Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre 2024-25 Season - New Orleans, LA EPA
Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre | New Orleans, LA
Monday, June 24, 2024
2:00 PM - 10:00 PM (C)
Break 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805044BA5AA2BA0FD0-49854140-lpt2425#/. Actors without appointments may attend and will be seen in the order of arrival, time permitting.
SPT
$361 weekly minimum (SPT 2)
Equity actors for roles in Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre's 2024-25 Season (See breakdown).
PREPARATION
Please prepare one 60-90 second monologue and a 32-bar cut of music of your choosing.
Actors only interested in auditioning for non-musical productions are asked to only perform a 60-90 second monologue (no music). Actors auditioning for MURDER FOR TWO are requested to prepare to accompany yourself with one of the songs from the production which can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LsPWBqXQ1DODSfwJPOcXlVZ3SGr_KW5M. If you are unable to attend, you are welcome to submit a video audition. See breakdown for details.
Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre
616 Saint Peter St
New Orleans, LA 70116-3214
Expected to attend:
Artistic Director: A.J. Allegra
Production Assistant: Suzie Klemmer
MURDER FOR TWO Director: Ricky Graham
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' Director: Donald Jones, Jr.
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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.
Video Submission Instructions:
If you are unable to attend the in-person auditions, you may submit an audition video.
Please submit your headshot, resume and audition video at: Casting@lepetittheatre.com include the subject line: 24-25 Season Audition - YOUR NAME.
Use the same preparation instructions as the in-person audition.
Author: Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair
Director: Ricky Graham
1st Rehearsal: September 3, 2024
Runs: October 3 - 20, 2024 (Thursday - Sunday)
Possible Extension: October 24 - 27, 2024
MARCUS MOSCOWOCZ: Any gender. A proficient piano player. Vocal range: Flexible. An ambitious young officer. Will double as the following characters:
THE CHIEF (in flashbacks) - Marcus' grizzled boss
VANESSA (in flashbacks) - Marcus' former partner
THE SUSPECTS: Any gender. A proficient piano player. Vocal range: Flexible. Will double as the following characters:
DAHLIA WHITNEY - The victim's loopy widow
MURRAY AND BARB FLANDON - The Whitney's bickering neighbors
STEPH WHITNEY - An overeager grad student
BARRETTE LEWIS - A self-incriminating ballerina
DR. GRIFF - A friendly local psychiatrist
TIMMY, YONKERS & SKID - members of an antiquated boy's choir
HENRY VIVALDI - A late arrival
Author: Doug Wright
Director: TBA
1st Rehearsal: December 10, 2024
Runs: January 9 - 26, 2025 (Thursday-Sunday)
Possible Extension: January 30 - February 2, 2025
BOB SARNOFF: Expensively dressed in a dark suit, 40s or 50s. The reigning president of NBC during television's Golden Age.
JACK PAAR: Bob Sarnoff's contemporary, and America's smoothest talker. 30s or 40s.
JUNE LEVANT: Attractive and gorgeous under pressure, mid-40s. Seemingly put-upon, she actually has a core of steel.
ALVIN FINNEY: A young medical orderly working in the mental ward at Mt. Sinai, with a droll sense of humor and serious ambition. 20s or 30s. African-American.
MAX WEINBAUM: Jack Paar's new production assistant. 20s. A young man whose ingratiating enthusiasm is matched only by his comic ineptitude.
OSCAR LEVANT: THIS ROLE IS CAST. Just over 50, he's got the face of a movie gangster, the posture of a sad sack, and enough scabrous wit for the whole Algonquin Round Table.
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Charming and rakish. 30s. He's got the tapered physique of an athlete, a winning grin, and the most celebrated career in American popular music.
Author: Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, Bob Gaudio, and Bob Crewe
Director: A.J. Allegra & Jaune Buisson
1st Rehearsal: February 11, 2025
Runs: March 12 - April 6, 2025 (Thursday-Sunday)
FRANKIE VALLI: Vocal range: C3-F5. Lead singer of The Four Seasons, who serves as one of the 4 narrators of the show. Able to sing in the style of Frankie Valli in four-part harmonies. He is charismatic and charming, yet gritty.
