CHICAGO **Updated** Equity Principal Auditions - National Tour Auditions

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CHICAGO **Updated** - National Tour

CHICAGO (SETA Tour #12) - NYC EPA

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AUDITION DATE

Mon, Aug 06, 2018

10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)

Lunch 1 to 2

CONTRACT

Short Engagement Touring Category 5, $771.65/week minimum

SEEKING

Equity actor/singers for the upcoming SETA Tour.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a brief, standard, up-tempo Broadway song to sing (no pop or rock). Bring sheet music; an accompanist will be provided. (Note: there will be no dancing at this call; any women coming in to be seen as
Roxie or Velma will be brought back to dance if there is any further interest.)
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

LOCATION

The Growing Studio

344 W. 38th St, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10018

PERSONNEL

Producers: Fran and Barry Weissler
Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Book: Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
Director: Walter Bobbie
Choreographer: Ann Reinking
Musical Supervisor: Rob Fisher
Casting Director: Duncan Stewart, CSA and Benton Whitley, CSA of Stewart/Whitley

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal: On/About August 27, 2018
Last Performance: On/About June 2019

OTHER

Pursuant to the terms of a concession made to this employer's agreement, the employer has agreed that any Equity member who attends this call will have an opportunity to be seen

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.

BREAKDOWN

Seeking Equity actors:

[ROXIE HART]: 33 – 45, any ethnicity. An innocent with the ability to murder; sexy; funny. Actress must be a spectacular dancer in the Fosse style, with a big, first-rate Broadway belt voice. *OFFER GOING OUT, NOT YET ACCEPTED

[VELMA KELLY]: 30 – 45, any ethnicity. Sarcastic, extremely sexy, tough, funny murderer with a keen eye for publicity. Actress must be a spectacular dancer in the Fosse style, with a big, first-rate Broadway belt voice. *OFFER GOING OUT, NOT YET ACCEPTED

[BILLY FLYNN]: 38 - 60, any ethnicity. Suave, educated lawyer who can talk and wheedle and persuade anyone to do anything - - his clients literally get away with murder. Sexy, handsome, charming, masculine. Actor must have a wonderful baritone voice and move well.

[AMOS HART]: 38 - 58, any ethnicity. Charming, funny, vulnerable milquetoast of a man, so in love with his wife that he would mortgage anything to pay for her outrageous extravagances. Actor must sing well and be physically adept; a comic-sad character actor. *OFFER GOING OUT, NOT YET ACCEPTED

[MATRON “MAMA” MORTON]: 37 - 55, any ethnicity. Role requires a great belt voice and a sexy, funny, powerful and tough character actress. *OFFER GOING OUT, NOT YET ACCEPTED

[MARY SUNSHINE]: Any age, any ethnicity. Male soprano or countertenor who can sing LEGITIMATELY up to a high B flat. Acts like a good natured talk show hostess, but is actually a high-powered gossip columnist. Actor must be a good comedian and a GREAT legit singer. *OFFER GOING OUT, NOT YET ACCEPTED


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 audition.

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