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Songs for a New World by Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana

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Performance Dates

  • Jun 4 Friday 7:30 PM
  • Jun 5 Saturday 7:30 PM
  • Jun 11 Friday 7:30 PM
  • Jun 12 Saturday 7:30 PM

Auditions For Songs for a New World

What To Expect At Auditions

Songs for a New World*  

 Directed and Choreographed by Polanco Jones Jr.

Man #1 Tenor, D3-C5; All ethnicities, lead 

Man #2  Baritone, F2-Ab4; All ethnicities, lead 

Woman #1 Soprano/belt, G3-F5; All ethnicities, lead 

Woman #2 Belter, F3-F5; All ethnicities, lead 

* We are considering expanding the cast to include dancers who sing well. All ethnicities. 

VOCAL AUDITION REQUIREMENTS 

Songs for a New World: Please submit a 16 to 32-bar cut (or 30-45) secs of a song from a contemporary musical.  Examples would be Jason Robert Brown, Pasek & Paul, Goldrich & Heisler, Kerrigan & Lowdermilk, etc. You can also submit a contemporary commercial song (i.e. Pop, R&B, Rock, etc.), if you feel it matches the style of the music in the show.  Please do not submit a whole song. You can sing something from the show, but please make sure your selection shows off your range and acting ability. If you would like to submit two song cuts to show contrasting styles, you may but please remember you are not required to do so.   

DANCE AUDITION REQUIREMENTS 

All shows will have movement of some kind. Jesus Christ Superstar will have a small ensemble, who will have to sing and dance.  

Songs for a New World:  Please submit either a Movement or Dance combination mentioned above. 

SLT Mover Call Combination Video:  https://youtu.be/GgwOzm5Cbw4

SLT Dancer Call Combination Video:  https://youtu.be/dOb80ZL47kg

AUDITION VIDEO SUBMISSION 

You can have separate videos for your songs and dance/movement videos, but the best way would put them all into one video. If that is beyond what you can do, don’t worry about it. Make sure your main vocal video URL is in the Video Submission area on the Audition Sheet. Then, copy the other link(s) into the Additional Text section of that form.   

Videos need to be uploaded to a platform like YouTube or Vimeo, and then submit the URL. You cannot upload videos to this audition platform. 

We will be offering two (2) Zoom Sessions to assist people with self-taping their auditions and uploading/inputting information onto our new platform, Cast 98. These sessions will take place April 22nd & 23rd at 7:00pm. Please send an email to mmckelve@tulane.edu to register. 

 

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION & EMC 

We will be hiring AEA members for each production. We will have at least one (1) AEA contract for both Songs for a New World and Grand Night for Singing, and three (3) contracts for Jesus Christ Superstar. We will also be hiring at least one (1) AEA stage manager for Superstar. 

Since Summer Lyric is a bonded company with Actors’ Equity Association, all cast members and stage managers will be eligible for EMC points if they are members of the Equity Member Candidacy program. 

 

HEALTH & SAFETY PROTOCOLS 

Summer Lyric Theatre will be adhering to all Health & Safety Protocols set forth by Actors’ Equity Association, Tulane University, the City of New Orleans, and the State of Louisiana. The company will pay for all COVID testing for cast and crew members required in these protocols. A Healthy & Safety Monitor or Officer will be hired for each production. 

  

EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION 

Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a safe space for its company members. Universal casting practices including any race, gender or physical challenge will be in effect for all productions. SLT will be contracting Equity & Justice for Institutional Change to facilitate Anti-Racism training for the company.   

 

 

RESOURCES 

 

Backing Tracks: Piano Trax https://www.pianotrax.com 

Self-Taping: Please refer to Bob Pavlovich’s Self-Taping Guidelines on the SLT Website (https://liberalarts.tulane.edu/summer-lyric-theatre?) 

Here are a few blog posts with videos and tips and tricks for self-tapes

·       Broadway Collective: https://bwaycollective.com/selftapeguide/ 

·       Backstage: https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/guide-perfect-self-tape-1758/

·       “10 Tips To Nail Your Next Self-Tape Audition” – The Actor’s Aesthetic: https://www.actoraesthetic.com/blog/self-tapes

·       Makayla Lysiak on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTe43wmDZNs

·       Self-Taping: https://wysomusic.org/instructions-for-audition-video-upload-and-creating-a-link/

Audition Form

Cast List For Songs for a New World

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