Child Actors for LORT 2026-27 Season
Child actors for roles in Theatre's LORT 2026-27 Season. See breakdown below. Rate: LORT Non-Rep $1213 weekly minimum (LORT B) Additional info: Audition lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PREPARATION: For a Non-Musicals: Please prepare a 90-second monologue from the canon of American drama. For Musicals: Please prepare either a contemporary piece of musical theatre, or alternatively, a piece rooted in contemporary pop music that’s no more than 90 seconds. Please bring the music sheet. An accompanist will be provided. You may do both a monologue and a song, not to exceed 2 minutes total. All should bring their headshots and resumes stapled together. "THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE" 1st Rehearsal: January 26, 2027 1st Performance: March 12, 2027 Opens: March 17, 2027 Closes: May 15, 2027 Casting all roles and understudies. If you are interested, please apply.
6 roles
[Doubles as JESUS] Vocal range: top B4 / bottom C3. The reigning spelling champion of Putnam County. Relatively athletic and social. He expects things to come easily to him. Lately, he’s been going through some weird changes, and things are slipping out of his control. Solo requires him to sing high notes.
Vocal range: top G5 / bottom G3. Youngest of the bee participants but driven by internal and external pressure, but above all by a desire to win so that she can make her two fathers happy. She’s not entirely comfortable in her body.
[Doubles as CARL’S DAD] Vocal range: top A4 / bottom A2. A second alternate, Leaf never expected to compete. Suffers from A.D.D. but delights in his own wondering focus. Leaf does not expect to win — or even spell any word correctly, but he finds absolutely everything incredibly amusing. His mother forces him to wear his protective helmet to the bee.
Vocal range: top Bb4 / bottom C3. A kid with a host of health issues and a lot to prove. He is loud and combative — a go-to defensive posture. He’s the kid who becomes a bully to avoid being picked on. He’s known in the spelling circuit for his remarkable technique of spelling words on the floor with his foot. He was eliminated the previous year due to an adverse allergic reaction to peanuts and is here for vindication.
- Vocal range: top Eb5 / bottom A3. The ultimate overachiever. She comes from a family where excellence is expected. Confident that she can beat the local competition. Her many talents include piano, dance, baton twirling, and martial arts.
Vocal range: top F#5 / A3. A word lover, Olive is an only child with often-absent parents. She is very shy. She lives a quiet life and is often alone. She fills all her extra time by reading the dictionary.
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