Cabaret - La Mirada EPA/ECC Singers
McCoy Rigby
AUDITION DATE
Thu, Oct 26, 2017
11:00 am - 7:00 pm (PDT)
Lunch: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
EPA rules in effect. In-person sign-up begins at 10:00AM on 10/26/17.
CONTRACT
COST Minimum - $815/wk
SEEKING
See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Character driven song in the style of Cabaret. Okay to sing from the score. Please bring your sheet music.
LOCATION
La Mirada Theatre Rehearsal Space
15519 Phoebe Ave
La Mirada, CA 90638
This address is not the La Mirada Theatre.
PERSONNEL
Music Director: David O
Casting Director: Julia Flores
Other members of the Creative Team may stop by, but are not scheduled for the duration.
OTHER DATES
Rehearsal Date(s): 1/2/18
Opening Date(s): 1/19/18
Closing Date(s): 2/11/18
OTHER
PRODUCERS: Tom McCoy and Cathy Rigby
Director: Larry Carpenter
Music Director: David O
Choreograher: Dana Solimando
EPA Procedures are in effect for this 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.
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BREAKDOWN
*The role of the Emcee has been cast.
Sally Bowles – (20-30) British accent. She is a singer, dancer and incredibly needy performer - surprisingly effective in that, seemingly, she doesn’t give a curse what people think of her. Feral and powerful. She is the essence of Weimar Berlin – haunted by horrific visions of the future - she lives large, parties without care, and has cross-gender relationships indiscriminately. She vacillates between a bright, vivid woman and a hysterical, cruel child.Finger-nails painted emerald green, hands much stained by cigarette smoking and as dirty as a little girl's. She purports to me the daughter of a wealthy mill-owner and an heiress. Vocals: Dynamic, expressive, show-stopping soloist, alto/belter, strong low range down to E or lower, belt to C. Dance style: Sexy, Isolated, Stylized Movement. In command of her body.
Clifford Bradshaw – (25-35) American. Part Hemingway, part F. Scott Fitzgerald, he is following his writer’s muse on a quest for life experience to fuel his writing. He is also a conflicted combination of observer and avid participant in the game of life. He is, or perhaps has been, exploring bi-sexuality. He is certainly a hedonist. He is also, at heart, a smart, decent guy. He eventually finds himself in over his head with underbelly of Weimar society – and catapults out of it to save himself from heartbreak and moral degradation. Baritone or Bari-Tenor. Does not need to be a strong singer, but does need to sing.
Ernst Ludwig – (30’s) German. He is a handsome and sexy European “operator” who interacts with the higher levels of society. He a member of the Nazi Party for whom he makes frequent discrete smuggling jaunts to Paris. Cliff is a potential asset to him. Sally is purely a dalliance. Vocal range flexible, ideally a Tenor.
Herr Schultz - (50-65) German Jew. Soon to be a casualty of the Nazi regime, he is a solid German citizen, plying his trade as the owner of a fruit shop. One of Fraulein Schneider’s boarders, he is a lonely widower who makes his way through life with gentle humor, sweet resolution and a shy common sense. Like so many German Jews, he is incapable of foreseeing the hatred and violence that is about to be inflicted on his race. Vocal Note: Strong, romantic soloist & harmonizer, Tenor or Bari-Tenor, high G. Basic Waltz. Partner/ballroom skills a plus.
Fraulein Schneider – (50-65) German. A widow who owns and runs a boarding house. She is dynamic and active participant in the world around her. She is feisty, curious, practical, funny. At base, she is a tactician with a romantic soul who is forced to make a very hard choice between a loving comfortable relationship with a Jew – and the safety of going forward in her older years alone. Her boarders are her family – for good and not so good. Vocal Notes: Strong soloist, expressive song interpreter. Husky, “weathered” contralto voice, low D to B above middle C. Basic Waltz. Partner/ballroom skills a plus.
Fraulein Kost – 35-50. German. She is another of Fraulein Schneider's boarders who supports herself by ‘entertaining’ sailors in her room. She, like many who ply her trade, is a hardened pragmatist. However she masks her hardness with humor, wile, and a saucy sexuality. Strong soloist, Alto to low G.Accordion skills a plus but not a must. Dance skills (ala Kit Kat Girls) a plus but not a must.
ENSEMBLE:
25-50. The ensemble will play an assortment of roles and are a combination of male and female performers. A whiff of a Nosferatu or Fellini-like strangeness. Movers a plus but not a must. Vocals and acting are the focus. Ideally, several members of the Ensemble play musical instruments. Specifically seeking Violin, Viola, Cello, Alto/Tenor Sax, Clarinet, Flute, Trumpet, Tuba, Accordion, Harp. This is a plus....not a must. Actor/Singers.
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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