Play a part in Theatre South's Professional Training Production where industry professionals work with our young teen cast to create a full production and show run.
YOU MUST REGISTER ON OUR TSP PORTAL TO SECURE YOUR AUDITION SPOT at: https://clients.dancestudiomanager.com/theatre-south-playhouse/client/index.php?obj=groupclass&action=edit§ion=class&id=617
*There is a show fee involved: 3 payments of $235, plus a registration/materials fee of $50
Please contact us at admin@TheatreSouthPlayhouse.org to arrange a payment plan.
**Some Scholarships are available for those in financial need through our Acts of Love and Kindness fund at https://www.theatresouthplayhouse.org/scholarships
GUIDELINES
Rehearsals begin Saturday August 14th at 12pm-2:45pm and continue weekly:
-Wednesdays 4:15-6:30pm -Saturdays 12:00-2:45pm
*Tech week begins on Sunday November 7th 12-6pm (*Actors may be released early), and continues nightly 4:30-8:30pm until opening night (possible final dress) on Thursday the 11th.
Public Performances November 12th-14th at 7pm, with matinees at 2pm Saturday and Sunday.
OTHER INFORMATION
Character Breakdown:
Evan:
A twelve-and-a-half-year-old Jewish city boy from New York City. Just having moved to Indiana, he is trying to find a place to fit in. This bright, good hearted guy is about to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah and needs to find people to invite. He eventually becomes close with Patrice and Archie. Our story's protagonist. Gender: Male
Tenor
Vocal range top: Bb4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Archie/Allie
Unique, positive and intuitive. A good-humored, intelligent, but unpopular kid, whose energy and looks are unlike anything else in Appleton. Patrice's best friend. Manipulative, funny, fast, with a flair for the dramatic. They walk on crutches as the result of muscular dystrophy - their disease gives them a perspective on life that is in many ways beyond their years. Madly in love with Kendra.
Actor must be comfortable using crutches and have excellent physicality and comic timing.
Gender: Male/Female
Tenor
Vocal range top: Bb4
Vocal range bottom: Ab2
Brett:
The prototypical vain junior high school football star. Cool, handsome, and about as smart as a postage stamp. All the girls on the cheerleading team are head over heels to date him. He is willing to succeed at the expense of others. Leads a pack of popular boys and can be a bully. Rude to anyone who isn’t in his clique, Brett is only concerned about being cool and making out.
Gender: Male
Tenor + Falsetto
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Patrice
A shy, intelligent, bookworm and a grounded, kind girl. She is the first person which Evan meets and they soon become friends. She has a little crush on him. She is Archie's best friend. May require an on-stage kiss.
Gender: Female
mezzo Belter
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: Eb3
Lucy:
A smart, manipulative cheerleader who secretly desires to have her "friend" Kendra's boyfriend Brett. Lucy has a great deal of control over Kendra. She tries to get Brett to break up with Kendra so she can start dating him. Sneaky and feisty and shallow.
Gender: Female
Mezzo
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: F#3
Kendra
The prettiest and most popular girl in school. She has a major crush on Brett and they are an on-and-off couple.
The bubbly, popular, head cheerleader. Lucy's best friend and unknowing rival. Kendra is good at heart, but she is naive and very impressionable. Kendra struggles with the pressures of popularity.
Gender: Female
Mezzo
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Malcolm (or Michelle):
A wannabe popular kid and one of Brett's sidekicks. Brett’s lackey and also a member of the football team. Malcolm lives to serve Brett – if Brett’s happy, Malcolm’s happy.
Gender: Male/Female
Baritenor + Falsetto
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: F#3
Eddie/Evy:
A wannabe popular kid and one of Brett's sidekicks. Brett’s lackey and also a member of the football team. Eddie lives to serve Brett – if Brett’s happy, Eddies’ happy.
Gender: Male/Female
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Cassie
A cheerleader and friends with Lucy and Kendra. Cassie is all about being the best she can be, loving her friends, and keeping up on trends. Cassie is a very fashion forward girl, a diva, and loves to gossip.
Gender: Female
F#3- F5 Soprano Belter
Charlotte
A cheerleader and friends with Lucy and Kendra. She likes to text and hang out with friends. She is very gullible.
Gender: Female
A#3-F5 Mezzo Belter
Molly:
A cheerleader and friends with Lucy and Kendra. Molly is cool, hip, and confident, She's the girl that loves gossip, loves to start a rumor, gets into everyone’s business, then steps back to watch as all hell breaks loose.
F#3-C#5 Mezzo Belter
Richie/Rachel:
Friends with Brett, Malcolm and Eddie. Richie is explosive, the class clown, the goofball. He is very likable and is a big social kind of guy.
Gender: Male/Female
A2-C5 (E5) High Tenor + Falsetto
Simon/Simone:
Friends with Brett, Malcolm and Eddie. Simon is the quiet, unassuming kid that just wants to get by, yet finds himself in the middle of everything. He's in Brett's shadow on the team, but always there as back-up.
Gender: Male/Female
C2-C5 Tenor
The students of Dan Quayle Junior High School (The Geeks, Goths/Emos/Cheerleaders/Jocks and you!)