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All auditions are Monday and Tuesday of the audition dates at 6:30 pm in the Green Room at TOTS unless otherwise noted.
Callbacks, if needed, are on Wednesday of the audition dates. |
As You Like It
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In As You Like It, witty words and romance play out against the disputes of divided pairs of brothers. Orlando’s older brother, Oliver, treats him badly and refuses him his small inheritance from their father’s estate; Oliver schemes instead to have Orlando die in a wrestling match. Meanwhile, Duke Frederick has forced his older brother, Duke Senior, into exile in the Forest of Arden.
Duke Senior’s daughter, Rosalind, and Duke Frederick’s daughter, Celia, meet the victorious Orlando at the wrestling match; Orlando and Rosalind fall in love. Banished by her uncle, Rosalind assumes a male identity and leaves with Celia and their fool, Touchstone. Orlando flees Oliver’s murderous plots. In the Forest of Arden, Rosalind, in her male disguise, forms a teasing friendship with Orlando. Oliver, searching for Orlando, reforms after Orlando saves his life. Rosalind reveals her identity, triggering several weddings, including her own with Orlando and Celia’s with Oliver. Duke Frederick restores the dukedom to Duke Senior, who leaves the forest with his followers. Auditions will consist of cold reads. Roles: Adam- Servant to Oliver, to play 50+ Amiens- lord attending banished duke, to play 30+ Audrey- A country wench, to play 20+ Celia- daughter to Frederick, to play 20+ Corin- shepherd, to play 15+ Dennis- shepherd, to play 15+ Duke- living in exile, to play 49+ First Lord- to play 30+ First Page- to play 10+ Frederick- the duke's brother, to play 30+ Hymen- to play 15+ Jaques- a discontented melancholic lord, to play 30+ Le Beau- a courtier Frederick- to play 15+ Lord- to play 30+ Oliver- son of Sir Rowland de Boys, to play 20+ Orlando- son of Sir Rowland de Boys, to play 25+ Jaques de Boys- the second son, to play 18+ Phebe- a shepherdess, to play 25+ Rosalind- daughter to the banished duke, to play 25+ Second Lord- to play 25+ Second Page- to play 10+ Silvius- daughter to the banished duke, to play 25+ Sir Oliver Martext- to play 30+ Touchstone- the court jester, to play 30+ William- a country fellow in love with Audrey |
The Wild Women of Winedale
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This joyful and exuberant, yet ultimately touching, comedy focuses on three women at crossroads in their lives—the Wild sisters of Winedale, Virginia—Fanny and Willa and their frustratingly quirky sister-in-law Johnnie Faye. This feisty and fun-loving trio has supported and cheered one another through life’s highs and lows through the years, including the early demise of two of their husbands. And they really need each other now, as Fanny experiences a hilariously inappropriate reaction to her 60th birthday, while Willa is so stressed out from her nursing job she resorts to vodka and speed-knitting to cope, and Johnnie Faye, determined to put her year of fraught widowhood behind her, desperately tries to find a man—preferably a man with a house, since hers is somewhere at the bottom of a Florida sinkhole. These women’s lives are further upended by the responsibility of caring for their free-spirited, ailing aunt and the realization that they are drowning under loads of family keepsakes and possessions nobody wants—especially them! With equal doses of hilarity and heart, these extraordinary women come up with delightful and surprisingly unorthodox ways to clear the clutter from their lives, their homes and their relationships so they can move their lives forward. Together they prove it’s never too late to take another one of life’s paths for a grand new adventure. This Jones Hope Wooten comedy is guaranteed to drive you wild with laughter—and motivate you to keep hounding the kids to please take that stack of quilts and Granny’s Christmas china!
