardo
Tony: 18+ to play teenager. Handsome, older teenager, who has outgrown the Jets and is looking for something more; Strong baritone/tenor.
Riff: 18+ to play teenager. Charismatic, intelligent, streetwise leader of the Jets; Tenor. A strong dancer.
Anita: 18+ to play teenager. Worldly, flashy, sharp-tongued, Puerto Rican girl with a knowing sexuality; Alto/mezzo-soprano. A strong dancer. Girlfriend to Bernardo.
Bernardo: 18+ to play teenager. Handsome, proud Puerto Rican, leader of the Sharks, with a sardonic chip on his shoulder; Baritone. A strong dancer.
Doc, Officer Krupke, Lt. Shrank, Glad Hand: Older character men.
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