Porchlight Music Theatre announces video general auditions for Fall 2020 productions
SEEKING
Singing Adult Actors (all ages 18+) of all ethnicities and gender identities. Local hires only. See breakdown.
If you already attended auditions in-person in March, please do not submit again at this time, thank you.
PERSONNEL
LEGALLY BLONDE
Directed by Stephen Schellhardt
Choreographed by Shanna VanDerwerker
Music Direction by Michael McBride
Porchlight Revisits ASSASSINS
Directed by Artistic Director Michael Weber
Music Direction by David Fiorello
NEW FACES SING BROADWAY 1961
Directed by Brianna Borger
Music Direction by Tom Vendafreddo
Artistic Director, Michael Weber
Casting Manager, Christopher Pazdernik
PERFORMANCE DATES
Legally Blonde:
1st Reh: September 15, 2020
1st Perf: October 10, 2020
Anticipated close: December 23, 2020
Assassins:
1st Reh: October 14, 2020
Performances: Oct 28 & 29, 2020
New Faces Sing Broadway 1960:
Fall 2020 – dates TBD
PAY: Rehearsal stipend + per performance fee
AUDITION INFORMATION
Online video submissions only. See below for specific instructions. No phone calls, please.
Video submissions will be accepted through Midnight on Friday, May 15, 2020.
PREPARATION
Please submit a video of yourself performing two (2) contrasting 32 bar contemporary music theater selections. The pieces must be performed with accompaniment; no acapella submissions, please. Does not need to be performed with piano though, can be any kind of music track or recorded accompaniment available to you. Pianist references available upon request. Please include your headshot and resume with your video submission.
VIDEOS: Please submit one (1) video file containing both songs submitted as either a direct YouTube or Vimeo link. Multiple videos, videos requiring downloads or videos that are password protected will not be accepted.
HEADSHOT/RESUME: Please submit together as one PDF file named LastName_FirstName. (ex.Pazdernik_Christopher.pdf). Materials containing multiple files, not submitted as a PDF or not following the requested file name format will not be accepted.
TO SUBMIT: Please send one (1) email to auditions@porchlightmusictheatre.org with your full name in the subject line, your one (1) video link in the body of the email and attach your one (1) PDF with your headshot & resume. Due to the volume of submissions expected, we will not be able to respond to each performer individually. You will only be contacted if we need anything further from you.
Submissions not following the above instructions may not be considered. However, if you experience technical difficulties formatting your submission as requested, please let us know and we will be happy to work with you to find an alternative solution. Email only; no phone calls, please.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
LEGALLY BLONDE:
Elle Woods
The quintessential Valley Girl who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School and realizes that she has more to offer than just a pretty face and a bubbly personality.
Gender: Female
Age: 18 to 25
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: Gb2
Emmett Forrest
A smart and sensitive law student who takes Elle under his wing. He is charming, quirky, loveable, and friendly.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 25
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Paulette
A brash, caring, optimistic hair stylist who is friends with Elle and longs to find a man for herself.
Gender: Female
Age: 35 to 45
Vocal range top: A5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Professor Callahan
A pompous, sleezy and manipulative law professor at Harvard who is highly successful, but completely immoral.
Gender: Male
Age: 45 to 55
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Warner Huntington III
A dashing but shallow and pompous guy who breaks Elle’s heart and heads off to Harvard Law.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 25
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: Eb3
Vivienne Kensington
A smart, savvy, and uptight law student and Warner’s fiancee who initially dismisses Elle, but grows to be her friend.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 25
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Brooke Wyndam
An exercise video mogul who is also a former sorority girl. She is energetic and charismatic, yet currently on trial for murder.
Gender: Female
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Ensemble
Greek Chorus; Students; Delta Nu Members
Seeking actors/singers/dancers especially those with excellent athletic/gymnastic abilities
ASSASSINS:
John Wilkes Booth
(1838-1865) Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during a performance at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. on April 14, 1865. Foreman and inspirational celebrity to the other assassins.
Gender: Male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: F2
Charles Guiteau
(1841-1882) Assassinated President James Garfield in the waiting room of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1881. Dashing but mad.
Gender: Male
Age: 35 to 45
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Leon Czologosz
(1873-1901) Assassinated President William McKinley at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. on September 6, 1901. A young poverty-worn radical.
Gender: Male
Age: 25 to 30
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: G#2
Giuseppe Zangara
(1900-1933) Attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as he greeted well-wishers in Bayfront Park, Miami, FL on February 15, 1933. An angry, heavily-accented immigrant.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 35
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Samuel Byck
(1930-1974) Attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon by hijacking a commercial jetliner. Hysterically irate schlep in a Santa Claus suit.
Gender: Male
Age: 40 to 45
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: D3
Lynette “squeaky” Fromme
(1948- ) Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford at the Capitol Park in Sacramento, CA on September 5, 1975. A pixie hippie in love with Charles Manson.
Gender: Female
Age: 25 to 30
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Sara Jane Moore
(1930- ) Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, CA, on September 22, 1975. A frazzled housewife with little sense.
Gender: Female
Age: 40 to 45
Vocal range top: Eb5
Vocal range bottom: F3
John Hinckley
(1955- ) Attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan as he left the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1981. A love-obsessed and depressed college student.
Gender: Male
Age: 25 to 30
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Lee Harvey Oswald
(1939-1963) Assassinated President John F. Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. A suicidal, dejected shipping clerk.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 25
Vocal range top: C4
Vocal range bottom: G3
Balladeer
A folk singer and the narrator of the show. The voice of America.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 40
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Emma Goldman
(1869-1940) Turn-of-the-century Anarchist agitator and feminist. Terse and stubborn. An inspiration to Czolgosz.
Gender: Female
Age: 30 to 40
The Proprietor
A mysterious man who runs the shooting gallery at a carnival.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: Gb2
David Herold
(1842-1865) One of John Wilkes Booth's confederates. Aided Booth in his attempted escape.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 25
Ensemble
Bystanders; Tourists; Reporters; Photographers
Porchlight Music Theatre is committed to diversity and encourages all its employees to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Porchlight Music Theatre encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
