AUDITIONS
for CABARET the Musical
produced by Green Valley Theatre Company
directed by Christopher Cook
WHEN: Sunday November 23 OR Monday November 24 @ 7:00pm (attend one day only)
Callbacks: If needed, by invitation only based on performer and staff availability
WHERE:
Green Valley Rehearsal Studio
inside Sac Media Center
915 Fee Drive
Sacramento, CA 95815
NO video submissions will be accepted- in-person auditions only.
Fill out our online audition pre-registration form HERE
WHAT TO BRING/PREPARE:
> Resume, if not submitted online ahead of time
> Headshot, if available (don’t go get one just for this), and if not submitted online ahead of time.
> List of rehearsal conflicts, if not submitted online ahead of time. Please review all pertinent dates. Availability will be a key factor in casting.
> No monologue is required. There will be readings from the script only. Sides will be assigned and distributed at the audition. You can view a PDF of the script HERE.
> Appropriate footwear and clothing for the dance portion of the audition. Dance audition is required for those who want to be considered for Sally, Emcee, Kit Kat girls and Kit Kat boys, optional for others.
> Be prepared to sing a (roughly) one-minute cut of a karaoke version of a song from a Broadway musical in an appropriate style that matches your vocal range and abilities. Approximately 32 bars is sufficient- a verse and chorus is all we need. No guide vocals allowed on the track- we want to clearly hear you without other voices. You can provide a link to the karaoke track (spotify, youtube, etc.) when you arrive at auditions or email the link or file to us ahead of time (greenvalleytheatre@yahoo.com) or can be submitted on your online audition form. Preparation is key! Be memorized and put your best foot forward.
> Be familiar with the following tunes from the show that correspond to the character(s) for which you are auditioning:
Cliff: Perfectly Marvelous
Sally: Cabaret
Emcee: I Don’t Care Much
Fraulein Schneider: It Couldn’t Please Me More
Herr Shultz: It Couldn’t Please Me More
Ernst Ludwig:Tomorrow Belongs to Me (Reprise)
Fraulein Kost:Tomorrow Belongs to Me (Reprise)
Not all audtioners will be asked to sing these tunes from the show.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
> Only auditioners and Green Valley staff are permitted in the studio- no guests, observers, or emotional support humans allowed.
> Auditioners may go paperless and fill out our online audition form ahead of time HERE
> Actors that do not submit their form online in advance may still attend and will fill out a paper form in person.
> We will first hear all auditioners sing their self-selected karaoke songs.
> There will be a short time to change if needed and a few 8 counts of choreography will be taught. Auditioners will be broken up into groups to perform the choreo for the audition panel. Dance audition is required for those who want to be considered for Sally, Emcee, Kit Kat girls and Kit Kat boys, optional for others.
> We will then assign sides and scene partners for readings- you’ll have a short time to read through the scene with your assigned partners and will then perform them for the audition panel. You may be asked to read for a role you aren’t auditioning for to facilitate the audition process- give it your best in every reading. It is not logistically possible to read each auditioner for every possible role you have indicated you will accept, but each auditioner will read at least once.
> For those invited to sing material listed above from the show, this will occur at the end of the evening after readings, or at callbacks, or both.
REHEARSALS:
> Rehearsals will begin Sunday December 14. Rehearsals will be based on cast availability through December, then will ramp up with more regularity after the new year in January.
> Rehearsals will occur at the Green Valley Rehearsal Studio and will move to the performance location either one or two weeks prior to tech.
> All rehearsals are Sunday-Thursday 7:30pm-10:30pm
> Tech Sunday February 1 will have staggered call times and breaks noon -11pm
> Tech week is Monday February 2 through 5, 6pm-11pm
> Absolutely no conflicts permitted during tech week.
PERFORMANCES:
Fat Elephant Theatre (formerly the Cal Cap Blackbox)
9845 Horn Rd, Suite 100
Rancho Cordova, CA 95827
8 pm on February 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28
2pm on February 15 & 22, March 1
Possible performances on: February 12 & 19
Absolutely no performance conflicts permitted.
ABOUT THE SHOW:
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish.
CASTING:
>Please note: Genders listed below refer to the gender of the character. Actors of all genders may audition for any role to which their skillset is suited, and must be willing to play the character as written.
>Actors of all races and ethnicities are encouraged to audition for all roles.
>Due to the mature content of this show, only actors 18 and over at the time of auditions will be considered.
> All roles are available to all auditioners- none are precast.
> We encourage auditioners to message or email us if you have any questions about the demands of a particular role.
THE ROLES:
Master of Ceremonies – Emcee (Range: C3-G4)
Sally Bowles (Range: E3-C5)
Clifford Bradshaw (Range: C#3-E4)
Ernst Ludwig (Range: D3-F#4)
Fräulein Schneider (Range: Eb3-B4)
Herr Schultz (Range: C3-G4)
Fräulein Kost (Range: F#3-Eb5) Doubles as Fritzie
The Kit Kat Girls:
Rosie
Lulu
Frenchie/ Gorilla
Texas
Fritzie/ Fräulein Kost
Helga
The Kit Kat Boys:
Bobby
Victor
Hans/Rudy
Herman/ Customs Official/ Max
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