[Capdist-auditions] theREP's Auditions for Theatre For Young Audiences Tours

[Margaret Hall]

Capital Repertory Theatre 2016-17 Season – Equity Principal Auditions for PETTICOATS OF STEEL and THEY BUILT AMERICA, TYA Touring Productions

(Albany, NY) TYA: $489/minimum
Producing Artistic Director: Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill
Chief Administrative Officer: Philip Morris
NY Casting Director: Stephanie Klapper

Equity Principal Auditions
Wednesday November 30, 2016
10AM-6PM                                                    at Capital Repertory Theatre
Lunch 1:30pm – 2pm                                   111 North Pearl Street
                                                                        Albany, NY 12207

Please prepare:
1. sides, provided on request or at the theatre

For those auditioning for THEY BUILT AMERICA
2. vocals for: Oh! That Low Bridge or Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal, lead sheets provided on request or at the theatre
3. music for guitar/banjo/fiddle (violin), etc. for: Oh! That Low Bridge or Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal, lead sheets provided on request or at the theatre

Versatile acting skills needed to play multiple roles. Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to audition. Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

All actors cast will be offered Equity contracts.

Appointments
Equity members do not need an appointment, but if you prefer one, please call Charlie Owens at 518-462-4531 X403 and leave a message or email cowens at capitalrep.org<mailto:cowens at capitalrep.org>.
EMCs: Send headshot and resume to casting at capitalrep.org<mailto:casting at capitalrep.org> or Capital Repertory Theatre (above address) marked: “Local EPAs.” Non-professional actors and EMCs appropriate for roles will be contacted to come in as space allows. Headshots/resumes must be received by Monday November 28, 2016.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions
For the past decade, Capital Repertory Theatre’s TYA Touring “On-The-Go” productions have been presented in a variety of schools and environments throughout the Capital Region to very diverse audiences. Actors should enjoy performing for and interacting with young audiences (elementary and middle school students). There are post-show discussions after every performance (time permitting). Actors must also be collegial and adaptive. There are no overnight stays on the tour. The TYA workweek is Monday – Saturday.
PETTICOATS OF STEEL
by Carolyn Anderson & Jill Rafferty-Weinisch
Directed by Margaret E. Hall
1st Rehearsal: January 12, 2017
Tour Begins: January 30 2017
Tour Ends: March 3, 2017
[There is a one week, UNPAID, hiatus from February 19 to February 26, 2017]

Students will celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in New York State with this powerful production. Petticoats of Steel uses primary sources, in a Living Newspaper style drama, to feature the true stories of the women of New York State. Actors will portray Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, among others, highlighting the roles they played in gaining voting rights for all women of the United States of America.

Seeking:
Female 20s-30s: (1) Physically adept actor who will portray a variety of characters both male and female including Sojourner Truth, Lucretia Mott, and Hartiet Tubman

Female 20s-30s: (1) Physically adept actor who will portray a variety of characters both male and female including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Clara Barton,

THEY BUILT AMERICA
by Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill
Directed by TBA
1st Rehearsal: March 2, 2017
Tour Begins: March 20, 2017
Tour Ends: April 13, 2017

They Built America, a new original work, will introduce students and audiences to the real men, women and children, the politicians, farmers, merchants and laborers who came north to build the Erie Canal. The story of Kelly McPhearson unfolds, that of an undercover female worker on the canal, detailing the creation of this miraculous waterway that transformed America from a burgeoning country into a great nation.

Seeking:
Male 20s-40s: (2) Physically adept actor/musicians who will portray a variety of characters ie: Politicians, Immigrant Workers, Canal Engineers, etc. Good with accents (Irish, German, Italian and Norwegian), and can play the guitar, banjo, or fiddle (violin). Harmonica and melodica players a plus.

Female 20s-40s: (2) Physically adept actor/musicians to portray a variety of characters, both male and female, ie: Politicians, Immigrant Workers, Canal Engineers, etc. Good with accents (Irish, English, German, Italian and Norwegian), and can play guitar, banjo, or fiddle (violin). Hand-drum a plus.
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