Beautiful: The Carol King Musical,Chorus
Company
Jessica Fisch, dir.; Christopher Windom, choreo.; Ryan T. Nelson, musical dir.; Peter Marston Sullivan, artistic dir.; Peter Blair, exec. prod.; Katie Johannigman, assoc. artistic dir.; Sana Selemon, artistic assist.
Seeking video submissions from Equity actors for chorus roles in "Beautiful: The Carol King Musical."
Actors & Performers
To apply, see the "Key Details" section below
Rehearsal and Production Dates & Locations
Rehearsals begin Oct. 12 (Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.); previews Nov. 1; runs Nov. 8-Dec. 31 (Wed.-Sun.), with a possible two-week extension in Beautiful: The Carol King Musical,Chorus.
Compensation & Contract Details
All Roles
Key Details
Lincolnshire, IL
Additional Instructions:
For consideration, submit headshot, resume, and audition video at https://forms.gle/pmt1xWdDXJTREnJL8.
Video preparation instructions: Singers must prepare the music
associated with the character listed below in the dropbox folder or
one
16 to 32-bar cut (equivalent to 1 minute) in the style of the show.
Dancers must submit any dance reel or dance footage in the style of the
show.
Go to www.marriotttheatre.com/audition/beautiful for specific details regarding what to prepare.
The material to prepare is located at
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6461kmdndk2bggo/AABFiXzqROWI3XjykCF7oP15a/ECC?dl=0&subfolder_nav_tracking=1.
In-person callbacks will be held Mar. 7-8 in Lincolnshire, IL.
Equity’s
contracts prohibit discrimination. 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.
Additional Materials
Director’s
Note: From behind a grand piano on the Carnegie Hall stage, Carole
straddles where she’s come from and where she is going. Like Alice
falling down the rabbit hole, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a
journey of remembrance and a celebration of what it takes to capture a
dream. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical falls into one of my favorite
categories of theater: plays in which a character on the precipice of a
momentous life event stops and takes stock of all the people, places,
and things that got them where they are. In telling Carole’s story, I
hope to honor the profound history of the songwriters and musicians of
the 1960’s and 1970’s and, above all, lift up the joy of artistic
creation. I am on the hunt for curious, thoughtful actors who love this
music as much as I do and are excited to play.
A note about
casting (adopted from language with consent originally created by Kevin
Kantor and Emily Trarquin of Actors Theatre of Louisville): 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
character descriptions. However limiting the descriptions are, our
casting seeks to be inclusive as possible and we invite gender
non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to
submit for the roles they most identify with. We will also list
race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking
all races and ethnicities. Please let us know if you have any questions,
concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide.
We
are currently not able to transpose audition music at the moment but
are open to performers singing the role that they’re most vocally
comfortable with. If the song doesn’t showcase you at your best, you can
submit another song in the world of the show.
Seeking:
Ensemble:
A multitalented ensemble that will portray members of Carole’s inner
circle as well as famous musical groups that Carole, Gerry, Cynthia, and
Barry wrote for, including the following groups. Dance skills are a
plus. Including:
- Neil Sedaka/Righteous Brother/Lou Adler: any ethnicity, male-identifying, Tenor; 20s-30s.
- Nick/Righteous Brother: any ethnicity, male-identifying, 20s-30s
- Lucille/Shirelle: Black, female-identifying, 20s
- Little Eva/Shirelle: Black, female-identifying, Mezzo-Soprano; 20s
- Janelle Woods/Shirelle: Black, female-identifying, Alto
- Shirelle/Ensemble: Black, female-identifying
- Marilyn Wald: any ethnicity, female-identifying, Alto
- Drifter 1/ Ensemble: Black, male-identifying
- Drifter 2/ Ensemble: Black, male-identifying
- Drifter 3/ Ensemble: Black, male-identifying
- Drifter 4/ Ensemble: Black, male-identifying
- Betty: any ethnicity
