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DESCRIPTION

AUDITION DATE

Monday, December 9, 2024

10:00 AM (E)

BREAK: 1:30PM - 2:30PM

2:30 PM (E)

CONTRACT

Touring Agreement

$2599 weekly minimum (Level 1)

SEEKING

Equity Chorus singers for the touring production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please be prepared to sing 16-32 bars from legit musical theatre repertoire. Do not sing pop or rock music. Please bring your book of music in case you are asked to sing a second selection. An accompanist will be provided.

Please bring a current picture and resume, stapled together.

LOCATION

Pearl Studios (500)

500 8th Ave

New York, NY 10018-6504

Check In Studio 314

PERSONNEL

See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Musical Director: Kristen Blodgette

Casting Director: Claire Burke, CSA

Casting Director: Peter Van Dam, CSA

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: On/About September 22nd, 2025

First Performance: On/About November 7th, 2025

OTHER

ECC Procedures are in effect for this audition.

An Equity Monitor will be provided.

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 attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

PERSONNEL:

Produced By: Cameron Mackintosh, The Really Useful Company, and NETworks Presentations

Music By: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Lyrics By: Charles Hart

Book By: Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber

Directed By: Seth Sklar-Heyn

Original Direction by: Harold Prince

Adapted Staging and Choreography By: Chrissie Cartwright

Original Musical Staging and Choreography by: Gillian Lynne

Musical Supervisor: Kristen Blodgette

General Manager: Gentry & Associates; Gregory Vander Ploeg

Casting: Claire Burke, CSA & Peter Van Dam, CSA

SEEKING:

JOSEPH BUQUET: 30s – 50s. The head flyman of the Opera Populaire. A dark character. Bass baritone; required to sing to E.

DON ATTILIO: 30s – 40s. Basso buffo with a solid and legitimate low F. A physically interesting character man with a good sense of comedy.

CONFIDANTE: 30s – 40s. Contralto or low mezzo. Physically interesting character woman.

MONSIEUR REYER: 30s – 40s. Tenor. Character role. The repetiteur (vocal coach) of the Opera Populaire. An agitated, finicky, meticulous fellow. A strict disciplinarian, always on the verge of hysteria.

PASSARINO: 30s – 40s. Baritone with top F#. Manservant and sidekick of “Don Juan” in Don Juan Triumphant, one of the operas within the show.

SINGER ENSEMBLE: Seeking performers with strong legit musical theatre or opera trained voices to contribute to an operatic choral sound. Sopranos (lyric or coloratura), mezzo sopranos, contraltos, tenors, baritones, or basses. Two of the basses in the chorus must sing to low F. A range of interesting “character” players to play small roles and cover all principals.

SALARY

Touring Agreement $2599 weekly minimum (Level 1)

UNION

AEA