Open Calls

 

 

OPEN CASTING CALL

SPRING AWAKENING (ACT OUT)

*Auditions: June 2 & 3 • 6:30 pm -9 pm

*Callbacks: June 8 & 9 • 6:30 pm - 9 pm

Video auditions available.

*Dates subject to change.

 

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 our director, Lori Larson, at simplylola0823@gmail.com, 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 our director, Lori Larson, of your conflict at simplylola0823@gmail.com, and cc. our music director, Kevin McNulty, for specific audition video instructions at kmcnulty457@outlook.com. 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 a 60-90 second cut of a musical theatre song in the style/theme of the show for your audition. An accompanist will NOT be provided, so no sheet music is required. All audition cuts must be memorized. Please bring a charged device with a recording of your accompaniment loaded and ready to play. A Bluetooth speaker will be provided to play your accompaniment from your device. Please do NOT perform a song from the show you are auditioning for.

We may stop your audition cut if you exceed the 60-90 second time allotment or stop it early if we have heard everything we need to hear. We may also ask you to try a few vocal exercises to test your vocal flexibility.

If submitting a video audition, your cut should still be 60-90 seconds with an accompaniment playing in the background. 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.