SPRING AWAKENING
– Equity Performer Auditions in PA
The Media Theatre Media PA LOA $527/week minimum.
Artistic Dir / Stage Dir: Jesse Cline
Music: Duncan Sheik
Book/Lyrics: Steven Sater
Based on Frank Wedekind’s play
Mus Dir: Tom Fosnocht
1st reh: 3/26/12. Runs 4/18-5/20.
Equity Performer Auditions (Principal/Chorus):
Monday, January 9, 2012 The Media Theatre
12 Noon – 6 PM 104 East State Street
Media PA
No appointment necessary.
Please prepare a brief song from or in the style of the show; show vocal range. Bring sheet music in the correct key; an accompanist will be provided, but may not transpose.
Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.
Seeking singing actors (M/F), 18+. All (with the exception of those playing the Adults) should appear high-school age. All roles and chorus positions are available.
Melchior:
Male. Headstrong, handsome and charismatic.
Moritz:
Male. Melchior's intense and nervous best friend. His dreams of women haunt him to the point that he is too afraid to fall asleep.
Wendla:
Female. Childhood friend of the boys. Falls in love with Melchior, and later discovers that she is pregnant with his child.
Ilse:
Female. Another childhood friend. Runs away from a sexually abusive home to become a bohemian.
Hänschen:
Male. Very humorous, almost arrogant classmate of the boys. Effortless perfectionist. Easily seduces Ernst.
Georg:
Male. Another classmate. Lusts after his older, busty piano teacher.
Martha:
Female. One of Wendla's friends. Abused sexually by her father.
Ernst:
Male. Naive classmate of the boys. Falls deeply for Hänschen's seduction.
Otto:
Male. Another classmate. Dreamt of his mother, as Melchior humorously reveals to Moritz in an effort to help him relax.
Thea:
Female. One of Wendla's friends. Tries to brush her feelings of sexual desire under the carpet to please adults.
Anna:
Female. One of Wendla's friends. Cannot wrap her head around Martha's trials. Believes children should grow up to be free, and begins to see the error of the adults' ways.
The Adults:
One Man and One Woman play the roles of parents, schoolteachers, etc.
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