AUDITIONS

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GREASE Auditions

Book, Music, & Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Directed by Lily McGill
Music Direction by Jonathan Thomas
Choreography by Mary Bayle

Mandatory Dance Call: Saturday, July 8th , 2 pm – 5 pm

Vocal Auditions (by appointment only):

Saturday, July 8th , beginning at 6 pm
Sunday, July 9th , beginning at 6 pm

Callbacks (if requested):

Monday, July 10th , 6 – 10 pm
Tuesday, July 11th , from 6 – 10 pm

Rehearsals will run from July 16 – September 14, 2023

Performances will run from September 15 - 24, 2023 (with a possible extension of Sept 28 – Oct 1)

AUDITIONS

Vocal Auditions will be held LIVE on Saturday, July 8th beginning at 6 pm OR on Sunday, July 9th, beginning at 6 pm.

To schedule an audition, please fill out an audition form. The link is below.

https://forms.gle/KLdNvFZUfwykEJxX9

*Once you have filled out an audition form, you will receive an audition time via email. Please let us know if this audition time does not work for you.*

Performers auditioning should prepare a 16 - 32 bar cut of a song in the style of GREASE. An accompanist will be provided. Please come with your music hole-punched and in a 3-ring binder.

Acapella/tracked auditions will not be allowed.

**You must be FULLY VACCINATED to audition for GREASE**

ABOUT THE SHOW

Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding & Burger Palace Boys & and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking & Pink Ladies & in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical.

Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through iconic songs such as “Grease”, "Greased Lightnin", "You’re the One that I Want", “Born to Hand Jive,” "Beauty School Dropout", and “We Go Together,” recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation.

An eight-year run on Broadway, two subsequent revivals, and multiple Tony Award nominations place Grease among the world's most popular musicals.

CAST NEEDS

*ALL ETHNICITIES ENCOURAGED TO AUDITION FOR ALL ROLES*

DANNY ZUKO: Male, High School Teen (Range: tenor, D4–B5)
The leader of the Burger Palace Boys; good-looking, strong and confident, with an air of easy-going charm.

SANDY DUMBROWSKI: Female, High School Teen (Range: Soprano, A3–F#5) New girl in town; sweet, wholesome, naive, cute, and innocent.

BETTY RIZZO: Female, High School Teen (Range:Alto A3–C5)
Leader of the Pink Ladies; tough, sarcastic, and outspoken but vulnerable.

FRENCHY: Female, High School Teen (Range: Alto, A3–D5)
A dreamer; good-natured but not too smart, she is heavily made up, fussy about her appearance, particularly her hair. She can't wait to finish high school so she can be a beautician.

MARTY: Female, High School Teen (Range Alto, C4–C5)
The "beauty" of the Pink Ladies; pretty and looks older than the other girls, but betrays her real age when she opens her mouth. She tries to act sophisticated.

JAN: Female, High School Teen (Range: Alto, A3-C5)
Funny, loud, compulsive eater, and awkward member of the Pink Ladies. Loud and pushy with the girls, but shy with boys.

DOODY: Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, D4-A5)
The youngest of the guys; small, boyish, and open, with a disarming smile and a hero- worshipping attitude towards the other guys. He also plays the guitar.

KENICKIE: Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, C4–F5)
The second in command of the Burger Palace Boys; tough-looking, tattooed, surly, and avoids any show of softness. He has an offbeat sense of humor.

SONNY LATIERRI: Male, High School Teen (Range: baritone, G3–A5)
A member of the Burger Palace Boys; funny Italian-American, he is a braggart and wheeler-dealer who thinks he's a real lady-killer.

ROGER: Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, D4-A5)
The anything-for-a-laugh stocky type of boy; a clown who enjoys winding people up, he is full of mischief and is always dreaming up half-baked schemes and ideas.

VINCE FONTAINE: Male, High School Teen (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
A typical "teen"; disc jockey; slick, egotistical and fast-talking. He is also a veteran & "Greaser."

CHA-CHA, aka CHARLENE, DIGREGORIO: Female, High School Teen (Range: Alto, C4–C5)
The best dancer at St. Bernadette's; a loud mouth, she wins the dancing competition with Danny.

EUGENE FLORCZYK: Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, A3–E5)
The class valedictorian; physically awkward, with weak eyes and a high-pitched voice. He's a typical "apple-polisher" - both smug and pompous, but gullible.

JOHNNY CASINO: Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, G4-E5)
All-American, rock-star “greaser” student at Rydell High, whose real name is Clarence.

MISS LYNCH: Female, Age Flexible (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
A no-nonsense, serious, loud English teacher.

PATTY SIMCOX: Female, High School Teen (Range: Alto, D4-A4)
A typical cheerleader; attractive, athletic, sure-of-herself, but can be given to bursts of disconcerting enthusiasm. She's a bit of a pain and unpopular with the Pink Ladies, and can twirl a baton.

TEEN ANGEL: Male, Age Flexible (Range: Tenor, E4–F5)
Frenchy's suave and slick guardian angel, who encourages her to stay in school.

THE PINK LADIES: Ensemble (SATB)
The club-jacketed, gum-chewing, hip-swinging girl gang who hang around with the Burger Palace Boys.

THE BURGER PALACE BOYS: Ensemble (SATB)
A super-cool, DA-haired, hard-looking group of high school wheeler-dealers... or so they think.

RADIO VOICE: Male, Age Flexible (Rage: Tenor, A3–C5)
A Radio Voice

We hope to see you at auditions! Please contact Matt Miyagi at mmiyagi@theatrebr.org with questions