Auditions for Musical "The Secret Garden"
Seeking performers for "The Secret Garden" Show. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Additional info: Possible callbacks at 5 pm if needed! Update your calendars and keep checking back for more information. Auditioners should prepare a one-minute song to sing, in the style of the show or from the show, with a karaoke track. There will also be a dance audition, so be prepared to move and bring jazz shoes or sneakers. The Secret Garden will be performed March 28th-30th and April 4th-6th at the Havre de Grace Opera House. If interested, please apply.
19 roles
(Range: Soprano, Bb3-D6) Mary's aunt and Archibald Craven's wife. Died of a tragic accident within her garden and metaphorically haunts the walls of Misselthwaite Manor.
(Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible) Archibald’s housekeeper. As cold as the Misselthwaite Manor.
(Range: Baritone, C3-F#4) Archibald’s brother. Trapped by the idea that he is responsible for the caretaking of Colin. Though Lily never loved him in return, he remains in love with her, and is unwilling to move on and leave Misselthwaite.
(Range: Mezzo-Soprano Belt, G3-D5) A faithful housemaid. Grew up near Yorkshire and has the accent to prove it. Although she is from a lower-class family, her wisdom is often far beyond her age.
(Range: Baritone, C3-A4) Mary's uncle and lord of Misselthwaite Manor. He has a hunchback. Haunted by the past and afraid of the future, he locks himself away both physically and mentally. Mary painfully reminds him too much of his wife, Lily, who died ten years ago.
(Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible, E3-D#4) Head gardener. Secretly entrusted to take care of the garden after Lily’s death. Knows a great deal about the history of the garden and the grounds it sits on. He has worked for the family for many years. He calls himself “an old man.”
(Range: Tenor, D3-G4) Martha's younger brother. Looks after the sick plants and animals within the Misselthwaite grounds—including Mary. He is a young man who is between the world of child imagination and adult reasoning. Befriends Mary and convinces her to take care of the Garden.
(Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible) Headmistress of a private school. Prides herself on nurturing girls with tempers. Mary seems to be more than she can handle.
(Range: Soprano, A3-D6) Mary's mother. A “dreamer” from the past who doesn’t understand how her sister Lily could truly love Archibald. Very loyal to her husband and refuses to leave India during the cholera outbreak that takes her life.
(Range: Tenor, D3-A5) Mary's father. Tries to send Rose out of India during the cholera outbreak.
(Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible) Rose's friend.
(Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible) Officer in Mary's father's unit.
(Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible) Fellow officer.
(Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible) Officer.
(Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible) Major Shelley's wife.
(Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible) Officer.
(Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible) Major Holmes' wife.
(Range: Tenor, C3-B4) Itinerant Hindu ascetic.
(Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible) Mary's Indian nanny.
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