BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Lumiére Audition announced!

The Ordway Center for the Peforming Arts is seeking: Equity (AEA) and Non-Equity, Twin Cities LOCAL (must live or have housing and transportation within 50 miles of St. Paul, MN) for the principal role of Lumiére

Lumiére- A suave, debonair, loyal and steadfast servant with a mischievous nature. Must move well. French accent/dialect necessary.

Male presenting

Range: F#2 - F#4

The Ordway is committed to diversity and engages in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. Performers of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientations, ages, and performers with disabilities are encouraged to audition.

Auditions

Please submit a video performing “Be Our Guest” and two sides from the show. Please use this instrumental track for the song. The Sides and Sheet Music are provided in the following dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4hr6amk8j4fvk1c/AAC0CtO8jvlNMMlXfykLYQJma?dl=0

Video submissions, headshots and resumes should be uploaded to the following secure dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/request/GNwJQ4Mu5MmxHUqDWQgC

Audition Notes

All performers who have questions or other accommodations in order to fully participate in auditions are encouraged to reach out to casting@ordway.org. For more information about access at the Ordway visit: https://ordway.org/access/. 

Video submissions will only be used for the purpose of casting and will only be viewed by the following personnel:

Rod Kaats – Ordway Producing Artistic Director

Michael Heitzman – Director

Robbie Robie - Choreographer

David Holcenberg – Music Supervisor

Rachel Murch-D’Olimpio – Ordway General Manager

Sophie Peyton – Ordway Management Assistant

Beauty and the Beast will be produced under the COST agreement. AEA minimum is $1,125 per week.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST dates                                                                                                                          

First Preview – November 30, 2022

Opening Night - December , 2022

Closing – December 31, 2022

Studio Rehearsals - November 1-1, 2022

Tech Rehearsals- November 1 – November 30, 2022

About the Director, Michael Heitzman: ORDWAY: 42nd Street; Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago: 42nd Street (Jeff Award nominee, Best Director) Beauty and the Beast: McCoy/Rigby Entertainment, Newsies, Big River and Legally Blonde: Broadway Sacramento at Music Circus, Beauty and the Beast, SHREK and Disney's The Little Mermaid: North Shore Music Theater (IRNE Award nominee, Best Director), VICES (Jeff Award nominee, Best Director).  

About the Choreographer, Robbie Roby: ORDWAY: Debut. Choreography Credits: Broadway Backwards (New Amsterdam Theatre; NYC), Sister Act (2020 Tour), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Tuacahn Center for the Arts, La Mirada Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO), Shrek (Walnut Street Theatre, Sacramento Music Circus), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (The 5th Avenue Theatre), Hairspray (Sugar Loaf PAC), and Little Shop of Horrors (Sacramento Music Circus). 

DISNEY’S: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Step into the enchanted world of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast this holiday season.

Nominated for nine Tony Awards, this family favorite title based on the Academy Award-winning animated film and the classic French fairy tale, ran 13 years on Broadway and continues to thrill audiences in 37 countries worldwide. 

Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice.

Book by Linda Woolverton.

Contact information

Ordway
Rachel Murch-D'Olimpio
3475463347
Email/contact
Web site

Files

Lumiere Audition Announcement.pdf (214.22 KB)