Music by Mark Hollmann
Lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis
Book by Greg Kotis
Directed by Dakota Adams
Music Directed by Nathan Kendrick
Choreographed by Karen Dixon
Produced by Janet Abbott
We will be holding in-person auditions on the nights of Tuesday, February 25 and Thursday, February 27 from 7-10 pm with callbacks by invitation on Tuesday, March 4 from 6-10 pm. The auditions will be held at Footlighters Theater - 58 Main Ave, Berwyn, PA 19312. To sign up please send an email to footlightersauditions@gmail.com with your preferred time slot, what role(s) you are submitting for, and a copy of your headshot/resume if you have one.
All auditioners are asked to prepare two 16-32 bar song selections. Songs should be in the style of the show and should contrast in either style or character. Songs can be from the show, but do not have to be. All songs should be memorized and you must provide music for the accompanist, even if singing from the show. Please make sure your music is clearly marked and contained in a three ring binder.
Auditioners are also asked to prepare either a short, humorous story about using the bathroom (can be fiction or autobiographical) told as a character OR a short comedic monologue. Whichever you choose, please keep it to less than a minute and a half.
If necessary, call backs will be via invitation on Tuesday, March 4. Call back materials will be sent with your invitation and may include song and scene selections from the show. You should also be prepared to do cold readings, a dance call, and learn additional musical material from the show.
Rehearsals will be held three times per week starting March 9. All conflicts must be listed on the audition form and no additional conflicts will be accepted once casting is complete. Conflicts during tech week or for a performance will not be accepted. Rehearsals will primarily be Sunday afternoons and Tuesday/Thursday evenings. A complete rehearsal schedule will be distributed at auditions. The show will run for 10 performances May 30-June 15. Additional performances or partner events such as meet and greets with the cast may be added. Rehearsals and performances will be at Footlighters Theater - 58 Main Ave, Berwyn, PA. A full production schedule can be found HERE.
All roles are open and Footlighters strongly encourages all performers (ages 13+) to submit for ANY role with which they identify, regardless of type, gender, age, ability, race, ethnicity, sexuality, neurodiversity, body type, and similarity to the movie or broadway casts.
OFFICER LOCKSTOCK
The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story, he is a corrupt policeman who secretly kills off the guilty offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.
Age: 35 to 55
Vocal range A2-A4
PENELOPE PENNYWISE
The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest town urinal. She is Cladwell's one-time lover and mother to Hope who eventually softens her temper.
Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range: A3-C6
BOBBY STRONG
The dashing, rebellious everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest town urinal. He becomes an unsuspecting protagonist and romantic hero when he starts a revolution
and falls in love with Hope Cladwell.
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range: A2-C5
LITTLE SALLY
A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play's logic.
Age: 20 to 40
Vocal range: A3-E5
DR. BILLEAUX
Head of Research and Development at UGC. May be doubled with TINY TOM.
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range: E3-A3
MR. MCQUEEN
Cladwell's sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant.
Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range: B2-E4
SENATOR FIPP
A greedy politician in Cladwell's pocket. A bumbling coward.
Age: 40 to 55
Vocal range: C#3-F4
OFFICER BARREL
Lockstock's patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman.
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range bottom: G2-F4
HOPE CLADWELL
Cladwell's ravishingly beautiful daughter, torn between her father and her new love for Bobby. She begins as an innocent, naive angel but becomes vengeful and determined after being
exposed to her father's evil.
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range: A3-A5
JOSEPH “OLD MAN” STRONG
Bobby's rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution. May be doubled with HOT BLADES HARRY.
Age: 50 to 65
TINY TOM
One of the Poor, he is an idiotic man-child. May be doubled with DR. BILLEAUX.
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range: D3-A3
SOUPY SUE
One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked. May be doubled with CALDWELL'S SECRETARY.
Age: 25 to 40
Vocal range: Bb3-B4
LITTLE BECKY TWO-SHOES
One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory. May be doubled with MRS. MILLENIUM.
Age: 20 to 40
Vocal range bottom: Bb3-F5
CALDWELL B. CLADWELL
The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor.
Age: 50 to 65
Vocal range: A2-G4
JOSEPHINE “MA” STRONG
Bobby's mother and Joseph's wife. A strong-willed woman with a bite, able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her. May be doubled with OLD WOMAN.
Age: 55 to 65
Vocal range: Bb3-D5
HOT BLADES HARRY
One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon. May be doubled with JOSEPH "OLDMAN" STRONG.
Age: 45 to 60
Vocal range: A2-F4
Ensemble
The citizens of the town, corporate stooges, etc.
Age: 13+
* ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN AUDITIONING: ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTAGIOUS NATURE OF THE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 AND THE INHERENT RISK OF EXPOSURE THAT EXISTS IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE PRESENT; AGREE TO COMPLY WITH ANY AND ALL PROTOCOLS OF FOOTLIGHTERS, CDC, STATE, AND LOCAL ENTITIES DESIGNED TO MITIGATE THE RISKS OF INFECTION BY COVID-19; VOLUNTARILY ASSUME ANY AND ALL RISKS OF EXPOSURE TO OR INFECTION BY COVID-19 AS A RESULT OF ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE AUDITION AND REHEARSAL PROCESS AS WELL AS PERFORMANCES; AND RELEASE, HOLD HARMLESS AND INDEMNIFY FOOTLIGHTERS (AND ITS GOVERNORS, MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS) FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO EXPOSURE TO OR INFECTION BY COVID-19 OR SIMILAR DISEASE WHICH MAY OCCUR IN CONNECTION WITH PARTICIPATION IN THE AUDITION AND REHEARSAL PROCESS AND PERFORMANCES.
Footlighters of Berwyn is a volunteer, membership based organization, all roles are open and non-paid. If cast in this production, you must be willing to become a member of Footlighters Theater (due: $25.00 adult or $15.00 senior/child/student).
Membership benefits include voting rights in the annual Board elections. Cast members are also expected to contribute to other aspects of production, including but not limited to, building and painting sets, soliciting for ads and donations, and sourcing costumes and props.