MAGIC SCHOOL BUS - Equity video submissions
TheaterWorksUSA | New York, NY
Notice: Submission
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Barbara Pasternack
Associate Artistic Director/Casting: Jillian Carucci
Remount Director/Choreographer: Andrew Coopman
Book: Marshall Pailet
Music & Lyrics: Matthew Lee Robinson
Original Director/Choreographer: Connor Gallagher
OTHER DATES
All dates are currently subject to change.
Callbacks will take place in October/November
in NEW YORK CITY.
Rehearsal Date(s): ~ 12/27/22
Opening Date(s): ~ 1/12/23
Closing Date(s): ~ 6/11/23
OTHER
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THIS IS A TOURING PRODUCTION.THE COMPANY TRAVELS BY CAR & VAN TO
THEATERS AND SCHOOLS. ALL ACTORS MUST BE AVAILABLE TO AUDITION, REHEARSE, PERFORM, AND TRAVEL FROM NYC.
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 submit.
CONTRACT
TYA
$505 weekly minimum
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in TheaterWorksUSA's
Winter/Spring 2023 Touring TYA Musical:
MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: LOST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM (see breakdown).
Seeking versatile musical theatre performers with comedic flair. All performers must be able to carry tight harmonies and move well. NYC based actors encouraged to submit.
BIPOC+/GLOBAL MAJORITY PERFORMERS ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT. This is an ACTOR/ASM contract. ?ALL ACTORS ARE SIGNED AS ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS (ASMs) and will be required, as such, to lift scenery and sound equipment during daily load-in and load outs (up to 60 lbs). All actors participate in assembling and disassembling the set at each venue and school at which they perform.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare a short, contemporary, up tempo Musical Theatre / pop song that showcases range OR material from show at
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xn41u8uhd5pndb q/AABqOvt0rJLqSFrMO7OLtkeRa?dl=0 in the octave that best suits your voice. Email your headshot/resume (one PDF) and video submission link with the title of the show in the subject line.
Deadline: 10/14/2022
SUBMIT TO
castingteam@twusa.org
BREAKDOWN
COVID-19 SAFETY: TWUSA ADHERES TO EQUITY SAFETY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO COVID-19 FOR ALL AUDITIONS, REHEARSALS, AND TOURING. ALL COMPANY MEMBERS MUST BE FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.
About TheaterWorksUSA: TheaterWorksUSA has led the Theater for Young and Family Audiences movement in New York City and across North America for over half a century. At TWUSA, we believe that access to art-and theater, in particular-is vital for our youth. Since 1961, the 501(c)3 not-for-profit has captured the imaginations of 100 million new and veteran theatergoers with an award-winning repertoire of over 140 original plays and musicals. Acclaimed alumni include Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Disney's Frozen), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent), Jerry Zaks (The Music Man), Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dear Evan Hansen), Miguel Cervantes (Hamilton), Kathleen Chalfant (Angels in America), and Chuck Cooper (Tony award winning actor, The Life). Visit
WWW.TWUSA.ORG for more information.
TheaterWorksUSA serves a diverse, nationwide audience and strives to hire artists and staff that reflect the diversity of our audiences. TheaterWorksUSA is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer.
Story line: This is a musical based on the book MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: LOST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM published by Scholastic.
SEEKING:
MS. FRIZZLE – Character is female. An ebullient teacher with an indomitable can-do spirit and a voracious appetite for teaching. Ever-so-slightly irresponsible and ever-so-much-so omnipotent. Ethel Merman belter Ab3 to C#5, with rich Mary Poppins soprano G4 to E5. Able to easily flip between the two within the same song.
ARNOLD – Character is male. A teacher’s pet and very proud of it. Charming, sensitive, unreasonably intelligent. Struck out of orbit by the arrival of his know-it-all cousin, Arnold soon finds himself motivated by jealousy competing for Ms. Frizzle’s attention. Contemporary musical theatre bari-tenor, B2 to G#4.
JANET – Character is female. A transfer student, Arnold’s cousin. Brilliant, competitive, total know-it all who tends to brag about how she can be better at anything. Underneath her many layers, she has a deep desire to make her cousin proud. Contemporary musical theatre belter Ab3 to D5, with very strong head voice to E5.
RALPHIE – Character is male. The class clown. Laid back, always looking to turn hardship into a punch line. Ralphie thinks he’s bottom of the class in terms of intelligence, so he chooses to joke rather than try and risk failure. Contemporary musical theatre high baritone, A2 to G4.
WANDA – Character is Asian female. The alien hunter. Fierce, uncompromising, doesn’t have a crush on Carlos. Walks around like the hero of an alien action movie, and again, doesn’t have a crush on Carlos. Contemporary musical theatre belter, F#3 to Eb5.
CARLOS – Character is Latine male. The other alien hunter, as long as alien hunting is still what Wanda is into. Keeper of anti-alien weapons, and also of terribly corny punch lines, Carlos is Wanda’s action hero sidekick. He doesn’t have a crush on Wanda – this cannot be stressed enough. Contemporary musical theatre high baritone, A2 to G4.
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