UP AND AWAY... - Pittsburgh PA EPA
Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera | Pittsburgh, PA
AUDITION DATE
Saturday, November 11, 2017
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
break 2 to 3
APPOINTMENTS
Requests for an audition appointment should be e-mailed to CabaretAuditions@pittsburghclo.org and include a preferred time range, which will be honored as sign-ups permit. Equity members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day as time permits.
CONTRACT
SPT SPT 9; $679/week
LOCATION
Benedum Center Rehearsal Studios
719 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, 15222
3rd floor
PERSONNEL
All personnel listed below will be present at the EPA:
Director & Choreographer: Marlo Hunter
Music Director: Douglas Levine
Book & Lyrics: Kevin Hammonds
Music: Kristin Bair
Producing Director (CLO): Mark Fleischer Producing Assistant (CLO): Olivia O’Connor
SEEKING
Equity Actors for the world premiere production of a new musical, UP AND AWAY: THE ASTONISHING, AMAZING, ABSOLUTELY TRUE TALE OF THE INCREDIBLE J. JESSUP (AND HIS BROTHER).
PREPARATION
Prepare 32 bars of an up-tempo comedic song. Also prepare Character sides for your preferred role(s), which can be obtained on website and at the audition: http://www.pittsburghclo.org/upand-away-audition-sides. Also Bring: Sheet music for your audition song selection(s), A typed resume and headshot (stapled), and A completed audition application. Audition Applications can be downloaded from our website: http://bit.ly/2yDkN57 Paper copies will also be available on the day of auditions.
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Rehearsal Schedule: Sun – Fri, 9a – 5p
Opening Night: Thursday, January 25, 2018
Closing: Sunday, April 15, 2018
Possible Extension through Sunday, April 29, 2018
Performance Schedule: Wed – Fri, 7:30pm; Sat, 2pm & 8pm; Sun. 2pm 1pm Thursday matinees Feb. 22, Mar. 22
OTHER
www.PittsburghCLO.org
Callbacks: Sunday, November 12, 2017
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.
BREAKDOWN
A company of five actors will play all of the roles in UP AND AWAY. Please note that we are looking for deeply collaborative and generous actors who are not afraid of making bold, unique choices.
JERRY JESSUP 25 – 30 Vocal Range: Tenor with a strong high singing voice. Range A2-A4 A kind, intelligent, yet fearful man who is happy to never stray from the farm. Content with life as it is, Jerry is distrustful of outside forces, and inherently nervous, but will stop at nothing to protect the ones he loves.
JOE JESSUP 20 – 25 Vocal range: Tenor with rockabilly high notes. Range A2-G4 An all-American, strapping farm boy, with broad shoulders and good looks. Confident that he is meant for great things, his slightly dim wit and his childlike enthusiasm don't always serve him well, but his handsome face and clueless charm don’t hurt.
SUSIE DARE 20 – 25 Vocal Range: Spunky leading lady soprano with belt to F5. Range A3-A5 A feisty, ambitious, but incredibly indecisive and easily distracted young woman who will do anything to be become a news reporter - even swear off men until she attains the success she thinks she deserves.
PLAYER 1 (Male): 35 – 40 Vocal Range: Bari-tenor with strong mid-range and credible female falsetto. Range A2-G4 Plays Ronak Fairchild, an eccentric billionaire and philanthropist who seems just outrageous and mysterious enough to be your biggest ally or the most diabolical villain. Also plays many other smaller roles in the show. Must be an expert character actor with a wide range of voices and tricks up his sleeve.
PLAYER 2 (Female): 40 – 50 Vocal Range: Alto comfortable with character singing and tight vocal harmonies. Range A3-E5 Plays Mother Jessup, a very hard, unemotional, no-nonsense woman, born of the earth who would do anything to protect her boys. Also plays many other smaller roles in the show. Must be an expert character actor with a wide range of voices and tricks up her sleeve.
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