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Created Date | October 06, 2022 | |
Expiration Date | November 05, 2022 | |
Posted by | Administrator | |
Country | United States | |
State | Illinois | |
City | Chicago | |
Location | Chicago | |
Project Type | Non-Equity Audition | |
Project Title | Ride the Cyclone |
Description:
4 Chairs Theatre is holding auditions for Ride the Cyclone. Book, Music and Lyrics by Brooke Maxwell & Jacob Richmond
In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other - the chance to return to life. A funny, heartfelt, moving look at what makes a life well-lived.
SEEKING: Non-Equity actors, fully vaccinated/boosted against Covid-19. We are grateful for the following language developed by Kevin Kantor and Emily Tarquin: In reference to the character descriptions below-most characters we encounter currently are on the binary and are written with he/him or she/her pronouns and you will see that in the following descriptions. But however limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be inclusive as possible as we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender and non-binary actors to submit for roles they most identify with. We are seeking all races and ethnicities. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide.
CHARACTERS:
THE AMAZING KARNAK Male-identifying, 35-50
non-singing role; the narrator; a mechanical fortune-telling machine. A deep, rumbling, ominous voice, with a steady, measured, calm inflection that exudes gravitas but never pushed to comedic extremes. This role requires a large amount of memorization.
OCEAN O'CONNELL ROSENBERG Female-identifying, 18-25 (to play late teens)
The self-proclaimed leader of the group, relentlessly competitive, she starts out wanting to win at any cost, but ultimately her heart breaks open to see the humanity in those she once saw as rivals. High Broadway mix, with a pop quality; big range.
MISCHA BACHINSKI Male-identifying, 18-25 (to play late teens)
Adopted from the Ukraine as a teenager; he has a thick Ukrainian dialect and is fueled by rage and hormones-both off the charts. He is obsessed with Gangsta Rap (a huge fan of the auto-tune phenomena); there is a hidden, soulful romantic side; Baritenor with ability to sing lyrical Ukrainian folk music as well as rap.
NOEL GRUBER Male-identifying, 18-25 (to play late teens)
The only gay kid in Uranium; never had a relationship; obsessed with French New Wave cinema, he has fantasies of dying a tragic death, like a French prostitute. Intellectual, witty, but lacking hindsight or life experience. Tenor, with a great falsetto. Sings in the style of a French chanteuse.
RICKY POTTS Male-identifying, 18-25 (to play late teens)
Lives with a degenerative disease that left him speechless and mostly immobile; he discovers at the start of the play that in this strange purgatory, he has regained all of these abilities. He reveals a secret inner life with Rockstar superpowers. (Prince/Bowie) Baritone rock voice; basic accordion and/or tumbling a plus.
CONSTANCE BLACKWOOD Female-identifying, 18-25 (to play late teens
Great comic chops, a giant heart, self-deprecating, and a goofy, soulful way of seeing the world's bittersweet wonder. Will do anything for Ocean's friendship and allows herself to be used as a doormat; dubbed "the nicest girl in town," a title she secretly despises. Alto belt, with a rock edge.
JANE DOE Female-identifying, 18-25 (to play late teens)
A mystery, maybe the new girl at school who no one had gotten to know yet, she was decapitated in the accident and no one claimed her body; even though she isn't headless in the piece (but often carries around a headless doll)., the trauma of the accident leaves her lost in a fog, and largely without emotion. Classically trained soprano with a flexible coloratura upper range, and some grit and meat in the lower register.
We will be casting understudies for all roles.
Stipend: Actors $125
Understudies $75 (an additional $15 for any performances)
Director: Lauren Berman (she/her)
Music Director: Anna Wegener (she/her)
Choreographer: Abby Boegh (she/her)
Production Manager: Emily Marrazzo (she/her)
Rehearsals: Some scheduled rehearsals around conflicts at the end of November/start of December 2022
No rehearsals December 19, 2022 -January 2, 2023
First Full Cast Rehearsal: January 3, 2023 (Rehearsals will be Sunday-Thursday evenings until tech week, and then will include weekends)
Tech Dates: February 11-16, 2023 (These are mandatory rehearsals.)
Show Dates: February 16-19, 2023 and February 23-25, 2023 (Evenings)
REHEARSAL LOCATION: TBD in suburbs
SHOW LOCATION: John & Nancy Hughes Theater (Gorton Center in Lake Forest) 400 E Illinois Road, Lake Forest, 60045 (Metra Station is across the street)
Contact Info:
ONLINE AUDITIONS: (Actors must be 18+ years old)
Please send an electronic headshot/resume, a completed audition form at: tinyurl.com/2p8ybj7p, a video with a contemporary monologue (one minute or less), and a one minute song in the style of the show, or of the character you are interested in, or from Ride the Cyclone. If you are auditioning for the character of Jane Doe, please also include a cut from a classical song or classical musical (Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe etc.). Please use accompaniment/track. Please send audition videos by link or file to 4chairscyclone@gmail.com from now, through Sunday, October 23.
INPERSON CALLBACKS: Actors will be invited, by email, to attend callbacks on Tuesday, November 1 at Gorton Center in Lake Forest from 7pm-10pm. Vocal sides will be provided. There will also be a movement audition and cold-readings from the script.
Website: tinyurl.com/2p8ybj7p