The Weekend Theater holds auditions approximately six to eight weeks before each production. Audition forms will be provided at auditions. Headshots should be no larger than 2″x 2″, and may be provided at auditions if necessary.
Auditions typically consist of cold readings from the scripts, with no monologues required. For musicals, those wishing to audition should come prepared to sing 16 to 32 bars of music in the style of the show.
Audition dates will be announced on the website as well as on our socials.
The Weekend Theater is proud to announce auditions for
American Beauty
Music and Lyrics by Michael Rice
Book by Jack Heifner, Romulus Linney, Kent. R Brown, Hank Bates, Mary Rohde Scudday, and Cliff Fannin Baker
Directed by Bob Bidewell
Musical Direction by Jeannie Cross!
“American Beauty” will run April 19 through May 5, 2024 at The Weekend Theater, with performances at 7:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30pm on Sundays. Rehearsals will begin March 11.
Auditionees are asked to prepare 32 bars of music in the style of a late 80’s ballad or similar music from Broadway shows of that period. Audition music must be PREPARED, and a copy of the accompaniment must be available for the pianist. No acapella auditions. Cold readings will be from the script.
Audition forms will be provided at the audition with space for a 3″x3″ headshot. If you dont have a headshot, one can be taken at the audition.
Auditioning roles for seven young women (must be at least 16 years old to audition, the characters must appear to be ages 16-23). The roles of the two mothers and the two younger girls have been precast. Although beauty pageant experience is not required, it is helpful. Please don’t let the talent specifications deter you from auditioning! The talents can be adjusted and taught during the rehearsal period.
This wonderfully entertaining musical dramatizes the hopes of seven women as they pursue their dreams of winning the Miss Delta Queen Beauty Pageant. The first act focuses on key events leading up to the last night of competition, while the second act sweeps us from the contestants’ opening parade to the final moment of coronation. The talent competition featuring a montage of country, pop and operatic singers, a marimba player, a tap dancer, a twirler and an ill-performed dramatic monologue, is hilarious. Through a medley of serious and satiric monologues and scenes, American Beauty also introduces us to an array of secondary characters including backstage mothers, pageant judges, commercial sponsors, and flamboyant choreographers. Songs include: “I’m in a Pageant!,” “Pageant Mothers and Daughters,” “Something’s Gonna Happen” and “Fireflies and Shooting Stars.” American Beauty captures all the anxiety, the fear and the elation involved in competition, while underscoring each contestant’s courage and determination.
