Mainstage Auditions
Into the Woods
Author: Stephen Sondheim
Director: Gregory Cohen
Musical Director: Rick Heckman
Run: June 29 – July 28, 2012
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Sunday night shows available for private parties and special events.
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Audition Dates
Open Call
Dates: Monday, May 7, & Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Times: 7:00pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
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Callbacks
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 9, 2012; 7:00pm (by invitation only)
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Rehearsals
Date and Time: Beginning Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 7:00pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
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Audition Requirements
Bring headshot and resume. Cold readings from the script. Prepare a song from a Broadway musical (not Into the Woods); bring sheet music, an accompanist will be provided.
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Synopsis: Classic fairy tale characters enter a mysterious forest in search of their own individual “happy endings,” but soon find out that getting what you wish for often comes with dark and disappointing side effects.
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Casting the following roles:
Narrator/Mysterious Man – (M 50s-60s) able to portray a polished storyteller and a strange bewhiskered woods-dweller (Baritone G -High Eb)
Cinderella – (F 20s) a beautiful girl set upon by unfortunate circumstances, who becomes a princess (Soprano G – high G)
Jack – (M teens-20s) goofy, dim-witted boy who discovers a beanstalk (Tenor A – High G)
Baker – (M 30s-40s) sweet decent man unable to give his wife a child, who finds strength and confidence in the woods (Baritone A – High G)
Baker’s Wife – (F 20s-40s) lovely country woman in need of a family (Mezzo G – High F)
Cinderella’s Stepmother – (F 40s-60s) beautiful but cold and sadistic (Mezzo A# – High F)
Florinda – (F teens-30s) cold, egotistical beauty; one of Cinderella’s stepsisters (Mezzo C – High E)
Lucinda – (F teens-30s) cold, egotistical beauty; one of Cinderella’s stepsisters (Mezzo C – High E)
Jack’s Mother – (F 40s-50s) rough-hewn, tough country woman, with inner strength, but lacking in outer beauty (Soprano B – High F#)
Little Red Riding Hood – (F teens-early 20s_ bossy greedy brat, but with inner vulnerability (Mezzo B – High F)
Witch – (F 20s-40s) beautiful witch, who can carry off early portrayal of hideous hag (Mezzo Low F – High F Belt)
Cinderella’s Father – (M 40s-70s) old wimp, unable to stand up for his daughter (non singing or singing with the group)
Cinderella’s Mother/Red’s Granny – (F 30s-60s) wise mother and tough old grandmother (Soprano)
Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince – (M 20s-30s) handsome, charming, womanizing, matinee idol type (and pedophiliac wolf) (Baritone B – High Gb/Baritone G – High Eb)
Rapunzel – (F teens-20s) beautiful but emotionally damaged young woman, trapped in a tower for most of her life (Soprano C – High Bb)
Rapunzel’s Prince – (M 20s-30s) handsome, charming, womanizing, matinee idol type (Baritone C# – High E)
Steward – (M teens-50s) Cinderella’s Prince’s servant (Non-singing or singing with group)