[OutVoice] NYC casting notice for actors who also play instruments

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Fri Jan 19 09:00:26 CST 2007


 (Hey gang - For those in the NYC area - I'm passing along this casting 
notice from colleague/lesbian playwrite Barbara Kahn   - gay, lesbian, drag, and 
transgender artists are welcome to audition  - luv, Robert Urban, URBAN 
PRODUCTIONS, NYC)

Casting Notice
 
1918: A House Divided
A new musical
Book & lyrics by Barbara Kahn
Music by Allison Tartalia
 
Theater for the New City
155 First Ave
New York, NY 10003
Performance Dates: April 5-22
(includes Easter Sunday matinee on April 8)
Rehearsals begin in late January
(include tech and dress on Passover April 2, 3 )
 
NON EQUITY/NO PAY
 
Auditions will be by appointment only in January, for the following roles 
(all are singing roles)
Ruth (Raisl) Gershon. Her husband Jake was drafted in 1917 and sent to the 
front in Europe. Early to mid twenties.
Papa Yussel Gershon. Her father. A widower. Russian Yiddish accent and speaks 
some Yiddish. Actor does not have to be a Yiddish speaker, but must be able 
to do the accent and learn the incidental dialogue. Forties to fifties.
Rina (Caterina) Calvatti. An Italian, stranded alone in New York at outbreak 
of World War in 1914. Though classically trained, she is forced to play piano 
in a nickelodeon. Northern Italian accent. Mid to late twenties, possibly 
early thirties. MUST BE EXPERIENCED PIANIST.
*Morgan, Jamie, Ricardo. Young male art students
*Phillip and Don. Art students.
*Carmen. An artists model. Some nudity.
*Ensemble: various characters (doubling), including art students, club patr
ons, and audience at nickelodeon. All ages, gender considered.
*all ages, races, ethnicities considered. MUST PLAY A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, 
MOVE WELL.
(There is a scene at the "Drag Ball at Webster Hall")
 
If you want to be considered, please send an updated pic/resume to 
bkahntnc at aol. bk (please be sure your photo is a small jpg)
Or mail to attention of Barbara Kahn at Theater for the New City at above 
address
 
If you have worked with Barbara in the past 2 years or have sent a pic/res 
within the past year, you do not have to send another
 
Everyone please note which role or roles and also the following info:
Play a musical instrument?
If yes, do you have your own instrument?
Level of proficiency: basic, good, excellent
Can you read music?
 
FEEL FREE TO PASS THIS INFO TO FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES



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