CHENANGO RIVER THEATRE 2023 SEASON - GREENE, NY EPA
CHENANGO RIVER THEATRE
Chenango River Theatre
991 State Hwy 12
Greene, NY 13778-2211
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Sat, Mar 25, 2023
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (EST)
No break scheduled.
For an appointment, email info@chenangorivertheatre.org, or call 607-656-8778.
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$368.28 weekly minimum (Tier pending) - rehearsal weeks $300 weekly minimum (Tier pending) - performance weeks
Equity actors for roles in Chenango River Theatre 2023 Season (see breakdown).
BIPOC actors encouraged to audition. If you have auditioned or worked for CRT in the past, you are encouraged to audition again, as we have a new Artistic Director.
Video submissions are accepted until March 24th and should be sent to info@chenangorivertheatre.org . Please your headshot/resume with your LAST NAME ONLY for each document (ie, SmithHeadshot.jpg, or SmithResume.pdf). All documents must be submitted as pdf’s or jpg’s. We will not open google drive links.
Bring a one page headshot and one page resume with you. If you chose to email these in advance, please do so as pdf’s/jpg’s titled with your last name only for each document (ie, SmithHeadshot.jpg, or SmithResume.pdf). All documents must be submitted as pdf’s or jpeg’s. Please tell us what role(s) you are submitting for.
Please prepare a short comedic OR dramatic monologue (less than 2 minutes). If you would prefer to instead read something from one of the shows, sides will be provided at the audition.
If you are interested in SHOUT: The Mod Musical, we would like to see a song from the show – They are provided on our website, as is accompaniment. We will have the recorded accompaniment at the audition, as well as copies of the sheet music.
https://www.chenangorivertheatre.org/employment
Expected to attend:
Zach Curtis, Producing Artistic Director, director – Lend Me a Tenor
Adara Alston – director, The Mountaintop
Attending via zoom:
Kory Yamada – Director, SHOUT
Craig Johnson – director, Wait Until Dark
See production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
All auditions, rehearsals and performances are in Greene, NY (near Binghamton, about 3.5 hours from NYC) at Chenango River Theatre, 991 State Highway 12, Greene NY 13778.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of audition.
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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The audition room can accommodate no more than 4 individuals at a time.
The holding room can accommodate no more than 20 individuals at a time.
Rehearses May 15-June 1
Performs June 2-25 (performances Thu-Sun weekly)
Casting eight high energy, comic performers for:
MAX: (30+, male-identifying) Saunders’ long-suffering assistant, who is forced to take Tito’s place in the role of Canio. Not required to sing, although those auditioning that can sing may be an option.
MAGGIE SAUNDERS: (20-30, female-identifying) Saunders’ daughter, and Max’s girlfriend. She has a great admiration for Tito. This character at one point appears in undergarments.
SAUNDERS: (45+, male-identifying) The Cleveland Grand Opera’s general manager, and Maggie’s father A blowhard who often loses his temper at the slightest mishap.
TITO MERELLI: (35+, male-identifying) The world’s most renowned opera tenor, and notorious “ladies man”. Opera singing a plus, but not required. Believable Italian accent.
MARIA MERELLI: (35+, female-identifying) Tito’s suffering wife, with a temper. Desperately loves Tito, despite his roving eyes. Believable Italian accent needed.
DIANA: (25-45, female-identifying) The opera’s ingenue soprano, who is “fighting her way” to the top. A seductive woman, and she knows it. This character at one point appears in undergarments.
BELLHOP: (30+, male-identifying) A comic relief character who has an ongoing feud with Saunders. An obnoxious opera fan.
JULIA: (40+, female-identifying) Chairwoman of the Cleveland Opera Guild, who believes she holds quite an important position at the Opera (she doesn’t).
Rehearses June 26- July 13
Performs July 14 – Aug 6 (performances Thu-Sun weekly).
Seeking 5 extremely talented female-identifying vocal artists for broad comedy, close harmonies and wide style range:
Blue Girl: (high soprano belt - low Bb to High C) A blue-blooded fashion model. Sophisticated, poised, and cool.
Yellow Girl: (Alto with big rock diva belt - F below Mid C to belt Eb) A loud, uninhibited and brash American girl. She is a ray of sunshine with a surprising vulnerability.
Orange Girl: (soprano with belt - low Bb to High Bb) The “mother” of the group. Domestic and maternal, she is wise, soulful, and mature. Slowly asserting her new-found independence.
Green Girl: (Mezzo) A good-time girl. Blousy, middle-class, and zany. She is a bit frayed at the edges, and hopelessly single. A comedian of sorts.
Red Girl: (soprano with belt – low Bb to High C - The “baby” of the group, she is an exciting blend of youthful contradictions. Quirky, enthusiastic, and naïve. A hopeless romantic who is insecure about her looks.
Rehearses Aug 7-24
Performs Aug 25 – Sept 17 (Performances Thu-Sun weekly)
Seeking:
Susan – (20’s-30’, female-identifying) – a blind housewife
Mike - (25-30’s, male- identifying) smart charismatic conman.
Sam - (25-30’s, male- identifying) Susan’s husband, ex-marine.
Carlino - (25-45+, male- identifying) small-time grifter, coarse, with flexible ethics.
Gloria - (10-15, female- identifying) – young girl with absent parents, sensitive, smarter than anyone knows.
Rehearses Sept 18-Oct 5
Performs Oct 6-22 (Performances Thu-Sun weekly)
Seeking:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (late 20’s-late 40’s, male- identifying, African American)
Camae (Any age, female- identifying, African American)
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