AUDITIONS
WHEN:
Sunday, December 1st
5:30-6:30 PM • Dance Audition
6:30-9:30 PM • Vocal Auditions
Dance auditions will be tap. If you own tap shoes, please bring them. If you don’t—that’s okay! You can audition in character shoes or sneakers. Please see the video below if you’d like to learn the audition combo before auditions on Sunday.
Monday, December 2nd
7:00-10:00 PM • Callbacks
PLEASE REGISTER FOR A VOCAL AUDITION SLOT IN THE AUDITION FORM BELOW.
WHERE:
Three Rivers Music Theatre
416 W 4th Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46808
WHAT TO PREPARE:
Please prepare one of the provided selections below. Each character description includes a link to download the material associated with that character. If interested in auditioning for multiple characters, please prepare a selection for each. Callback material is also included for your reference.
PRODUCTION DATES:
REHEARSALS
Mondays-Thursdays, 7-10PM
January 27th - February 27th
TECH REHEARSALS*
Sunday, March 2nd - 1-9 PM
Monday, March 3rd - Thursday, March 6th - 6-10 PM
PERFORMANCES*
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 8PM
Saturday, March 8, 2025 - 8PM
Sunday, March 9, 2025 - 6PM
Friday, March 14, 2025 - 8PM
Saturday, March 15, 2025 - 8PM
Sunday, March 16, 2025 - 6PM
Friday, March 21, 2025 - 8PM
Saturday, March 22, 2025 - 8PM
Sunday, March 23, 2025 - 6PM
STRIKE*
Monday, March 24th - 6:00-10:00 PM
* Asterisk indicates the dates that are required. Conflicts cannot be accommodated.
REFERENCE SCRIPT
WE ARE DOING THE UPDATED 2022 VERSION. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A REFERENCE RECORDING, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE 2011 OR 1987 BROADWAY REVIVALS.
THE ACCOMPANIMENT TRACKS LINKED BELOW WILL BE USED IN THE AUDITIONS, SO YOU CAN SOLIDLY REHEARSE WITH THEM.
VIDEO AUDITIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR CASTING, PLEASE EMAIL THE VIDEO FILE OR A YOUTUBE/VIMEO LINK TO ANDY@THREERIVERSMUSICTHEATRE.COM BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1ST.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Reno Sweeney
Female Presenting. 20s-40s. An evangelist turned nightclub headliner. Confident, clever, and glamorous. Looking for a strong singer and actor who can dance well. A triple threat that commands the stage. Must tap very well. Strong belt.
Billy Crocker
Male Presenting. 20s-30s. Elisha Whitney’s assistant. Friends with Reno and determined to win Hope’s affections. Charming, earnest, and lovesick. Looking for a strong singer with great comedic timing and can move well.
Hope Harcourt
Female Presenting. 20s-30s. A wealthy young heiress. Torn between her engagement to Lord Evelyn and love for Billy. Poised, sweet, but with a strong sense of moral duty. Looking for a strong singer who can move well. Strong soprano.
Lord Evelyn Oakleigh
Male Presenting. 20s-40s. Hope’s aristocratic English fiancé. Quirky, good-natured, and gullible. Looking for an actor with great comedic timing who can sing and move well.
Moonface Martin
Male Presenting. 30s-50s. Public Enemy #13, disguised as a Reverend. An uncomplicated and lovable gangster. Looking for a strong comedic actor who can sing and move well.
Erma Latour
Female Presenting. 20s-40s. A traffic-stopping dame and Moonface’s partner in crime. Flirty, resourceful, brazen, but a little clueless. Looking for an actress with great comedic timing who can sing and move well.
Elisha Whitney
Male Presenting. 40s-60s. An Ivy League business tycoon. Bossy, outlandish, and a little bit drunk. Looking for an actor with great comedic timing. No dance audition required.
Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt
Female Presenting. 40s-60s. Hope’s widowed mother. An elitist who is concerned with money and social status. Refined but easily panicked. Looking for an actress with great comedic timing. No dance audition required.
Captain
Male Presenting. 30s-60s. The man in charge of the S.S. American. Intelligent, strong, but a little too concerned with prestige.
No dance audition required.
Purser
Any Gender. 20s-40s. The ship’s Purser. Reliable, alert, by the book.
Minister Henry T. Dobson
Male Presenting. 20s-60s. A pious, religious man traveling with his most recent converts.
Spit and Dippy
Male Presenting. 20s-40s. Two rascally New York City street toughs with a talent for gambling and picking pockets. Seeking a pair of strong comic actors with good chemistry.
The Angels (Chastity, Charity, Purity, Virtue)
Female Presenting. 20s-30s. Reno’s backup posse for her nightclub act. Magnetic, dynamic, and own any room they walk into. Looking for strong singer/dancers with great individual personalities. Tap is a plus.
Sailor Quartet
Male Presenting. This is a strong quartet of sailors. Must be strong singers. Auditionees for these roles will be required to dance.
Strong ensemble of performers who play Sailors, Passengers, Reporters, Tappers and the like! Looking for high energy singers and dancers that will be involved in multiple song and dance numbers with solos throughout.
ELISHA WHITNEY, EVANGELINE HARCOURT, CAPTAIN, PURSER, HENRY T. DOBSON, SPIT & DIPPY, ANGELS, SAILORS, ETC. PLEASE PICK ONE OF THE TWO SELECTIONS BELOW: