Actors/Singers for This Side of Paradise at NYTF (Deadline: 04.01.26)
CATEGORY: Performer
This Side of Paradise Musical
New York, NY
US
CONTACT NAME
Colby Thompson
Job Details
DESCRIPTION
Seeking actors/singers for This Side of Paradise at the New York Theater Festival.
This Side of Paradise, based on the semi-autobiographical debut novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, follows Amory Blaine, the self-absorbed and overly confident son of a wealthy family. Starting at Princeton and traveling through the Jazz Age, Amory searches for this truth in life, literature, and love.
After a reading at the Producers’ Club, This Side of Paradise makes its fully-staged debut at the New York Theater Festival this July.
Those who apply should be strong actors with solid singing skills and the willingness to learn choreography (but not necessarily trained in dance)
Submission Guidelines: You must be local to NYC. Please make sure to include a video of you singing a song that represents your voice well. Pay close attention to the rehearsal schedule. Due to the small number of rehearsals, being present for them is important.
Rehearsals (tentative pending information from festival & creative team availability):
May 19th, 6pm-10pm
May 26th, 7pm-10pm
May 27th, 7pm-10pm
June 2nd, 6pm-10pm
June 3rd, 6pm-10pm
June 9th, 6pm-10pm
June 10th, 6pm-10pm
June 16th, 6pm-10pm
June 17th, 6pm-10pm
TECH: TBD
Note: All rehearsals will be in NYC at multiple locations. Tech rehearsal will be at Teatro LATEA (see address below)
Performances: June 18th @ 6:15pm, June 20th @ 2:15pm, & June 21st @ 6pm
Teatro LATEA
107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002
Role Breakdowns:
(all roles can be played by an actor of any ethnicity and gender identity; all actors play college age with some minor characters being older)
AMORY BLAINE: The introspective and self-absorbed son of a wealthy family, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald, requires lip-to-lip contact with performers playing Rosalind and Isabelle. (B2-G4) ALREADY CAST
TOM D’INVILLIERS: A bookish and introverted college student, based on John Peale Bishop. (C2-G4 (optional B4)) (This track also plays the minor character SLICKER)
ROSALIND CONNAGE: A critical and pragmatic debutante, Alec’s sister, based on Zelda Sayre, requires lip-to-lip contact with the performer playing Amory. (A3-D#5) (This track also plays the minor character MARYLYN DE WITT)
ELEANOR SAVAGE: An eccentric and depressed intellectual young woman. (A3-D#5) (This track also plays the minor characters MYRA ST. CLAIR & DAMSEL)
BURNE HOLIDAY: A well-liked and free-thinking college student. (G#2-E4) (This track also plays the minor characters HOWARD GILLESPIE & MR. SAVAGE)
BEATRICE BLAINE: An elegant bon vivant, Amory’s mother. (F#4-E5) (This track also plays the minor characters SALLY WEATHERBY & MRS. CONNAGE)
ALEC CONNAGE: An ordinary college student, Rosalind’s brother. (A2-D4) (This track also plays the minor character LITTLE MAN)
ISABELLE BORGE: A naive socialite, based on Ginerva King, requires lip-to-lip contact with the performer playing Amory. (B3-F#5) (This track also plays the minor characters CECILIA CONNAGE & AMORY’S AUNT)
DICK HUMBIRD: A popular but reckless college student. (C#3-A#4) (This track also plays the minor characters BIG MAN, DIRECTOR, & MAN IN GOGGLES)
FEMALE UNDERSTUDY TRACK I: Supernumerary who understudies Rosalind and Eleanor.
FEMALE UNDERSTUDY TRACK II: Supernumerary who understudies Beatrice and Isabelle.
MALE UNDERSTUDY TRACK I: Supernumerary who understudies Amory and Burne.
MALE UNDERSTUDY TRACK II: Supernumerary who understudies Tom, Burne, and Dick.
Actors will be paid a small stipend
DURATION
May 19, 2026 - Jun 21, 2026