Singing Opportunities in "Violet" Production
The company is holding auditions for the "Violet" show, and looking for actors, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Additional info: Auditions will consist of VOCAL AUDITIONS and COLD READINGS from the script. VOCAL AUDITION GUIDELINES: Please sing a 16-bar cut (30 seconds to a minute) of a song that shows you best and you feel most comfortable singing. You may sing from the show if you wish. The show has a contemporary musical theatre score that incorporates various musical styles, including country, bluegrass, gospel, R&B, and rock. Please bring your prepared sheet music cut in the correct key. Piano accompanist will be provided. Please, no capella singing. CALLBACK GUIDELINES: Callbacks will take place on Tuesday, January 14th from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Callback offers will be sent via email to the actors who are called back by 10:00 am on January 14th with the schedule for the evening. Actors will be asked to perform select songs and sides from the show. Printed copies of the sheet music and sides will be provided to everyone when callbacks begin at 7:00 pm. If you don’t receive an email with a callback offer by 10:00 am on the 14th, it does not mean that you will not be cast in Violet. Some roles may be cast without a callback. Callbacks: Tuesday, January 14, 7-10 pm. Please bring your filled-out AUDITION FORM and CONFLICT CALENDAR to your audition. Please be honest on your conflict calendar as directors ask you not to add new conflicts once you have signed your contract. Please attach a headshot and resume if you have one. Headshots don't need to be formal. It can be a recent photo that represents the current "you." JTP accepts last-minute walk-ups for auditions, time permitting. Please apply if interested.
10 roles
Contemporary music theatre style with mix/belt. Some country. Reared in Spruce Pine, NC, Violet is a mountain woman at heart. Borne of years of dealing with the stigma of her facial scar, she is stubborn, tough and prickly. She is also filled with equal parts hope and obsession that she may be healed and be made “beautiful.” She has tried doctors, snake handlers and a Catholic church to be healed, to no avail.
Baritone, Gospel/blues style. Grady Fliggins. A soldier who looks for the positive in life – a dreamer and a go-getter. Like Violet, he wants to be seen for more than just his outward appearance. There is something gentle and good about him, not to be confused with weakness. He looks below the skin for the real person.
Tenor. Country Western sound. Montgomery Harrill, from near Raleigh. A white paratrooper and corporal. Believes himself to be fearless and irresistible to women. Although apparently self-consumed, he is rough around the edges and may be fighting his own demons. As described by Violet, he’s “a boy in the skin of a man.”
Baritone. A simple widower who lovingly raises his daughter Violet alone. He does the best he can with very little. Tortured that he accidentally scarred young Violet’s face while chopping wood. Can be stern, loving, and vulnerable. He dies of a heart attack before the action of the play begins. Appears in flashbacks/dream sequences.
Old Lady, Hotel Singer, Old Lady 2. OLD LADY: A former beauty in her heyday, now tired and frustrated with life. She’s gossipy, pushy and nosy and fellow passenger. Violet is the unwilling recipient of her boldness. Not a huge fan of boys or men. HOTEL SINGER: Memphis. Sings with/counterpoint to Flick. OLD LADY 2: Passenger, Tulsa to Fort Smith. Sure that whoever is supposed to pick her up forgot. (still a man hater)
Music Hall Singer, Mabel, Woman with Fan. MUSIC HALL SINGER: Memphis. Has an eye for Flick but loses interest as soon as she sees him with Violet. MABEL: Passenger Tulsa to Fort Smith. Talkative. Irritable. A bit man crazy. WOMAN WITH FAN: Fort Smith to Tulsa passenger.
Landlady, Woman Knitting, Gospel Soloist (Lula). LANDLADY: Almeta. Flick’s friend. Runs boarding house in Memphis. Strong. GOSPEL SOLOIST: Lula Buffington. Soloist for the choir that sings for the Preacher’s telecast. Sings for the glory of God, not the white preacher.
Bus Driver 1, Rufus, Radio Singer, Bus Driver 4. BUS DRIVER 1: Johnson, aka Mr. Wallace Weatherman. Thin lips, flat cheeks, bent nose, small ears, Cherokee black straight hair. BUS DRIVER 4: Tulsa to Fort Smith. Johnson, aka Mr. Wallace Weatherman. Wants Dan’s Irish Stew, blackberry pie and beer when he gets to Fort Smith.
Radio Soloist, Waiter, Leroy Evans, Mechanic, Bus Driver 3. LEROY EVANS: Not too smart. Won’t look Violet in the eye because of her scar. WAITER: In Kingsport. Blunt about Violet’s scar. Racist. MECHANIC: In Memphis. Gets into fight with Flick. RADIO SOLOIST: Memphis. Part of the boarding house radio trio. BUS DRIVER 3: Memphis to Fort Smith. Sings “Lonely Stranger.” EARL: Flea circus owner, former midway barker. A strange character on the Greyhound bus.
Billy Dean, Creepy Guy, Radio Singer, Bus Driver 2. CREEPY GUY: A “Jesus freak.” BUS DRIVER 2: Takes his job a little too seriously but is good at it. RADIO SINGER: Wants to be a star. Part of the boarding house radio trio. BILLY DEAN: A schoolmate and Violet’s first romantic encounter – on a $5 bet. An Elum brother. Seen in a flashback. VIRGIL: The preacher’s assistant. Dislikes the smoke & mirrors of the Preacher’s show and must begrudgingly deal with anyone who might derail it.
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