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INTO THE WOODS Casting Adults and Young People ages 15 & Up! May 3, 7-8:30pm & May 5, 12-2pm AUDITIONS Option 1: (Preferred) Please be prepared to sing 16 bars of a song of your choice from Into the Woods. You may provide your own accompaniment on an MP3 or CD if you prefer; we will provide a speaker. Feel free to sing acapella. Option 2: Please be prepared to sing 16 bars of a song of a song of your choice from any Broadway musical. You may provide your own accompaniment on an MP3 or CD if you prefer; we will provide a speaker. Feel free to sing acapella. There will be a cold reading from the script. There will also be a short dance audition, so please dress accordingly. Bring your calendars and be prepared to note rehearsal conflicts. REHEARSAL INFORMATION Rehearsals will begin May 8, and will generally be Tuesday and Thursdays evenings from 7-9pm during May, and then in June on Tuesday/Thursday evenings and Saturdays from 2-5pm. Dance rehearsals will be on Saturdays. A specific rehearsal schedule will be available at auditions. PERFORMANCES July 20, 21, 27, 28, 2018- 8pm July 22 & 29- 2pm CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS AND INFORMATION *Please note that ages are only a suggestion. We are looking for actors ages 15-100. The Narrator Male or Female, age 18+, Vocal Range: G2-E4. (May double as Mysterious Man) Good storyteller who relates directly to the audience. Mainly spoken role with some singing lines. Educated, Engaging, Expendable Milky White Male or Female, age 15+, Ensemble Singer. A cow that’s seen better days but is best friends with Jack. Fast, Funny, Fatigued FEMALE ROLES The Witch Female, age 25+, Vocal Range: F3-G5. After losing her mother’s magic beans, she is cursed with “ugliness”. She believes that if she can reverse this curse she will be able to secure a lasting life with a child she has kidnapped and kept in a tower. Through her journey, she comes to realize that her wish will not bring her the happiness that she has longed for and decides to take her fate in her own hands. Twisted, Torn, Triadic The Baker’s Wife Female, age 25+, Vocal Range: F3-G5. A midwestern housewife type desperately seeking for her life to be different. I’m not sure if she knows what she wants. Her wishes vary between children to a more glamorous life of royalty. Desperate, Determined, Dreamer Cinderella Female, age 16+, Vocal Range: G3-G5. She too wishes her life were different. However upon getting her wish, she realizes it’s not what she thought it would be. How can she find middle ground in an ever changing world? Hopeful, Honorable, Hesitant Red Riding Hood Female, age 15+, Vocal Range: B flat 3-F5. Coming from a life of privilege, this little one must learn to be more cautious. Her carefree lifestyle comes in contact with dangers beyond her imagination. How she deals with these situations will force her to take a good look at herself and everything she thinks she knows. Careless, Caught, Challenged Jack’s Mother Female or Male, age 25+, Vocal Range: B flat 3-F5. A single mother left by a dead beat husband to raise a clueless son whose imaginary friend is a cow. This is a woman who loves her son but wishes he would grow up. She has been beaten down by a life of poverty until her son finds a golden hen. How will she handle this new found way of life? Jaded, Jilted, Justified Rapunzel Female, age 16+, Vocal Range: B3-A5. How would you feel if your whole life you’d been trapped in a tower with only a crazy witch to talk to? Here we find a girl who wishes to see the outside world. However her lack of human contact or knowledge of the world proves to be a challenge for her. Upon being banished to a remote desert with her twins by a wandering stranger, she cracks. Utopian, Used, Unglued Cinderella’s Stepmother Female or Male, age 25+, Vocal Range: A3-F Sharp 5. Lucinda, Florinda (Step-Sisters) Females, age 16+, Vocal Range: C4-A Flat 5. These three women are always pursuing a glamorous lifestyle to save them from their current situation. They wear the best that they have in order to mask their poverty. They are like vultures in that they find joy feeding off others. Fake, Frustrated, Flighty Cinderella’s Mother (Off Stage- May double) Female, age 25+, Vocal Range: G3-A Flat 5. Her projection of reality is heavenly. She appears in times of trouble to guide her child and help fulfill her wishes. Heavenly, Helpful, Holographic Granny Female, age 25+, Ensemble Singer. (May double) This is a woman who has been calloused by life. The fire in her eyes is only out shined by the love in her heart for her granddaughter. Feisty, Fearless, Fierce Snow White Female, age 16+, Ensemble Singer. (May Double) Sleeping Beauty Female, age 16+, Ensemble Singer. (May Double) Giant Female, Age 16+, No singing. (May Double) Loud, angry,offstage voice only. MALE ROLES Mysterious Old Man Male, age 30+, Vocal Range: G2-E Flat 4. (May double as Narrator) Is he a beggar or a hermit or father to half of our characters? We know at least he is the father of the Baker and Rapunzel. This man is either on the run from responsibilities or can’t stand to face the guilt he has to live with from all the pain he has caused. You decide. Wacky, Weathered, Withdrawn Wolf Male, age 16+, Vocal Range: B Flat 2-G Flat 4. This creature is always on the lookout for his next meal. He entices his victims with flowers and fun until they willingly succumb to his desires. Resourceful, Ruthless, Rocker Steward Male, age 16+, Ensemble Singer. A man servant who is used to doing whatever he has to solve a problem. His only care is to please his master or the strongest personality in the room. Conniving, Callous, Coward The Baker Male, age 25+, Vocal Range: A Flat 2-G4. This man is scared by past abandonment and is just trying to get by in life. Because of the lack of a male’s influence, he can’t grasp the reality of being a man, a husband, or a father. As we progress through the show, he learns life is messy and no one is truly alone. Innocent, Idealist, Ignorant Cinderella’s Prince Male, age 16+, Vocal Range: B2-F4. Men and Women all want to either be or be with him and he knows it. This playboy is use to all the accolades without deserving one of them. Life for him is deciding which maiden to seduce next. Self-centered, Shallow, Shameless Rapunzel’s Prince Male, age 16+, Vocal Range: C Sharp 3–E4. After having to live in his brother’s shadow for so long, this handsome young lad sets out to seek his own adventures. Upon falling in love with a dreamlike maiden, he is pierced with the realities of life. Will he pursue a family life or try to find happiness elsewhere? Attractive, Adoring, Annoyed Jack Male, age 15+, Vocal Range: B2-G4. Feeling he has no friends in the world, he finds solace in the family’s cow. Unable to read his surroundings, he lives his life in dream land. It’s not until he trades the cow for magic beans that his gigantic adventures begin. His quest up a beanstalk teaches him lessons he never thought he would learn. However, with all his experiences he is still search for the ways of being a man. Bullied, Boyish, Beginner For more information go to https://www.mtishows.com/into-the-woods Auditions will be at the On Stage Playhouse at 215 High School Avenue, Monroe, Georgia. - Please come any time during the audition dates and times. - Auditions will last about 30 minutes. - Bring your calendars and be prepared to note rehearsal conflicts. Questions? Contact Marc Hammes at director@onstage.org |
