"Bandstand The Musical" Looking for Singers
The company is holding auditions for "Bandstand The Musical" and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Cleveland, 1945. Donny Novitski returns from the Pacific and builds a swing band of fellow veterans to win a national radio contest, and finds that the music carries what none of them can say aloud. Content: War and its aftermath, including combat trauma, grief, and references to the liberation of Dachau and a German POW camp. Alcohol use. Some strong language. 1940s period hair styling; any change to hair color or style will be discussed at callbacks. Rate: CONTRACT Independent Theatre Contract $784 weekly minimum - 2026 rate Additional info: PREPARATION Please prepare one of the following: two 32-bar song cuts; two monologues, each under 1-minute; or one 32-bar cut and one monologue under 1-minute. An accompanist will be provided; bring sheet music in your key, marked with starts, stops, and tempos, and one hard-copy headshot and resume. Callbacks: November 8 & 9, 2026 1st Equity Rehearsal: February 6, 2027 1st Performance: March 10, 2027 Closing: April 25, 2027 Please apply if interested.
16 roles
Baritone/Tenor, Bb2–Bb4. Piano. Pianist, songwriter, and bandleader, home from the Pacific with star quality and a weight he never puts into words. Role content: Combat trauma, survivor’s guilt.
Soprano with belt, G3–F#5. A singer of rare honesty, a war widow with no ambition to be a star and a voice that tells the truth. Role content: Grief and loss.
Alto, G3–B4. Julia’s mother. Anxious, eager to please, unexpectedly funny, and unbending where her daughter’s happiness is concerned.
High Baritone, C3–Bb4. Trombone. Marine lieutenant whose war lives on as obsessive-compulsive order and an intimidating silence. Role content: Combat trauma; depicts obsessive-compulsive behavior.
Baritone, C3–G#4. Sax and clarinet. Navy veteran now in law school. Careful, guarded, fiercely loyal.
High Baritone, B2–G#4. Drums. Army private living with chronic back pain, medication, and memory loss from a head injury. Gentle, plainspoken, and a phenomenal drummer. Role content: This role depicts a person living with chronic pain and the effects of a traumatic brain injury.
Baritone, B2–F#4. Upright bass. Army veteran who was at the liberation of Dachau. A big man with big appetites, a steady stream of jokes, and a drink always in reach. The clown who is also the protector. Role content: Holocaust references; heavy drinking.
Baritone, B2–F4. Trumpet. Army veteran who spent the end of the war in a German POW camp. Brilliant, prickly, and certain the world is trying to shortchange him. Role content: POW trauma.
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