Singing Auditions for "Waitress" Show
The company is holding auditions for "Waitress" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below. About the project: Synopsis: Jenna, a waitress and expert pie maker, is stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. Faced with an unexpected pregnancy, Jenna fears she may have to abandon the dream of opening her own pie shop…until a baking contest in a nearby county and the town’s handsome new doctor offer her a tempting recipe for happiness. Supported by her quirky crew of fellow waitresses and loyal customers, Jenna summons the secret ingredient she’s been missing all along — courage. Additional info: Perusal scripts are available after July 1, 2024 in the box office for 24 hours with a refundable deposit. Show dates: Jan 24, 25, 31- Feb. 2, 6-9 2025 (Potential Hold Over 14-16) Rehearsals begin Late Nov. 2024 Audition Requirements: Please prepare to sing a brief (32 measures)musical theatre style song of your choosing. Please bring sheet music in the appropriate key or karaoke track. An accompanist will be provided. Also prepare a brief monologue no longer than 1 ½ minutes. Call backs – There is the potential that we will be bringing people in for call backs. If we need to see you again you will be contacted by email. Call backs will be held August 10th.
12 roles
A waitress at Joe’s Diner. She has found herself lost and unable to recognize herself at this point in her life. She is pregnant and is stuck in an unhappy marriage with an abusive husband. She lives paycheck to paycheck, day by day, and wants nothing more than to leave Earl and start fresh. What keeps her going is the memory of her mom, as she pours her soul into every pie she makes. Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: F#3
A waitress at Joe’s Diner. She is charming, kind, and eccentric. She is socially awkward and loves a world in perfect order. She has a small touch of OCD and continually rearranges the tables at the diner so they are in the most efficient placement. She spends her evenings with her TV dinners and her cat, watching shows on the History, Science, and ID channel. Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: G3
A waitress at Joe’s Diner. She is saucy, hot-tempered, been there, made it back, and somehow kept her sense of humor. She is honest and loyal to her gals at the diner and tells them how it is. Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: Eb3
Jenna gynecologist turned lover. He is endearing, genuine, and warm. He is clumsy in manner, a bit neurotic, and has sweaty palms. He has a quirky sense of humor and a big heart. Loves desserts and speaks before he thinks. He recently moved to town from Connecticut and is very out of place in the southern town. Vocal range top: Bb4 Vocal range bottom: Bb2
He is Jenna’s husband. He is an almost talented musician who peaked in high school. He is haunted by broken dreams and the fame he almost had. Publicly Earl is all charm, but privately he is a nightmare narcissist, drowning himself in cheap beer. He is emotionally unstable, and Jenna gets the brunt of his unhappiness. Guitar playing a plus. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: Eb3
He is charming, well educated, strange, and oddly lovable. A guy light on his feet, and full of oddities, he falls head over heels with Dawn and will do anything in his power to win her over, including showing up to the diner unannounced and making up poems on the spot. His dating profile would say “Amateur magician and competitive clog dancer. He has a kind smile, and loves poetry, Pavarotti, and puzzles.”
The owner of the diner where Jenna, Dawn, Becky, and Cal work. He is a feisty old curmudgeon with a hard shell but a buttercream center. He has a soft spot for Jenna and only her (and her pies). A sarcastically funny and no-nonsense guy with a keen ability to read people and sniff out their bs. Vocal range top: F4 Vocal range bottom: C3
The cook at Joe’s Diner. A “salt of the earth” guy’s guy surrounded by gals. He is Brash, impatient, gruff, unsentimental but somehow utterly charming.
ENSEMBLE Must be excellent singers
ENSEMBLE Must be excellent singers
ENSEMBLE Must be excellent singers
ENSEMBLE Must be excellent singers
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