JELLY'S LAST JAM - Pasadena, CA ECC Dancers (Female Characters)
Pasadena Playhouse | Pasadena, CA
Notice: Audition Call Type: ECC
Monday, February 26, 2024
9:00 AM (P)
LORT Non-Rep
$1058 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity chorus dancers (Female characters) for roles in JELLY'S LAST JAM. (See breakdown).
Some roles may be understudied.
Please bring regular dance shoes and tap shoes and be prepared to dance. They will teach the dance combo in regular dance shoes and the choreographer may have individuals do a brief portion of the routine in tap shoes on a separate small section of floor where tapping is allowed. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Athletic Garage
121 Waverly Dr
Pasadena, CA 91105
Holding room - Studio B
Book: George C. Wolfe
Music: Jelly Roll Morton
Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead
Director: Kent Gash
Choreographer: Dell Howlett
Producing Artistic Director: Danny Feldman Casting Director: RBT Casting / Ryan Bernard
Expected to attend:
Choreographer: Dell Howlett
Casting Director: Ryan Tymensky
First Rehearsal: April 23, 2024
1st Preview: May 28, 2024
Opening: June 2, 2024
Closing: June 23, 2024
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ECC 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.
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SYNOPSIS: Take your seat at the legendary Jungle Inn nightclub for an electrifying musical telling the story of jazz through one of its most notorious entertainers: Jelly Roll Morton. Journey from the back alleys of New Orleans to the dance halls of Chicago to the stages of New York with “he who drinks from the vine of syncopation” in a sizzling memoir of pride, lust and a past denied.
IMPORTANT NOTE: JELLY’S LAST JAM is in part about the historic discrimination and prejudice even among melanated Black Americans. Since this is a seminal pillar of the content it is imperative that believability as Creoles and that the skin color of specific characters be engaged at the audition point. We respect that these issues are deep and can be inflammatory and traumatic for some, but we ultimately support JELLY’S LAST JAM as an honest and unflinching look at a Black life in America, as written by the genius, George C. Wolfe.
[HUNNIES (3)] Female. A Vivacious Greek Chorus playing various characters along the tale. Excellent dancers. (One Hunnie will sing either Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, or Alto). FEATURED ENSEMBLE
[MISS MAMIE] Female, Black, 30s–50s. A blues Singer. Mezzo-Soprano with brassy high belt. FEATURED ENSEMBLE
[FOOT-IN-YA-ASS SAM] Male, Black. Should tap. ENSEMBLE
[TOO-TIGHT NORA] Female, Black. Should tap. ENSEMBLE
[FEMALE RADIO CONTESTANT] Female, Black. Should tap. ENSEMBLE
[THREE FINGER JAKE] Male, Black. Should tap. ENSEMBLE
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