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Equity Actors Needed for "Suffs" Tour

New York, NY, United States
ID: 280583Exp: 3/13/2025
$995/week
Description:

Equity actors for roles in the Touring production of "Suffs". See breakdown below. Rate: Touring Agreement $995 weekly minimum (Level 6) Additional info: Audition Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PREPARATION Please prepare to sing a cut of a contemporary musical theater song. Also, please bring your picture and resume stapled together. 1st Rehearsal: On or about Monday, July 28, 2025 1st Performance: On or about Monday, September 8, 2025 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. If you are interested, please apply.

13 roles

ALICE PAULFemale20-39 y.o.White / Caucasian

LEAD role. A versatile singer. Possesses strong musicianship and confidence navigating complicated harmonies. A young Suffragist who fervently believes it’s her destiny to “finish the fight” of Women’s Suffrage and will do whatever it takes to bring that about. Dedicated to the point of being a relentless, yet a passionate, unconventional leader.

CARRIE CHAPMAN CATTFemale40-59 y.o.White / Caucasian

LEAD role. A versatile singer, mix/belt to Eb5. Possesses strong musicianship and confidence navigating complicated harmonies. A respected leader of the Women’s Suffrage movement. Fiercely intelligent, tireless and channels her passion into charm and a polite mask but is a warrior underneath.

INEZ MILLHOLLANDFemale20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Any AAPI, First Nations, Indigenous, Latine, MENA, Multiracial, Caucasian or Native ethnicity. A versatile singer, mix/belt to Eb5. Possesses strong musicianship & confidence navigating complicated harmonies. A glamorous socialite & lawyer, with an equally dazzling intelligence & intellect. Her effortless charisma leads her to become a public figurehead for the Suffs, and her steadfast friendship makes her an essential anchor for Alice Paul, but her elegant exterior masks her private struggles.

IDA B. WELLSFemale30-59 y.o.African-American

A journalist, activist, and prominent Suffrage leader. Outspoken, radical, brilliant, focused, and dedicated to her cause. Not afraid to speak truth to power. Possesses strong musicianship and confidence navigating complicated harmonies.

LUCY BURNSFemale20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Any AAPI, First Nations, Indigenous, Latine, MENA, Multiracial, Caucasian or Native ethnicity. A versatile singer. Possesses strong musicianship and confidence navigating complicated harmonies. Alice’s best friend and fellow Suff. Warm, supportive, kind. Has a strong wit and sense of humor that she uses to diffuse prickly situations. An essential member of the team, but content to be behind the scenes and away from the limelight.

RUZA WENCLAWSKAFemale20-39 y.o.African-American Latino / Hispanic Other Asian Middle Eastern Native American Pacific Islander Indian/South Asian

Any AAPI, First Nations, Indigenous, Latine, MENA, Multiracial, or Native ethnicity. A versatile singer. Possesses strong musicianship and confidence navigating complicated harmonies. A Polish immigrant who came to America at age 7. Speaks with a Polish dialect. A former factory worker turned labor and immigrant’s rights activist, and a dedicated Suff. Resourceful and determined. Brave. Bluntly outspoken, with a frank, dry and straightforward sense of humor.

DORIS STEVENSFemale20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Any AAPI, First Nations, Indigenous, Latine, MENA, Multiracial, Caucasian or Native ethnicity. A versatile singer. Possesses strong musicianship and confidence navigating complicated harmonies. A student from Nebraska. A bright light, and a true nerd. Her brains and tireless work ethic make her essential to the cause. The youngest of the group, she’s everyone’s little sister. Optimistic, brave, sweet, and kind, but in no way a pushover.

WOODROW WILSONMale20-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Any AAPI, First Nations, Indigenous, Latine, MENA, Multiracial, Caucasian or Native ethnicity. A versatile singer and Fierce comic. Possesses strong musicianship and confidence navigating complicated harmonies. The president of the United States. Confident, entitled, feels he knows best. Used to being in charge and unquestioned. A brazen showman who loves to be the center of attention

DUDLEY MALONEMale20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Any AAPI, African, First Nations, Indigenous, Latine, MENA, Multiracial, Caucasian or Native ethnicity. A versatile singer and Fierce comic. Possesses strong musicianship and confidence navigating complicated harmonies. Woodrow Wilson’s young protégé and his new Chief of Staff. Genuinely quirky and nerdy. Extremely intelligent, but also endearing and sweet, with an awkward charm and a goofy sense of humor. Dudley transforms over the show into a mature man and Suff.

ALVA BELMONT/PHOEBE BURNFemale40-69 y.o.White / Caucasian

A versatile singer. Possesses strong musicianship and confidence navigating complicated harmonies. A dual role, portraying ALVA BELMONT: A millionaire divorcee and New York socialite. Formidable, imperious, and larger than life. Speaks her mind with a frank and upfront sense of humor, and PHOEBE BURN: A rich Southern widow, and mother to Senator Harry Burn. Warm, kind, practical, unadorned.

MARY CHURCH TERRELLFemale30-59 y.o.African-American

A versatile singer. Possesses strong musicianship and confidence navigating complicated harmonies. A longtime Black Suffragist leader and professor. Her willingness to move within white circles becomes a point of contention between her and Ida B. Wells.

MOLLIE HAYFemale40-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Any AAPI, First Nations, Indigenous, Latine, MENA, Multiracial, Native, or Caucasian ethnicity. A versatile singer. Possesses strong musicianship and confidence navigating complicated harmonies. Intelligent. Patient and warm but also extremely passionate and outspoken about her political beliefs and ideals. The romantic partner and professional associate to Carrie Chapman Catt (a major leader in the Women’s Suffrage movement).

PHYLLIS TERRELL/ROBINFemale20-29 y.o.African-American

A versatile singer. Possesses strong musicianship and confidence navigating complicated harmonies. PHYLLIS TERRELL: Mary Church Terrell’s young daughter. ROBIN: A firebrand young second-wave feminist college student in the 1970’s. Passionate, idealistic, enraged at the status quo. Believes that radical women’s revolution is the only way forward.