BOB GAUDIO: Vocal range: Bb3-Db5. The song writer for The Four Seasons, who highlights his pivotal role in the band's success with hit songs. He is an intelligent, sensitive, and introspective musical prodigy. Comfortable with four-part harmonies.
TOMMY DEVITO: Vocal range: C3-B#5. Co-founder of the The Four Seasons, who narrates the band's early struggles and mob connections. He is a natural-born leader with an appealing bad-boy quality. A funny, wise guy who is comfortable with four-part harmonies.
NICK MASSI: Vocal range: E2-E4. A focused member of The Four Seasons, who is disillusioned by internal troubles within the band. He is a quiet dreamer who longs for life after the band. An understated guy with a dead-pan quality who is comfortable with four-part harmonies.
BOB CREWE: Vocal range: Bb2-Db5. The genius producer pivotal to The Four Seasons' identity. Intelligent and flamboyant.
GYP DECARLO: Vocal range: C3-G#4. A mob boss with whom Tommy and Frankie forms a close relationship. A strong vocalist who is a tough, Mafiosa type.
JOEY PESCI & OTHERS: Vocal range: C3-C5. A strong vocalist, young, energetic and funny. Will double as various roles.
NORM WAXMAN/NICK DEVITO & OTHERS: Vocal range: B3-Bb5. Owner of a private money lending agency, brother of Tommy. Will double as various other roles. Strong vocalist.
FRANCINE VALLI & OTHERS: Vocal range: Bb4-G5. Frankie's daughter. A strong vocalist and dancer. She is a vulnerable Jersey girl who misbehaves due to a lack of attention from her dad. Will double as various roles including a member of a 60's style girl group.
LORRAINE & OTHERS: Vocal range: Bb4-F5. Frankie's girlfriend. A strong vocalist and dancer. She is an educated, career girl who is not from Jersey. A young Diane Sawyer-type. Will double as various roles including a member of a 60's style girl group.
MARY DELGADO & OTHERS: Bb4-G5. Frankie Valli's wife. A strong vocalist and dancer. She is tough, Seen it all, Italian-Jersey girl who has a killer sense of humor. Will double as various roles including a member of a 60's style girl group.
HANK MAJEWSKI & OTHERS: Vocal range: C3-A5. Will double as various roles.
Author: John Patrick Shanley
Director: TBA
1st Rehearsal: April 1, 2025
Run: May 1 - 18, 2025 (Thursdays - Sundays)
Possible Extension: May 22 - 25, 2025
FATHER BRENDEN FLYNN: 30s-40s, a charismatic and affable priest serving at St. Nicholas Catholic Church and School in the Bronx, New York, 1964.
SISTER ALOYSIUS BEAUVIER: 50s-60s, the hard-nosed disciplinarian principal of St. Nicholas Catholic Church School who suspects Father Flynn of wrongdoing.
SISTER JAMES: 20s, a young nun and new teacher at St. Nicholas. Very kind and agreeable.
MRS. MULLER: 30s-40s, Black. The mother of Donald Muller, the unseen student who Sister Aloysius suspects had fallen victim to Father Flynn.
Author: Thomas Fats Waller, Richard Maltby Jr., Murray Horwitz
Director: Donald Jones, Jr.
1st Rehearsal: May 6, 2025
Runs: June 5 - 22, 2025 (Thursdays - Sundays)
Possible Extension: June 26 - 29, 2025
ANDRE: Vocal range: G2-E6. Male, 25-45. An unrepentant part hound. A flirt and a bit of a womanizer.
ARMELIA: Vocal range: G3-C6. Female, 25-45. A voluptuous and sassy woman. Very strong willed and not afraid to share her thoughts.
CHARLAINE: Vocal range: G3-G5. Female, 18-25. A sweet young lady. Very innocent.
KEN: Vocal range: D3-C6. Male, 25-45. Jovial, cheerful, and loud. Larger than life.
NELL: THIS ROLE IS CAST. Vocal range: F3-F5. Female, 30-45. Confident and charming. A knowledgeable woman of the world.
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