AUDITIONS

The IU Southeast Theatre Department announces

OPEN AUDITIONS

for the Fall 2012 production of

URINETOWN

The Musical

September 4, 5 & 6, 2012
7:00pm
Robinson Theater

Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center

PRODUCTION DATES: NOVEMBER 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18

Those auditioning should:

• Prepare a short comic monologue (no longer than one minute)
• Prepare 16 bars of a song. An accompanist will be provided and a CD player will be available.
• Bringe a resume and a headshot if available.

 

CASTING INFO
Cast size:	11-20
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
AN OLD WOMAN	55-70 yrs old. One of the Poor.
BILLY BOY BILL	35-50 yrs old. One of the Poor, typically shy.
BOBBY STRONG	25-35 yrs old. (E3-C6) The dashing young everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest urinal in town; the eventual protagonist and romantic hero who starts a revolution, and falls in love with Hope Cladwell along the way.
CALDWELL B. CALDWELL	60-70 yrs old. (C2-G5) The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company, a miserly moneygrubber who gleefully exploits the poor.
CALDWELL'S SECRETARY	25-35 yrs old
DR. BILLEAUX	30-50 yrs old. Head of Research and Development at UGC.
HOPE CALDWELL	25-35 yrs old. (G3-G5) Cladwell's ravishingly beautiful daughter, torn between her love for her father and her new love for Bobby. Having just returned from the Most Expensive University in the World, she begins the show as an innocent young girl, but eventually is exposed to her father's evil doings and evolves into the leader of the revolution.
HOT BLADES HARRY	55-65 yrs old. (A3-F5) One of the Poor, a psychopathic, violent loose cannon.
JOSEPH "OLD MAN" STRONG	55-65 yrs old. Bobby's rebellious father, whose refusal to pay the fee causes him to be sent to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution.
JOSEPHINE "MA" STRONG	55-65 yrs old. (B3-D5) Bobby's mother, a strong-willed old woman who is able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her.
LITTLE BECKY TWO-SHOES	20-30 yrs old. (B4-E5) One of the Poor; foul-mouthed, impulsive, accusatory.
LITTLE SALLY	20-30 yrs old. (A3-D5) A precocious, thoroughly irreverent and smartly funny street urchin; the quasi-narrator who always outsmarts Lockstock, and constantly questions the play's logic.
MR. McQUEEN	35-45 yrs old. (B3-E5) Cladwell's sycophantic assistant/lackey. A servile yes man.
MRS. MILLENNIUM	20-30 yrs old. A trusted UGC employee.
OFFICER BARREL	40-50 yrs old. (F2-E5) Lockstock's partner. He harbors a surprising secret.
OFFICER LOCKSTOCK	40-50 yrs old. (G3-G5) The tongue-in-cheek narrator of the story. A corrupt policeman who secretly kills off guilty pee-ers.
PENELOPE PENNYWISE	40-50 yrs old. (A3-G5) The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest urinal in town. A shrewd, penny-scrounging cheapskate, Pennywise is a figure of authority and lives to maintain order at the public bathrooms. Hollman says the character was partly inspired by that of Mr. Peachum from The Threepenny Opera, and her music resembles that of Leocadia Begbick in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. She was once Cladwell's one-time lover and is secretly Hope's mother. She softens over the course of the show.
ROCKY THE STOCKFISH	35-50 yrs old. One of the Poor, the revolution's stoic enforcer.
SENATOR FLIPP	40-50 yrs old. (D3-E5) A greedy, cowardly politician in Caldwell's pocket.
SOUPY SUE	25-35 yrs old. One of the Poor, easily panicked.
TINY TOM	30-50 yrs old. One of the Poor, an idiotic man-child.
TWO UGC EXECUTIVES

 

For additional information, contact the director, Jim Hesselman at jhesselm@ius.edu.

 

The IU Southeast Theatre Department announces

OPEN AUDITIONS

for the Spring 2013 production of

HAMLET

by William Shakespeare

November 26 & 27, 2012
7:00pm
Callbacks: November 28
Robinson Theater

Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center

PRODUCTION DATES: MARCH 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 2013
(with additional matinee performances possible)

Those auditioning should:

• Perform a Shakespearean monologue (no longer than one minute)
• Bringe a resume and a headshot if available.

OPTIONAL: A short contemporary monologue

 

For additional information, contact the director, Daniel Hill at hilldr@ius.edu.

Casting Policy

Auditions are open to the public.

Every effort is made to cast the best and/or most appropriate actor for each role for each show. However, since we are first a foremost an institution of higher learning, it is often necessary to consider the needs of our students in order to further educational goals.

Those who are cast, regardless of whether they are a member of the IU Southeast student body or a member of the general public, are expected to attend all rehearsals and perform all performances.