Cygnet Theatre Company 2023-24 Season - San Diego, CA EPA Cygnet Theatre Company | San Diego, CA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Monday, October 30, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (P)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
For appointments please email:
auditions@cygnettheatre.com with preferred time frame(s).
SPT
$576 weekly minimum (SPT 6)
Equity actors for roles in Cygnet Theatre Company's 2023-2024 Season (see breakdown).
Cygnet encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, body types and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Please sing a contemporary musical theater song of your choice no more than a minute long. We would like to see strong grounded choices with a clear sense of storytelling. Please bring a copy of your headshot, resume, and your book in case you’re asked to sing something else.
Cygnet Theatre
4040 Twiggs St.
San Diego, CA 92110
Parking available in lots adjacent and across from Theatre.
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
Expected to Attend:
Artistic Director: Sean Murray
Production Manager: Craig Campbell Casting Director: Allen Lucky Weaver
See breakdown for production specific dates.
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An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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.
By Lanie Robertson
Musical Arrangements by Danny Holgate
1st Rehearsal: January 9, 2024
Performances Begin: January 24, 2024
Close: February 18, 2024
*All roles in this production are cast.
BILLIE HOLIDAY. Age 44. African American. The great jazz singer in the last year of her life. JIMMY POWERS. Any age. African American. Billie’s piano player.
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Dave Malloy
Based on the book War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Directed by Sean Murray
Music Direction by Patrick Marion
Choreography by Katie Banville
1st Rehearsal: March 5, 2024
Performances Begin: April 10, 2024
Close: May 12, 2024 (possible extension through May 26, 2024)
*All roles in this production are cast.
NATASHA - Age range: 18-25. Natasha is young, She loves Andrey with all her heart. She is very impetuous and impulsive. (Range: Soprano, G3-F5)
PIERRE - Age range: 30-45. Dear, bewildered, and awkward Pierre. Unhappily married to Helene. A man who is searching for some, any, meaning in and for his life. (Range: Bari-Tenor, Ab2-Ab4)
SONYA - Age range: 18 to 25. Sonya is good; Natasha's cousin and closest friend. Loyal, loving, faithful. (Range: Mezzo-Soprano, B3-C5)
MARYA - Age range: 35-60. Marya is old-school; a grande dame of Moscow. Natasha's Godmother, strict yet kind. A domineering, doting and protective guardian. (Range: Alto, G3-B4)
ANATOLE - Age range: 25-35. Anatol is hot; he spends his money on women and wine. An attractive, self-centered, player, seducer and rake. (Range: Tenor, B2-C#5)
HÉLÈNE - Age Range: 25-35. HÉLÈNE is Anatole's sister, married to Pierre. Strong, self-absorbed (like her brother, Anatol), likes to stir things up and cause problems for people for her own enjoyment. Enjoys a somewhat incest-y relationship with her brother and having an affair with Dolokhov, all while married to poor Pierre. (Range: Alto, G3-F5)
DOLOKHOV - Age Range: 25-35. Dolokhov is a fierce officer in the military. Anatole's closest friend, and co-conspirator. Having an affair with Pierre's wife and a crazy good shot when in a duel. (Range: Baritone, E3-F4)
PRINCE ANDREY/OLD PRINCE BOLKONSKY - Age Range: 25-35. Andrey is the romantic love of Natasha's life and her fiancée. He is off to fight Napoleon and isn't here. Old Bolkonsky is crazy old and beyond cranky, verging on crazy, (Range: Baritone, F2-Eb3)
MARY - Age Range: 20-30. Andrey's put-upon sister, a plain and simple daughter who tolerates her father's crusty sometimes cruel behavior. Track includes the lead opera singer and a domestic serf. (MARY Range: Mezzo-Soprano, G3-B4)
BALAGA - Age Range: 25-50. Balaga is just for fun, the Crazed Troika Driver who drives a troika like a manic race car driver. Also plays the lead opera singer and several domestic serfs. (Range: Baritone, A2-E4)
Music, Lyrics, Book by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Katie Banville
Music Direction by Dr. Randi Ellen Rudolph
1st Rehearsal: June 4, 2024
Performances Begin: July 3, 2024
Close: August 4, 2024 (possible extension to August 11, 2024)
JON. Male. Any Race/Ethnicity. 20s-30s. A struggling composer on the brink of his 30th Birthday. Michael’s roommate and Susan’s Boyfriend. Range: Tenor A2-A4.
MICHAEL. Male. Any Race/Ethnicity 20s-30s. A former actor-turned-market research executive. He is Jon’s roommate and best friend. Character Doubles as: COUNTER GUY, DAD, and MARKET RESEARCH GUY. Range: Tenor Bb2-Gb4.
SUSAN. Female. Any Race/Ethnicity 20s-30s. A dancer and Jon’s girlfriend. Sexy, kind, independent. Character Doubles as: KARESSA, ROSA, JUDY, and MOM. Range: Mezzo-Sop A3-D5
By Richard O’Brien
Directed by Sean Murray
Choreographed by TBD
Music Direction by Patrick Marion
1st Rehearsal: August 13, 2024
Performances Begin: September 11, 2024
Close: October 20, 2024 (possible extension to November 2, 2024)
BRAD. Male Identifying. Any race / ethnicity. 20s-30s. A strait-laced All-American man from Denton, Brad Majors discovers everything he believes about himself and his world challenged when he and his fiancé, Janet Weiss are confronted with the rampant hedonism of space alien Dr. Frank N Furter. Range: Bari-Tenor Bb2-G4.
