Memphis – Equity Chorus Call/Dancers
WHO: Memphis Broadway Production
Produced By: Junkyard Dog Productions
Music & Lyrics: David Bryan
Book & Lyrics: Joe DiPietro
Director: Christopher Ashley
Music Supervisor: Chris Jahnke
Music Director: Kenny Seymour
Choreographer: Sergio Trujillo
General Manager: Alchemy Production Group
Casting: Telsey + Company
Memphis tells the fictional story of Huey Calhoun, one of the first white disc jockeys who dared to play rhythm & blues music for his white teenage listeners in the early 1950s.
SEEKING: Ensemble Dancers: Men and women, dancers who sing well, to play various ensemble characters (20s – 40s, all ethnicities). Seeking excellent, athletic dancers who sing. Tumbling a plus for men.
WHEN: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 (10 AM – Equity female dancers, 2 PM – Equity male dancers)
WHERE: Ripley-Grier Studios, 520 8th Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, New York (between 35th and 36th St)
NOTES/WHAT TO BRING: Please come prepared to dance. Women bring flats and heels. Also prepare 16-bars of a pop/rock or R&B song in case you are asked to stay and sing. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided. Bring picture and resume, stapled together. Equity Chorus Procedures are in effect.
COMPENSATION: Broadway/Production Contract; $1605/week minimum
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