EMMET OTTER’S JUG BAND CHRISTMAS - Half of Fifty Cents Broadway LLC Auditions

EMMET OTTER’S JUG BAND CHRISTMAS - Half of Fifty Cents Broadway LLC

EMMET OTTER’S JUG BAND CHRISTMAS - Chicago EPA Personality Chicago LLC | New York, NY

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)

Lunch: 12:30-1:30pm

CONTRACT

CAT

$1,056 weekly minimum (Tier 6)

SEEKING

Equity actors of all gender identities for roles in EMMET OTTER’S JUG BAND

CHRISTMAS (see breakdown).

NOTE FROM CREATIVE: We welcome performers of all gender identities, abilities/exceptionalities, and body types. Please take this into consideration when submitting clients. In addition to genders listed in character breakdowns, we welcome trans and non-binary performers for all roles.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a brief song in the style of bluegrass/country/muppet show/musical theatre or any combination of those styles. An accompanist will be provided.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center

557 W Randolph St

1st Fl

Chicago, IL 60661

PERSONNEL

Producers: iTheatrics, Timothy Allen McDonald

General Manager: DR Theatrical Management Book by Timothy McDonald and Christopher Gattelli

Music by Paul Williams

Director/Choreographer Christopher Gattelli

Expected to attend:

Kaitlin Shaw, Casting Director

Jennifer Rudnicke, Casting Director, or AJ Links, Casting Director

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal/Company: 10/30/23 First Performance: on or about 11/17/23 Open: on or about 11/20/23

Close: on or about 12/31/23

OTHER

Venue: Studebaker Theatre

EPA Procedures are in effect for this 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

Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.

Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:

WENDELL PORCUPINE (Character is Male 18+ to play teen.) Emmet’s best friend, a bit on the simple side, who speaks as if he has a stuffy nose. Puppetry experience a plus. Baritone. May understudy the lead role of Emmet Otter.

HARVEY BEAVER (Character is Male 18+ to play teen.) Good buddy of Emmet, and the self appointed leader of the jug-band. Puppetry experience a plus. Baritone/Tenor. May understudy the lead role of Emmet Otter.

CHARLIE MUSKRAT (Character is Male-identifying or Non-Binary 18+ to play teen.) The youngest of Emmet’s pals, Charlie’s voice hasn’t changed, and he’s the most eager to form a jug band and enter the talent show. High falsetto. Puppetry experience a plus. May understudy the lead role of Emmet Otter.

GRETCHEN FOX / AS CAST (Character is Female 30s – 50s) Wife to Mayor Fox and first lady of the town of Waterville. Secretly Gretchen plans to not only enter the talent contest and show off her classical vocal training, but also serve as a judge. High operatic soprano with belt. Puppetry experience/skills REQUIRED.

MAYOR FOX / AS CAST (Character Male 30s – 50s) Nimble and funny. Multiple roles. Takes himself very seriously as mayor and the emcee of the talent show. Great comic timing, ability to be dry. Baritone/Tenor. Puppetry experience a plus.

MRS MINK/ MADAME SQUIRREL (Character is Female 30s – 50s) Mrs. Mink is the very proper proprietor of the town's music store, who at the talent show gets carried away by the spotlight and performs a fierce bump and grind. Madame Squirrel is the stage mother to a scurry of acrobatic squirrels. Think Mama Rose with a tail. Mezzo with big belt. Puppetry experience a plus. Interested in drag performers.

UNDERSTUDY 1/ AS CAST - will understudy Wendell, Harvey, Charlie, and Mayor Fox. Puppetry experience a plus.

UNDERSTUDY 2/ AS CAST - will understudy Gretchen Fox, Mrs Mink/Madame Squirrel, and Ma Otter. Puppetry experience a plus.

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