Casting Teen Performers for "Sweeney Todd" Play
Audition for the upcoming theatre show "Sweeney Todd". Seeking performers ages 16+, and 13+ for select roles (Toby, some ensemble). See more details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: The infamous tale of Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth-century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts when Todd’s thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up… and the carnage has only just begun! Rate: Actors will be paid a stipend of $150 at the end of the run of performances. Additional info: Callbacks July 17th from 6 p.m - 10 p.m What To Prepare A monologue of your choosing, as well as 16 - 32 bars of song in the style of, or from, the show. To be considered please apply.
12 roles
Vocal range: Bb4 – F2. A wrongfully imprisoned barber seeking to right the wrongs committed against him. He is Johanna’s father, singularly focused on taking bloody revenge.
E5 -G3. An entrepreneurial and amoral meat pie shop owner. She fell in love with Todd and turns his desire for revenge into a profitable business venture.
Vocal range: F4 – Bb2 A naive and youthful sailor returning to London. He helps Todd return to London and unexpectedly falls in love with Johanna.
Vocal range: A5 – Bb3 A spritely girl, full of innocence, constantly yearning for freedom. Todd’s long-lost daughter and Turpin’s ward.
Vocal range: Ab4 – Bb2 A poor youngster apprenticed to Pirelli. He finds a surrogate family in Todd and Lovett
Vocal range: D5 – D3. A pompous public official. He is deeply loyal to the corrupt Turpin
Vocal range top: F5 – Ab3 A deranged and schizophrenic woman who harbors a dark, surprising secret
Vocal range top: C5 – B2 A flamboyant Italian rival barber; a charlatan with a secret past.