2024 MUSICAL AUDITION INFORMATION
Audition Workshop
Friday Aug 16
3:40pm Auditorium
This workshop is recomended for all auditionees regardless of level of experience.
Open Auditions
Monday, Aug. 19
3:40-4:30: Dance Audition (everyone attends and performs the combination provided)
4:30-8pm: Individual Audition times will be assigned.
Callbacks
Tuesday, Aug. 20
Additional singing and reading for specific roles.
We will not call back everyone we cast. Being called back doesn't secure you a role and those that are not called back may still be cast.
YOU MUST PREPARE THE FOLLOWING FOR AUDITIONS:
1. Learn the dance combinations
The dance combination will provided via video a few days before the audition. At the Audition Workshop Friday Aug. 16 you will be able to practice the combination with your peers.
2. Sing a 30-60 second Musical Theatre, Jazz, or Folk song of your choice
For a background track, please bring a karaoke track. Your backing track must not have other vocals playing, just the instruments. Below are some easy songs we reccomend for beginners. For more advanced students we recomennd that your music selection should reflect the musical styles featured in Hadestown. Please remember this is also your “acting” audition, so use your voice, body and soul to relate the emotional meaning of your peice.
Detailed Audition Packet
Coming Soon
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AUDITION MATERIALS:
will be posted here in August.
Audition Sign up
Audition Ticket
You will need to print this and bring to audition
Dance Combo
will be posted here in August
Part #1 Dancing Audition
You will be given a number to wear for your dance. Students will be placed in small groups and each group will take turns performing the dance.
Part #2 Singing Audition
Students will be called in one at a time or in small groups. Each student will sing the song they have prepared. Please bring a karoke track to sing along to.
Part #3 Acting Audition
You will be asked to prepare and read a short scene with an assigned partner. NO NEED TO PREPARE IN ADVANCE FOR THIS PART OF THE AUDITION
Hadestown: Musical Info
Summary
This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love. www.concordtheatricals.com
History
After its origins as a DIY community theatre project in 2006 and a studio album in 2010, Hadestown electrified audiences with its 2016 world premiere at New York Theatre Workshop, becoming the longest-running show in that celebrated theatre’s 40-year history. The production then received its Canadian premiere at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre in 2017 and then a 2018 sold-out engagement at London’s National Theatre. Hadestown opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on April 17, 2019, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin, starring Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada and Patrick Page. Hadestown made its West End debut in February 2024 at the Lyric Theatre, London. Directed by Chavkin, the production featured Dónal Finn, Grace Hodgett Young, Zachary James, Melanie La Barrie and Gloria Onitiri. www.concordtheatricals.com
The Music
Listen to the songs on YOUTUBE!
Principal Characters
HERMES: Tenor, Baritone In Greek mythology, fleet-footed guide, messenger of the gods, and conductor of souls to the Underworld. In some tellings, it was Hermes who taught Orpheus to play the lyre. In this telling, he is a worldly-wise narrator, masterof-ceremonies, and friend and mentor to Orpheus.
FATES: Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto Three goddesses who together determined the destinies of mortals, measuring their lifespans and apportioning their suffering. In this story, they follow, fluster, niggle, and cast doubt and insecurity in the minds of some.
ORPHEUS: Tenor Son of the muse of epic poetry, engaged to marry Eurydice. With his golden voice and lyre, Orpheus charmed all living things, even rocks and stones. This modernized account features an Orpheus on a musical mission beyond his love for Eurydice.
EURYDICE: Mezzo-Soprano, Alto A dryad, or tree nymph, engaged to marry Orpheus. On the day of their wedding, she was bitten by a poisonous snake, died, and descended into the Underworld. The Eurydice of this version is a runaway who has experienced much hardship in her young life, which makes it hard for her to trust others.
PERSEPHONE: Mezzo-Soprano, Alto Goddess of the seasons, flowers, fruit, and grain. By arrangement, she spent half the year with Hades in the Underworld, causing fall and winter above. The other half she returned to her mother, bringing spring and summer with her. In this modern version, she plays the good-time party girl to dull her disenchantment with said arrangement and other problems in her marriage.
HADES: Bass God of the dead, ruler of the Underworld, sometimes called “the Wealthy One.” He fell in love with and married Persephone. Her mother, the goddess of the harvest, refused to bless the earth while Persephone was below. In this version of the story, he is a greedy and zealous industrialist.
WORKERS CHORUS: In ancient Greek theater, the Chorus sang, spoke, and danced in unison. Often representing the voice of citizens, the Chorus commented on the actions of characters and served as an emotional conduit for the audience.
The packet below fills you in on all the details of being in a musical. Please read before your audition.
CREW INFORMATION COMING SOON!
Call Back Information:
WILL BE POSTED ON THE BACKLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY GOOGLE CLASSROOM IN AUGUST.
Class Code: gtlt2ob