Summer Theatre Festival 2025 Auditions
Auditions will be held for Bon Appetit! Plus A Delicious Cabaret, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Noises Off!
Bon Appetit! Plus A Delicious Cabaret
The Playhouse is hosting auditions for the 2025 production of Julia Child's Bon Appetit! Plus a Delicious Cabaret. The role of Julia Child has been cast.
- Performances are July 11, 12, and 13
- Showtimes are at 7:30 PM on Friday and Saturday as well as at 3:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday
- Tech Week
- Load in is on Monday and the first tech rehearsal will be on Tuesday
- NO ABSENCES PERMITTED DURING TECH WEEK
- Casting
- will include 4-6 adult performers to sing cabaret songs, at least two high voices, two low voices, SATB
- Also, some adults cast in the Cabaret may also be assigned a non-speaking role in Bon Appetit
- Youth Choir will be students ages 10-16.
- Audition Dates
- Please arrive by the start of auditions and plan to stay until dismissed.
- Monday, May 19 from 6:00 to 9:00pm
- Tuesday, May 20 from 6:00 to 9:00pm
- What to Prepare
- 32 count of a Broadway song. Something that shows off your vocal style, adults and kids. Please bring your sheet music or a track to follow. Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
- Youth Performers who don’t want to sing, but would like to be in the show can bring in a poem or nursery rhyme to recite.
- Video Auditions Will Be Accepted
- due by Sunday, May 18 by 5:00 PM. Prepare 32 counts of a Broadway show that shows off your vocal style. We’d like to see some movement in the video audition as well.
- Email your video audition to: beaman@cityofwhitehall.org no later than Sunday, May 18 by 5:00 PM.
Complete the Audition Form online (both adult and youth)
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The White Lake Dramatic Club is hosting auditions for the 2025 production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
- Performances are July 25, 26, and 27; and August 1, 2, 3.
- Showtimes are at 7:30 PM on Friday and Saturday as well as at 3:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday.
- Audition Dates
- Please arrive by the start of auditions and plan to stay until dismissed
- April 22: 6:00 to 9:00 PM
- April 23: 6:00 to 9:00 PM
- Planned Rehearsal Schedule
- Monday-Thursday, beginning June 9 though July 17 from 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
- Children's Chorus will meet on Mondays from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM until closer to the show week
- Tech Week
- is July 21-24
- Load in is on Monday and the first tech rehearsal will be on Tuesday
- NO ABSENCES PERMITTED DURING TECH WEEK
- Casting
- 6 Principals / 12 Featured
- Characters
- An actress with a strong rock singing voice (high best to E full range Mezzo) who is strong on comedy and moves well. Tenor vocalist if played by a male performer.
- Tenor. The eleventh son of Jacob. Obviously his father's favourite, Joseph early on shows a talent for interpreting dreams and telling the future. This gets him into trouble with his brothers when he predicts his future will include ruling over the other eleven. However, it saves his life when in Egypt he correctly interprets Pharaoh's dreams. In the end he has risen to a great position of power, but he still forgives his brothers and brings his family to Egypt to partake of the bounty he has accumulated there.
- Joseph’s father. An actor in his 50’s/60’s with a baritone voice.
- JOSEPH'S BROTHERS – Eleven brothers with strong singing voices, the ability to dance, and contrasting body types and ethnicities. Requires featured solo brothers for Country and Western style in "One More Angel in Heaven," Jacques Brel/Maurice Chevalier style for "Canaan Days," two brothers to double the BUTLER and BAKER, and a strong dancer with partnering ability (Adagio) in "The Apache."
- REUBEN
- SIMEON
- LEVI
- NAPHTALI
- ISSACHAR
- ASHER
- DAN
- ZEBULON
- GAD
- BENJAMIN
- JUDAH – Sings Harry Belafonte style in "Benjamin Calypso"
- A Noel Coward type character. Baritone. Can be played by the actor playing JACOB.
- Alto/Mezzo
- Tenor/Baritone, played by a brother. Character role with a look that contrasts with the BAKER.
- Tenor/Baritone, played by a brother. Character role with a look that contrasts with the BUTLER.
- Good actor/singer with Tenor/Baritone range. Elvis Presley impersonator type who moves well.
- Chorus * – Sopranos (to High C), Mixed male ranges (Low A to High A, Basses down to E). Minimum of 11 girls to play the wives of JOSEPH'S BROTHERS, including a strong female dancer with partnering ability (Adagio) in "The Apache."
- Youth Choir will be students ages 8-16.
- Instead of having students audition for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, we are inviting kids to sign up. We currently have 8 kids looking to have 15; we are casting anyone who wants to be in the show as long as they can fulfill the requirements, that is all interested performers will need to:
- Be able to read fluently and independently
- Be able to sit onstage for the full 90 minutes of the production.
- Follow directions.
- Attend all shows and rehearsals as scheduled. Please let the directing team know of any conflicts.
- No absences are permitted during Tech week and Show run.
- Be able to read fluently and independently
- We are accepting up to 15 youth performers. Ideal ages are 7 to 16. We currently have 7 students who will be part of the group.
- No audition required for Youth Choir. If your student is interested, s/he need only sign up. Please complete this form and the directing team will reach out with details.
- Adults What to Prepare
- 32 count of a Broadway song something that shows off your vocal style, adults and kids
- Please bring your sheet music or a track to follow
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
- Adult Video Auditions will be Accepted
- Due by Monday, April 21 at 5:00 PM
- Prepare 32 counts of a Broadway show that shows off your vocal style. We’d like to see some movement in the video audition as well.
- Email your video audition to: beaman@cityofwhitehall.org no later than Monday, April 21 at 5:00 PM
Adults Complete the Audition Form online
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Noises Off!
The Playhouse is hosting VIDEO auditions for the 2025 production of Noises Off!
- Performances are August 15, 16, 22, 23, and 24
- Showtimes are at 7:30 PM on Friday and Saturday as well as at 3:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday.
- Video Auditions
- The show is being directed by Atlanta-based director Joseph Quintana.
- Video auditions must be submitted by 5:00 PM on June 4.
- Planned Rehearsal Schedule
- This will be a very short rehearsal schedule with Daytime rehearsals.
- Current rehearsal schedule is August 1 through 10. While the usual rehearsal schedule is 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, the exact times will be announced.
- All actors must be off book at the start of reheaersals.
- No absences are permitted throughout the rehearsal period/tech week.
- Tech Week
- Tech Week is August 11 through 14.
- NO ABSENCES PERMITTED DURING TECH WEEK
- Casting
- The following roles have been precast: , , and .
- We are accepting auditions for the following roles:
- The director of a play-within-the-play, called Nothing's On.
- A stuttering actor, easily fired up. Plays Roger, the estate agent looking to let the Brent's house in Nothing's On.
- Assistant Stage Manager.
- Has a serious fear of violence and blood. Plays Phillip Brent, who lives out of the country with his wife Flavia to avoid paying taxes and is on a secret visit in Nothing's On.
- An over-worked Stage Manager.
- Elderly and with actorly mannerisms. Plays Selsdon, a burglar and an old man in his seventies, breaking into the Brents' house in Nothing's On.
- What to Prepare
- Download either or both of the auditions sheets *
- Select one or both to read during your video audition *
*Click on the link to view the file, it will open as a PDF.
* Adobe Reader is required to open and view PDF documents. Depending upon your browser, the downloaded document will either open in a new window or be downloaded directly to your computer. You may then print it and/or save it to your computer.
- Video Auditions will be Accepted
- Date Due TBA
- Email your video audition to: beaman@cityofwhitehall.org no later than TBA
Complete the Audition Form online
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