Audition for Off-Broadway World Premiere of New '60s Musical

Telsey + Company is holding auditions on Wednesday, February 15 for the world premiere of "Dogfight," a new musical that will debut Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre in June.The show will be directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello ("Other Desert Cities," "9 to 5," "Wicked"), with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ("A Christmas Story," "James and the Giant Peach") and a book by Peter Duchan. "Dogfight" was the winner of the 2011 Richards Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre. Set in the fall of 1963, "Dogfight" follows three young Marines on the eve of their deployment to Vietnam. The boys set out for one last night of debauchery. When Corporal Eddie Birdlace meets Rose, an awkward and idealistic waitress, he enlists her to win a cruel bet with his fellow recruits, and she rewrites the rules of the game and teaches him the power of compassion. The musical is based the 1991 film of the same name, starring River Phoenix as Eddie and Lili Taylor as Rose.Equity principal auditions will be held February 15 in NY City. For more information and audition details, visit BackStage.com. (Subscription required.) The casting directors are also accepting headshot and rsum submissions via email from actors who cannot attend these auditions.