Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for SOMETHING ROTTEN! on SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, and SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2023. Sign up online to secure an audition appointment
at this link.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0948afae2caafa7-something
Call 503-635-3901 if you need assistance with sign up.
Something Rotten! is directed by Alan Shearman. The musical director is Cyndy Ramsey-Rier and the choreography is by Laura Hiszczynskyj.
Lakewood encourages diversity in casting and the directing team is strongly seeking artists of all ages, races, gender types, and body types. ALL roles are open for audition. All roles receive remuneration. For more information about the roles, please visit the
Lakewood Theatre website.
Callbacks will be held, if needed, on Monday, Jan. 16, 6:30-9:30 PM.
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Materials Needed: Please secure an audition appointment online at: this link and list all conflicts between March 19 – June 11, 2023. Please email a resume and headshot to
bio@lakewood-center.org (notate both SR or ROTTEN and your LAST NAME in the subject line please). In addition, please bring a hard copy of your resume and headshot to your audition appointment.
Audition: Please prepare 32 bars (approx. 1 minute) from an up-tempo Broadway song (no Andrew Lloyd Webber or Sondheim please). You MAY be asked to sing a ballad as well. Please make sure your song is in the correct key for your voice. An accompanist will be provided. Please, no recorded music or a cappella singing. Also note: you may be asked to sing from the score at the audition.
Dance auditions: Auditioners will be led through both tap and jazz sequences at the dance audition. The dance audition will be held at 3:00 pm on Saturday and 1:30 and 3:00 on Sunday. You can come to a group dance audition on either day or come before OR after your audition appointment time on your audition day. Allow approximately 90 minutes hour for the dance audition and bring tap and jazz shoes.
Rehearsals: Rehearsals are scheduled to begin March 19 and continue weeknights 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM, and Saturdays and/or Sundays, noon – 5 PM. Please include any weeknight or weekend conflicts. A final schedule will be determined after the first cast meeting.
Performance Schedule: Something Rotten! opens April 28, 2023 and continues through June 11, 2023. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, Sundays, at 2:00 PM, one Saturday performance at 2:00 PM, and two Wednesday performances at 7:30 PM. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
About the Musical: From the co-director of The Book of Mormon and the producer of Avenue Q comes something original…something fresh…Something Rotten! Nominated for 9 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Score, and Book. • “An Over-the-Top Take on Shakespeare!”—The New York Times Hailed by Time Out New York as the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years.
Something Rotten! features large song and dance numbers, and a wacky cast of over-the-top characters, each given his or her own special moment in the show to shine. It’s become clear that “nothing’s as amazing as a musical,” so don’t miss your chance to be a part of this history-twisting tale.
The Story: Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten!. Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing, and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of the opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.
70 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance, and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 300 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 35,000 people to its shows.
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