Roundabout Theatre Company
New York, NY

DESCRIPTION

CALL TYPE
EPA

CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
$1942 weekly minimum (LORT A+)

AUDITION DATE
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Friday, May 3, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

LOCATION
Ripley-Grier Studios (520)
520 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6507

April 30: Holding room - Studio 16O
May 3: Holding room - Studio 17U

PERSONNEL
Music: Arthur Sullivan
Libretto: W.S. Gilbert
Adaptation: Rupert Holmes
Director: Scott Ellis
Choreography: Warren Carlyle
Music Direction: Joseph Joubert
Orchestrations: Joseph Joubert and Daryl Waters
Casting Director: Jim Carnahan, CSA, Jason Thinger, CSA

Expected to attend:
Jason Thinger (Casting Director)

OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: February 25, 2025
First Preview: April 4, 2025
Opening: April 24, 2025
Closing: June 22, 2025
Max Extension: August 24, 2025

OTHER
Venue: Todd Haimes 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.

SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in PIRATES OF PENZANCE (See breakdown).

Local NYC area actors are encouraged to audition.

All roles will be understudied.

PREPARATION
Please prepare a short cut of a Jazz or Broadway song. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If you are unable to attend these auditions, you may submit a video submission. See breakdown for details.

BREAKDOWN

PIRATES OF PENZANCE

Video audition submission option:
If you are unable to attend these auditions, you may submit a video audition submission.

Please submit your Resume, Headshot and audition video to: [email protected] . Please put in the subject line of the email ‘Pirates of Penzance EPA – Actor Name – Role’. Please prepare a short cut of a Jazz or Broadway song or material from the Dropbox at: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo... . If singing from the dropbox material, please sing Frederic’s lines in the duet.

Tapes must be sent in a format where they can be viewed without having to download or request access.

Deadline for video audition submissions is Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 6:00pm EST.

SEEKING:
David Hyde Pierce – W. S. GILBERT/MAJOR GENERAL – CAST (Male, 60s) A father with undeniable love for his many daughters. Kindhearted with a good sense of humor.

Ramin Karimloo – PIRATE KING – CAST (Male, 40s) Leader of the pirates. Handsome and commands the stage. A hard edge but ultimately a hopeless romantic.

TBA – MABEL – CAST (Female, 20s) One of Major General’s daughters. Sharp witted and kindhearted. She falls in love with Frederic.

TBA – RUTH – CAST (Female, 40s-60s) An honorary pirate and Frederic’s guardian. She’s the only women Frederic has ever known until he meets the General’s daughters. She has tricked him in to thinking she’s a great beauty.

TBA – SULLIVAN/POLICE SERGEANT – CAST (Male, 40s) Leader of the bumbling police force.

FREDERIC – (Male, 20s) A member of the pirates. Handsome, naïve, heroic, sincere, youthful, and charismatic. He falls in love with Mabel.

SALARY

LORT Non-Rep $1942 weekly minimum (LORT A+)

UNION

AEA