Musical Audition for "Spring Awakening" Production
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. The musical "Spring Awakening" is looking for performers. See the details below. About the project: Spring awakening is a coming-of-age rock musical with music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater, based on the German play from 1891 called The Awakening of Spring by Frank Wedekind. The musical follows a group of young teenagers attending school in the late 19th-century, as they battle with their developing sexuality and desire for freedom within the social and moral restrictions enforced upon them by parents and teachers. Rate: Non union. This is a volunteer based production. Additional information: SHOOT/PERFORMANCE DATE(S): May 8th-11th. SHOOT/PERFORMANCE LOCATION(S): Delta, BC. Submission deadline: January 11, 2024. Also accepting video submissions. Please, see the attachment. If you're interested, please apply.
24 roles
(To play 14-15) (Bari-tenor) Vocal Range: Top: B4. Bottom: G2 Handsome, headstrong, charismatic. An intelligent and caring schoolboy with radical ideals. He is Wendla’s love interest. He is very reflective. Intimacy Notes: Onstage kiss as well as sex/intimate scenes with the character Wendla. Violent/abusive actions towards the character Wendla Receives abusive actions from the character Herr Sonnenstich Receiving end of a staged fight/beating.
(To play 14-15) (Pop Soprano) Vocal Range: Top: E5 Bottom E3 An innocent, curious girl who has both a sexual and romantic relationship with Melchior. Wendla is naive yet intelligent and knows what she wants. Intimacy Notes: Onstage kiss as well as sex/intimate scenes with the character Melchior Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding abuse Receives violent/abusive actions from the character Melchior. Experiences intense emotional scenes regarding forced abortion and death.
(To play 14-15)(Tenor) Vocal Range: Top: A4 Bottom C3 Melchior's best friend. He is tormented by growing up and feelings of failure. Intimacy Notes: Intense emotional scenes regarding anxiety and depressive thoughts Enages in a scene including the act of suicide. Receives violent/abusive actions from the character Herr Stiefel.
(To play 14-15) (Pop Soprano/Belter) Vocal Range: Top: E5 Bottom: E3 A friend of the other children (mainly: Melchior, Wendla, and Moritz) who was kicked out of an abusive home and now lives unhappily in an artists' colony. A free spirit. Intimacy Notes: Intense emotional scenes regarding sexual abuse and sexual assault. Engages in intense emotional scenes discussing abuse, depression and suicide with the character Moritz.
(To play 14-15) (Alto-Belter) Vocal Range: Top: E5 Bottom: E3 A friend of Wendla's who is abused by her father. She has a crush on Moritz. Intimacy Notes: This character involves intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of sexual abuse and sexual assault.
(To play 14-15)(Tenor) Vocal Range: Top: D5 Bottom: Ab2. An intelligent and bisexual schoolboy. Ernst's love interest. Manipulative and controlling. A scene engaging in simulated masturbation with comedic undertones.
(To play 14-15)(Bari-Tenor). Vocal Range: Top: A4 Bottom: Ab2. A closeted classmate who is struggling to come to terms with his sexuality. He is Hänschen's love interest. Intimacy Notes: Onstage kiss with the character Hanschen. The double role as a Reformatory Boy involves an expression of violent action towards the character Melchior in a fight/beating scene. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
(To play 14-16) (High Tenor). Vocal Range: Top: C5 Bottom: Ab2. Melchior and Moritz’ clumsy friend who lusts after his piano teacher. Intimacy Notes: Comedic displays of sexual attraction towards the character Fraulein Grofsebustenhalter. The double role as a Reformatory Boy involves an expression of violent action towards the character Melchior in a fight/beating scene. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
(To play 14-15)(Bari-Tenor). Vocal Range: Top: D5 Bottom Ab2. A classmate who has a disturbing dream about his mother. He is known to be hardworking. Intimacy Notes: The double role as a Reformatory Boy involves an expression of violent action towards the character Melchior in a fight/beating scene. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
(To play 14-15)(Mezzo-Soprano). Vocal Range: Top: C5 Bottom: E3. Martha’s best friend who has progressive and liberated ideals. Intimacy Notes: This character is present for intense emotional scenes regarding sexual abuse and sexual assault. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
(To play 14-15) (Alto). Vocal Range: Top: E5 Bottom: E3. Wendla’s friend who has a crush on Melchior. Intimacy Notes: This character is present for intense emotional scenes regarding sexual abuse and sexual assault. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
Fem presenting. Ensemble. Wendla’s mother. Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of intimacy and abortion with the character Wendla. Receives Comedic displays of sexual attraction from the character Georg. Engages in scenes discussing the act of Suicide. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
Fem presenting. Ensemble. Melchior’s mother. Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of intimacy and abortion with the character Wendla. Receives Comedic displays of sexual attraction from the character Georg. Engages in scenes discussing the act of Suicide. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
Fem presenting. Ensemble. Georg’s piano teacher. Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of intimacy and abortion with the character Wendla. Receives Comedic displays of sexual attraction from the character Georg. Engages in scenes discussing the act of Suicide. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
Fem presenting. Ensemble. An associate of Headmaster Knochenbruch. Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of intimacy and abortion with the character Wendla. Receives Comedic displays of sexual attraction from the character Georg. Engages in scenes discussing the act of Suicide. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
Ensemble. Melchior's father. Masc presenting. This character involves violent/abusive actions towards the character Melchior and Moritz. Engages in an intense emotional scene regarding the act of suicide following the death of Moritz. Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of abortion with the character Wendla and Frau Bergman. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
Ensemble. Moritz’s father. Masc presenting. This character involves violent/abusive actions towards the character Melchior and Moritz. Engages in an intense emotional scene regarding the act of suicide following the death of Moritz. Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of abortion with the character Wendla and Frau Bergman. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
Ensemble. Hanschen’s father. Masc presenting. This character involves violent/abusive actions towards the character Melchior and Moritz. Engages in an intense emotional scene regarding the act of suicide following the death of Moritz. Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of abortion with the character Wendla and Frau Bergman. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
Ensemble. The boys' school headmaster. Masc presenting. This character involves violent/abusive actions towards the character Melchior and Moritz. Engages in an intense emotional scene regarding the act of suicide following the death of Moritz. Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of abortion with the character Wendla and Frau Bergman. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
Ensemble. The boy’s school teacher. Masc presenting. This character involves violent/abusive actions towards the character Melchior and Moritz. Engages in an intense emotional scene regarding the act of suicide following the death of Moritz. Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of abortion with the character Wendla and Frau Bergman. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
Ensemble. Priest. Masc presenting. This character involves violent/abusive actions towards the character Melchior and Moritz. Engages in an intense emotional scene regarding the act of suicide following the death of Moritz. Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of abortion with the character Wendla and Frau Bergman. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
Ensemble. The doctor who visits Wendla during her pregnancy. Masc presenting. This character involves violent/abusive actions towards the character Melchior and Moritz. Engages in an intense emotional scene regarding the act of suicide following the death of Moritz. Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of abortion with the character Wendla and Frau Bergman. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
Ensemble. The abortionist Wendla’s mother goes to. Masc presenting. This character involves violent/abusive actions towards the character Melchior and Moritz. Engages in an intense emotional scene regarding the act of suicide following the death of Moritz. Engages in intense emotional scenes regarding discussions of abortion with the character Wendla and Frau Bergman. Please reference the general intimacy notes for group numbers.
To play 14-17. Looking for actors to round out the ensemble and understudy multiple characters.
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