New York Shakespeare Festival
New York, NY

DESCRIPTION

CALL TYPE
ECC

CONTRACT
Off Broadway
$1749 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway EE)

AUDITION DATE
Thursday, October 10, 2024
9:30 AM (E)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

Thursday, October 10, 2024
2:00 PM (E)

LOCATION
Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504

4th floor. 412- holding, 414- audition room

PERSONNEL
Conceived by Saheem Ali
Music and Lyrics by Michael Thurber
Book by Jocelyn Bioh
Choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie
Directed by Saheem Ali
Produced by The Public Theater
By special arrangement with Mara Isaacs, No Guarantees Productions, Rashad Chambers

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Darrel Grand Moultire (Choreographer) or
Abdur Jackson (Associate Choreographer)
Taylor Williams (Casting Director)

OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: March 18, 2025
Tech: April 15 - 27, 2025
First Performance: April 29, 2025
Opening: TBD
Current Closing: June 8, 2025
Possible Extension

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.

SEEKING
Equity chorus dancers for roles in GODDESS.

SEEKING:

NOTE: The world of Mombasa and particularly the people who frequent the Jazz and Afrobeat club at the center of the show, MOTO MOTO, are a unique intersection of Kenyan identities. The music in the show is a reflection of all of those musical influences along with Jazz, R&B, Taarab, Afrobeat, Pop and Soul.

[MOTO MOTO MEMBERS] –Any/all gender identities; The vital pulse of Moto Moto club. 20’s+; Black, South Asian or Middle Eastern descent. Strong Singers and movers. Four ensemble members have been cast.

PREPARATION
Please come warmed up and wear comfortable clothes and shoes to move in. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

SALARY

Off Broadway $1749 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway EE)

UNION

AEA