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OPEN CASTING CALL

SPRING AWAKENING (ACT OUT)

Performances are July 10 - 19

Auditions:
JUNE 2: 6:30 pm - 9 pm
JUNE 3: 6:30 pm - 9 pm
Please sing a rock song that shows your range. A song for the show is also fine. There will be sides to read at call backs.

Rehearsal Schedule
WEEK 1 EVENING REHEARSALS: 6:30 pm -9:00 pm
MONDAY, JUNE 8
TUESDAY, JUNE 9
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
THURSDAY, JUNE 11

WEEK 2 DAY REHEARSALS: 11:00 am -3:00 pm
MONDAY, JUNE 15
TUESDAY, JUNE 16
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17,
THURSDAY, 18

WEEK 3 11:00 am -3 :00 pm
MONDAY, JUNE 22
TUESDAY, JUNE 23
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
THURSDAY, JUNE 25

WEEK 4 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
MONDAY ,JUNE 29
TUESDAY, JUNE 30
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1
THURSDAY, JULY 2

WEEK 5 (TECH WEEK)
SUNDAY,JULY ......11-4
MONDAY, JULY 6......7:OO pm - 10:00 pm
TUESDAY., JULY.... ...7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8....7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
THURSDAY, JULY 9.....7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
FRIDAY, JULY 10 (OPENING NIGHT!) 6:30 am

CALL PERFORMANCES:
20
ACT 1 SCENE 1
''Wendla''s bedroom. 1 chair DSR

SCENE 2
School room, 6 chairs, two rows of three facing the audience
(at end of scene boys strike chairs.

SCENE 3
Countryside DC, /Piano room SR,/Hanschels room SL

SCENE 4
Melchior's room, 2 chairs small desk with lamp

SCENE 5
Woods, ''Oak tree'' piece

SCENE 6
Schoolyard, Proscenium opening SL

SCENE 7
Countryside, Martha''s room SL, Girls play center ,Ilsa, SR

SCENE 8
Woods, oak tree piece, DC, Moritz scene DL

SCENE 9
Steifel Living room ,Table one chair DC

SCENE 10
Gabor sitting room, small desk and chair SL Proscenium R

SCENE 11
Hayloft, Scene plays center.

 

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN FOR SPRING AWAKENING (ACT OUT)

Wendla – Must be over 18 – Female - Vocal range top: E5, bottom: E3 - Innocent. Curious about the world around her and her changing body. A willing participant in her sexual evolution.

Melchior – Must be over 18 – Male - Vocal range top: B4, bottom: G2 - Smart, headstrong refuses to bow down to society’s rules.  Radical. Struggles with his intense feelings and his awakening sexual urges.

Martha – Female - vocal range top: E5, bottom: E3 - School girl physically abused by her father.

Moritz – Male - Vocal range top: A4, bottom: C3 - Desperately tries to please his father but always disappoints. Haunting sexual dreams and thoughts of suicide.

Thea – Female - Vocal Range top: E5, bottom: E3 – Wendla’s best friend. School girl trying to stay innocent and pure.

Hanschen – Male -Vocal range top: D5, bottom: Ab2 - Narcissistic. Comfortable with his sexuality.  Uses looks and intelligence.

Anna – Female - Vocal range top: C5, bottom: E3 – Martha’s best friend. School girl Optimistic and naïve. Doesn’t understand Martha’s trials.

Ernst – Male -Vocal range top: A4, bottom: Ab2 - Naïve and easily manipulated by Hanschen.

Ilse – Female - Vocal range top: E5, bottom: E3 - Martha’s sister, also abused and has run away to live in artists’ colony.

Georg – Male - Vocal range top: D5, bottom: Ab2 - Clumsy.  Overcome with feelings for his piano teacher.

Otto – Male - Vocal range top: D5, bottom: Ab2 - Struggles with inappropriate feelings.

Adult Woman – Vocal range top: A4, bottom: D3 – Plays a variety of rigid adult roles

Adult Man – Vocal range top: F4, bottom: D3 – Plays a variety of rigid adult roles

Rupert – can be doubled. Reinhold – can be doubled

Dieter – can be doubled. Ulbrecht – can be doubled

 

Spring Awakening Audition Requirements

Audition Form: All auditioning actors need to fill out the Cognito audition form (will be added ASAP) on the website. All required fields are marked with an asterisk. Audition dates are listed on the form and will be held in person at TheatreWorks New Milford between 6:30 and 9:00 PM, on June 2 and 3, 2026. Please indicate on the form which audition date you are choosing, and if needed, a preferred time. (Please see section “A” below.) Callbacks will be held on June 9 , 2026 at 6:30. Materials will be provided if a callback is needed. Please keep this date open in case you are called back. No tuition is due at the time of audition, only if you are cast.

a. If you need to secure a specific audition time on your chosen audition day, please notify Theatreworks at staff@theatreworks.us and request the time on your audition form. We will do our best to accommodate your choice.

b. If an actor is unable to make any of the audition dates, a video audition may be submitted. Please notify TheatreWorks of your conflict at staff@theatreworks.us. A video audition will not be accepted unless notified beforehand.

c. A video audition must follow and contain the same music audition requirements as listed below:

d. If an actor submits a video audition and receives a callback, they must attend the callback in person.

Music: Please find and prepare 32 bars of any rock song that shows your range for your audition.

If submitting a video audition, your cut should be 32 bars of any rock song that shows your range. Remember to notify our directors’ team as stated above.

Acting: There will be a cold reading after your music audition. All sides and scene options from the show will be provided when you arrive at the theatre. You do not need to prepare a monologue.