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tion. 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 submit.
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• Pays $354/wk. Equity SPT 3 Contract.
‘Chicken and Biscuits’ Take a bite of this delicious new Broadway comedy
‘Chicken and Biscuits’
• Casting Equity actors for roles in
“Chicken and Biscuits,” a new comedy. • Company: Chicken and Biscuits
Broadway LLC. Staff: Pamela Ross, Hunter Arnold, E. Clayton Cornelious, and Leah Michalos, prods.; Zhailon Levingston, dir.; Douglas Lyons, playwright; Erica A. Hart and Bethany Whiteman, casting (viewing auditions). • Rehearsals begin on or about Aug. 23;
previews begin on or about Sept. 23; fourteen full playing weeks with possible extensions. • Seeking—Actors: 18+. • Seeking submissions from NY. • For consideration, prepare contem-
porary monologues no longer than two minutes in length. Send tapes via YouTube or Vimeo link, headshot, and resume to chickenandbiscuits.submissions@gmail.com with the subject line as follows: C+B_NAME_ROLE. Submissions deadline is June 8. • Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimina-
tion. 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 submit. • Broadway minimum scale and term
(currently $2,456). Equity Production (League) Contract.
‘The Mountaintop’
• Casting “The Mountaintop.” • Company: Depot Theatre. Staff: Kenney
M. Green, dir.-prod. artistic dir. (viewing auditions); Kim Rielly, exec. dir.
• Rehearsals begin June 21; runs July 2-18
in Westport, NY.
• Seeking—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Cast): male, 39-60, Black / African Descent. Camae (Cast): female, 25-45, Black / African Descent. • Seeking submissions from NY. • For consideration, prepare a one-min-
ute dramatic and email to kgreen@ depottheatre.org by June 7.
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Musicals
short film
‘MJ The Musical’
‘Love?’ Search for your soulmate in the Los Angeles, CA area
• Casting two roles in “MJ The Musical.” • Company: MJP Musical LLC. Staff: The
Michael Jackson Estate and Lia Vollack Productions, prods.; Lynn Nottage, writer; Christopher Wheeldon, dir.choreo.; David Holcenberg, music supervision; Jason Michael Webb, music dir.; Bespoke Theatricals, general mgmt.; The Telsey Office, casting.
musical
‘Groundhog Day’ Relive your days in this Equity Aurora, IL Equity musical
• Rehearsals begin in early fall; perfor-
mances begin in late fall in NYC.
Audiobooks & Podcasts
• Seeking—Young Michael Jackson: male,
‘Sponsor’ Walk down the road to recovery In this comedic remote production
10, Black / African Descent. Young Marlon Jackson: male, 10-12, Black / African Descent.
• Seeking submissions from NY. • For specific instructions on how to sub-
mit, visit: tinyurl.com/youngmjauditions. Submissions deadline is June 4.
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• Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimina-
‘Steel Magnolias’ Celebrate the strength of women in an Equity production in Milwaukee, WI
tion. 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 submit.
Inc., GM; Taylor Williams, casting dir. (viewing tapes); Borna Barzin, casting assoc. (viewing tapes).
• Pays $2,244/wk. min. Equity
Production League Contract.
‘Oklahoma!’ SETA Tour, Video Submissions
• Rehearsals begin on or around Oct. 6 in
NYC; first performance on or around Nov. 6 in Elmira, NY; first performance in Minneapolis, MN on or around Nov. 8.
• Seeking Equity actors in “Oklahoma!”
SETA Tour.
• Company: Cain’t Say No LLC. Staff:
• Seeking—Various Roles: 18+, all
Daniel Fish, dir.; Jordan Fein and Mikhaela Mahony, assoc. dirs.; Daniel Kluger, orchestrations-arrangements; Nathan Koci, music supervisor; John Heginbotham , choreo.; Andrew S. Collopy, music dir.; Eva Price, Maximum Entertainment Productions, prod.; Tamar Climan, consulting prod.; Danielle Karliner Naish, RCI Theatricals
ethnicities.
• Seeking submissions from NY. • For consideration, send tapes via
Youtube or Vimeo link, headshot, and resume to okcastingsubmissions@ gmail.com with the subject line “OK Tour 2021 [your name].” If you have any SM experience, note in the submission. Production will not be able to reply to
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every submission. Production will reach out if they need anything additional. Submissions deadline is June 4.
• Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimina-
tion. 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 submit. • Pays $1036.18/wk. Equity Short
Engagement Touring Cat 3 Contract.
‘Working: The Musical’
• Casting Equity actors for roles in
“Working: The Musical.”
• Company: Depot Theatre. Staff: Studs
Terkel, book as source material; Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, adaptation; Gordon Greenberg, additional contributions; Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Rodgers and Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz, and James Taylor, songs; Julie Lucido, dir.; Michael Adam Tilford, music dir.; Kenney M. Green, artistic dir.; Kim Rielly, exec. dir.; Kenney M. Green, prod. artistic dir. • Rehearsals begin July 12; previews July
22; runs July 23-Aug. 8 in Westport, NY. • Seeking—Man 2: male, 18+, Latino /
Hispanic. Woman 1: female, 20-49, Southeast Asian / Pacific Islander.
• Seeking submissions from NY. • For consideration, submit a one-min-
ute monologue and either a brief song of your choice (with your own accompaniment) or “All the Livelong Day” using the sheet music and accompaniment provided at https://depottheatre.org/auditions/ to kgreen@ depottheatre.org. Submissions deadline is June 2. • Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimina-
tion. 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 submit. • Pays $354/wk. min. Equity SPT 3
Contract.
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