La Jolla Playhouse
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Dec 16, 2019
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (PST)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
EPA rules in effect. In-person sign-ups begin at 9:00 AM on 12/16/19.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep Minimum - $941/wk
SEEKING
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PREPARATION
Please be prepared to sing two contrasting pop/rock songs that shows your voice and range. You may also choose to sing one song and one contemporary monologue. Audition should not exceed 4 minutes total. Come prepared with sheet music. A piano accompanist will be provided. Please also bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity Association LA Audition Center
5636 Tujunga Ave
North Hollywood, CA 91601
PERSONNEL
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OTHER DATES
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OTHER
Understudy positions at La Jolla Playhouse are not available unless circumstances arise in which they are essential to a specific production. There are currently no stage management positions available.
EPA Procedures are in effect for 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
LEMPICKA
Book and Lyrics by Carson Kreitzer
Music by Matt Gould
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
Rehearsals start – March 31, 2020
First Preview – May 19, 2020
Close – June 28, 2020
Fleeing the Russian revolution and leaving behind a world of opulence and wealth, aristocrat Tamara de Lempicka and her beloved husband Tadeusz are forced to make a new life. In the rising tide of fascism, Tamara takes to painting to survive, and when she meets the free-spirited Rafaela, a prostitute on the fringes of Parisian society, she’s torn between the life she cherishes with her husband and the passion, ambition, and possibility awoken in her by her new muse. Inspired by the life of the artist who transformed herself from penniless refugee to star of the art world when the world itself teetered on chaos, Lempicka looks at the beauty and danger of one painter pursuing it all.
TAMARA DE LEMPICKA 30’s. Soprano. Belter. Art Deco painter. Scrappy, independent, and resilient, Tamara sells her jewels and her body in order to free her husband from a Russian prison. A closeted bisexual. As she gains popularity, her focus becomes set on money and fame, and she becomes self-destructive and inattentive to her daughter, husband, and lover. This role has been cast.
TADEUSZ LEMPICKI 30’s. Tenor. White Russian aristocrat. Tamara’s husband. Charming and deeply loyal to Tamara. He struggles with feeling emasculated as Tamara gains popularity and fame and becomes the primary breadwinner for their family. This role has been cast.
RAFAELA 30’s. Alto. Tamara’s muse and model, a prostitute. Streetwise with mesmerizing charisma. sensual and fearless. Self-assured and self-possessed. Unexpectedly falls in love with Tamara and wants to start a life with her. This role has been cast.
KIZETTE 10 years old. Tamara’s daughter. Polite and shy, Kizette just wants to please her mother, who is her biggest role model. Until that is no longer the case. This role has been cast.
MARINETTI 30’s. Baritone or Tenor. Pompous, self-righteous, xenophobic, and sexist. Marinetti is a leader in the Futurist movement. He believes in art for realism, and uses art to represent war and brutality and condemns “feminine” art like Lempicka’s. This role has been cast.
THE BARON 40’s. One of Tamara’s first collectors. Has a good eye. Charming and warm. Largely responsible for Tamara’s rise to fame as an artist. This role has been cast.
THE BARONESS 40’s-50’s. Alto. The Baron’s wife. Comes off as cold. Chic. Highly observant, curious, and ultimately wants the best for her husband. Commissions Tamara to paint her.
SUZY SOLIDOR 30’s. Mezzo. Big personality. Runs an underground club in Paris. Tough exterior but idealistic inside; envisions a world where people can be who they are without discrimination. This role has already been cast.
ENSEMBLE: BOLSHEVIKS, ASSORTED PARISIANS, ARTISTS, RICH PEOPLE, SAILORS, REPORTERS, etc.
MOTHER RUSSIA
by Lauren Yee
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
Rehearsal and Performance Dates: TBD
It’s 1992 - a year since the fall of the Berlin Wall, six months since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This new comedy centers around the love triangle that unfolds between two Russian surveillance workers and a fallen pop star, and explores what happens when the life you know is turned upside down and you are faced with more choices now that have previously existed.
EUVGENY male. twenty-five. Russian. Surveillance worker for the Russian government. Son of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Practical, level headed, meticulous. Has never made a decision about anything in his life. His whole life has been decided for him. Longs for the freedom of a chosen life.
DMITRI male. twenty-five. Russian. Loud, boisterous and somewhat oblivious. Dreams of working for the KGB and has studied all things American in preparation for his life as a spy. A Russian meat-head with a big heart. Afraid of being alone.
KATYA female. mid-30s. Ukrainian. After two years living in exile in the US, she is now living in St. Petersburg teaching music to children. A free spirit who feels she’s run out of choices. Under surveillance by the Russian government.
MOTHER RUSSIA Male or Female (or neither or both). Of a wise age. Everything and everyone, and nothing at all. All-seeing and all-knowing but rarely heeded.
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
by Heidi Shreck
Directed by Oliver Butler
First Preview – September 1, 2020
Close– September 27, 2020
Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.
This production is coming to La Jolla Playhouse with an existing cast.
BHANGIN’ IT
Book by Rehana Lew Mirza and Mike Lew
Music and Lyrics by Sam Willmott
Directed by Amy Anders Corcoran
Rehearsals start– January 5, 2021
First Preview– February 16, 2021
Close– March 28, 2021
The 2019 Richard Rodgers Award-winning new musical about the dizzyingly high-stakes world of intercollegiate competitive bhangra - a traditional Indian folk dance morphed into a good ole American dance-off. When biracial Mary is kicked off her bhangra team for not being Indian enough, she and her roommate Sunita form a ragtag team of their own, setting cultural authenticity and cultural pluralism on a collision course.
The Settlers of Catan
MARY WOODS 18 – 25. Female. Half-Indian, half-white. Team Captain of the Settlers of Catan
SUNITA JAIN 18 – 25. Female. Indian. Mary’s brassy, curvy roommate. Co-Captain of the Settlers. Strong comedic chops
BILLY CASTILLO 18 – 25. Male. Latino. A music production major. The team DJ and Mary’s love interest.
GOBIND SINGH 18 – 25. Male. Indian (Sikh). A jolly, turban-wearing chemistry major.
LILY RASHAD 18 – 25. Female. A quiet, black Muslim math nerd
CONSTANCE CRUZ 18 – 25. Female. Filipina. A flighty, flaky fashionista with bird-like qualities.
JAKE SAMUELS 18 – 25. Male. African-American. Gay basketball player and also Dance Captain
WALLACE PEABODY 70-years-old. Male. Any ethnicity. Widowed faculty member
The Bengal Tigers
AMIT – 20s male, Indian. Team captain of the Bengal Tigers
PREETI – 20s female, Indian. A no-nonsense bhangra assassin who can't stand Mary.
SHETAL - 20s female, Indian. Dancer, non-biologically related twinsies with Shilpa.
SHILPA - 20s female, Indian. Dancer, non-biologically related twinsies with Shetal.
BIG BOB - 20s male, Indian. The Bengal Tigers' Dancer/Spotter
RAJ - 20s male, Indian. Dancer, best bros for life with Varun
VARUN - 20s male, Indian. Dancer, best bros for life with Raj
NEW MARY - 20s, female, Indian. Brought on as a ringer to replace Mary.
(THE BENGAL TIGERS also variously play STUDENTS, DELIVERY BOYS, and potentially ELLEN DEGENERES)
REKHA KAPOOR – 40s-60s female, Indian. An ex-Bollywood-star turned restaurateur.
NOAH BERNSTEIN 18 – 25. Male. Jewish. A small, cuddly klutz
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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