

Auditions - Ages 8-13
Audition Date: April 2, 2023
Audition Time: 11:00-1:30p
ALL ROLES ARE OPEN FOR THIS PRODUCTION
Location:
StageWorks at Studio 237
237 Hamburg Turnpike
Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
Directed by Brooke Olsen
Music Direction by Anthony Bevilacqua
Choregraphed by Lottie Ferrante
Production Assistant is Josh Cooper
Show dates: June 8th - 11th
Rehearsals: Wednesdays 4:30-6:30, Thursdays 4:30-6:30 and Saturdays 10:00-2:00
Start May 3
What to Prepare - Please be prepared to sing 16-32 bars of a song from the show! An accompanist will be provided, so please bring sheet music if you can, you also have the option of bringing a track without lyrics. In addition, there will be a dance call and you will be taught a dance combination on site, so dress comfortably.
Show Information - Featuring more than 20 hit Queen songs, WE WILL ROCK YOU School Edition follows two revolutionaries as they try to save Rock in a post apocalyptic world. Featuring the songs “Another One Bites the Dust,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Killer Queen,” “We Will Rock You,” “Somebody To Love,” “We Are The Champions,” “Don’t Stop Me Now” and many more.
Character Information -
GALILEO (Male) A misfit who keeps hearing strange voices and songs in his head which deliver messages he can’t understand. He is confused and unaware that he is the one the Bohemians have been waiting for, who will lead them to the place where the last remaining live instruments have lain hidden for hundreds of years. SCARAMOUCHE (Female) Another misfit who also gets into trouble with the Secret Police, Scaramouche meets Galileo in hospital and they run away together. Her sharp wit keeps Galileo on his toes and gradually they fall for each other. KILLER QUEEN (Female) Killer Queen is a ruthless businesswoman and is in charge of Global Soft, the worldwide corporation which is responsible for the suppression of all live music. She’s power crazy and tough, as well as beautiful. KHASHOGGI (Male) He works for Killer Queen, getting rid of any original or creative musical thoughts and going after the Bohemians. His victims are sent to the Seven Seas of Rhye. BUDDY (Male) Buddy is an old librarian and a hippy who has studied the sacred musical texts to the extent that even the Seven Seas of Rhye cannot entirely erase them from his mind. He’s a comic character who acts as a foil to Galileo and Scaramouche towards the end of the play. BRIT (Male) one the Bohemians who are intent on discovering the secrets of live music, and who believe that someone will come who will show the Bohemians the way. OZ (Female) Another Bohemian and Brit’s partner in crime and truest friend. Oz finds Scaramouche and Galileo and leads them back to the Bohemians. THE BOHEMIANS (Male and Female) A group of rebels, determined to fight against Global Soft and its downloadable music. Their base is the Hard Rock Cafe, and they have taken the names of musical heroes from the past. SECRET POLICE (Male and/or Female) These semi-automated characters carry out the bidding of the Killer Queen and Khashoggi. GA GA KIDS/TEEN QUEENS (Male and Female) Living in a world of consumerism and downloadable music, the Ga Ga kids don’t notice their own soulless-ness. Ensemble - SUPER YUPPIES, TEACHERS, DOCTORS (Male and Female)

Auditions - Ages 18+
Audition Date: May 1, 2022
Audition Time: 7:30-9:30
ALL ROLES ARE OPEN FOR THIS PRODUCTION
Location:
StageWorks at Studio 237
237 Hamburg Turnpike
Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
Produced by Jo Ann Ventor
Show information and audition registration coming soon.
Show dates: July 21st - 23rd, 2023

