Singing Audition for "Alice By Heart" Show
The company is holding auditions for "Alice By Heart" and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: The musical takes place in 1941, in the debris after the London Blitz of World War II. The life of teen Alice Spencer is disrupted, as she and her best friend Alfred are forced to take shelter in a London underground tube station. However, Alfred, suffering from tuberculosis, is quarantined ("West of Words"). Alice urges him to escape with her into their cherished book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and travel down the rabbit hole to Wonderland. Nurse Cross, who is in charge of keeping everyone safe, rips Alice's book as a punishment for visiting Alfred, despite his quarantine. Alice becomes very defiant and declares she knows it "by heart" and will read to him anyway. Additional info: Performances October 11-20, 2024 Please see the attachment for audition materials. This is an ensemble show, and as such cast members may be required to play a variety of ensemble roles throughout the show regardless of primary offered role. Doubling of roles may not match that of the original production. If interested, please apply.
10 roles
A teenage girl full of questions and wonder, very driven for what she wants; very in love with Alfred and will do anything for him; entering a confusing time of transition in her body, living in a distressed situation, in a tube station; displaced from her family, wonderful imagination that allows her to escape her present situation Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: G3
Alice's ailing childhood friend and the boy Alice loves who had lived on the streets and contracted tuberculosis, also plays the White Rabbit and March Hare. Spends the show trying to get to the end of the story Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: B2
In the real world a strict Red Cross nurse tasked with taking care of the many people trapped in the tube station, the stress of the situation leads her to be harsh and even cruel. In Alice's Wonderland she is the Queen of Hearts, a childish and short tempered ruler obsessed with aging, Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: F#3
In the real world and Wonderland a street smart leader, helping Alice on her journey to accept her grief. Vocal range top: Ds Vocal range bottom: Bba
In the real world a soldier who has lost his wits in the war who is manic, funny, charming. In Wonderland the chaotic Mad Hatter, preening, demanding full of riddles. Vocal range top: F4 Vocal range bottom: Ca
In the real world a sensitive young man, who plays the role of the Duchess in Wonderland. a very funny and overdramatic older woman. Vocal range top: E4 Vocal range bottom: Ca
In the real world a frightened and traumatized teenage boy, struggling in the underground. In Wonderland he plays the sleepy Dormouse who accompanies the Hatter and the March Hare. Vocal range top: Bht Vocal range bottom: Ea
In the real world a drug user who is trying to help those around him calm down, as well as in Wonderland as one of the Caterpillars. He is seductive, charming and funny. Vocal range top: 84 Vocal range bottom: F3
In the real world a hard of hearing and anxious doctor tasked with looking after the people in the tube station. He plays both the King of Hearts, a weak-willed counterpoint to the Queen, and the Jabberwocky, a monstrous expression of Alice's fears. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: C3
In the real world a once wealthy young woman who attempts to hold onto that class in the war. She plays a variety of small roles in Wonderland. Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: B3
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