A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - NYC EPA American Theater Group | East Brunswick, NJ
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Friday, January 19, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SPT
$512 weekly minimum (SPT 5) + health/pension/travel for Equity members
Equity actors for roles in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (See breakdown).
Please prepare one brief song in the style of the score. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If you are unable to attend this EPA, you are welcome to send your headshot/resume submissions for consideration to submissions@michaelcassara.net .
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Producing Artistic Director: James Vagias Book: Hugh Wheeler
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Director: Hunter Foster
Music Supervisor: Keith Levenson
Casting Director: Michael Cassara, CSA
Expected to attend:
Casting Director: Michael Cassara, CSA
First rehearsal: 2/19/2024
The production will play two New Jersey venues over the listed dates as follows:
3/7 to 10: Sieminski Theater – Basking Ridge, NJ
3/14 to 3/24: Hamilton Stage - Rahway, NJ
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Rehearsals will take place in Rahway, NJ - theatre will provide NJ Transit tickets to performers commuting from NYC area, theatre is a 5-minute walk from the train station.
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.
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
PLEASE NOTE: this will be a new small-cast version of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and will include significant character doubling. We are listing all named characters on this notice, but many performers will be doubling “as cast” throughout.
[COUNT CARL-MAGNUS MALCOLM/AS CAST] 30s to 40s, male, any ethnicity/race. Vain, arrogant, and splendidly proportioned but ferociously jealous. He is Desiree's newest lover. Baritone with healthy upper register. G3 to F#4.
[MADAME ARMFELDT/AS CAST] 60s- 70s+, female, any ethnicity/race. Desiree's elderly mother; brutally honest and a veteran of discreet encounters with the crowned heads of Europe. Alto, C3 to F#4.
[ANNE EGERMAN/AS CAST] 18 to 21, female, any ethnicity/race. Giddy and virginal; naive at times. A breathtakingly gorgeous child bride and Fredrik's new wife. Soprano, G#3 to Ab5.
[PETRA/AS CAST] 20 to 30, female, any ethnicity/race. Anne's earthy maid and closest confidante. She seizes every moment to rustle in the hay. Belt, F#3 to F5.
[MR. LINDQUIST/AS CAST] Liebeslieder Quintet, any ethnicity/race. Baritone G2-G#4. [MR. ERLANSON/AS CAST] Liebeslieder Quintet, any ethnicity/race. Tenor G#2- A#4.
[MRS. NORDSTROM/AS CAST] Liebeslieder Quintet, any ethnicity/race. Soprano G#3-E6.
[MRS. ANDERSSEN/AS CAST] Liebeslieder Quintet, any ethnicity/race. Soprano G#3-A#5.
[MRS. SEGSTROM/AS CAST] Liebeslieder Quintet, any ethnicity/race. Mezzo-Soprano G#3-G#5.
THE FOLLOWING ROLES ARE CAST:
[DESIREE ARMFELDT/AS CAST] [This role is cast.] 40s, female, any ethnicity/race. A self absorbed, once-successful actress now touring the country-side. She becomes entangled in a love triangle with the Count and Fredrik. Ab5 - F#3.
[FREDRIK EGERMAN/AS CAST] [This role is cast.] 40s, male, any ethnicity/race. Middle-aged lawyer who is married to his second wife, Anne, and has a son, Henrik, from his first marriage. E4 - A2.
[FREDRIKA ARMFELDT/AS CAST] [This role is cast.] 12 to 15, female, any ethnicity/race. Desiree's witty daughter who is very self-contained and formal with the precise diction of the convent trained. Eb5 - C4.
[HENRIK EGERMAN/AS CAST] [This role is cast.] 18 to 21, male, any ethnicity/race. Fredrik's gloomy son. He is serious but confused, as he studies for the Lutheran priesthood. B4 - G3.
[COUNTESS CHARLOTTE MALCOLM/AS CAST] [This role is cast.] 30s, female, any ethnicity/race. The Count's manic depressive, mistreated and downtrodden wife. F5 - G3.
[FRID/AS CAST] [This role is cast.] 20s-30s, male, any ethnicity/race. Madame Armfeldt’s aide.
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