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Equity Performers Needed for 2024-2025 Season Show

Burbank, CA, United States
ID: 273733Exp: 11/19/2024
$1,011/week
Description:

The company is holding auditions for 2024-2025 season show and looking for equity performers, please see the details below. About the project: THE REMARKABLE MISTER HOLMES Rehearsals Start: 2/4/25 Previews start: 3/5/25 Opens: 3/9/25 Closes: 3/23/25 FENCES Rehearsals Start: 4/1/25 Previews start: 4/30/25 Opens: 5/4/25 Closes: 5/18/25 HONKY TONK ANGELS Rehearsals Start: 7/1/25 Previews start: 7/30/25 Opens: 8/3/25 Closes: 8/17/25 Rate: LORT Non-Rep $1011 weekly minimum (LORT C) Additional info: Please prepare: EITHER for FENCES, a short monologue appropriate to the role you wish to be considered for. OR for one or both of the musicals, please prepare a short cut of a song appropriate to the style of the show. Please bring sheet music in the proper key (accompanist will be provided). OR for FENCES and one or both of the musicals, you can prepare a short monologue AND a short cut of a song, meeting the above instructions. Also please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

17 roles

SHERLOCK HOLMESMale35-45 y.o.All ethnicities

A classic Holmes with an excellent sense of humor. Sings very well and moves well. VOCAL RANGE: Lyric Baritone, Bb2 – G4 "The Remarkable Mister Holmes"

SHEILA WATSONFemale35-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Sister to Holmes’ vanished partner (spunky, witty, observant, and adventurous). Sings very well and moves well. VOCAL RANGE: Legit Mix/Belter, G3 – G5 comfortable with navigating A4 – D5 "The Remarkable Mister Holmes"

TRACK 1Female50-69 y.o.All ethnicities

Mrs. Hudson (a fussy Scottish landlady), Mrs. Grecco (a dramatic Italian matriarch), and Mrs. Brown (a music hall performer). Sings and moves well. VOCAL RANGE: Alto/Belter "The Remarkable Mister Holmes"

TRACK 2Male30-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Lestrade (stuffy, stalwart, very English, Scotland Yard Inspector, with a good heart but without much imagination), and a cockney street vendor. Sings and moves well. VOCAL RANGE: Baritenor "The Remarkable Mister Holmes"

TRACK 3Male30-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Artemis (an effete, fastidious hotelier), and The Confessor (filled with the panache of sadistic evil). Sings and moves well. VOCAL RANGE: Baritenor "The Remarkable Mister Holmes"

TRACK 4Male40-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Gustav Von Schwanz (a Teutonic twit), Murgatroyd Jr. (an aristocratic twit), Dr. Merripit (a jovial doctor from Wisconsin), and a cockney street vendor. Sings and moves well. VOCAL RANGE: Baritenor "The Remarkable Mister Holmes"

TRACK 6Female25-35 y.o.All ethnicities

Phyllis (an endearingly quirky but not so bright hotel maid), Rosa (an Italian daughter), and Newspaper Boy (cockney accent). Sings and moves well. VOCAL RANGE: Pop Soprano with chest-belt ability. "The Remarkable Mister Holmes"

TRACK 7Male40-60 y.o.All ethnicities

Buck Upton (Reverend from Texas), Rabbi Pincus Plotkin (a kind-hearted Rabbi), Lord Wyndbisquit (an overbearing aristocrat), Cardinal Lorcan McHugh (an Irish man of the cloth), and a Russian Orthodox Bishop. Sings and moves well. VOCAL RANGE: Baritenor "The Remarkable Mister Holmes"

TROY MAXSONMale51-55 y.o.African-American

A large, proud man who works as a garbageman. The oppressive weight of the Jim Crow System has worn him down. He looks for relief by having an affair. And to shield his family from the same pain, he attempts to guide them by controlling them. "FENCES"

BONOMale53-57 y.o.African-American

Works alongside Troy and his best friend and loyal companion for over thirty years. Bono has long admired Troy’s strength and honesty, but that admiration shatters when Troy breaks his vows to Rose and fathers a child out of wedlock, forever altering their friendship. "FENCES"

ROSEFemale41-45 y.o.African-American

Troy’s devoted wife of eighteen years, Rose, is the emotional backbone of the family. She works to maintain peace amidst Troy’s anger and controlling ways. Her desire for a fence represents her yearning to protect what’s left of their fragile world. "FENCES"

CORYMale18-22 y.o.African-American

Cory, the son of Troy and Rose, believes football is his ticket to a better future. However, his dreams are crushed when Troy blocks his opportunity to play football - his avenue to attend college. This creates a deep resentment, and their relationship comes to a head when Cory finally stands up to protect his mother from Troy’s wrath. "FENCES"

GABRIELMale44-48 y.o.African-American

Sweet and kind, though not fully present, Gabriel is Troy’s younger brother. Wounded in WWII and now living with a metal plate in his head, he believes with all his heart that he is the Archangel Gabriel and carries a trumpet — a symbol of his divine purpose. "FENCES"

LYONSMale33-36 y.o.African-American

Troy’s son from a previous relationship. He is a blues musician who scrapes by, living off his music and the support of a woman. Despite his struggles, music is his lifeline; he admits he wouldn’t know what to do without it. He has learned to endure the sting of asking his father for help. "FENCES"

ANGELAFemale33-37 y.o.All ethnicities

A Texas housewife. She has a great sense of humor and a fiercely independent streak. She identifies with “Roseanne,” an earth-mother comedienne. Sings “Stand By Your Man,” “Harper Valley PTA,” etc. Vocally Angela is brassier and loud. Playing instruments and other special skills are a plus. Harmonizes well.

DARLENEFemale18-24 y.o.All ethnicities

A young woman from the deep South. She is pretty, sweet, and simple. A young woman who grew up in a coal mining town in West Virginia and the Mississippi Delta. She plays simple guitar. She also clogs (the mountain version of “tap dancing”). She sings “Coal Miner's Daughter,” “Ode To Billy Joe,” etc. Vocally Darlene is sweet with an open, innocent sound. Ideally plays guitar. Playing other instruments and other special skills are a plus. Harmonizes well.

SUE ELLENFemale30-39 y.o.All ethnicities

She is a “citified” country girl. Smart, very attractive, sexy, and frustrated, she dances, roller skates, and twirls baton (if possible). She also clogs. She should be a great dancer. Sings “9 to 5,” “These Boots Are Made For Walking,” etc. Vocally Sue Ellen is saucy and more “citified.” Playing instruments and other special skills are a plus. Harmonizes well.