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AUDITION NOTICE -  - ACTING UP STAGE COMPANY - TORONTO, ON
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Production name: Grey Gardens
Date production rehearsal/job starts: 01/26/2016
Audition date: 08/30/2015
Audition date 2: 08/31/2015
Deadline to submit: 08/14/2015
Email applications to: Via Breakdown Express or to
auditions at actingupstage.com
Contact name: Mitchell Marcus
Contact email: mitchell at actingupstage.com
Contact phone: 416-927-7880
Engager Website: www.actingupstage.com

Ethno-cultural mandate or ethno-cultural casting statement:
Acting Up Stage Company is an equal opportunity engager and, while this
musical has some specific character requirements in terms of race, we
welcome submissions from performers of all ethnicities and racial
backgrounds.

Additional information:
Contract: January 26-March 6, 2016
Venue: Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs

For creative team, show description and detailed character requirements,
please download the casting notice:
http://actingupstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/audition-notice.pdf

(Ages refer to appearance. Characters not listed are cast.)

Young “Little” Edie Beale: Female, 24
Beautiful, nimble and in her youth’s prime. Bright, spirited, and
determined, despite her father’s criticisms and living in her mother’s
exuberant shadow. Mix/belt to D5, soprano to B-flat 6.

George Gould Strong: Male, 30-50
Big Edie’s accompanist, composer and confidante. Dapper fellow with a drink
and lit cigarette always nearby. He is partial to sarcasm and highballs.
Ability to play the piano is helpful, but not necessary. Lyric baritone or
tenor, C3-F4.

J.V. Major Bouvier: Male, 70’s
Big Edie’s father. Lion-like scion of business and patriarch of the family.
He is patrician and intolerant of any form of eccentricity. Baritone, C3-E4.

Brooks Sr./Brooks Jr.: African-American Male, 30-45
Family servant in Act One, and landscaper in Act Two. Handles the eccentric
Beale family and their foibles with exceptional patience. Baritone, C3-E4.

Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier: Female, 12 years old
Lovely, poised, and well-mannered.  Juvenile mix belt, C4-E5.

Lee Bouvier: Female, 8 years old
Tomboyish, energetic, and joyful. Juvenile mix belt, C4-E5.

Equity members will be seen first at all open audition calls. Equity
members cast in this production will be engaged under an Equity form of
contract. CAEA members: please bring your membership card to the audition.

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