Performers Needed for "Once Upon a Mattress" Show
The company is holding audition for "Once Upon a Mattress" show, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Many moons ago in a far-off place, Queen Aggravain decreed no couples could marry until her son, Prince Dauntless, found a bride. Princesses came from far and wide to win the hand of the prince, but none could pass the impossible tests given to them by the Queen. That is, until the “shy” swamp princess, Winnifred the Woebegone, showed up. Would she be able to pass the Sensitivity Test, marry her prince, and help Lady Larken and Sir Harry to the altar? Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin on the classic tale The Princess and the Pea provides some side-splitting shenanigans. For after all, a princess is a delicate thing… Additional info: 32 bar cut of a musical theatre song in the style of the show. Please bring sheet music. An accompanist will be provided. If you are auditioning for the KING, directors ask that you prepare this section of Man to Man Talk. You are welcome to audition with this and sing if you want to be considered for other roles. A movement/dance audition will happen at callbacks, May 22nd. Please apply if interested.
21 roles
Alto. The hilariously awful, overbearing and narcissistic matriarch of the kingdom. She will use every tool at her disposal to get her way. She has laid the curse on the kingdom that none may wed until her son, the prince, is married.
Mezzo-Soprano.The underdog. Fred is the princess of a distant swamp land who comes to woo Prince Dauntless at the behest of Sir Harry. She marches to her own drummer and is therefore not accepted by the other citizens of the kingdom when she first arrives. But her kind nature, honesty and earnest demeanor soon win everyone over...except the Queen.
Tenor. The innocent and doting royal son. He longs for love and to make his mother happy and proud of him. Which is at odds with the fact that he falls in love with Fred the moment he first sees her.
Tenor. The quick-witted and affable Jester serves as the King's right-hand man. Tap dance experience is a bonus
(doesn't have to sing). A victim of a curse in his own right, Sextimus is unable to speak, but that certainly doesn't prevent him from getting his point across
Soprano. The demure and fair Lady Larken has a secret growing within her, which requires that she be able to marry Sir Harry as soon as possible.
Tenor. The Dashing hero of the show. Harry will do anything to please his dear Lady Larken...until a conflict threatens to tear them apart.
Tenor. A visitor from another kingdom, the Minstrel serves as a sometime-narrator and also gets swept up in the King's shenanigans.
Baritone. A disgraced magician and the Queen's lackey. Experience with simple magic tricks and sleight-of-hand is helpful.
Alto. One of the ladies-in-waiting
Soprano. Another of the ladies-in-waiting
Soprano. This character serves the Queen
As the show opens, she is courting the Prince and trying to pass the Queen's tests.
Tenor. A knight of the Royal Court
Tenor. Another knight of the Royal Court
A Kitchen Wench
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