Who: Any interested 6th, 7th and 8th graders
Show Dates: April 23rd, 24th, and 25th
Auditions: December 10 and 12. Prepare a song from the musical to sing and a short audition dance. We also have an optional tap number that can be performed.
Rehearsals/Time Commitment: Leads should plan to be called every day after school, while ensemble members should plan to be called 2-3 days after school, January-March. All cast and crew will be called every day after spring break.
Directors: Ms. Gardner & Cristiana, with Music Directors Ms. Skoglund and Ms. Gordhamer
Make sure you can commit to these important dates and that you have the time in your schedule to participate.
FLEX Informational Meeting for all interested cast and crew (NOT MANDATORY): Monday, November 17th.
AUDITIONS (you may attend another grade level if that works better for you):
6th Grade Auditions: Wednesday, Dec. 10: 4:05-until we're done (6:30 at the latest)
7th and 8th Grade Auditions: Friday, Dec. 12: 4:05-until we're done (6:30 at the latest)
CALLBACKS: Monday, Dec. 15: 4:05-until we're done (6:30 at the latest)
1st ALL COMPANY REHEARSAL (Cast and Crew) : Wednesday, Dec. 17: 4:05-5:30
ALL CAST AND CREW NEED A 1-INCH BINDER AT REHEARSAL DEC. 17th.
Caregiver/Full Company and Directors Meeting: January TBA
Tech & Production Weeks: April 13th - 25th (rehearsals until 7:00)
Family/Caregiver Preview Performance: April 22nd @ 5:30 PM
PERFORMANCES: April 23rd @ 7 PM, 24th @ 7 PM, and 25th @ 3:00 and 7:00 (call times an hour and half before).
Set Strike & Costume Return: TBA
All cast and crew who audition and commit to the spring musical are part of the musical! We are a "no-cut" show! We understand that you have other things going on in your life, but make sure you are available during most rehearsal times.
Ensemble roles are called about three times a week, while lead roles are called most days. All cast and crew (full company) are called every day after Spring Break.
Please note that we allow no more than three absences unless there is an emergency. Additionally, you are expected to prioritize the musical and attend all rehearsals following Spring Break.
General Availability:
January–February: After-school rehearsals end by 5:30 or 6 PM. Potential morning vocal or dance rehearsals from 7:50–9:00 AM.
March: Rehearsals may extend until 6:30 or 7:00 PM. Potential morning vocal or dance rehearsals from 7:50–9:00 AM.
After Spring Break: All rehearsals after spring break are mandatory for all cast and crew, and will run daily until 6:30 or 7:00 PM. Potential morning vocal or dance rehearsals from 7:50–9:00 AM.
Rehearsal Calendar:
Rehearsal schedules will be added to the Google Calendar two weeks in advance.
Please add the calendar to your personal and/or school Google Calendar and check it regularly for updates.
It's important to prioritize our rehearsal time because every person in the cast or crew is part of a team. When someone misses rehearsal, it slows things down and makes it harder for everyone to learn their parts. Just like in sports, being at practice helps the whole team succeed. We only have a short time to get ready, so being at rehearsal means the show will be smoother, stronger, and more fun for everyone—on stage and in the audience!
The show begins with music from offstage ("Prologue: Invisible"). In a graveyard, a Priest and Mourners attend the funeral of Emily Deetz, wife of Charles and mother of Lydia.
The crowd parts to reveal Beetlejuice ("The Whole "Being Dead" Thing"), who has a plan to bring himself back to life involving Adam and Barbara Maitland ("Ready, Set, Not Yet"). Their house has faulty electricity, and they are accidentally electrocuted. Beetlejuice produces The Handbook for the Recently Deceased and intercepts Adam and Barbara. Cheerleaders help Beetlejuice explain the Maitlands' situation ("The Whole "Being Dead" Thing - Part 2"): Movers have arrived, and unless Beetlejuice teaches Adam and Barbara to scare other people, they'll lose everything. The Maitlands agree ("The Whole "Being Dead" Thing - Part 3").
Charles and Delia, a self-proclaimed life coach, plan to turn the Maitlands' old house into a flagship model home. They are hiding their relationship from Lydia, Charles's daughter, who is still mourning. Charles reveals to Lydia that he's selling their old house and forcing everyone to move forward from her mother's death ("Let's Clean Up"). Lydia struggles with her grief and feels abandoned by her dad ("Dead Mom"). In the attic, Beetlejuice explains to Adam and Barbara that they must get the new people in the house to say "Beetlejuice" three times in a row.
Delia tries to connect with Lydia, giving her a yellow dress and explaining that Lydia needs a new perspective ("No Reason"). Delia exits, and Adam and Barbara arrive to scare Lydia… who isn't scared at all ("Ghosts"). The three become friends and hatch a plan to scare Charles.
As Charles is proposing marriage to Delia, Lydia, Adam, and Barbara try to scare them. However, Charles and Delia can't see the ghosts. Lydia, upset, goes up to the roof, where she starts making a plan to run away, and encounters Beetlejuice ("Invisible - Reprise"). He tries to convince her that, instead of running away, she should help him. He demonstrates his powers, including possession, on Adam and Barbara ("Say My Name"). Lydia pushes Beetlejuice off the roof, vowing to teach her dad a lesson with Adam and Barbara.
