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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
12 PM to 6 PM
break TBD
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Contract
ANTC
currently $487/week
Location
York Theatre Company
619 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
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Seeking
This audition is for children only.
Seeking AEA child performers for various roles.
All children should be strong contemporary musical theatre singers who act.
See breakdown
Preparation
Bring a photo and resume.
Prepare a short musical theatre song that shows range and personality.
Also prepare a short monologue or story. You may or may not be asked to do your monologue or story.
Other Dates
Rehearsals begin May 3, 2016 with performances from May 24th through June 26th with a possible two week extension.
Other
Produced by the York Theatre Company in association with Van Dean and Sister Productions
Based on the comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schultz:
Personnel
Book, music and lyrics: Clark Gesner
Additional material: Andrew Lippa
Dir: Michael Unger
Choreo: Jennifer Paulson Lee
Music Dir: Eric Svejar
Casting: Nora Brennan Casting (expected at the EPA)
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
This audition is for children only.
All children should be strong contemporary musical theatre singers who act.
ACTORS OF ALL ETHNICITIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.
Based on the successful concert at 54 Below this production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, this production will feature young professionals between the ages of approximately 11-14. This revival promises to tell its tale through fresh, youthful eyes - with an authority only possible from performers close in age to the characters they are portraying. Charlie Brown and the rest of the pint-sized philosophers of the Peanuts Gang go through the foibles and tribulations of a few average days of kite flying, brown bag lunching, book report writing, baseball season openings, glee club rehearsals and suppertimes where everything ends with “Happiness is…” ever after.
SOME ROLES ARE ALREADY CAST
WE ARE SEEKING UNDERSTUDIES FOR ALL ROLES
All boys’ voices should be unchanged.
CHARLIE BROWN
(10-14) The iconic, ever-hopeful, every-boy who holds out hope in the face of downed kites, lonely lunches, bossy friends and distracted dogs. He has patience, charm and determination beyond the average befuddled person and he always looks for the best in people – and finds it.
LUCY VAN PELT
(10-14) The bossiest of bossies, Lucy is a girl whose favorite pastimes is to criticize all of those around her. She feels free to offer advice (for a small fee) - and to teach little-known (because they are wrong) facts to anyone who will listen. She has a very narrow and selfish view of the world but that all changes when she teaches herself the important lesson that crabbiness is not an attractive quality in a person.
SNOOPY
(10-14) The loveable, hungry puppy of Charlie Brown. He spends half of his time in his mind battling the Red Baron and the other half pining for supper. Somehow he finds additional time to pretend he’s excited when his “round-headed owner” comes home from school. He is a practical pup who understands the simple complexities of the canine/human interpersonal relationship.
SCHROEDER
(10-14) This piano-playing, aloof and existential prodigy wants nothing more than to make sure Ludwig Von Beethoven gets the holiday he deserves. He endures Lucy’s romantic overtures as he immerses himself in the Moonlight Sonata. He plays unwitting straight man to many of the other characters’ antics but always finds solace in his music. Piano playing is a plus but not a necessity.
SALLY BROWN
(10-13) Sally is Charlie Brown’s pouty, petulant little sister. She has a mind of her own and even develops her own, new philosophy about how to deal with anything that might not meet with her approval. Even though she may be the little sister, she can boss the bossiest, Lucy, with the best of them.
LINUS VAN PELT
(10-14) Linus is Lucy’s well-adjusted, blanket-dependent brother who is perhaps the most prolific of these pint-sized philosophers. He has an over-developed brain and a perfectly-developed heart. He tells his sister that he loves her – giving her reason enough to be on this planet and always has a kind word for Charlie.
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