FELIX STARRO - NYC EPA
Ma-Yi Theatre Company
**REVISED Description for the role of Felix has been updated**
AUDITION DATES
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
Off Broadway $610/week
SEEKING
Award-winning Ma-Yi Theater Company seeks Equity actors for principals for its next production of a new musical, “Felix Starro.”
All Stage Management positions are currently filled.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a folk/pop/rock song that shows off your range. Please bring your headshot and resume.
An accompanist will be provided, please bring sheet music.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
In Attendance at the auditions:
Book and Lyrics: Jessica Hagedorn
Director: Ralph Peña
Music: Fabian Obispo
Orchestrations: Paulo Tirol
Musical Director: Ian Miller
Production Associate: Sarah Hanlon
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: July 9th, 2019
Previews Begin: August 23rd, 2019
Opening Night: September 1st, 2019
Closing Night: September 15th, 2019
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for 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.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
Felix Starro
– Baritone - Male, Asian, aged 40-70. An (in)famous faith healer from the Philippines. Felix is magnetic, charming, and can sell you the shirt off your own back. (actors of Latin or Asian decent strongly encouraged to audition)
Junior – Tenor - Male, Asian, aged 15 to 18 (but looks much younger) Felix Starro’s orphaned grandson and assistant. Young and impressionable, Junior wants to please his grandfather, but harbors dreams of his own.
Flora Ramirez – Alto - Female, Asian, aged 50-70. The proprietor of a modest flower shop. A sweet veneer hides a nononsense business mind.
Mrs. Myrna Delgado
– Alto/Mezzo - Female, Asian or Latino, aged 40-60 A prosperous, devout widow. Suffers from a terminal illness and desperate to find a cure.
Ramon Delgado
– Baritone/Tenor - Asian or Latino, aged 25-30. Mrs. Delgado’s son. Male, Street-wise lawyer and well educated, but with a violent streak.
Charma – Alto/Mezzo - Female, Asian, aged 30-40 Junior’s savvy, ambitious girlfriend back in Manila. She will do anything to get to
Crystal Maglalang – Alto/Mezzo - Female, Asian, aged 16-22. Hotel maid. Not savvy in the ways of the world.
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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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