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New York Tristate

Plays

‘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.

• 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. Equity SPT 3 Contract.

Musicals

‘MJ The Musical’

• 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.

• Rehearsals begin in early fall; perfor-

mances begin in late fall in NYC.

• Seeking—Young Michael Jackson: male,

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.

• 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 $2,244/wk. min. Equity

Production League Contract.

‘Oklahoma!’ SETA Tour, Video Submissions

• Seeking Equity actors in “Oklahoma!”

SETA Tour.

• Company: Cain’t Say No LLC. Staff:

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

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‘Steel Magnolias’

Celebrate the strength of women in an Equity production in Milwaukee, WI

Inc., GM; Taylor Williams, casting dir. (viewing tapes); Borna Barzin, casting assoc. (viewing tapes).

• 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—Various Roles: 18+, all

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 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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