SPRING AWAKENING - Milwaukee, WI EPA
Skylight Music Theatre | Milwaukee, WI
Saturday, July 22, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment go to:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084DA5AC23A0FDC34-skylight2. Then before your in-person audition please fill out the following Google form:
https://forms.gle/2b1CGZMw6mVHUKps9.
SPT
$690 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
Equity actors for roles in SPRING AWAKENING (See breakdown). We are looking to cast both deaf and hearing performers.
Hearing performers should prepare two contrasting songs, at least one in the style of the show, as well as the scene/s linked below. If hearing performers also play an instrument, please bring the instrument to the auditions
and be prepared to play. Deaf performers should perform this scene in ASL:
https://www.skylightmusictheatre.org/media/hzbfand5/spring-awakening-audition-scenes.pdf. An ASL interpreter and an accompanist will be present on site for this audition.
Broadway Theatre Center
158 N Broadway
Milwaukee, WI 53202-6037
4th Floor
Expected to attend:
Michael Unger – Artistic Director/Director
Jack Jason - Interpreter
First Rehearsal: 2/6/24
Opens: 3/1/24
Closes: 3/17/24
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages
performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
[WENDLA] – DEAF PERFORMER; Innocent. With every passing day, she grows more curious about the world around her and her changing body. Both vulnerable and a willing participant in her evolution. Explores her newly found sexuality with Melchior. Age 15-20. There may be a scene with brief, partial nudity.
[WENDLA] – VOICE PERFORMER; Range E5-E3; Innocent. With every passing day, she grows more curious about the world around her and her changing body. Both vulnerable and a willing participant in her evolution. Explores her newly found sexuality with Melchior. Age 15-20. Plays an instrument – Guitar preferred but not required. There may be a scene with brief, partial nudity.
[MELCHIOR] – Range B4-G2; A smart, headstrong boy who refuses to bow down to society's rules. An atheist and radical student. Struggles with his intense feelings for Wendla and his awakening sexual urges. Age 15-20. Playing electric bass a plus but not required. A scene with brief, partial nudity.
[MARTHA] – DEAF PERFORMER; A schoolgirl who faces constant physical abuse from her father. She harbors a secret crush towards Moritz. Age 15-20.
[MORITZ] – DEAF PERFORMER; Melchior’s best friend, a troubled student. He desperately tries to please his father, but always seems to disappoint him. His haunting sexual dreams and academic failures eventually drive him to suicidal thoughts. Age 15-20.
[MORITZ] – VOICE PERFORMER, Range A4-C3; Melchior's best friend, a troubled student. He desperately tries to please his father, but always seems to disappoint him. His haunting sexual dreams and academic failures eventually drive him to suicidal thoughts. Age 15-20. Playing electric guitar a plus but not a requirement.
[THEA] – Range: E5-E3; Wendla's best friend. A schoolgirl who tries to stay innocent and pure. Age 15-20. Playing an instrument is a plus.
[HANSCHEN] – Range: D5-Ab2; A rather narcissistic schoolmate of Melchior's. He is comfortable with his own sexuality and uses his looks and intelligence to captivate Ernst. Optional Doubling as RUPERT. Age 15-20. Plays piano with proficiency.
[ANNA] – Range: C5-E3; A German schoolgirl and Martha's best friend. Optimistic and a bit naive, she has a difficult time understanding Martha's trials. Age 15-20. Playing an instrument is a plus but not a requirement.
[ERNST] – DEAF PERFORMER; A schoolmate of Melchior's. Naive and easily manipulated, which allows him to fall in love with Hanschen. Optional Doubling as REINHOLD. Age 15-20.
[ERNST] – VOICE PERFORMER; Range: A4-Ab2; A schoolmate of Melchior's. Naive and easily manipulated, which allows him to fall in love with Hanschen. Optional Doubling as REINHOLD. Age 15
-20. Playing drums is a plus.
[ILSE] – Range E5-E3; Martha's sister, who was also abused and has run away from home to live in an artists' colony. She reaches out to her old friend Moritz in the last moments of his life. Age 15-20. Playing violin is a plus.
[GEORG] – Range D5-Ab2; A clumsy schoolmate of Melchoir's. He is overcome with his feelings for his piano teacher. Optional Doubling as DIETER. Age 15-20.
[OTTO] – Range: D5-Ab2; A classmate of Melchior's. He struggles with feelings he considers inappropriate. Optional Doubling as ULBRECHT. Age 15-20.
[ADULT WOMAN] – POSSIBLY DEAF PERFORMER; Doubles as a variety of rigid adult roles. Characters include FRAU BERGMAN, Wendla's mother; FRAULEIN KNUPPELDICK; FRAULEIN GROSSEBUSTENHALTER; FRAU GABOR, Melchior's mother; and FRAU BESSELL, Martha's mother. Age 40-50.
[ADULT WOMAN] – VOICE PERFORMER; Range: A4-D3; Doubles as a variety of rigid adult roles. Characters include FRAU BERGMAN, Wendla's mother; FRAULEIN KNUPPELDICK; FRAULEIN GROSSEBUSTENHALTER; FRAU GABOR, Melchior's mother; and FRAU BESSELL, Martha's mother. Age 40-50.
[ADULT MAN] – Range: F4-D3; Doubles as a variety of rigid adult roles. Characters include HERR SONNENSTITCH, the boys' teacher; HEADMASTER KNOCHENBRUCH; HERR NEUMANN, Ilse's father; HERR RILOW, Hanschen's father; HERR STEIFEL, Moritz's father; FATHER KAULBACH; DOCTOR VON BRAUSEPULVER; HERR GABOR, Melchior's father; and SCHMIDT. Age 40-50.
[ENSEMBLE] – Two deaf performers, two hearing performers. These performers will play additional students. The hearing actors will voice some of the deaf performers and should play instruments with proficiency.
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