Porchlight Music Theatre Announces Video Submissions For Non-Union Season General Auditions For Cabaret/Ernest Shackleton Loves Me/Porchlight Revisits: Two By Two.

(Information below for Non-Equity Performers; Equity Performers - please refer to the Equity portal.)

SEEKING
Open to all ethnicities, genders and ability (18+). Seeking Chicago local hires only, We encourage Trans and Gender Non-Conforming performers to submit for any roles they are interested in; genders listed are those of the character, not the performer.

Seeking strong actor/singers/dancers. (See Character Breakdown.)

Viewing videos with casting authority:
Artistic Director, Michael Weber
Producing Artistic Associate, Frankie Leo Bennett
Music Director (Cabaret), Linda Madonia
Choreographer/Associate Director (Cabaret), Brenda Didier
Director (Ernest Shackleton Loves Me), Michael Unger
Music Director (Ernest Shackleton Loves Me), Eric Svejcar

Rehearsals: Porchlight Studios, 4200 W. Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL
Tech/Performances: Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL

PAY: $384 per rehearsal week + $45 per performance/$15 per rehearsal hour +$45 per performance for TWO BY TWO

AUDITIONS - VIDEO SUBMISSION ONLY
Video Submissions Due by 6PM Friday, June 10th

Breakdown:

CABARET
All roles will be understudied.

Clifford Bradshaw - (Bass-Baritone); Male, an American writer who has come to Berlin in order to write a novel

Sally Bowles - (Alto); Female, a British flapper who is the headlining chanteuse at the seedy Kit Kat Klub

The Emcee - (Baritenor); Male/Non-Binary, the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub, a leering, flamboyant figure

Fraaulein Schneider - (Contralto); Female, a German woman who runs the boarding house where Cliff and Sally reside

Herr Schultz - (Baritenor); Male, a German-Jewish fruit shop owner who falls in love with Fräulein Schneider

Ernst Ludwig - (Baritone); Male, a German smuggler who befriends Cliff when he arrives in Berlin, later revealed to be a Nazi

Fraaulein Kost - (Mezzo-Soprano); Female, a German sex worker who rents a room in Fräulein Schneider's boarding house who supports the Nazi cause

Max - Male, the proprietor of the Kit Kat Klub and Sally's former boyfriend Ensemble to play performers in the club, sailors, customers etc

ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME
Both roles will be understudied.

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton - Male, an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Plays some basic banjo.

Kat - Female, a sleep-deprived single mom who struggles to balance her family and career as a video game music composer. Plays advanced violin, keyboard and some banjo.

TWO BY TWO
Roles will not be understudied.

Noah - Male, your average 600-year-old, working-class guy from the Bronx, somehow transported back to the days of Genesis.

Esther - Female, a steady and steadfast woman, long-suffering and married to Noah

Japheth - Male, a practical man and the family engineer. The youngest son, idealistic and angry who still lives at home.

Shem - Male, a materialistic man, married to Leah. Successful in the olive business. Leah - Female, a materialistic woman, married to Shem.

Ham - Male, the second and prodigal son, who gambles and neglects his wife Rachel. Rachel - Female, in love with her brother-in-law, Japheth.

Goldie - Female, a Golden Girl from the nearby Temple of the Golden Ram.