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SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed 
Based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Inc.
Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Production Staff

• Directed and Choreographed by: Genevieve Perrino
  
• Produced by: Cathy Lutts, Molly K. Sexton, and Jane Culp
  
• Music and Vocal Direction by: Joseph Rivers

Audition Dates

• Sunday, December 6, 2026: 5:30 PM–9:00 PM
• Monday, December 7, 2026: 6:00 PM–9:00 PM
  ​Invited Callbacks: Wednesday, December 9, 2026, at 6:00 PM

Show Dates: April 8–25, 2027

Location:
Stained Glass Theatre – 802 York Street, Newport, KY 41071

Audition Materials and Requirements

• Please sign up for an audition time using the SignUpGenius link below. Walk-ins are welcome and will be assigned the first available audition slot.
• Please prepare a 32-bar cut of a Golden Age song that is not from Singin’ in the Rain and that demonstrates your vocal range and personality. Please bring printed sheet music in the correct key, with all cuts clearly marked for the accompanist. Recordings will not be accepted.
• Please wear clothing and shoes appropriate for a dance audition. Tap shoes are encouraged if you have them. Otherwise, please wear hard-soled gym shoes.
• Auditionees auditioning only for R. F. Simpson or Miss Dinsmore are not required to attend the dance call, although they are welcome to participate if they wish.
• Please bring a copy of your theatrical résumé and headshot.
• Please bring a list of scheduling conflicts between January and April 2027. Conflicts during the listed tech week will not be accepted.
• Please arrive at least 15 minutes before your scheduled audition time.​

Note: Auditionees must be at least 18 years old.

Dance Video and Call Portion:
Please review the linked dance video prior to auditions for the tap section. The jazz section of the call will be taught in-person. Please still audition even if you don’t own tap shoes. If cast, you will need to purchase or borrow your own tap shoes.

Tap Video Link: https://youtu.be/9C0WIRxtu_I

Sign Up Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0448AEAE2BABFC1-65575423-audition

Questions: For any questions, please email us at footlighters.ky@gmail.com  or DM us on the Footlighters, Inc. Facebook or Instagram page.​

Character Breakdown:

Don Lockwood
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Male-presenting to play late 20s/early 30s. A suave Hollywood actor and dancer. Cosmo’s best friend and Lina’s regular co-star. Must dance, both tap and jazz.

Cosmo Brown
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: C3.
Male-presenting to play late 20s/ early 30s. A wacky and playful on-set pianist for silent films. Don’s best friend and former dance partner. Must dance, both tap and jazz.

Kathy Selden
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: G3.
Female-presenting to play early 20s to 30s. An earnest, talented actress with wit and charm. She falls in love with Don and performs as Lina’s speaking and singing voice. Must dance, both tap and jazz.

Lina Lamont
Vocal range top: Eb5
Vocal range bottom: C4.
Female-presenting to play early 20s to 30s. A slow-witted silent film diva with a big personality and a harshly unpleasant voice. She is Don’s regular co-star. Must move very well.

R.F. Simpson
Male-presenting to play 40+. A successful, magnanimous, film producer. He leads the other characters in creating a new musical movie. Sings with the ensemble, does not need to dance.

Roscoe Dexter
Male-presenting to play 30+. A famous film director with theatrical mannerisms and tendencies. Frequently frazzled who directs Lina and Don. Will double as an ensemble member, will need to move well and pick up basic tap skills.

Rod
Male-presenting to play 30+. An excitable film agent bordering on manic. He works for Simpson. Will double as an ensemble member, will need to move well, and pick up basic tap skills.

Production Singer
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: Db3.
Male-presenting to play early 20s to 30s. The lead tenor in Monumental Pictures’ first movie musical. This role sings “Beautiful Girls”. Will double as an ensemble member, will need to move well, and pick up basic tap skills.

Zelda Zanders
Female-presenting to play late 20s to 30s. A flapper socialite and actress on her ninth marriage, she is Lina’s friend and informant. Will double as an ensemble member will need to move very well, and pick up basic tap skills.

Miss Dinsmore
Female-presenting to play 40+. Lina’s vocal coach. She is upper class with a booming round voice. Funny and articulate. Will sing with the ensemble, does not need to dance, but a plus if you can move well.

Ensemble
Male and Female-presenting of all ages to play several ensembles and featured roles in the show. Pedestrians, Stars, Fans, Policeman, Party Guests, Chorus Girls, Broadway Chorus, Guests, Stagehands, Sound Crew, Screening Guests, etc. (All ensemble roles must move extremely well and be able to pick up basic tap skills.)

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Footlighters is proud to announce auditions for THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Adapted by Wendy Kesselman ​

“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”​

In this powerful new adaptation, Anne Frank emerges from history as a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, The Diary of Anne Frank captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence – their fear, their hope, their laughter, and their grief.