Auditions - Adults Only
Audition Date: Sunday evening, May 14, 2023
Audition Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
ALL ROLES ARE OPEN FOR THIS PRODUCTION
Location:
StageWorks at Studio 237
237 Hamburg Turnpike
Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
Written by Dale Wasserman
Based on the novel by Ken Kesey
Directed by Peter Curley
Show dates: August 24th - September 3rd, 2023
Rehearsals: To Be Determined
What to Prepare - Please refer to the sides posted in our materials tab. Those wishing to audition for Martini or Scanlon can read the sides under Harding or Cheswick. Those wishing to audition for Aide Turkel can read the sides marked for Warren and Williams. Those wishing to audition for Nurse Flinn can read the sides posted for Candy Starr and Sandra.
Please come to auditions with a completed audition form. Audition forms will be posted in April 2023.
Show Information - This stage adaptation of Ken Kesey's celebrated novel explores the brutality of life in a mental institution with humor, candor, and unforgettable characters. After being convicted of a petty crime, a charming, rebellious rogue named McMurphy contrives to serve his short sentence in an airy mental institution rather than in a prison. This, he soon learns, was a mistake. He immediately clashes with the authoritarian head nurse, a fierce martinet named Nurse Ratched. Despite Ratched's strict reign, McMurphy quickly takes over the yard, leading others out of introversion, staging a revolt so that they can see the World Series on television, and arranging a rollicking midnight party with liquor and women. But McMurphy's brash insubordination has its consequences; Ratched ultimately triumphs by subjecting McMurphy to a frontal lobotomy.
Character Information -
RANDLE P. MCMURPHY – Age Range-30-50 (M, Patient) A gambler, a con man, and a backroom boxer. Has a devilish grin and has a wide- open extroverted air which is in harsh contrast to the environment of the ward. He serves as the dominant force challenging the establishment and the ultimate savior of the victimized patients. Will have kissing scenes and a choreographed fight scene. Wears just a towel in another scene. NURSE RATCHED –Age Range 40-60 (F, Staff) The head of the hospital ward. She masks her humanity and femininity behind a stiff, patronizing façade. She weakens her patients through a psychologically manipulative program designed to destroy their self-esteem. Ratched’s emasculating, mechanical ways slowly drain all traces of humanity from her patients. Will have a choreographed fight scene. CHIEF BROMDEN –Age Range 40-60 (M, Patient) The huge, bull-muscled, son of an Indian Chief. He has been in the hospital for ten years, longer than any other patient in the ward. Bromden sees modern society as a huge, oppressive conglomeration that he calls the Combine, and the hospital as a place meant to fix people who do not conform. AIDE WARREN and AIDE WILLIAMS – Age Range 20-40 (M, Staff) The Day Time Aides. Nurse Ratched hired them because they are filled with hatred and will submit to her wishes completely. NURSE FLINN –Age Range 20’s (F, Staff) A vapid girl with apprehensive eyes. She wears a gold cross at her throat, a sign of her strict Catholic upbringing. She is fearful of the patients’ sexuality. DALE HARDING – Age Range 30-50 (M, Patient) College-educated with a sharp tongue. He is President of the Patients’ Council. Although he is married, he is a homosexual. He has difficulty dealing with the overwhelming social prejudice against homosexuals, so he hides in the hospital voluntarily. BILLY BIBBIT – Age Range 20-34 (M, Patient) Shy and has a bad stutter. He seems younger than his age. Dominated by his mother, one of Nurse Ratched’s close friends. Billy is voluntarily in the hospital, as he is afraid of the outside world. SCANLON – Age Range 30-60 (M, Patient) Involuntarily committed to the hospital. He has fantasies of blowing things up. CHESWICK – Age Range 30-60 (M, Patient) Eager and quick to argue or fight. Aggressively defiant yet cringing. All talk, no action. MARTINI – Age Range 30-60 (M, Patient) A little Italian man who lives in a world of delusional hallucinations. RUCKLY – Age Range 20-40 (M, Patient) A Chronic patient. Was once curable, but was transformed into a Chronic due to a botched lobotomy. SPIVEY – Age Range 30-60 Age Range (M, Staff) The administrator of the mental institution. He is a calm, caring doctor. He doubts that anything is wrong with McMurphy’s mind, but he defers to the opinion of Nurse Ratched. AIDE TURKLE – Age Range 40-60 (M, Staff) The nighttime orderly for Nurse Ratched’s ward. He is easygoing and kind. CANDY STARR – Age Range 20-40(F, Other) A beautiful, carefree prostitute. She comes to the ward for a late-night party that McMurphy arranges. Will have kissing scenes. SANDRA – Age Range 20-35 (F, Other) A prostitute who comes with Candy to the late-night party. Will have kissing scene.

Auditions - Ages 12-18
Audition Date: June 1st
Audition Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm
ALL ROLES ARE OPEN FOR THIS PRODUCTION
Location:
StageWorks at Studio 237
237 Hamburg Turnpike
Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
Book by Timothy Allen McDonald
Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Directed by Benjamin Yates
Production Assistant is Sam Franz
Show dates: August 10th - 13th, 2023
Rehearsals: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 4pm - 8pm
Starting 7/3
What to Prepare - Audition materials will be posted in May of 2023.
Show Information - When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach... and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach, among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities, but after it falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean, the group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements. Thanks to James' quick wit and creative thinking, the residents learn to live and work together as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success, but the adventure takes a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building.
Character Information -
Ladahlord - A strange, magical storyteller. Often inserts himself into the story, in disguise, to help push the action forward; Gender: Male Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: Bb2 James - A lonely young boy who lacks confidence. Having lost both his parents in a freak accident, he feels he belongs nowhere in the world. However, when given the right encouragement he becomes resourceful and innovative. A good friend; Gender: Male Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: G3 Spiker - James' mean aunt. A thief and a scoundrel. Shrewd and opportunistic. Very tall and thin; Gender: Female Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: F#3 Sponge - James' other mean aunt. Also a thief and a scoundrel, but not nearly as bright as her sister. Very corpulent, she often has her mind on food; Gender: Female Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: F#3 Spider - A normal spider who has become human-sized after eating a crocodile tongue. Her husband was killed and eaten by Spiker and Sponge. She is warm and friendly to James; Gender: Female Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: G3 Green Grasshopper - A wizened grasshopper who has become human-sized after eating a crocodile tongue. An excellent musician. Has his eye on Ladybug; Gender: Male Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: C3 Centipede - An ornery centipede who becomes human-sized after eating a crocodile tongue. Hates humans, in part because Spiker and Sponge fumigated his family. Prickly and rude, everyone thinks he is a pest;Gender: Male Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: C3 Ladybug - A motherly ladybug who has become human-sized after eating a crocodile tongue. Respectable and classy, she has a warm, caring heart. Has her eye on Grasshopper; Gender: Female Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: G3 Earthworm - An earthworm who has become human-sized after eating a crocodile tongue. A bit of a scaredy-cat. He is neurotic and worried about everything, but is very friendly and brave when called upon; Gender: Male Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: C2 Ensemble - Crowd, Karl Kreatour, Reporters, Vagrants, Garden Guild, Bobby-Cops, Willy Wonka, Oompa Loompas, Hollywood Agents, Seaugulls, New Yorkers; Gender: Any