FALSETTOS (SETA) - NYC EPA
Falsettos Touring LLC
AUDITION DATES
Mon, Aug 20, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
Tue, Aug 21, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
Wed, Aug 22, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
lunch 1:30 to 2:30
CONTRACT
Short Engagement Touring $877/week min
SEEKING
Equity actors singers for various roles in this upcoming SETA Tour Production.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a contemporary musical theatre song that shows vocal range. An accompanist will be provided.
Please bring a picture and resume, STAPLED TOGETHER.
LOCATION
Pearl Studios NYC (519)
519 8th Ave
12th Fl
New York, NY 10018
PERSONNEL
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by William Finn and James Lapine
Director: James Lapine
Producer: Jujamcyn Theatres / Falsettos Touring LLC
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting
OTHER DATES
Opening: Winter 2019. Runs for 17 weeks
OTHER
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:
MARVIN: 30s – Jewish. A devoted husband and father, smart, funny and charming. Struggles to reconcile his desire for a happy traditional family with his love for WHIZZER. High baritone.
WHIZZER: 20s-30s – Extremely handsome, athletic, and confident. HIV positive. Has a tempestuous relationship with MARVIN. This character can be any ethnicity. Tenor.
TRINA: 30s – Jewish. Wife to Marvin, Mother to Jason. Charmingly neurotic in her effort to understand the conflicting feelings she has in the aftermath of her divorce. She consults Mendel, her husband’s psychiatrist and eventually marries him. Soprano/Belt.
MENDEL 30s-40s Jewish. Marvin’s psychiatrist –who marries Trina and enters into the tumultuous world of her life with her son, her ex and her ex’s lover while struggling with his own feelings. High baritone.
JASON: 10-13 to play 13 Jewish. Marvin’s and Trina’s son – bookish and awkward – Jason’s impending Bar Mitzvah, his parents’ divorce and the entrance of WHIZZER into his life leave him confused, angry and trying to sort it all out. Tenor.
CHARLOTTE: 30s - One of the ‘lesbians from next door’ – Charlotte is a dedicated doctor alarmed by the mysterious illness that is killing her gay male patients. Tough, but extremely nurturing and very much in love with her partner, Cordelia. Alto/Mezzo. This character can be any ethnicity.
CORDELIA: 30s – The other ‘lesbian from next door’ – Cordelia is Dr. Charlotte’s partner – she runs her own kosher catering business, is very keen on making a nice home– but also wants to be useful and valued for her contribution to the world. High belt voice. This character can be any ethnicity.
SEEKING ACTORS OF ALL ETHNICITIES AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS.
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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