Auditions will consist of cold reads. Roles: Doreen Whitman, to play 60s Fanny Wild Cantrelle, to play 60s Willa Wild, to play Mid-50s Johnnie Faye "Jef" Wild, to play Mid-50s Betty Dunlap, to play Early 40s Glenda Bates, to play Late 70s Flo Hudson, to play Late 70s Nora Griffin, to play 50s Edith Macklin, to play Late 40s |
Bob: A Life in Five Acts
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BOB chronicles the highly unusual life of Bob and his lifelong quest to become a "Great Man." Born and abandoned in the bathroom of a fast food restaurant, Bob energetically embarks on an epic journey across America and encounters inspiring generosity, crushing hardships, blissful happiness, stunning coincidences, wrong turns, lucky breaks, true love and heartbreaking loss. Along the way, Bob meets a myriad of fellow countrymen all struggling to find their own place in the hullaballoo of it all. Will Bob's real life ever be able to live up to his dream? BOB is a comedic exploration of American mythology and values, the treacherous pursuit of happiness, and discovering what it means to be truly "great."
Auditions will consist of cold reads and ensemble exercises. |
The Rainbow Fish Musical
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Everybody loves the international bestseller and award-winning book,The Rainbow Fish, with its wonderful message of friendship and belonging. Now you can bring the magical, colorful world of the deep blue sea to life on your stage!
This large-cast musical features a variety of charming school and sea-creature characters who admire the famous Rainbow Fish, the most beautiful fish in all the ocean. When Rainbow Fish refuses to share his (or her!) vibrant, shimmering scales (played by separate actors who become a chorus for solo songs), the whole ocean seems to turn against the vain creature. Unhappy that no one adores him anymore, the Rainbow Fish seeks out the wise Octopus, whose tentacles can also be played by separate actors. Octopus helps the young fish learn that it’s far better to be admired for being kind than for being beautiful. With a bubbly, energetic score and a script that invites wonderful creativity and flexibility, the universal message at the heart of this one-of-a-kind musical becomes much more than just a simple children’s story. Adapted from the book by Marcus Pfister, Translated into English by J. Alison James, with illustrations by Marcus Pfister. Auditions will consist of cold reads. |
The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy
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MUSICAL
THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family– a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before– keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents. Please prepare a song in the style of the musical. Songs from the musical are acceptable. An accompanist will not be available, so please have an accompaniment track available. We will provide a blue tooth speaker and aux cord. Auditions will also consist of cold reads and a dance combination. Please check back in May for a link to a video to learn the dance combination PRIOR to auditions. |
Rocket Man
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ROCKET MAN is a serious comedy about the road not taken. Donny Rowan has placed everything he owns on his front lawn, along with a sign that reads: "Here's my life. Make an offer." He has cut a skylight into his attic and placed his E-Z Boy recliner underneath—where he can sit, staring at the stars. Somewhere in the universe, Donny believes, is a place where all the roads we never chose converge. ROCKET MAN explores one man's obsessive desire to find this "parallel world"—and the profound effect of his decision on his family and friends.
Auditions will consist of cold reads. |
Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge
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In this departure from Dickens, young Scrooge's exclamations of "Bah, humbug!" are an undiagnosed "kind of seasonal Tourette's Syndrome," and The Ghost of Christmas Past is played by a sassy African-American woman with enough attitude to portray all three spirits (which she does). She tries to show Scrooge his past, present and future in order to change him, but her magic keeps malfunctioning in Durang's version of the beloved holiday classic, and they consistently find themselves transported to the wrong time and place. She tries to take Scrooge back to see his old employers, the Fezziwigs—"always an audience favorite"—but instead she and Scrooge keep appearing in the present at the Cratchit's pathetic home. Mrs. Bob Cratchit, a minor character in the Dickens, takes center stage here. No longer loving and long suffering, Mrs. Bob is in a rage: She's sick of Tiny Tim (the goody-goody crippled child), she hates her twenty other children (most of them confined to the root cellar), including oversized Little Nell, and she wants to get drunk and jump off London Bridge. As the Ghost loses more control, the plot morphs into parodies of Oliver Twist, "The Gift of the Magi" and It's a Wonderful Life. And to make matters worse, Scrooge and Mrs. Bob seem to be kindred souls falling in love. With a dénouement that is two parts Touched by an Angel and one part The Queen of Mean, Scrooge's tale of redemption and gentle grace is placed squarely on its head.
Auditions will consist of cold reads and ensemble exercises. |