CHESS (Showcase) - Submit for LA Appointment
Jaxx Theatricals, Inc | Los Angeles, CA
Showcase-LA
No Pay
Equity actors for roles in CHESS (See breakdown).
Jaxx supports and encourages diversity in all casting including gender-bending roles in this production.
Actors of all races, ethnicities, sizes, abilities, and genders (conforming and non-conforming) are encouraged to audition.
Please submit your headshot and resume for consideration.
Deadline: 04/01/2024
Casting@JaxxTheatricals.org
Director/Choreographer: Jeremy Lucas
Music Director: Rainy Terrell
Stage Manager: Colin Tracy
Audition: TBD
1st Rehearsal: 5/7/2024
1st Preview: 6/13
Opening: 6/20
Closing: 6/28
JaxxTheatricals.org
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.
FLORENCE VASSY- strong belt voice (to E). Born in Hungary; has been brought up in America since childhood. She is clever, theatrical, touching, vivacious, volatile. Frederick's chess second.
FREDERICK TRUMPER- Rock tenor (to C). An American chess champion. A cross between Bobby Fisher and John McEnroe. Arrogant and temperamental, but a genius; his chess playing revolutionary. We need to see his artistry along with his danger and his obsessiveness.
ANATOLY SERGIEVSKY- Baritone (to G sharp). A Russian chess champion. Unexpectedly charming. He doesn't seem a romantic hero at first, but becomes one through his personality. An intelligent, feeling, passionate man.
IVAN MOLOKOV- Bass (down to F sharp). Not a fake, comic, stage Russian. Intellectually formidable. Seemingly a father figure to Florence. Anatoly's chess second. Sings well.
SVETLANA SERGIEVSKY- strong belt voice. Anatoly's wife. Domestic, wholesome, homey. A dramatic contrast to Florence -not a contemporary cosmopolitan woman.
WALTER ANDERSON- Bass-Baritone (down to G sharp). A marketing agent. Seemingly respectable, substantial, trustworthy. Sings well.
ARBITER- rock high baritone (up to A). International businessperson. Smooth, but with a quick temper.
ENSEMBLE- (Ben, Dancers, Harold, Jo, Mayor of Merano, Nikolai, Reporters, TV Presenter, Young Florence) –All vocal ranges. Some ensemble members will be required to have strong dance experience.
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