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Call Type
Equity Principal
Date of Audition
3/18/2012
Location
San Jose Stage Company
490 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Check-in in lobby, Auditions on stage
Time(s)
Sunday, March 18th
12 noon to 6 pm
? A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
Schedule appointment by email:
rsingleton@thestage.org
no calls please
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Contract
Bay Area Theatre
$417/wk
Seeking
Seeking a variety of physical and ethnic types. Comic character actors who can sing are preferable over musical theater types.
Please see breakdown.
Preparation
Please prepare a broad comic monologue and 32 bars of a contemporary rock tune preferred not to exceed 3 minutes. Piano accompanist provided, If you play guitar, you may accompany yourself.
*Facility with deadpan comedy and vacant expressions a must.
Other Dates
1st rehearsal 5/01/2012
1st tech 5/25/12
1st preview 5/31/12
opens 6/2/12
Closes 7/22/12
Other
Local Hires only, no housing provided.
All must be adept with diverse performance styles - capable of broad yet sharp characterizations as well as sudden beat shifts.
Personnel
Director Rick Singleton, Artistic Director Randall King, Vocal Director Allison Rich
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Breakdown
Andrew Jackson [20s-early 30s, male] A roguish, man’s president.
Deeply charming and sexy, so much so that you somehow don't mind he’s a violent, arrogant, bigoted idiot. Fights passionately for what he believes in. Personifies "strong but wrong." Ages throughout the show so should be able to play young. Must be adept at deadpan comedy. High baritone rock. Up to a G belt. Guitar-playing a plus.
Martin Van Buren [mid 20s-mid 30s, male] Jackson's right hand man.
In over his head. A buffoon, well-intentioned and utterly lovable.
Think Nicely-Nicely. Doubles as other roles.
Rachel Jackson [mid 20s-mid 30s, female] Jackson's wife. Deeply religious and devoted, even maternal, to Jackson. Good if older than Jackson. Strangely alluring, not overtly sexual. Amy Sedaris-type. Doubles as other roles.
The Storyteller [late 30s-late 60s, female] Milquetoast, oppressively good-natured narrator. Wears a Puff the Magic Dragon-style sweater, thick glasses, and her hair in a bun. Loves history, loves Jackson, and loves telling the audience about both, Being in this show might be the most exciting moment in her life.
John C. Calhoun [late 20s-mid 30s, male] Gentlemen senator from the South. Sinister, good-looking, charming, and brilliant. A vain mastermind. Wears the finest clothes. The most restrained of the cabal. Tall, thin. Doubles as other roles, usually with Andrew Sr. Baritone.
Henry Clay [late 20s-mid 30s, male] A backwoods version of Calhoun’s villainous senator. Think Crispin Glover. Greasy hair. Wears weasel pelts.
Over-the-top and vivacious. Transparent in his villainy and revels in it.
Tall, cadaverous. Doubles as other roles, usually with Black Fox. Baritone.
James Monroe [early-mid 30s, male] President of the United States.
Old school American aristocracy. Foppish and overwhelmed. Exasperated by Jackson’s overreaching as well as by the idiocy of his advisors. Doubles as other roles.
John Quincy Adams [early 20s-early 30s, male] Former President’s son.
Whiny, spoiled, demanding. All grown up, has joined the Calhoun-Clay cabal. Really, really wants to be President. Like, right now. Think Bud Frump. Doubles as other roles. Baritone.
Black Fox [mid 20s-mid 3Gs, male] Native American chief. Intelligent, somber, with a hint of danger. Used to work alongside Jackson, an alliance that led him to tricking and betraying other tribes for Jackson. By the end of the show, he’s forced to beg his friend for mercy. Doubles as other roles, usually with Clay or Calhoun.
Male Soloist [late teens-mid 20s, male] Brooding, intense rocker with powerful, emotive indie rock voice. Angsty, good-looking, young, hip. Think The Killers or Blink-182. Doubles as other roles. Rock baritone. Not musical theater.
Ten Little Indians Soloist [20s, female] Self-confident, attractive singer with powerful, emotive indie rock voice. Dark, mysterious, hip vibe. Doubles as other roles. Dresden Dolls alto-belts up to a Bb. Not musical theater.
Lyncoya [5 to 8, male] Adopted Native American son of Andrew Jackson. Sweet disposition with a wild streak.
Bandleader [late teens-20s] Dark and dangerous.
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