FRONT PORCH THEATRICALS ANNOUNCES
EQUITY AND NON-EQUITY AUDITIONS
FOR
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Who: Trained Singers/Actors – Seeking versatile Equity or Non-Equity male and female with strong singing abilities in both contemporary and standard musical theater styles, in addition to strong acting capabilities.
For: Auditions for Front Porch Theatricals’ May 22-31 production of Jason Robert Brown’s two person musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS. Rehearsals commence May 4, 2015.
When: Monday, March 9 from 6:30 to 10pm and Tuesday, March 10 from 6:30 to 7:45pm, with callbacks to follow from 8-10pm.
BY APPOINTMENT (If Equity, please bring your Equity Card)
• Please contact us to reserve your 5 minute audition slot using the on line application here: http://frontporchpgh.com/Audition-Form
• If you are unable to access the link, please email frontporchtheatricals@gmail.com or call Bruce Smith at 412-551-4027 to set up a time.
• Walk-ins seen only if time permits. No first auditions after 7:45 pm on the 10th
Where: Pittsburgh Musical Theater Studios – 2nd Floor
327 South Main Street, Pittsburgh (West End), PA 15220
Requirements:
• Character Age Range: 22 – 30
• 16 bars of an up-tempo (contemporary) musical theater song
• 16 bars of a ballad (standard) classical musical theater song
• One minute or less contemporary monologue appropriate to the characters
• Head shot and resume
Please do not sing any songs from The Last Five Years.
An accompanist will be provided.
If you have any questions, please call Bruce Smith at 412-551-4027 or visit our website at www.frontporchpgh.com.
Character Breakdown:
Catherine Hiatt - Character arcs from an ambitious, fresh-faced girl in a new relationship to a woman stunned by a betrayal and a divorce that she is only beginning to understand. Female, plays between 22-30 years old. Vocal range: F3 - D#5.
Jamie Wellerstein - Character arcs from an ambitious guy on a promising first date with a dazzling career to someone who is blinded by success and ego. He is very lovable, yet makes unintentional choices that sabotages his own happiness. Male, plays between 22-30 years old. Vocal range: A2 - Bb4.
About the Show: THE LAST FIVE YEARS is an emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The show’s unconventional structure consists of Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress, telling her story backwards in time, while Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, tells his story chronologically; the two characters only meet once, at their wedding in the middle of the show as their timelines intersect. Book, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown (Parade, The Bridges of Madison County, Songs for a New World, 13).
About Front Porch Theatricals: FRONT PORCH THEATRICALS is a Pittsburgh-based musical theater company that produced Only Me in 2009, Next to Normal and In the Heights in 2012 and 2013 (in association with Carrnivale Theatrics) and Parade in 2014. The Company's mission is to provide our region with professional, high-quality musical theater productions featuring Pittsburgh's diverse actor, artistic and technical talent base. Particular emphasis is placed on mentoring youth through our internship programs and in hiring local artistic and technical talent to create a high-level professional vehicle for our directors and artists to realize their visions. We emphasize shows addressing serious social, cultural and moral issues. Front Porch Theatricals is committed to utilizing as many local performers as possible.
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