JANET. Female Identifying. Any race / ethnicity. 20s-30s. An All-American girl, engaged to Brad Majors, who tries to be everything expected of her until she enters the world of Frank N Furter and his creation Rocky Horror. Her world is turned upside down as she is lured into exploring aspects of herself she never dreamed she'd had. Range: Mezzo-Sop A3-Eb5.
CRIMINOLOGIST. Any Gender. Any Race / Ethnicity. 30s-70s. The Criminologist serves as a narrator telling this story of debauchery, decadence and an attack on the American Way. NOTE: Improv skill is important as this character gets most of the abuse from a sometimes quite vocal crowd. Non-Singing Role.
RIFF RAFF. Male Identifying. Any Race / Ethnicity. 20s-60s. Brother/lover of Magenta and a disgruntled, Transylvanian underling of Dr. Frank N. Furter, Riff-Raff eventually overthrows his master in order to return to his home planet. Rage: Rock Tenor D3-B4.
MAGENTA / USHERETTE. Female Identifying. Any Race / Ethnicity. 20s-50s. Sister and lover of Riff Raff, Magenta is part of the secret mission from Transylvania forced to be disguised as a maid under Frank N. Furter. Returns in full space alien uniform to bring things to a conclusion and force Frank to return them all to Transylvania. Doubles as USHERETTE. Range: Mezzo-Sop Bb3-Eb5
COLUMBIA. Female Identifying. Any Race / Ethnicity. 20s-30s. Columbia is a groupie. She first falls in love with Frank N. Furter, then the Delivery Boy, Eddie. A rock and roll lost-soul who never manages to completely fit in. Range: Mezzo-Sop E4-E5.
DR. FRANK N. FURTER. Male Identifying. Any Race / Ethnicity 30’s-50’s. A “sweet transvestite” scientist from the planet of Transsexual, located in the galaxy of Transylvania. He has subverted the space-mission to take over a castle to serve as his laboratory for the creation of a monster, Rocky Horror, experiment, boy-toy and love-slave. He is renowned for his decadence and fetishes, self indulgence which in turn lead to his ultimate downfall. Range: Baritone D3-G4.
ROCKY HORROR: Male Identifying. Any Race / Ethnicity 20s-30s. Created from scratch and using half of Eddie's brain in the strange laboratory of Dr. Frank N. Furter. Rocky Horror came into the world a perfect specimen and simply to serve as a plaything for his creator. Rocky’s knowledge of the world is limited to the purely lustful and sexual. He exists for a very short span of time, during which he has trysts with both Frank N. Furter and Janet. He reflects Mary Shelley’s classic monster of Frankenstein, who is loved and then rejected by his creator. Range: Tenor A3-G4
EDDIE / DR. SCOTT: Male Identifying. Any Race / Ethnicity. 30s-50s. Eddie from birth is a rotten egg, perpetually finding trouble. He is implied to have had sexual relations with both Dr. Frank N. Furter and Columbia and seems to have no sense of control or sanity. He emerges from the deep freeze with half his brain and is all rock and roll madness. Doubles as DR. SCOTT, mentor of Brad and Janet and uncle of Eddie. Rival of Dr. Frank N. Furter and an expert on UFOs. When he wanders into the castle in search of his nephew he discovers a secret lair of mad science, decadence, and depravity. Range: Baritone: F3-F#4.
2 PHANTOMS– Any Race / Ethnicity. 20s-50s. Two backup singers, who perform with the onstage band. Will also cover the principal roles.
Adaptation and Lyrics by Sean Murray
Original Music and Arrangements by Billy Thompson
Directed by Sean Murray
Music Direction by Patrick Marion
Choreography by Katie Banville
1st Rehearsal November 12, 2024
Performances Begin: November 29, 2024
Close: December 29, 2024
*All roles in this production are cast.
TRACK 1: Ebenezer Scrooge
TRACK 2: Marley, Dick Wilkins, Present, Undertaker
TRACK 3: Cratchit, Fezziwig, Grocer 2, Miner, Lighthouse Keeper, Businessman 2, Old Joe TRACK 4: Solicitor 2, Mrs. Dilbur, Past 2, Mrs. Fezziwig, Shopper 2, Mrs. Cratchit, Miner
TRACK 5: Child, Past 3, Boy Scrooge, Belle, Shopper 1, Tim Cratchit, Martha Cratchit, Miner, Young Woman, Urchin, Caroler 2
TRACK 6: Solicitor 1, Past 1, Grocer 1, Belinda Cratchit, Miner, Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife, Laundress, Turkey Boy
TRACK 7: Young Scrooge, Grocer 3, Peter Cratchit, Minder, Helmsman, Young Man, Businessman, Caroler 1
Female Understudy: Covers ALL female roles in the show.
Male Understudy: Covers ALL male roles in the show.
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