Video Submissions: Sweeney Todd
TexARTS Professional Series
TexARTS, located in Lakeway, TX, welcomes video submissions for the upcoming production of Sweeney Todd. Local, nonunion performers who are 18 or older are encouraged to audition. TexARTS is committed to non-traditional casting and values diversity in all of its forms. We greatly encourage actors of all ethnicities, gender identities, as well as performers with disabilities to audition.
Personnel:
Sweeney Todd
Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Arrangements: Stephen Sondheim
Executive Producer: Jarret Mallon
Director: Kasey RT Graham
Music Director: Lyn Koenning
Rehearsal and Performance Schedule:
First Rehearsals start on January 17, 2021.
Performances: February 11 – February 27, 2022. Twelve performances are scheduled. Shows at 7:30pm on Thursdays - Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays. Saturday 2/26 at 2pm and 7:30pm.
Rehearsals will be held weekdays during the evenings and during the daytime on weekends at TexARTS in Lakeway. The show will perform indoors and in-person at the TexARTS Kam and James Morris Theatre, 2300 Lohman’s Spur, STE 160, Austin, TX 78734
TexARTS will be operating as a ‘fully vaccinated workplace' for the foreseeable future. If you have any questions please reach out to us at
admin@tex-arts.org.
Contract:
All roles are paid.
Roles
Sweeney Todd- a wrongly convicted master barber. He has returned to London seeking to right the wrongs committed against him, Johanna's father. He is powerful, vengeful, hot-tempered, intelligent, forceful, terrifying, brooding and morose with a certain cynical charm. He must have a commanding presence. Vocal range: Baritone - F2 - Gb4
Mrs. Lovett- an entrepreneurial and unscrupulous meat pie shop owner. She falls in love with Todd and turns his desire for revenge into a profitable business venture for herself. She is talkative, cheerful, manipulative, devious and ambitious. Great comedic timing is necessary. Vocal range: Mezzo w/belt - G3 - E5
Anthony- a naive and youthful sailor returning to London. He rescues Todd and unexpectedly falls in love with Johanna. Strong, brave and full of the joys of the world. He has yet to inhabit the cynical qualities of Todd. Vocal range: Tenor - Bb2-F4
Johanna- a high-spirited girl, full of innocence with a flirtatious demeanor. She is constantly yearning for freedom. Todd's long-lost daughter and Judge Turpin's ward. Vocal range: Soprano - Bb3-A5
Tobias- a poor simpleton youngster apprenticed to Pirelli and who finds a surrogate mother in Lovett. He is loyal, truthful and innocent to a fault with a heart of gold and a sharp eye. He does not trust Todd. Vocal range: Tenor - Bb2-Ab4
Judge Turpin- a lecherous, corrupt and evil public official who portrays himself as sanctimonious. He takes advantage of his position in the city and is responsible for imprisoning Todd. He lusts after Joanna. Vocal range Bass - E2-Gb4.
Beadle Bamford- a pompous public official, deeply loyal to Judge Turpin. He is eager, violent, unscrupulous and terrorizing. Vocal range: High Tenor - D3-D5
Adolfo Pirelli/Beggar Woman-
Pirelli: An Irish charlatan and former employee of Todd’s who has since developed a public persona as a flashy and flamboyant Italian barber. He is crooked, calculating and conniving with a hot temper. A comedic role. Vocal range: High Tenor - B2-C5
Beggar woman: an eerie, poor soul living on the streets of London making her living prostituting herself to sailors at London docks. She is a deranged and schizophrenic woman who harbors a dark, surprising secret. She is actually Todd’s wife unrecognizable, but a consistent character through the show. Her interjections go unheeded. Vocal range: Mezzo - Ab3 - F5
Submission Information:
Please prepare a musical theater song in the style of the show or a song from the show.
Please film your audition, beginning with a slate, in front of a simple background, with no backlighting, and little ambient noise. If possible, use a secondary audio source to play the accompaniment music so that it is audible in the tape.
Email a shareable link of your video via Google Drive or YouTube, headshot, and resume to
employment@tex-arts.org with subject line: “LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, Sweeney Todd.”Please only send one email request. Due to the volume of submissions, confirmation emails may take several business days.
Submission Deadline: December 31, 2021
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TexARTS, the Lake Travis nonprofit for the visual and performing arts
2300 Lohman's Spur, Suite 160 Austin, Texas 78734
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