Riverside Players' Summer 2009 Outdoor Production
30 July - 8 August 2009
Audition Dates
Read through dates: Thursday 5th February and Tuesday 10th February 2009, 8pm EVH
Youth Auditions: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Adult Auditions: Sunday 15th February 2009, 2pm EVH
If you need any information not available here please contact the show producer via WizardofOz@theshire.plus.com
If you want a chance to be involved, put these dates in your diary and look at the audition details below. If you plan to attend audition please download this Audition Form which you should complete and bring with you to the audition.
To ensure this show is for you and you fully understand what the production team expects of you, please read this Audition Conditions document.
Good luck.
Cast List and Audition Pieces
Dorothy - Female; early teens, although I am prepared to age down, so anybody under about 25 is encouraged to audition; great singer; fairly good mover; not too tall; fully committed, as in every scene; as with the Director, forget holidays from the start of rehearsals until after the show finishes.
Dorothy audition piece and singing audition details
Hickory / Scarecrow - Male; adult; fairly good singer; good mover; flexible.
Hickory/Scarecrow audition piece and singing audition details
Hunk / Tinman - Male; adult; fairly good singer; prepared for face and extremities to be covered in metal-coloured make-up.
Hunk/Tinman audition piece and singing audition details
Zeke / Lion - Male; adult; good singer; fairly flexible; comedic.
Zeke/Lion audition piece and singing audition details
Uncle Henry / Gate Guard - Male; 40 plus; fatherly.
Uncle Henry/Gate Guard audition piece and singing audition details
Aunt Em / Glinda - Female; 40 plus; fairly good singer; fairy godmotherly.
Aunt Em/Glinda audition piece and singing audition details
Miss Gulch / West Witch - Female; 30 plus; scheming; more wife of golf club captain and less cackling old hag; prepared for face and extremities to be covered in green make-up; bicycle rider.
Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch audition piece
Professor Marvel / Wizard of Oz - Male; 50 plus; fun-loving; wise; dapper.
Professor Marvel/Wizard of Oz audition piece
Chorus - The chorus auditions will be general auditions to show a range of acting, singing and moving capabilities, and minor roles will be cast on this basis, rather than specifically. Minor roles will include Munchkin dignitaries; crows; lead fruit trees; Osian beauticians, polishers and manicurists, Nikko the monkey and a Winkie general.
singing audition details (Includes all chorus)
Adult Chorus x circa 20 - Each chorus member will be 5 or 6 different characters. I will try to give most people a minor role. In addition to the minor roles listed above, adult chorus will be farmhands, Munchkins, scarecrows, corn dollies, fruit trees, forest trees, poppies, Osians and Winkie guards. Some adult chorus parts will require singing, so will be cast accordingly.
Dancing Chorus x 16 - Any age. As with the adult chorus, will be 5 or 6 different characters. Some dancers will be monkeys, so must be prepared for face and extremities to be covered in blue make-up and to climb scaffolding. Other dancing characters will be fantastic animals.
Children's Chorus x 12 - Will be 2 or 3 different characters. First half of the show only, to be collected at half time. A few children will be dancing sparrows. Will get a half time bow.
Rehearsal Schedule
So there is no doubt about the commitment required, the Rehearsal Schedule is available to view now.