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Company: The Ghostlight Stage Company – Cincinnati, Ohio

Performance Venue: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

Rehearsal Space: TBD – Greater Cincinnati & Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

Contract: Nonunion

SEEKING: Actor/vocalists to perform in The Ghostlight Stage Company’s Cabaret on the Runway event on March 24, 2025

Pay Rate: $15/hour (estimated $240 total for approx. 15-16 hours of work required)

Production: The Ghostlight Stage Company’s Cabaret on the Runway

Music Director: Linsey Rogers

About the Event:  Join us for a night of fashion AND musical theater, as we present a fashion show featuring 4 different designers, all set to the sounds of live musical theater entertainment. Our fashion designers will each be creating new collections inspired by a Broadway musical of their choice. During the show, there will be a cabaret style performance where live musicians will be performing songs of the designer’s choosing. This will all take place in the beautiful new Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park grand lobby.

All initial auditions will be held via self tape submission. There may be in person or live zoom callbacks, if needed.

What to Prepare: Please submit 2 contrasting song cuts of 1-2 minutes in length each that are from one of the following musicals: Mary Poppins, Chicago, Sweeney Todd, and In the Heights. Please showcase your ability to rap, if that is a skill you have. In your video submission please state your name, followed by your 2 songs. Songs you submit with your audition should be reflective of you as a performer in the world of this material.

Deadline for Submission: Videos will be accepted on a rolling basis until December 20, 2024 at 11:59pm EST. All casting decisions will be made by early January.

Submission Instructions: To submit, please fill out this google form: https://forms.gle/yVSgH9UXhusqrR458 

A place to include a link to your video audition will be on the form, along with a spot to list your known conflicts and upload your headshot and resume.

The Ghostlight Stage Company is not able to provide housing or travel compensation to any cast or creative team member at this time. Please do not apply if you will require this. 

Production Schedule

1st Possible Rehearsal: March 15, 2025

Final Dress: March 23, 2025 (needed from approx. 6pm-10pm)

Performance Date: March 24, 2025 (needed from approx. 5:30pm-9:30pm, with the show starting at 7pm)

There will be 3 3-hour rehearsals between March 15-22. A final dress will be on March 23. The performance will be on March 24. The performance should last approximately 1 hour.

Vocalists will be given recordings to practice with at least a month in advance. All performers will be expected to come to the first rehearsal off book.

Breakdown:

The Ghostlight Stage Company is seeking 4 vocalists to sing songs from Mary Poppins, Sweeney Todd, Chicago, and In the Heights. We encourage performers of all gender identities to apply. BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ performers are highly encouraged to audition, as we seek to uplift the voices and talents of underrepresented artists.

Vocalist 1: Latinx/Hispanic. Any gender. To sing typically male-identifying character songs. Ability to rap is preferred.

Vocalist 2: Any ethnicity. Any gender. Mezzo Soprano to Soprano range. To sing typically female-identifying character songs. Ability to sing in crossover style and a more “legit” musical theater tone is preferred.

Vocalist 3: Latinx/Hispanic. Any gender. To sing typically female-identifying character songs. A strong belt or musical theater mix is preferred.

Vocalist 4: Any ethnicity. Any gender. To sing a variety of all gender identifying character songs. All vocal ranges welcome.

The Ghostlight Stage Company is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity without regard to the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, and we require affirmative action to ensure equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. All employees and volunteers (whatever their gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, identity, sexual orientation, education, ability, religion, socioeconomic status, physical appearance, or attributes) should always feel valued and respected.

Paid positions are still available for actors, costume designers, set designers and stage managers to be involved with The Ghostlight Stage Company’s annual One Act Double Feature, new play festival. This short unique workshop process brings the audience in for a look “behind the curtain.”

This year’s workshopped pieces are Esther Made Me Do It by Nell Adkins and Elizabeth Sacktor and Artists & Vandals by Erin K. Considine. Esther Made Me Do It will be directed by Beasley and Artists & Vandals will be directed by Tamara Winters.

Actors will not be required to be off book and designers will only be required to do costume sketches / set models to show ideation (no construction required). All work is paid.

Submission times have now been extended and actors can submit a self tape of a monologue of their choice for consideration until 11:59pm EST on Wednesday August 21. Designers can submit on a rolling basis until one has been selected and stage managers can submit any time until Sunday August 25 at 11:59pm EST.

Click to learn more about Actor and Designer roles, pay rates, and how to apply.