AUDITIONS FOR WRINKLES, THE MUSICAL

 

WHEN: Monday August 5, 2019 1:00 – 6:00 PM BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

WHERE: Ripley-Grier Studios, 305 W. 38th Street New York NY

TO REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT: Submit headshot and resume to auditions@what.org or call (508) 349-9428 x110.  We are not accepting video submissions at this time.

PREPARATION: A brief comedic monologue and and two contrasting musical theater songs.  An accompanist will be provided.

CONTRACT: AEA NEAT Category 5 ($392/week minimum)

PERSONNEL IN ATTENDANCE: Dani Davis – Director, Peter Hodgson – Music Director, Christopher Ostrom – Producer

SEEKING: Equity and Non-Equity Female Performers who can sing and move for various roles (see breakdown)

 

WRINKLES, THE MUSICAL

Book by Naomi Tuner and Wilderness Sarchild

Music by Malcolm Granger

Directed by Dani Davis

 

First Rehearsal: on or around September 23, 2019 (in New York)

Rehearsals in Wellfleet MA: on or around October 1, 2019

First Public Performance: October 16, 2019

Press Opening: October 18, 2019

Closing Performance: October 27, 2019

 

Beulah: 80, a lifelong tap dancer and teacher, she is Aja’s aunt, and a believer in the mystical and magical

Aja: 59, a social justice activist and theatre-maker, married to Sal

Sal: 61, a former folk star in the vein of Joni Mitchell, married to Aja

Louis: 72, has Parkinson’s and lost her daughter to opioid addiction a year ago

Val: 64, a Southern divorcee whose seeming flakiness belies an inner depth

Ms. D: 79, Jewish, from Brooklyn, a former showgirl at the Boom Boom Room

Pam: 77, a former dancer at the Boom Boom Room, recovering from decades with an abusive husband