OPEN CASTING CALL - FALSETTOS THE MUSICAL
MANES STUDIO THEATRE WILL HAVE AN OPEN CASTING CALL FOR THE AWARD WINNING MUSICAL FALSETTOS!
FALSETTOS
Music & Lyrics by William Finn
Book by William Finn & James Lapine
When:
Sunday, July 20th at 7:00 PM
Monday, July 21st at 7:00 PM
Callbacks Tuesday July 22nd 7:00-9:30PM
If unable to attend in person, please send a video submission with a musical selection. Please attach a headshot and resume. Email to: tylerpatrickmatos@gmail.com by July 21.
Where:
Manes Studio Theatre
141 S. Wellwood Ave. Lindenhurst 2nd Floor
Preparation:
Bring headshot and resume.
Prepare 32 bars of a contemporary musical theatre song, in the style of the show. You may sing from the show. Please bring sheet music, an accompanist will be provided.
Rehearsal Schedule:
Rehearsals will begin on or about July 30th and continue on a Monday-Thursday evening basis as called. Possibility of some Sunday morning/afternoon rehearsals.
At the audition, you must list all conflicts between July 28th and September 14th
NO CONFLICTS ACCEPTED FOR TECH WEEK OR SHOWS
Performances:
September 19th - October 5th
Thursday, Friday & Saturday Evenings at 8:00 PM. Sunday matinees at 2:30 PM
SUMMARY:
A seamless pairing of March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, two acclaimed Off-Broadway musicals written nearly a decade apart, Falsettos is the tale of a neurotic New Yorker named Marvin, who leaves his wife Trina and young son Jason to live with his lover, Whizzer. In time, Trina marries his psychiatrist, Whizzer leaves him, and Marvin ends up alone. Two years later, Marvin and Whizzer reunite on the eve of Jason’s bar mitzvah, just as AIDS is beginning its insidious spread. With the help of their neighbors, Charlotte and Cordelia, Marvin and his entire family learn to grow up and face their future with love and dignity.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
MARVIN: 30's – A devoted husband and father, smart, funny and charming. Struggles to reconcile his desire for a happy traditional family with his love for WHIZZER. Jewish. High baritone.
TRINA: 30's – Wife to Marvin, Mother to Jason. Charmingly neurotic in her effort to understand the conflicting feelings she has in the aftermath of her divorce. She consults Mendel, her husband’s psychiatrist and eventually marries him. Jewish. Soprano/Belt.
JASON: 10-13 to play 13 – Marvin’s and Trina’s son – bookish and awkward – Jason’s impending Bar Mitzvah, his parents’ divorce and the entrance of WHIZZER into his life leave him confused, angry and trying to sort it all out. Tenor.
WHIZZER: 30's – Extremely handsome, athletic, and confident. HIV positive. Has a tempestuous relationship with MARVIN. Tenor.
MENDEL: 30's Marvin’s psychiatrist –who marries Trina and enters into the tumultuous world of her life with her son, her ex and her ex’s lover while struggling with his own feelings. Jewish. High baritone.
CHARLOTTE: 30s - One of the ‘lesbians from next door’ – Charlotte is a dedicated doctor alarmed by the mysterious illness that is killing' her gay male patients. Tough, but extremely nurturing and very much in love with her partner, Cordelia. Alto/Mezzo.
CORDELIA: 30's – The other ‘lesbian from next door’ – Cordelia is Dr. Charlotte’s partner – she runs her own kosher catering business, is very keen on making a nice home– but also wants to be useful and valued for her contribution to the world. High belt voice.
