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Auditions Announced for WICKED FUN at Equality Productions

EP_logoEquality Productions announces auditions for musical theater performers who want to participate in a recorded virtual concert of “Wicked Fun” – Songs from the musical “Wicked”.   The recorded performances will be sung in a cabaret-style. As the concert is a benefit, the roles are non-paid.

By August 1st, email the role for your audition, your theater resume, day and time of your weekday evening and weekend afternoon conflicts from 8/5-8/31, and a video recording of one song to equalityproductionscincy@gmail.com. All auditionees will be considered for the role they chose as well as the other roles, including the ensemble.

The performers will have rehearsals with Kristi Hiner, the musical director, and Richard Zenk, director over Zoom. Therefore, all auditionees must have a high-speed internet connection, a webcam with a microphone, PC speakers, and a room with a neutral-colored wall. Not all performers will be required at all rehearsals.

ELPHABA: Age 16-35 with a vocal range: Mezzo-Soprano – F3 to F5
Elphaba is the main protagonist, who becomes known as the Wicked Witch of the West. She is intelligent, honest, likable but misunderstood. Her internal ‘goodness’ is juxtaposed to the oppression of the world around her – a conflict she battles internally and externally.
Audition song:  “Defying Gravity”  Link to instrumental: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqw-wkgJzL8

GLINDA: Age 16-35 with a vocal range: Soprano – G3 to C6 (optional G6)
Glinda is a complex character, nowhere near as superficial as she seems at first. She is as cunning as she is bubbly, a passionate, popular and loveable individual who uses her intelligence and social standing to manipulate her colleagues and friends.
Audition song: “Popular”  Link to instrumental:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HBJC-kIuVo

THE WIZARD OF OZ –  Age 30+ with a vocal range: Baritone
The Wizard is a softly spoken, blindly confident, easily influenced, superficial person. A metaphorical example of the corruption of power through false representation, the wizard trades his morality for popularity. His grand façade is a representation of his false power.
Audition song: “A Sentimental Man”   Link to instrumental: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMSfO3T83mU

If auditioning for the roles below or the ensemble, pick a Broadway song that has an instrumental track on YouTube for your audition song.

MADAME MORRIBLE: Age 40+ Vocal Range: Alto – G3 to B4
Madame Morrible is a dark, conniving, and cunning character. Highly manipulative, seductive and inherently evil, she has no internal conflict as to the nature of her character.

FIYERO: Age 16-35 Vocal Range: Tenor – F3 to G5
Fiyero is a seemingly one-dimensional character but has significantly more substance than his striking looks suggest. Social, affable, and lovable, Fiyero is fun, smooth, and at times naive. He is intelligent and torn by the social demands of vanity, peer pressure, and propaganda.

DR DILLAMOND: Age 30+ Baritone.
Dr. Dillamond is the moral compass. A teacher of life sciences and a philosopher, he is warm, noble, and fatherly.

ENSEMBLE

Visit Equality Productions to see other concerts and plays: https://www.facebook.com/Equality-Productions-in-Cincinnati-OH-10545.

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Auditions Announced for THE SUNSHINE BOYS at Fairfield Footlighters

fflFairfield Footlighters announces the auditions for THE SUNSHINE BOYS written by Neil Simon and directed by Richard Zenk. This classic comedy concerns two retired vaudeville performers, Al Lewis and Willie Clark (aka ‘The Sunshine Boys’), who reunite to perform their famous sketch ‘The Doctor Will See You Now’ on a network TV special.

The auditions will follow these guidelines: Everyone entering the FCAC Theater at 411 Wessel Dr, Fairfield, OH 45014 must wear a face mask. Auditionees can remove their mask once onstage for their audition but must wear when in close proximity to other people. Auditionees should stay outside until they called in via text or voice call. Everyone must social distance.

Auditions will be one person per time slot. They will be held from 6:30-9 PM on both July 20 and 22. Choose an audition slot no later than July 18th: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4ea4ae29abfb6-the

Once you sign up for an audition slot, you will be emailed an audition form to complete and the audition sides. You will return the audition form along with your theater resume and headshot by July 18th.

Contact the director with any questions via the Sign-Up Genius link. The rehearsals will begin on August 8. The performances will occur on September 18–20, 2020.

