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Seeking
Equity actor/singers for various roles and ensemble in the 2015-16 Season Musical SNOW QUEEN.
see breakdown
Preparation
Each member has 3 minutes to audition.
Prepare material of choice (including, if you wish, selections from the season’s repertoire). For those who wish to perform a scene, a reader will be available. State starting and stopping places. Accompanist provided.
Bring picture and resume.
Other Dates
New Repertory Theatre will also be attending Stage Source AEA Auditions on 4/13/15 from 10-6pm at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116.
EPA for the Season Plays 3/12, 10am -6pm, @ Arsenal Center for the Arts
Other
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
Theatre’s mailing address: New Repertory Theatre, 200 Dexter Avenue, Watertown , MA 02472
Personnel
Artistic Director: Jim Petosa, attending the EPA
Associate Artistic Director: Bridget Kathleen O’Leary, attending the EPA
PSM (Main stage): TBD
PSM (Downstage): TBD
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
AEA members contact Bridget Kathleen O’Leary at 617-923-7060, #8204 or auditions@newrep.org. Office hours: Mon–Fri, 10–6.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Available roles in the musical productions of New Rep’s 2015-16 season are listed below. No understudies are being cast. All roles are available for non-traditional casting.
(Note, for any roles that have been cast, auditioning performers may be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary)
CHARLES MOSESIAN THEATER:
SNOW QUEEN
Book by Kirsten Brandt and Rick Lombardo
Music by Haddon Kime
Lyrics by Haddon Kime, Kirsten Brandt and Rick Lombardo
Director: Rick Lombardo
Production Stage Manager: TBD
Music Director: TBD
1st reh: 11/10/15
Runs 11/28-12/20 (with possible extension through 12/27).
Wed.–Sun., with matinees and evening shows
Seeking:
GERDA:
20s. A bright, precocious, adventurous girl. Her chronological age is less important than her emotional age, which will evolve from pre to post adolescence over the course of her journey. Clear soprano with a strong belt and rock feel. Vocal Range: G3 – F?5.
KAI
20s. A bright, inquisitive boy. Sweet and innocent to start, he grows dark, self-possessed and obsessive as he goes deeper into the world of The Snow Queen. Like Gerda he evolves from pre to post adolescence. Sweet-voiced early, a rock tenor by the end. Vocal Range: D3 – A4
SNOW QUEEN
(Role CAST) 30-40s. A force of nature to be reckoned with. Powerful, mercurial, demanding and alluring. She is beautiful, cold and hard, just like her ice and snow. Soprano with a rock feel. Vocal Range: A3 – B?5
ACTOR 1:
(Role CAST)
Vocal Range: A?2 – A4 and C3 – G4
Male, to play 30s. Plays the following:
- The Troll: Mischievous, playful, amoral. He is not so much malevolent as he is unfeeling. Baritenor.
- The Flower: Vain, beautiful, simple-minded and competitive. They love the sun and crave attention. Each has their own unique qualities and they like to talk about them.
- The Prince: Geeky and adventurous, he’s always eager to know and learn more. No matter what time of day or night, he seems to be on way too much caffeine. Explosive energy, he is hopelessly in love with The Princess.
- The Reindeer: The most noble, honorable beast on the ice. From a royal reindeer family, he is the strong loyal friend you want beside you on any difficult journey. Tenor.
ACTOR 2
Vocal Range: A?3 – D5
Female, to play 50-60s. Plays the following:
- The Grandmother: Kind and caring, she tries to protect the children by keeping them ignorant of the dangers in the world.
- The Garden Witch: Needy, cunning and a little dotty. She is powerful yet very scattered. Mezzo.
- Lady Crow: His devoted, besotted lady-friend. She also has the IQ of a bird. Mezzo.
- Robber Girl’s Mother: Scary and demanding and the leader of the toughest, roughest gang in the woods. She always gets her way – except when her daughter is around.
- The Woman of the North: Wise, powerful, spiritual – she is both of this world and not of this world. She can see beyond the things of the real world. Mezzo.
ACTOR 3
Soprano
Female, to play 35-45. Plays the following:
- Flower: Vain, beautiful, simple-minded and competitive. They love the sun and crave attention. Each has their own unique qualities and they like to talk about them.
- Robber Gang: Not bright, not well-kept, and awfully loud.
- Pigeon: They are birds from the San Fernando Valley. Not very bright and very self-absorbed.
Ensemble
ACTOR 4
Vocal Range: B3 – E?5 and G4 – C5
Female, to play 20s-30s. Plays the following:
- The Rose: The superstar of the floral world. She loves to be admired.
- The Princess: She’s just like the Prince, An untraditional princess. Geeky and adventurous, she’s always eager to know and learn more. No matter what time of day or night, she seems to be on way too much caffeine. Explosive energy, she is hopelessly in love with The Prince. Mezzo
- The Robber Girl: She is the scariest tween you’ve ever met. Demanding, hormonal, volatile, half-princess and half-Oger. She confuses fear and love, and seems to know things way beyond her years about what happens in the night. Punk rocker. Strong rock belt.
Ensemble
ACTOR 5
Soprano
Female, to play 35-45. Plays the following:
- Flower: Vain, beautiful, simple-minded and competitive. They love the sun and crave attention. Each has their own unique qualities and they like to talk about them.
- Pigeon: They are birds from the San Fernando Valley. Not very bright and very self-absorbed.
Ensemble
ACTOR 6
Vocal Range: B2 – F4 and C3 – F?4
Male, to play 20-30s
- The River: An elemental force – swirling, powerful and unyielding. He has much to teach. Baritone.
- The Old Crow: Noble, forgetful, and aged. He believes he’s much younger than he really is. Speaks like a World War I British flying ace. He wants one more grand adventure. He has the IQ of a bird. Baritenor.
- A Flower: Vain, beautiful, simple-minded and competitive. They love the sun and crave attention. Each has their own unique qualities and they like to talk about them.
Ensemble
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The Arsenal Center for the Arts is accessible by major routes and the #70 bus.
Theatre’s mailing address: New Repertory Theatre, 200 Dexter Avenue, Watertown , MA 02472
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