Free Casting Calls and Auditions

Dreamgirls- Equity Principal Auditions
Production Contract National Tour Currently $1,509/week minimum.
1st rehearsal: September 21, 2009. 1st performance: Early November 2009.

Production will be newly staged and choreographed.

Seeking:
Curtis Taylor, Jr.: African American man, 30s. Handsome and very sexy. Slick car salesman who becomes The Dreams’ manager. Has a keen appreciation of R&B music and an intrinsic sense of what sells. Imbued with a dream, Curtis takes over the management of Jimmy Early’s career and also oversees the ascent of The Dreams to superstardom. Initially warm and approachable, in later years he becomes a domineering kingpin, hardened by wealth and power and the need to control everything and everyone. Seduces both Effie and Deena. BARITENOR. Must move very well.

Effie White: African American woman, 20s. This vibrant young woman is as oversized in talent as she is in person. Effie is the true powerhouse in the group, a soaring singer whose voice overpowers and transcends Deena’s and Lorrrell’s. Smitten with Curtis from the beginning, Effie is overcome by anger and jealousy when she senses his growing attraction to Deena. Effie should be full-figured, and her size carries with it a true sense of sexuality. HUGE GOSPEL BELT VOICE. Must move very well.

Deena Jones: African American woman, 20s. The young, thin, beautiful member of The Dreams. Happy singing backup to Effie until Curtis puts her in the lead and grooms her as the star of the group. MEZZO, BIG FULL BELT. Must move very well.

Lorrell Robinson: African American woman, 20s. The third member of The Dreams. Sexy, flirtatious girl from the projects of Detroit who has been singing with her best friends Effie and Deena for years. Carries on an affair with Jimmy Early, who refuses to leave his wife for her. SOPRANO, ON TOP OF MOST TRIAD HARMONY, BIG FULL BELT. Must move very well.

James “Thunder” Early: African American man, 30s. James Brown-like R&B star. The Dreamettes become his backup singers, and he later begins a lengthy affair with Lorrell. Charismatic, sexy, high energy. ROCK AND R&B TENOR. Must move very well.

C. C. White: African American man, 20s. Effie’s songwriter brother; writes all of The Dreams’ hit songs. Endearing and soft-spoken, he tries to do what’s best but slowly gives up his ideals to Curtis’- controlling vision. HIGH BARITONE. Must move very well.

Marty: African American man, 40s - 50s. Street-savvy, long-time manager who oversaw Jimmy’s ascent to R&B stardom. Represents an earlier age of Black entertainment. At odds with Curtis’s new ideas and refusing to change with the times, he leaves Jimmy’s employ. Later oversees Effie’s comeback. BARITONE. Should move.

Michelle Morris: African American woman, 20s. Effie’s replacement in The Dreams. Thin and beautiful, she sings bottom in harmonies. BIG BELT. Must move very well.

Equity Principal Auditions:
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Tuesday, October 7,2008
10 AM - 6 PM all three days.
Lunch from 1:30 – 2:30.
@
Ripley-Grier Studios
520 Eighth Avenue, 16th Floor

Please prepare a brief standard R&B or Gospel song that is appropriate to the character for which you are auditioning.

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

Producer: Vienna Waits Productions, LLC; John Breglio
Music: Henry Krieger
Book/Lyrics: Tom Eyen
Director/Choreograp her: Robert Longbottom
Co-Choreographer: Shane Sparks
Music Director: Zane Mark
Casting: Binder Casting