At dinner that evening, Maxie Dean and his model-wife Maxine arrive with a group of Lawyers. Lydia wears the yellow dress and invites Delia to make a toast. As Delia speaks, she is suddenly overcome by song, and the phenomenon spreads to the others ("Day-O - The Banana Boat Song"). Rather than being put off, Maxie Dean is thrilled.
Lydia's plan has failed, so she uses her last resort: Beetlejuice. The guests scatter in terror ("Showtime!").
Later, Sky and a few Girl Scouts approach the house ("Girl Scout"). Beetlejuice, Lydia, and his Clones scare them away ("That Beautiful Sound"). Lydia takes the Handbook from Beetlejuice, intent on finding her mom. He reveals to his clones that for him to become a living person, he needs to convince Lydia to marry him - but don't worry, it's just a "green card thing."
In the attic, Lydia, Adam, and Barbara follow instructions from the Handbook to go to the Netherworld, but Barbara stops them, claiming the book is dangerous. Lydia vows to do it herself.
Meanwhile, in the living room, Delia's guru, Otho, has arrived to perform an exorcism with a device called "The Soul Box." Beetlejuice tells Lydia that the box can be used to bring her mom back - but when Lydia tries, Barbara is put in danger. To save her, Lydia agrees to marry Beetlejuice. A door appears to send the Maitlands to the Netherworld, but Lydia leaps through instead, with Charles running after her.
In the Netherworld, Miss Argentina and a group of Recently Deceased try to convince Lydia and Charles to go back before JUNO finds them ("What I Know Now"). Lydia rushes deeper into the Netherworld, searching for her mom ("Home - Part 1"). Charles follows her, and the two finally have a conversation about their grief ("Home - Part 2"). They decide to go back home, where the house has been turned into a demonic game show. Lydia enters from the Netherworld wearing a red wedding dress and agrees to marry Beetlejuice, with Charles giving his blessing.
They bring Beetlejuice back to life only to immediately kill him, since, as one of the recently deceased, he'll be instructed to go directly to the Netherworld. Juno, who is Beetlejuice's mother, sends him to the Wasteland, but he returns on a giant sandworm just in time to save everyone else. Beetlejuice returns to the Netherworld, and Charles, Delia, Lydia, and the Maitlands decide to live in the house together ("Jump In The Line").
Taken from the MTI website.
Whip-smart, grieving fifteen-year-old whose dark sense of humor helps her cope with the loss of her mother, Emily. Lydia is unfazed by Beetlejuice’s antics and easily holds her own against both him and all things Netherworld.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Lydia’s father. He wants to help her get over the loss of her mother, although the ways he tries to “help” aren’t really what Lydia needs. Charles is under a lot of pressure between his concerns over Lydia, his secret relationship with Delia, his professional life, and his own grief (which he tries to ignore).
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
The dead guy of the hour! This titular character is zany, spooky, and absolutely hilarious. Though Beetlejuice exists in a morally gray area, he’s more of a trickster than a malevolent threat. He’s happy to align his interests with others, but ultimately, he’s looking out for himself.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Devoted husband of Barbara, just can’t catch a break. While life’s stresses were getting to him – renovation of the house, financial difficulties, and the decision about having a child – he certainly wasn’t ready for death.
Gender: male
Vocal range top: Eb5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Barbara's stresses align with her husband’s, in life and death, although Barbara is a bit more adventurous than Adam. She is very kind but also strong-willed and a quick thinker. Barbara immediately bonds with Lydia.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Hopelessly (sometimes maniacally) optimistic. She believes fully in her guru, Otho, and considers herself a life coach, though underneath her façade she’s quite fragile and desperately wants to fit in with the Deetzes. Delia loves Charles and genuinely cares about Lydia’s well-being, even if her attempts to connect are somewhat misguided.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: C#5
Vocal range bottom: G2
The business tycoon whom Charles hopes to impress.
Gender: male
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: C4
A Girl Scout who comes to sell the Deetzes cookies at the top of Act II, only to run into Lydia and Beetlejuice.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Former beauty queen, greets the recently dead in the Netherworld. She leads “What I Know Now”.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Maxie's fourth (or fifth) wife.
Gender: female
Delia's guru and occasional exorcist.
Gender: any
Beetlejuice’s mother, runs the recently dead intake with an iron fist. She has “a voice like road tar” and no sympathy for anyone.
Gender: female
Includes the Priest, The Recently Deceased (Parachute Jumper, Death by Toaster, Dead Cheerleader, Death by Fireworks, Cigar Mobster, Dead Jockey, Machete Groom, Dead Drill Team, and Hunter with a Shrunken Head), Mourners, Movers (Mover #1, Mover #2), Lawyers, Girl Scouts, Caiter-Waiter, Beetlejuice Clones (Clone #1, Clone #2), Cheerleaders, Studio Audience, Sandworm