New Repertory Theatre Inc.
AUDITION DATE
Sun, Aug 11, 2019
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (EDT)
APPOINTMENTS
Please contact Elena Morris, Artistic Associate at elenamorris@newrep.org, or (617) 923-7060 for an appointment and to receive audition materials. Please indicate an hour between 3-5 that you would prefer to be scheduled in. Non-equity performers will be seen as time allows. All appointments are scheduled in five-minute intervals, with each performer having three minutes to perform.
CONTRACT
NEAT NEAT Category 6 ; $473/week
SEEKING
Equity actor/singers for the following role:
Billie Holiday: the great jazz singer in the last year of her life. Age 44.
Author’s Note:
Although LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL deals with one of the last appearances of Billie Holiday, the performances should be “up-beat” in every way. Joy and humor should be the prevalent emotions felt on stage. This is because singing was Billie’s salvation. Even when she sings a “sad song” her joy in the act of singing should transform the song into a celebration for the audience.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue and a 32-bar cut of either: “When a Woman Loves a Man,” “God Bless the Child,” “Strange Fruit,” or a song in the style of Billie Holiday.
LOCATION
Mosesian Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal St
Watertown, MA 02472-5710
3rd Floor Rehearsal Hall
PERSONNEL
by Lanie Robertson
Director: Summer L. Williams
Artistic Director: Michael J. Bobbitt
Expected In Attendance:
Summer L. Williams, Director
David Coleman, Music Director
Michael J. Bobbitt, Artistic Director
Elena Morris, Artistic Associate
OTHER
Add'l author's note: The stories she tells should also be delivered as if they were the funniest things imaginable. The horror of her life will effect the audience much more if she seems almost oblivious to it herself.
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.
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