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Singing Audition for "Pippin" Musical Show

Saratoga, CA, United States
ID: 272456Exp: 11/3/2024
Description:

The company is holding auditions for "Pippin" Musical Show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Rate: All cast positions are volunteer and are not paid. Additional info: Rehearsals: Begin January 5, 2025 Performances: March 15, 2025 through April 5, 2025 BIPOC, indigenous, neurodiverse, and physically diverse artists are encouraged to audition. Directors welcome and encourage actors of every race, ethnicity, gender, identity, age, body type, and orientation to audition. Please apply if interested.

8 roles

LEADING PLAYERBoth genders18-56 y.o.African-American

The ultimate “ring leader.” Masterfully charming and manipulative, the Leading Player is a chameleon of sorts. Guides Pippin through their own story and tries to intervene at the end. Excellent dancer. Obsessed with putting on a great show for the audience. Vocal range top: Ab4 (Low voice), Eb5 (High voice) Vocal range bottom: Db3 (Low voice), Gb3 (High voice)

PIPPINBoth genders20-29 y.o.All ethnicities

Our story's young and confused protagonist. They are longing to find their purpose in life. Naive, innocent, and discontented. Eventually finds love and meaning in life with Catherine and Theo. Vocal range top: C5 Vocal range bottom: B2

CHARLESBoth genders50-59 y.o.All ethnicities

(PLEASE NOTE: This role has already been cast, but we are searching for an understudy.) Pippin's demanding father. As the King of the Holy Roman Empire, Charlemagne is more comfortable wielding a sword than breaking bread. They wear their years with great pride. Vocal range top: E4 Vocal range bottom: G2

LEWISMale20-29 y.o.All ethnicities

Pippin's half-sibling. Vain, self assured, and is proud to be their father’s ideal of a soldier. Unhealthily attached to their mother, Fastrada.

FASTRADABoth genders30-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Pippin's conniving stepmother. A seductress who is no stranger to deceit and betrayal, they are both sexy and smart. Skilled at using their sexual appeal to benefit them and their child, Lewis. Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: A3

BERTHEBoth genders70-79 y.o.All ethnicities

Pippin's saucy grandmother. A brassy broad full of wisdom, grace, and sass. They try to help Pippin and encourage them to live their life to the fullest. Vocal range top: C5 Vocal range bottom: E3

CATHERINEBoth genders20-39 y.o.All ethnicities

A widow and mother. They are a hopeless romantic who possess graceful elegance. Encounters Pippin at their lowest point and eventually falls in love with them. Vocal range top: Db5 Vocal range bottom: F#3

ENSEMBLEBoth genders18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

The players comprise the ever wandering cursed troupe of actors who find people like Pippin to tempt, entertain, and cajole in order for that person to choose the grandest finale of all time - to choose greatness. Searching for seven strong singers/dancers who may also understudy other roles within the production.