URINETOWN - Equity Video Submissions Actor's Express Theatre Company | Atlanta, GA
Notice: Submission
CONTRACT
SPT
$437 weekly minimum (SPT 4)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in URINETOWN (See breakdown).
Actor's Express is fully committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunity. We are committed to principles of ethical and diverse representation in our casting. Casting is open to all races, genders/gender expressions and physical abilities.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please upload video submission link, headshot and resume at:
https://airtable.com/shrSTCMkcmQxxbZwW.
Deadline: 10/27/2022
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PERSONNEL
Written by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman
Viewing Submissions:
Director – Freddie Ashley
Music Director – Ashley Prince
Choreographer – Precious West
Casting Director – Justin Kalin
Associate Artistic Director – Amanda Washington
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: January 3, 2023
Tech: January 28-29, 2023
Dress Rehearsals: January 31–February 1, 2023
Previews: February 2-3, 2023
Opening: February 4, 2023
Closing: February 19, 2023
Performances: Thursday-Saturday at 8pm; Sundays at 2pm. 4 performances per week
Please note that Actor’s Express has committed to five-day work week.
OTHER
Rehearsals and performances held indoors at the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University. We are working with an AEA-approved safety plan that includes vaccination, testing, masking, cleaning and distancing protocols. Pursuant to AEA guidelines, proof of full vaccination no later than two weeks prior to in-person work is a required condition of employment.
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.
BREAKDOWN
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Prepare a short song of your choosing or you may use the accompaniment tracks available at
https://actors-express.com/get-involved/#auditions.
AND prepare one of the sides (also available at
https://actors-express.com/get-involved/#auditions). If you don’t have access to a reader, please present a brief monologue in the style of the show. No memorization necessary. No memorization required.
SEEKING:
Officer Lockstock – M 30s-50s. He is the narrator of the story who can present himself as an affable public servant, though he enjoys killing guilty offenders. His voice and his bearing are authority incarnate in a patriarchal twentieth century kind of way. Vocal range: A2 -A4
Penelope Pennywise – F 30s-50s. The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest urinal in town. She runs her urinal with an iron fist but reveals a softer side later. Vocal range: A3-C6
Bobby Strong – M 20s-30s. A brash and optimistic young man who works for Ms. Pennywise at the urinal. He becomes a revolutionary who falls in love with Hope and raises the poor in idealistic revolt against Urine Good Company. Vocal range: A2-C5
Hope Cladwell – F 20s. Caldwell B. Cladwell’s daughter. She is beautiful, innocent and naïve, but finds a steel spine when she discovers her father’s evil. She joins Bobby Strong’s revolution to bring down Urine Good Company. Vocal range: A3-A5
Caldwell B. Cladwell – M 50s-60s. The evil President of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor. Vocal range: A2 to G4
Little Sally – F Teens. Another of our narrators, she asks precocious questions of Officer Lockstock and questions the play’s logic. She is young, but smarter than other kids her age. Vocal range: A3-E5
Mr. McQueen – M 30s-40s. Cladwell’s sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant. Vocal range: B2-E4
Senator Flipp – M 40s-50s. A greedy politician in Cladwell’s pocket. A bumbling coward. Vocal range: C#3-F4
Officer Barrel – M 20s-40s. Lockstock’s patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman. Vocal range: G2-F4
Hot Blades Harry – M 40s-60s. One of the Poor. He is psychologically unstable and can become a violent loose cannon. Possibly doubles as Old Man Strong, Bobby’s father who refuses at his peril to bow to the Urine Good Company. Vocal range: A2-F4
Old Man Strong – M 40s-60s. Bobby’s father who refuses at his peril to bow to the Urine Good URINETOWN - Equity Video Submissions Page 2 of 3
Company.
Dr. Billeaux – M 30s-50s. Head of Research and Development at Urine Good Company. Possibly doubles with Tiny Tom. Vocal range: A3 to E3
Tiny Tom – One of the Poor. An idiotic man-child. Possible doubling as Dr. Billeaux. Vocal range: D3 to A3
Soupy Sue – F 20s-40s. One of the Poor. She is excitable and easily panicked. Possible doubling with Caldwell’s Secretary. Vocal range: Bb3 to B4
Little Becky Two-shoes – F 20s-40s. She is one of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive and accusatory. Possibly doubles as Mrs. Millenium. Vocal range: Bb3 to F5
Josephine “Ma” Strong – F 50s-60s. Bobby’s mother and Old Man Strong’s wife. She is a strong willed woman with a bite, able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her. Doubles as Old Woman. Vocal range: Bb3 to D5
Ensemble – Cladwell’s Secretary, Mrs. Milleinium, Robby the Stockfish, Billy Bay Bill, various members of the Poor, as well as Police and UCG Executives. Some may double with other characters. Vocal range is open.
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