Audition Notice:
SWEENEY TODD
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A Musical Thriller
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by Hugh Wheeler.
From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond.
Originally Directed On Broadway by Harold Prince.
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick.
Originally Produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards, in Association with Dean and Judy Manos.
SWEENEY TODD is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com
Company & Audition Venue: The Wimberley Players, 450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley TX 78676
Director: Todd Allen Martin
Musical Director: Carole Hofstad
Audition Dates:
* Saturday, April 5th. 1pm-5pm
* Sunday, April 6th. 1pm-5m
* VIDEO auditions accepted through Saturday, April 5th, 2025.
If you are unavailable for the in-person date, please contact the Producer at
sweeney@wimberleyplayers.org to make alternate arrangements.
Appointment Form (click link):
https://forms.gle/CNZYwhHv7QLnKTn27
(All actors must submit a form - including headshots, resumes, and video file or link if needed)
Callbacks: Saturday, April 12th. 1pm – 5pm
How to Prepare: One musical theatre song. Please no longer than 3 minutes. Sondheim preferred. A playback device or accompanist will be available.
Men: 90 second dramatic monologue / Women: 90 second comedic monologue
Rehearsals: Music rehearsals for principal characters will begin the week of April 21st. Staging and ensemble music rehearsals will begin May 5th.
Tech Rehearsals: Saturday, July 5th and Sunday, July 6th. 12pm – 9pm
Dress Rehearsals: Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday – July 8, 9, 10. 6 - 11 pm.
Production Dates: July 11th – August 3rd. The Friday and Saturday night curtains are at 7:30pm. Sunday matinee curtains are at 2:30 pm.
Compensation: All actors are offered a stipend.
About the Play: An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!
Characters:
Sweeney Todd
A wrongfully imprisoned barber seeking to right the wrongs committed against him. He is Johanna's father, singularly focused on taking bloody revenge. Our story's tormented protagonist.
Gender: male.
Age: 40 to 55.
Vocal range top: Gb4.
Vocal range bottom: F2
Mrs. Lovett
An entrepreneurial and amoral meat pie shop owner. She falls in love with Todd and turns his desire for revenge into a profitable business venture.
Gender: female
Age: 35 to 50
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Anthony Hope
A naive and youthful sailor returning to London. He helps Todd return to London and unexpectedly falls in love with Johanna.
Gender: male
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Johanna
A spritely girl, full of innocence, constantly yearning for freedom. Todd's long-lost daughter and Turpin's ward.
Gender: female
Age: 18 to 21
Vocal range top: A5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Tobias Ragg
A poor youngster apprenticed to Pirelli. He finds a surrogate family in Todd and Lovett.
Gender: male
Age: 12 to 18
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Judge Turpin
A lecherous public official who portrays himself as a sanctimonious authoritarian. He takes advantage of his position in the city and is responsible for imprisoning Todd.
Gender: male
Age: 50 to 65
Vocal range top: Gb4
Vocal range bottom: E2
The Beadle
A pompous public official. He is deeply loyal to the corrupt Turpin.
Gender: male
Age: 40 to 55
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: D3
Beggar Woman
A deranged and schizophrenic woman who harbors a dark, surprising secret.
Gender: female
Age: 35 to 50
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Ab3
Adolfo Pirelli / Ensemble
A flamboyant Italian rival barber; a charlatan with a secret past.
Gender: male
Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: B2
Jonas Fogg / Ensemble
The owner of Fogg's Asylum. He sells the hair of madmen to wigmakers.
Gender: male
Age: 35 to 60
Ensemble
4 men and 6 women
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