Directed by Jim Curtis
Produced by Michelle Burdett, Janet Wisner, and Chris Wolff
Stage Managed by Janet Wisner

Audition Dates:
Sunday, October 4 from 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Monday, October 5 from 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Callbacks, if needed – Wednesday, October 7 at 7:00pm

Expect cold readings from the script. Please provide your theatrical resume (headshot appreciated, but not mandatory) and a list of any scheduling conflicts for the rehearsal season. All auditionees must be 18 years old to audition. Accents are not required.​

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0448AEAE2BABFC1-65363265-auditions#/

Location:
The Stained Glass Theatre, 802 York Street, Newport, KY 41017

Rehearsals:
Rehearsals will begin after the “Meet & Greet” on November 10.

Show Dates:
January 28 – February 14, 2027
Please contact the director, Jim Curtis (jjt9461@yahoo.com) with any questions or accommodation requests.

Characters:

Anne Frank (Female / Stage age – teenager)
A 13-year-old girl, aged 15, warm, witty, intelligent, charming, self-aware, sensitive, often impatient, sometimes a know-it-all, open, determined, easily hurt, spirited, hopeful, fun-loving, desperate, with all the longings, expectations and attitudes that adolescence brings. Though hiding and living in constant fear and isolation, she never gave up. She had a fraught relationship with her mother, adored her father, and lovingly envied her sister.

Margot Frank (Female / Stage age – teenager)
Anne’s 15-year-old sister, aged 17. Pretty, quiet, obedient, demure, frail, friendly, very intelligent, overwhelmed by the trials of hiding, very close to her mother and father. Like Anne, she longed for a friend in whom she could confide. She played the role of peacemaker when
Anne overstepped. She was a good girl and was admired by all.

Mrs. Edith Frank (Female / Stage age – mid 30s)
A lovely woman, wife and mother, mid-30s, from a wealthy German family, reticent, loving, moral, concerned, gracious, cultured, devoted to tradition, devastated by her relationship with Anne, barely able to cope with the demands of everyday life in hiding and isolation, tries very hard to accommodate the lower middle-class van Daan family whose uncouth and argumentative ways are an irritant to her and causes her to finally erupt into a seething rage.

Mrs. Petronella Van Dean (Female / Stage age – early 40s)
Early 40s, loud, egotistical, talky, often crude, suspicious, bossy, moody, self-important, overbearing, critical of others, flirtatious, manipulative, sometimes depressed, enjoys a good laugh or story, more accepting of her introverted son, delusional about her younger self’s popularity and looks, feels if she is the Queen Bee in the group, chafes under her husband’s control, tries to run the household. A big stirrer-upper! Yet she is amazingly acceptable.

Miep Gies (Female / Stage age – 20 – 40s)
25–40, an Austrian refugee living in the Netherlands, employed by Mr. Frank, entrusted by Otto Frank with provisioning for the occupants of the Annex and hiding them from the outside world. She collected fake ration cards, purchased all their foodstuffs, visited the library on their behalf, and generally tried to keep their spirits up. She was courageous, empathetic, compassionate, and friendly.

Mr. Otto Frank (Male / Stage age – 40s – 50s)
Father of Anne and Margot and head of the group living in his Annex, in his middle 40s to early 50s, of his upper middle class background, a wise man, fair, loyal, attentive, patient, intelligent, soft, level-headed, optimistic, genuinely liked people, decision-maker, teacher, beloved by his workers who protected him and his family as well as the other tenants of the Annex throughout the war. He was especially susceptible to Anne’s charms. He was devoted to his wife, Edith, and comforted her whenever she was depressed about their living conditions, the attitudes of the van Daans/Dussel, or her relationship with Anne.

Mr. Hermann Van Dean (Male / Stage age – 40s – 50s)
Mid-40s to 50s, dour, selfish, complaining, ungrateful, superficial, quarrelsome, dictatorial, highly critical of his son Peter, easily irritated, is rather withdrawn from the other occupants of the Annex. His transgression causes the great blow-up in the Annex.

Mr. Albert Mussel (Male / Stage age – 40s – 50s)
Mid-40s-50, a dentist, stodgy, old-fashioned, disciplined, hypercritical, selfish, horrified at Anne’s behavior, genuinely does not like people, picky, unhappy with everything, a man who has not come to terms with his situation, whiny, a perfectionist, ungrateful, and easily angered.

Peter Van Dean (Male / Stage age – teenager)
A 17-year-old boy, aged 19, withdrawn, unsure, awkward, immature, shy, sometimes amusing, attached to his cat, tries to stay out of everyone’s way, hates his mother and father’s constant quarrels, ages from the introverted teenager to the more mature 19-year-old who enjoys the company of the girls and who begins to be interested in all the other occupants of the Annex.

Mr. Kahler (Male / Stage age – 30s – 40s)
35–45, Dutch, helps Mien with the responsibilities of feeding and hiding the occupants of the Annex, is an employee of Mr. Frank’s company, a trusted colleague and friend. He is sympathetic to their plight, does what he can for them, and runs the company in Mr. Frank’s name, an honest and good man.

Nazi Officers (Male / Stage age – 20s – 50s) 
3 soldiers affiliated with the Gestapo are tasked with the capture and the arrest of Anne and her fellow fugitives. A brief yet impactful role. Accents will be required and taught.

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