Singers Sought for "Treasure Island" Show
The company is holding auditions for the "Treasure Island" Show and looking for singers, please see the details below. About the project: Excitement runs high in this musical adaptation of a favorite childhood adventure story. Robert Louis Stevenson’s thrilling tale of pirates, treasure maps, mutiny on the high seas and pieces of eight follows Jim Hawkins, an ordinary youth who is drawn into a dangerous race for buried treasure against the treacherous Long John Silver. As the author himself wrote, “If this don’t fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day.” Additional info: No appointment is necessary. Invited callbacks will be TBD. What to Bring: Please come with sheet music to a prepared song (16-32 bars) in the classic Broadway style. An accompanist will be provided. Have a second song prepared in the event you are asked to sing again. Dress to dance. Please bring a list of conflicts for rehearsals. Conflicts must be included in audition form and will affect casting. Rehearsals: Begin Sunday, November 13 – The show will rehearse Sunday through Thursday evenings, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Only actors in the songs and scenes being rehearsed will be called to rehearsal. The full cast will be called Monday, January 2 through Thursday, January 12. Tech: Sunday, January 8, 2023, from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. (Dinner Break) and 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Mandatory) Performances: Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays/Sundays at 2:00 p.m., January 13- 22 with two school outreach performances on Thursday, January 19 at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
16 roles
First Mate of the schooner Hispaniola and the narrator of our story. Friendly and jolly, he holds a fondness for Jim. Vocal range top: E4 / Vocal range bottom: G2
A former pirate and common customer at Mrs. Hawkins’ inn. Seems to always be very drunk and is leery of everything around him. Vocal range top: A3 / Vocal range bottom: A2
Proprietress of the Admiral Benbow Inn and Jim’s mother. Extremely matronly to her family, workers, and the pirates that frequent her inn. She tries to encourage Jim to find the treasure using his brain. Vocal range top: F#5 / Vocal range bottom: A3
A snarky barmaid at the Inn with attitude towards life at sea. Mrs. Hawkins forces her to disguise herself as a man to watch over Jim on the Hispaniola, which puts her in several clumsy and uncomfortable situations. Vocal range top: D5 / Vocal range bottom: B3
A menacing blind conspirator who gives Billy Bones the Black Spot. He is tricky and ruthless.
Master of the Hispaniola. Commanding and firm, he ensures that everything is always “ship shape.” Vocal range top: E4 / Vocal range bottom: C3
The Coxswain of the Hispaniola and one of Long John’s mutinous cohorts. Impatient and wary with an affinity for drinking. Vocal range top: G3 / Vocal range bottom: B2
The Hispaniola’s Navigator and one of Long John’s mutinous cohorts. Greedy and selfish. Vocal range top: B4 / Vocal range bottom: C3
The Boatswain of the Hispaniola. One of Long John’s mutineers, he tries to turn the other men against him and Jim. Vocal range top: E4 / Vocal range bottom: C3
The Hispaniola’s Senior Deck Hand. An old friend of Long John, he schemes with him to get treasure. Vocal range top: E4 / Vocal range bottom: C3
The peg-leg cook. He befriends Jim, but their friendship falls in conflict with his plotting to mutiny and get the buried treasure on Skeleton Island. Wise, experienced, and brave. Vocal range top: F4 / Vocal range bottom: B2
A former pirate, marooned on the island by Long John and his men on a previous voyage. Wild-looking and longing for luxuries of his former life. Vocal range top: Gb4 / Vocal range bottom: Bb2
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