SINGERS NEEDED for concert reading of JACK LONDON’S MARTIN EDEN
Auditions: Saturday, March 5, 2 – 5 PM Midtown (next week also if necessary)
Production: Wednesday, May 11, 7:30 PM
Seeking 4 singers (1 man & 3 women) for a chorus of sailors/editors/girlfriends, townspeople, etc. The production will be a semi-staged/costumed reading, for the purpose of showing to Broadway backers, producers, agents and directors.
The singing style is musical drama/operetta. Seeking all voice categories. Choral harmony singing ability is important. Good opportunities for spoken lines.
Please prepare two contrasting songs. Accompanist provided.
Please sign up for slots via e-mail: artscircle@hotmail.com (note the spelling)
Ask for any ten-minute time slot between 2:30 and 4 PM. We will respond to confirm your request, tell you the location, or to suggest another time. Call if necessary or for further information: 718 720-2924. Possible extra auditions midweek next week.
This project is not currently funded. In lieu of pay, we offer professional accompanying, arranging, transcribing, recording services for your projects at no charge. Non-Union and Union talent can audition. Equity waivers available. We will be very respectful of, and efficient with limited rehearsal time. The most common rehearsal times will be Saturday afternoons, Thursday days, other Thursday evenings. Weekday evenings if necessary.
Director: Jason Grant Composer: Gregory Nissen Venue: National Opera Center
Based on Jack London’s legendary novel, Martin Eden takes place on San Francisco’s rough waterfront of 1904. The young man accidentally meets Ruth Morse, an upper class woman who tutors him into good English. Inspired and wildly ambitious, Martin resolves to transform himself into an esteemed author of literature. He and Ruth become engaged, but his success eludes him. When he is falsely accused of being an “anarchist” in the papers, she ends the romance with him. But then his stories sell to the magazines, and he becomes a rich, renowned author. Ruth wants him back, but it is too late. Martin has lost his mooring. Unable to live either in the upper or the lower class, he returns to the ocean.
Videos
