Singing Audition for "It's a Wonderful Life" Play

Tenor B♭2-E♮4, Featured singer. Good looking, clean cut, boy next door. Idealistic, unselfish, full of life, passionate, wears his heart on his sleeve. Loves deeply and would give you the shirt off his back. Throughout his life, there is a growing bitterness and pessimism from multiple dreams that get quashed through no fault of his own.

(Soprano B♭3-F♮5, Featured singer) Pretty, clean cut, girl next door. Optimistic, starry-eyed, witty, fierce, compassionate, confident. She fights for what she wants and follows her own heart in all things. Doesn’t put up with unkindness.

(Baritenor B♭2-D♮4, Featured singer) Grouchy, frustrated, greedy old man who is more in love with money than anything else in life. Wealthy monetarily, but is bankrupt emotionally and ethically. Will not be content until he owns all of the institutions of Bedford Falls, even if people and families suffer as a result.

(Tenor B♭2-E♭4, Featured singer) Scatterbrained, lovable uncle to George. Proud as punch of his family, hard working and hard playing, cheerful, a bit foolish.

(Tenor C3-F♮4, Featured singer) Naïve, sweet, compassionate. Childlike in a way, but wise. Willing to sacrifice himself to save another. Optimistic, hope-filled.

Supporting Role. (Mezzo-soprano A♮3-D♮5, Featured singer) Warm-hearted mother of George and Harry. A lovely, big-hearted woman in real life, but in the alternate reality of a world in which George was never born, she is a jaded, bitter old woman.

Supporting Role. (Baritenor, Featured singer) Assertive and in charge, has a soft spot for George. In the alternate reality of a world in which George was never born, he is rough, gruff, and grouchy.

Supporting Role. (Baritenor, Featured singer) Hard-working family man, one of George’s good friends.

Supporting Role. (Soprano B♭3-E♮5, Featured singer) Enamored of George when they are young, however she likes all good-looking boys! A flirt bordering on seductress, you wonder what kind of loneliness has underlined her life.

Supporting Role. (Mezzo-soprano A♮3-D♮5, Featured singer) Assertive, smart, and knowledgeable, often cleans up the messes of Uncle Billy. Never married. Quietly observant and wise. Wants George to have the best opportunities in life.

Supporting Role. (Baritone A♮2-C♯4, Featured singer) Warm-hearted father of George Bailey. If there is a more altruistic, selfless, hard-working man, I dare you to find him.

Supporting Role. (Baritenor B♭2-D♮4, Featured singer). Cheerful, self-centred, loveable younger brother of George. Has reaped the benefits throughout his life of George’s sacrifices.

Supporting Role. (Tenor B♭2-F♮4, Featured singer) Plucky, proud owner of the Bedford Falls Pharmacy. Sits on the Board of the Building & Loan.

Supporting Role. (Tenor C3-A4, Featured singer (opera)) – Italian accent needed. Sings operatic feature song. Hard-working immigrant determined to build an honest life in Bedford Falls. In the alternate reality of a world in which George was never born, he and Mrs. Martini have become petty thieves.

Supporting Role. (Soprano C4-A5, Featured singer (opera)) – Italian accent needed. Sings operatic feature song. Hard-working immigrant determined to build an honest life in Bedford Falls. In the alternate reality of a world in which George was never born, she and Mr. Martini have become petty thieves.

Supporting Role. (Tenor C3-F♯4, Featured singer) George’s privileged, wealthy friend from high school who goes off to college and makes a fortune in the plastics business later in life. Ornery, self-centred, fun-loving.

Supporting Role. Mayor of Bedford Falls and on the Board of the Building & Loan. Has great pride in his town and great faith in George’s place in it.

There is a large ensemble required with MANY small speaking roles for people of all ages. Filling out a town, so people of all ages will be needed. Everyone will be singing, but only those roles listed above are featured soloists. There will be some solo singing lines distributed throughout the ensemble from time to time.