Casting Notice

Auditions(attend only one)

• Sunday, May 6th: 7-10pm
• Monday, May 7th: 7-10pm
• Callbacks: Wednesday, May 9th: 7-10pm
• Performances: July 6-28

Directors

• Director: Leslie Charipar
• Music Director: Janelle Lauer
• Choreographer: Mike Weaver

PLEASE NOTE: Auditioners should come ready to sing 16-32 bars of a song from the show.  Auditioners may choose any song, but if you are unfamiliar with the show/don’t have access to the sheet music, we will make available copies of the following four songs for pick up from the box office:  “Good Morning Baltimore”, “Run and Tell That”, “Big, Blond & Beautiful”, and “You Can’t Stop the Beat.”  Music will be available starting April 16.

 

Roles

TRACY TURNBLAD Female, Caucasian, 5’3″ or shorter, to play high school age. Must be heavyset. Outgoing, unstoppable, goodhearted with a vibrant, lovable, spirited personality. Loves to dance. Becomes a teen heroine. Strong pop belt singer and great mover.

EDNA TURNBLAD Male to play female, Caucasian, 40s‐50s. Tracy’s mother. A working class, devoted, loving housewife with dreams of her own. Sincere, not campy. Large physique.

WILBUR TURNBLAD Male, Caucasian, 40s‐50s. Tracy’s father. A working class inventor. Sweet, goofy, childlike personality. Adores his family.

LINK LARKIN Male, Caucasian, to play high school age. Handsome, sexy, clean‐cut, goodhearted, down‐to‐earth. Amber’s boyfriend at first, but he soon falls for Tracy. Strong pop singer and great mover.

SEAWEED J. STUBBS Male, African‐American, to play high school age. Cool, street smart, goodhearted. His dance lessons help Tracy get chosen for the local TV dance show. Strong tenor & great mover.

AMBER VON TUSSLE Female, Caucasian, to play high school age. The ice princess of the local TV teen dance show. Attractive snob. Strong pop belt singer and great mover.

PENNY PINGLETON Female, Caucasian, to play high school age. Ditzy, neurotic, devoted best friend of Tracy. Very funny, with good physique. Strong pop belt singer and mover.

CORNY COLLINS Male, Caucasian, 30s. Host of the local TV teen dance show. Handsome, charming, engaging, smooth. Strong pop singer.

MOTORMOUTH MAYBELLE Female, African‐American, 40s‐50s. Queen of Baltimore Soul, a radio DJ. Powerful and inspiring, with an infectious, brassy personality. Strong, soulful gospel/pop singer.

VELMA VON TUSSLE Female, Caucasian, 40s‐50s. A former beauty queen, Amber’s mother, and producer of the local TV teen dance show. Upscale, attractive, prejudiced snob. Funny, biting, manipulative.

LITTLE INEZ Female, African‐American, 5’1″ or shorter. SEEKING ADULT ACTRESS TO PLAY EARLY TEENS. Spunky, tough, streetwise, outgoing, older than her years. Seaweed’s lovable little sister. Strong Broadway/pop singer and mover.

THE DYNAMITES 3 sexy African‐American female singer/dancers inspired by the Supremes. Should have glorious pop/gospel singing voices. Should move well.

ENSEMBLE DANCERS & SINGERS