Auditions Announced for THE PROM at Dayton Playhouse

Performances will be weekends September 22- October 8, 2023

Monday, July 24 & 25 at 7pm

Dayton Playhouse, located inside Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark at 1301 East Siebenthaler Avenue, Dayton, OH 45414.

Please prepare 16-32 bars of music that best shows off your singing abilities and bring appropriate sheet music for our accompanist. Acapella auditions are extremely discouraged.

There will be a dance/movement audition, so please dress in clothing/shoes that allow for movement.

The directing team may (or may not) choose for some actors to read from the script, and there may be callbacks on Wednesday, July 26. No monologues are requested.

Any teen under the age of 18 will need a parent’s signature on their audition form.

Attendance at set building events is expected as scheduled.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

• EMMA NOLAN: Mezzo-Soprano/Alto (A3 – E5) Teenager in Indiana. A reluctant poster child for LGBT youth. Very smart. A bit of a tomboy quality. Plays the guitar.
• ALYSSA GREENE: Alto/Mezzo-Soprano (Ab3 – Db5) A cheerleader and top student. Secretly Emma’s girlfriend. Faces constant pressure from her mother and friends.
• MR. HAWKINS: Baritone/Bass-Baritone (G2 – C4) The straightlaced school principal. An ally to Emma and a long-time fan of Dee Dee.
• Mrs. Greene: Alto (C4 – C5) Alyssa’s intimidating, conservative, but ultimately loving mother. The head of the PTA.
• SHELBY, KAYLEE, NICK, KEVIN: Other students at school who bully (but eventually learn to accept) Emma.
• BARRY GLICKMAN: Baritone/Tenor (E2 – Ab4) Flamboyant Broadway star. Completely politically incorrect and doesn’t know it. Longs to give Emma the prom he was unable to have as a teen.
• DEE DEE ALLEN: Alto (E2 – D5) Broadway diva. A huge ego to match her huge talent. Hilariously self-involved but yearns to do something good for someone other than herself.
• TRENT OLIVER: Baritone/Tenor (D3 – Ab4) Pretentious Juilliard graduate recently cast in the non-Equity tour of Godspell. Loves to hear himself speak.
• ANGIE DICKINSON: Alto (C4 – C5) An ensemble member in the Broadway production of Chicago. Jaded Fosse girl with a heart of gold.
• SHELDON: Baritone (G2 – Ab3) A charismatic press agent.
• ENSEMBLE: Olivia Keating, Opening Night Party Attendees, Reporters, High School Students, PTA Members, Motel Clerk, Cast of the Non-Equity Tour of Godspell, Monster Truck Rally Audience, Mrs. Greene’s Friend, LGBT Students.

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