Casting for Theatre and future Film Production of, "Jonah," Utah
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Before it goes before cameras, "Jonah & the Great Fish" will be jointly produced for the stage by Lightstone Pictures and SCERA Center for the Arts for a limited-run engagement, Feb. 5-15, 2010, at SCERA's Showhouse theater in Orem, UT.
After it completes its stage run, the movie version of the production will be shot on location and soundstages in Utah County for a scheduled release on DVD in November 2010.
Production is currenty casting the lead singing roles for the stage production of "Jonah."
Those cast will be paid a fee to be negotiated based on the demands of the role and the actors' experience.
Tentative schedule
Rehearsals for the stage production will be evenings and Saturdays in January. Performances are every night (except Sunday) from Feb 5-15, 2010. If all goes according to plan, they expect to shoot "Jonah & the Great Fish" in March 2010.
Audition Schedule
To be considered for an audition by appointment, please e-mail your Headshot and Resume to auditions@lightstonestudios.com, and indicate a specific role you'd like to audition for
If they contact you for an audition appointment, they will work out a time with you that works for your schedule. Scheduled auditions can be during the day, early evenings, and occasionally on Saturdays.
Auditions are held in their offices in the East Bay area of Provo.
Roles
These are the roles they are seeking to cast for the stage production at the Scera Feb 5-15, 2010:
Lead singing roles
Chum (male or female, 20s-30s, tenor): Humphrey’s fast-talking, diminutive friend and sidekick. Helps Humphrey realize what a great fish he really is. Think Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal’s character) from Monsters, Inc. or Nathan Lane.
King of the Ninevites (male, 30s-50s, baritone): Troubled, weary king of the squabbling Ninevites.
Queen of the Ninevites (female, 30s-50s, soprano): Consoling, comforting queen to the troubled king of the Ninevites.
El Capitan (male, 30s-40s, tenor): Captain and shipmaster of the Tarshish Expresh. A ridiculously good-looking Spaniard (quite possibly the ancestor of Antonio Banderas).
Logan (male, 20-ish, baritone): Handsome but menacing leader of the Nineveh Leftsiders. Dancing skills also required.
Ryder (male, 20-ish, baritone): Handsome but menacing leader of the Nineveh Rightsiders. Dancing skills also required.
Chuy (male, 20s-30s, high tenor): The smallest Spanish mariner, whose willing heart makes up for the fact that he is not the sharpest harpoon on the boat.
Goldie, Gladys and Gwen (female, 20s-30s, sopranos): These three backup singer�crab girls aren’t afraid to warn Jonah about the consequences of disobeying God.
Lead non-singing roles
Chloe (female, 11-13): Our “imaginer” child for this Liken is a middle-school girl of non-Caucasian ethnicity who has just moved to mostly white neighborhood and is a little nervous about fitting in at school. An ideal monologue will show us how your character is worried, but not so much that she seems whiny.
Scott (male, mid-30s to mid-40s): Chloe’s dad and narrator for this Liken, as he shares with his troubled daughter the story of Jonah.
Lloyd & Latimer (males, 10-ish): Two mischievous Ninevites.
Lila (female, 6-ish): A young Ninevite girl who doesn’t understand why the two sides of Nineveh can’t get along. An ideal monologue will show us how your character can be sad.
Ramsey (male, 12-ish): A mischievous Ninevite boy.
Alejandro (male, 20s-30s): Spanish mariner aboard the Tarshish Expresh.
Shark #1: The rough and tumble leader of the pack of sharks who want to make lunch out of the likes of Chum and Jonah.
Courtney (female, 11-13): Awkwardly tall, but friendly middle school girl.
Hope (female, 11-13): Cheerful, talkative, wheelchair-bound middle-school girl (you don’t have to really be wheelchair bound to audition for this role, but it's OK if you are).
Dancers
Dancers, they will need you for this production. But they won't be holding auditions for dancers until closer to the production dates. Dates and locations of the auditions to be announced.
If interested please follow the above info. for auditioning.
If production is intereted in casting you, make sure you contact us as we can negotiate your pay contract.
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