CHARACTERS:

  • Willie Clark (60+ – lead) – One half of the famous vaudeville duo known as the Sunshine Boys, Willie is a cranky, fiercely independent man, not as young as he used to be, and nostalgically protective of the glory days of his glamorous past.
  • Ben Silverman (20-35 – supporting) – Willie’s nephew and only living relative, an agent, frequently driven to heart palpitations by his frustration with his uncle, whom he looks after.
  • Al Lewis ( 60+ – lead) – The former vaudeville partner of Willie, who abruptly decided to retire after 43 years of performing. Now elderly, he lives with his daughter and her young family.
  • Patient (any age – cameo) – A member of the doctor sketch, one of the Sunshine Boys’ most famous acts.
  • Eddie (20-30; cameo) – The young and efficient assistant TV director at CBS.
  • Nurse (20-35; cameo) – A young attractive woman, playing a burlesque nurse in the Sunshine Boys’ doctor sketch.
  • Registered Nurse (any age – cameo) – A sensible, brusque healthcare practitioner hired to look after Willie.

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Video Auditions Announced for Engagement Programs at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

PIP_Nancy BrewENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS GENERAL AUDITIONS
Off the Grid and Outreach Tour

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is accepting video audition submissions from non-Equity actors for performance opportunities through our Off the Grid and Outreach Tour programs. These opportunities include virtual and site-specific, interactive theatrical experiences, and our fall school outreach tour production of The Wind in the Willows, which will be recorded and presented virtually.

These auditions are for non-Equity performers in the Greater Cincinnati area. Please, no calls or materials through mail.

Deadline to Submit Audition:
July 21, 2020

General Audition Material:
Please prepare two contrasting, contemporary monologues. The audition should be no longer than three minutes total. Videos, headshots and resumes should be submitted through this form.

Audition Process:
To be considered for any upcoming projects in our Off the Grid and Outreach Tour programs, actors must submit a video audition by July 21, 2020. Actors will be invited to Zoom call-backs on a show-by-show basis.

Outreach Tour Compensation:
Actors for The Wind in the Willows will be paid $500 per week for two weeks. Rehearsals will occur Sept. 8 – 18, filming on Sept. 19. Fittings are required on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.

Off the Grid Compensation:
Actors for interactive, virtual and immersive performances will be paid an hourly rate which will be provided when called back for shows.

Health and Safety:
The Playhouse health and safety plans are in accordance with guidelines outlined by the CDC and the State of Ohio.

Click here to submit audition.

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Auditions Announced for ROYAL NIGHT ON BROADWAY at Royal Theatre Company

RTC_logoThe ROYAL Theatre Company is thrilled to announce our next show, “ROYAL Night on Broadway” featuring Chris Lee from the cast of Hamilton! In this unique event, young singers will perform some of Broadway’s best with this Hamilton star! This dynamic evening will showcase the brilliance, inspiration, and magic of musical theatre!

Auditions: August 24-25 from 6-10pm

Ages 7 & up.

Performance date is Jan. 22.

Sign up today at https://royaltheatrecompany.com/shows-and-tickets/upcoming-shows/audition-signups/

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Video Auditions Announced for IT’S ALIVE-ISH at Village Players

VP_new logoVillage Players of Fort Thomas announces video auditions for its first-ever video production, “IT’S ALIVE-ISH: 7 new plays about weird stuff.” Here’s how:

  • Submit a video performing the monologue below to the director, Nathan Henegar, BEFORE midnight, July 9 (no later than 11:59 pm on July 9).
  • Alternative monologues not accepted.
  • Email the video as an attachment or provide a link to nathan.henegar@gmail.com.
  • Roles available for adults of all ages, genders, and ethnicities. (Sorry, no roles for children or teens.) Note: We are specifically seeking at least two African American/Actors of Color.
  • This will be a fully staged production, filmed on Aug. 22 and released for viewing on Aug. 29.
  • Rehearsals and filming will include all appropriate coronavirus protocols — distancing, masking as possible, limited number of people in the theater, self assessment.
  • Rehearsals will be minimal and will begin after casting, schedule TBA.

You always gotta let the last man go. It’s honorable. He’s the last guy to make it out of the bag. The warrior. He’s the last samurai man.

You have to give it some thought and wonder, how did this little M&M do it? How was he skilled enough to be the last M&M  in the bag, out of all the other M&M’s in the bag? All the different colors. All the different sizes. I always let the last one go because he was the strongest, the swiftest, the smartest peanut out of the bunch. If you respect the candy, you gotta respect the nut.

Some people will call it science. Others will call it luck. I like to call it destiny. it was destiny combined with talent that made this little fella survive. Picture it. All of these other peanuts, some bigger than you, some faster than you, some smarter than you…all fighting to stay in the back of the bag when you turn it upside down to eat one of them. This little fella beat the odds. He deserves to be set free, just on moral obligation alone. Call me crazy but no matter what you say, I’m always going to let the last man go.

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