Casting Call for "Bettye and the Jockettes Spinning Records"
The company is holding auditions for "Bettye and the Jockettes Spinning Records" and looking for performers, please see the details below. Additional info: Please prepare EITHER a one-minute comedy monologue OR tell us in one-minute why you should be in the cast in your best radio-announcer voice (bonus points if it sounds 1950’s-ish). Also be prepared for some light cold-reading, nothing extreme ( not Shakespeare). Performance dates will be February 13-16, 2025.
7 roles
WHER jockette. The star of the station. A full-figured woman, she's stunning, stylish, and sarcastic.
WHER jockette and a frustrated office gal-Friday. Open ethnicity. Spunky, smart, and has her fingers on the pulse of what's cool.
Record producer and WHER owner. White. Southern. Young heart with an old soul and a soft-spot for the underdog.
WHER salesgirl. Open ethnicity. Southern. Sexy. Shrewd. Blanche Devereaux type.
WHER librarian. Bookish and bright, she often feigns befuddlement. Funny even when she doesn't intend it.
A copywriter by happenstance. Southern. Pretty and proper. Quietly confident and unapologetically intelligent.
Record promoter. Dashing. And he knows it. Dry-humored and disarmingly charming.