"Heathers" the Musical in Need of Performers
"Heathers" the musical seeking cast. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Please see the breakdown below. Additional info: Prepare 32 bars of an audition song in the style of Heathers: the Musical. An accompanist will NOT be provided. Bring your phone (or alternative device) to play your track from. Your device must be compatible with Lightning , USB-C, AUX, or Bluetooth for audio output. Please prepare a short monologue from the document attached. There will not be a dance audition. Callbacks — in-person (invitation only): Tuesday January 21st from 6:30pm - 10pm. Rehearsals: begin the week of January 27th with 2 - 4 rehearsals a week dependent on cast member availability. Tech Week: March 17th - 20th at 5:30pm - 10pm Performances: March 21, 22, 28, 29 @7pm and March 23 & 30 @3pm Production Content Warning: This production contains themes of mental illness, explicit language, graphic and lewd sexual behavior, homophobia, stalking/harassment, eating disorders, fatphobia, drug/alcohol use, and death. The production will have an intimacy coordinator and cast advocate to ensure cast members feel safe and comfortable with all content listed above. If you are interested, please apply.
17 roles
(17: Teenage Female Presenting) Burns to be both cool and kind, but doesn’t yet know how to be both at the same time. Fierce sense of right and wrong, keen sense of ironic humor. Thinks she’s an old soul, but she’s still innocent enough to be blindsided by love or shocked by cruelty. Voice: high belting required, up to A♭. Must have dynamic and stylistic range.
(17: Teenage Male Presenting) Darkly charismatic, compelling, attractive. Charming on the outside, damaged on the inside. Keen smarts, savage wit. Voice: strong, confident belt to at least an A♭, A preferable; wide emotional range.
(17: Teenage Female Presenting) The richest, hottest, cruelest girl in town. Relishes power and wields it without fear, patience, or mercy. Voice: strong belt to F or higher preferred. Mezzo for chorus. NOTE: In certain choral songs, CHANDLER can switch parts with the other HEATHERS as needed.
(17: Teenage Female Presenting) Beautiful, innocent, stupid. Can be mean on command if Heather Chandler orders it, but actually quite vulnerable and fearful. Voice: strong belt to D♭, D preferred. Soprano for chorus. NOTE: In certain choral songs, MCNAMARA and DUKE can switch vocal parts as needed.
(17: Teenage Female Presenting) The whipped beta dog of the three Heathers. Deeply insecure. When she finally becomes Queen Bee, she wields power like a bulldozer. Voice: strong belt to C, D preferred. Alto for chorus. NOTE: In certain choral songs, DUKE and MCNAMARA can switch vocal parts as needed.
(17: Teenage Female Presenting) Nicknamed “Martha Dumptruck,” the opposite of confident and popular. Huge and beautiful soul, optimistic even in the face of rejection. Voice: strong belt to E or F, wide vocal expression.
(17: Teenage Male Presenting) Linebacker. Big, insensitive to the feelings of others, ruled by appetites. Voice: strong baritone, belt to G, some falsetto useful. NOTE: In certain songs, RAM and KURT can switch choral assignments if, say, RAM sings higher than KURT.
(17: Teenage Male Presenting) Quarterback and captain. Chiseled, rude, entitled, cocky. He’s the brains in the friendship with Ram. Voice: tenor, strong belt to A♭ or A, some falsetto. NOTE: In certain songs, KURT and RAM can switch choral assignments if, say, RAM sings higher than KURT.
(Male Presenting) Voice: baritone/tenor, power Country/Gospel belt to A♭, higher welcome. RAM’S DAD: Former football player turned suburban dad, has never outgrown his high school glory days. Hates weakness, but capable of soul-searching when tragedy strikes. BIG BUD DEAN: J.D.’s single dad. Big jolly personality that barely conceals the enormous rage bubbling just below the surface. Quite possibly a serial bomber. COACH RIPPER: Stalwart, man’s man; quick to defend his players.
(Female Presenting) Voice: great belt up to C, higher always welcome. MS. FLEMING: Aging hippie teacher, still yearning for the day the Age of Aquarius reaches Ohio. Resentful of today’s entitled youth, protective of the underdogs. Despite a penchant for self-promotion, genuinely cares about the students in her charge. VERONICA’S MOM: Easygoing, distant, yet capable of laying down the law.
(Male Presenting ) Voice: strong baritone/tenor, power Country/Gospel belt to G, even higher better. KURT’S DAD: Straight-laced, very conservative, also former football player. A simple guy, not book smart, you’d be happy to share a beer with him. VERONICA’S DAD: Easygoing and distant. PRINCIPAL GOWAN: Rumpled, burned out, hates conflict.
(16-18) An embittered social outcast. Voice: baritone (up to F#) or tenor (up to A).
(16-18) Straightlaced, ambitious, blow-dried. Dreams of being even richer than his parents. Voice: bass (up to E) or baritone (up to G#).
(16-18) Thinks he’s Ducky from Pretty in Pink. Voice: baritone (up to F#) or tenor (up to A).
(16-18) She loves MTV and dresses accordingly. Voice: belt to at least C# (a soprano up to high A/B is also a plus).
(16-18) Smokes outside with the freaks in between classes. Voice: belt to at least C# (a soprano up to high A/B is also a plus).
(16-18) A tennis-playing, perky Student Council type. Voice: belt to at least C# (soprano up to high A/B is also a plus).
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