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New York Tristate Plays ‘Eureka Day’
• Seeking equity actors for roles in
“Eurkea Day” (see breakdown). Synopsis: With a mumps outbreak, a private school in Berkeley, California called Eureka Day, becomes a microcosm of our larger society as Jonathan Spector’s comedy plunges headlong into the knotty issues of vaccines and how we measure private preference against public health and how we decide who gets to decide. Though written pre-Covid, Eureka Day could hardly be more timely or more needed as Spector mines laughter from our foibles while eliciting empathy for our sometimes valiant and sometimes valiantly misguided efforts.
• Company: Syracuse Stage. Staff: Rober
M. Hupp, artistic dir.-dir.; Jonathan Spector, playwright; Bass/Valle Casting, casting; Harriet Bass, Gama Valle, CDs. • First rehearsal Sept. 21; runs Oct. 15-31
in Syracuse, NY.
• Seeking—Suzanne: female, 40-55,
White / European Descent. Carina: female, 40-45, Black / African Descent, Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial. Meiko: female, 35-39, Asian, Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial. Eli: male, 35-39, White / European Descent. • Seeking submissions from NY. • Submit an electronic photo/resume by
Aug. 6. Casting will invite performers to send in a video audition after reviewing their materials. Submit to: bassvallecasting@gmail.com. Deadline: Aug. 6. CB: in-person Aug. 26. • Notes: Bass/Valle Casting encourages
people of all races, ages, ethnicities, abilities and gender identities to apply.
• Production states: “Syracuse Stage is in
residence on the campus of Syracuse University. University policy requires on site employees to be vaccinated. All actors and staff members accepting work from Syracuse Stage must be fully vaccinated or provide written medical or religious exemption documentation prior to arrival in Syracuse.” • Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimina-
tion. Equity is committed to diversity
BACKSTAGE 08.05.21
SUBMIT YOUR CALLS FOR CAST AND CREW: Visit backstage.com/findtalent and click on “Post a Notice.” Include all relevant project requirements, including any pay, fees, dues, costs, required ticket sales or nudity. 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 submit.
Casting picks of the week BY LISA HAMIL
• Pays $925 wk. Equity LORT D Non-Rep
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‘Eureka Day’ Chuckle at this timely Equity comedy about vaccinations in Syracuse, NY
Musicals ‘Group! A New Musical’
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• Casting performers for the world pre-
miere musical entitled “Group!” Synopsis: In this show, six women from vastly different worlds come together to battle the great equalizer: addiction. Group! explores the moments of fear, celebration, and everything in-between as these women grapple with their mental health in the face of sobriety. Who will make it? Who will fall off of the proverbial wagon? And can the current mental health care system really support a path towards long-term recovery?
‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ Reexamine your past in HBO’s new series in NYC
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‘The Evolution Of (Henry) Mann’ Explore love in all its forms in in Basking Ridge, NJ
stage
• Company: Passage Theatre. Staff:
Aleksandra M. Weil, composer; Eloise Govedare, lyricist; Julia B. Rosenblatt, bookwriter; Patrice Amon, dir.; C. Ryanne Domingues, artistic dir.
‘Bakersfield Mist’ Celebrate your art in Cathedral City, CA
• 29-Hour Workshops: Oct. 13-16, 2021
and Jan. 5-8, 2022; full production rehearsal: Apr. 5-28, 2022 (30 hrs/week rehearsal); tech: Apr. 29-May 1, 2022; dress: May 3 and 4, 2022; previews May 5 and 6, 2022; runs May 7 -22, 2022.
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‘Elf’ Get down from your shelf in Arvada, CO
• Seeking—Dotty: female, 60-70, White
/ European Descent, Polish American; sole caretaker of her mother who has Alzheimer’s Disease; uses a combination of alcohol with Xanax to cope; vocal quality: Alto. Sandra: 40-49, Black / African Descent, married to a woman; they have two children; successful marketing consultant who’s fallen from grace due to an alcohol relapse after 15 years; vocal quality: power mezzo with belting ability and a low extension. Victoria: female, 30-39, White / European Descent, of Irish descent; has a complicated history of dissociative mental illness due to trauma; self medicates with heroin and any other substance she can get her hands on; cosplay is her refuge. vocal quality: soprano. Cici: female, 20-29, Latino / Hispanic, Puerto Rican; a stripper; has a three-year-old daughter; uses a combi-
nation of coke and chaos to keep her going; vocal quality: pop mezzo. Everly: female, 18-25, Black / African Descent, Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial, Latino / Hispanic, Colombian and Jamaican American; star soccer player; a serious knee injury led her into a Fentanyl addiction; vocal quality: pop mezzo. Linda: female, 30-39, White / European Descent, a therapist of Italian descent; new to the clinic and the field; this is her first time running a group by herself; vocal quality: soprano. • Seeking submissions from NJ, NY and
PA.
• For consideration, email headshot,
resume, and (as YouTube link or an MP4) a one-two minute monologue and 16 bars of a pop musical to casting@pas-
22
sagetheatre.org. Suggestions may include non-rapping selections from “In the Heights,” “Hamilton,” “Six,” “Hadestown,” or “The Greatest Showman,” or other pop artists like Sia, Sarah Bareilles, or Sam Smith. If auditioning for Dotty, audition selections may include music in the style of “Grey Gardens” or “War Paint.” • Nonunion and AEA SPT 3/4 contracts
available..
‘The Evolution Of (Henry) Mann,’ Equity Video Submissions
• Casting Equity performers for “The
Evolution Of (Henry) Mann.”
• Company: American Theater Group.
Staff: James Vagias, producing artistic dir.; Jason Aguirre, dir.; Emily Cohn, music dir.; Dan Elish, book-lyrics; Douglas J Cohen, music-lyrics; Michael Cassara, CSA, casting dir. • Rehearsals begin Sept. 21; runs Oct.
14-24 at Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge, NJ. Note: All rehearsals and performances will take place in New Jersey. Rehearsals take place Tuesday through Sunday with four to five performances/ week during run. • Seeking—Henry Mann (Performer
One): 32, all ethnicities, high baritone; our eager and romantically challenged hero; recently invited to his ex-fiancée’s wedding; legal proofreader by night, frustrated writer by day; Henry is someone with one foot rooted in the past (Sheila) and spends much of his time projecting into the future; unfortunately, he has yet to learn to embrace the present.. Gwen, Et Al (Performer Two): 20-39, all ethnicities, Mezzo with a strong mix and belt; plays the following roles: Gwen: Henry’s best friend and roommate; gay, recently split from her wife. Harvey Tritone: a lounge singer. Jim: an ex-boyfriend. Jay Gatsby: Times Square’s Naked Cowboy. Mrs. Mann: Henry’s mother. Sheila, Et Al. (Performer Three): 20-39, all ethnicities, Mezzo with a strong mix and belt; plays the following roles: Sheila: Henry’s ex-finance, striking and refined but in love with someone else. Tamar: Henry’s current love interest, charming and alluring, vivacious, but with a somewhat checkered romantic past. Christine: endearingly earnest, if occasionally scattered; a sweet third grade teacher with a great jump shot. Daisy Buchanan: the fictional heroine of The Great Gatsby. Natalie: a girl in the park. Mellow Voice: the MC at the Sleepy Wheel, a folk bar. Voice: a mystery backstage.com
