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They're giving you a choice between contemporary rock/pop song or a contemporary musical theatre song. Personally I think you should prepare both and sing the one you prefer first, and if they ask for another one, do the other. 16 bars is more than enough-- don't do any longer than that. DEFINITELY not full song.

And YES, go go go. Go to the audition. The only reasons in the world why someone should "not bother" going to an open call is if the call is being done somewhere far away that you can't get to (like, you live in LA and the call is in NY and you can't get there in time) or if you're dead. Seriously, the whole thought process of "maybe I shouldn't bother because they're probably looking for this-and-that and I'm so-and-so" is death to an actor. Kristin Chenoweth went on a trip to New York when she was barely out of college and went to an open Equity call for "Animal Crackers" (she was not equity) and waited all day until they finally saw her right before the end, and ended up hiring her on the spot. You can't assume anything in this business. If there's an open call coming up and you want to go, go go go. Otherwise you may be talking yourself out of a potential job.

Thanks tzohar for those words of encouragement :)

Well, I've already have 16 bars of 2 different songs prepared (one theatre, one not). I live in Connecticut so it's not a far commute but what is a good time to show up since I'm Non-Equity (later in the day? or before 10?). It starts at 10am ... A good time to get there would probably be before 7, right? But they probably want to see all the Equity people so if I get there real early, I would most likely wait until all Equity people are seen, right?

Sorry, for all these annoying questions ... I just want to make sure I get everything right :)

The only problem I have with the whole "All ethnicities" thing is if there is not consitancy in the family. Like if both Dan and Diana are white, then their children should not be black. or vice versa.

Henry and The Doctors do not not need any type of consistancy with the family so those are probably the only really OPEN roles.

But they probably want to see all the Equity people so if I get there real early, I would most likely wait until all Equity people are seen, right?

Equity members are allowed to sign up for appointments until all slots are filled. There is also an Equity alternate list for spillovers or people who may want to be seen earlier if there happens to be a no-show. They take people from those two lists first. And then there are the EMCs who are seen after all the Equity alternates are seen. And then there are the non-Equity actors after all the EMCs are seen.

Getting there early will mean you'll be higher on the non-Equity list. However, they may say at a certain point that they will not see any non-Eqs at all, depending on how many Equity people are signed up.

~Steven

Thanks to everyone who help me out and answered all of my questions! I'm going to the audition :) I will mostly likely get there before 7ish so I'll higher up on the Non-Eqiuty list!

HeyMrMusic ... What are EMCs? Are there normally (always) Non-Equity members at Equity calls? And how many people are usually in the audition room?

So in the Playbill.com Ad it says ... "please prepare a brief pop/rock or contemporary musical theater song."

Do they only want musical theater songs? Or is it a choice of a pop/rock song or a contemporary musical theater song?

I just want to make sure ... so I don't show up with a song when it should have been a musical theater song!

Oh, okay! I'm preparing a 16 bars of a theatre song (Blue Wind from Spring Awakening) and a non-theatre song (Avril Lavigne). and just be ready to sing both :) haha

Do they prefer black n' white or colored headshots?

Colored headshots are now standard.

And if it says "brief song," I think a 32-bar cut could work also.

~Steven

Who went today? I was planning on going but I got a synus infection over the weekend and I can't even talk without sounding stupid!

Did less people go cause of the rain?
Were any Non-Equitys seen?
Anyone get any callbacks?

Ugh, I'm so pissed I didn't go.

Perfectlymarvelous ... What part did you go far?

They were CRAZY! By the time I got in, they'd cut it down to 8 bars... let's see how it goes! It was a fun experience.

On the first list, 113. When they created the second room for non-equity, I was 81.

The casting notice said Broadway replacements.