Akeelah and the Bee

Audition Materials: Please prepare a one-minute monologue for this audition. We will also do cold readings from the script. 

Please come prepared to list all rehearsal conflicts between January 24th and March 23rd. Rehearsals will begin on January 21st and will be on Tuesday – Friday evenings as well as on the weekends (Sunday afternoons and evenings)

A cast conflict calendar will be made once the show has been cast and rehearsal calendar will be created based on cast conflicts.

AKEELAH ANDERSON – Female, 11-15, African American An 11-year-old girl with a passion for words who competes in the Scripps National Spelling Bee 

GAIL ANDERSON, African American, Akeelah’s mother

REGGIE ANDERSON, about 20, African American, Akeelah’s brother

DR. JOSHUA LARABEE, African American, Akeelah’s spelling bee coach/teacher

GEORGIA, 11-15, Akeelah’s best friend

BATTY RUTH, African American, Akeelah’s first floor neighbor

MR. WILLIE, African American, building superintendent

JT, 21, African American, neighbor

RATCHET RHONDA, female, 11-15, African American. Akeelah’s nemesis.

DYLAN CHIU, male, 12-15, Asian American

JAVIER MENDEZ, male, 12-15, Latino American

TRISH, female, 12-15, any ethnicity

IZZY, female, 11-15, any ethnicity

MR. or MRS. CHIU, Asian American – This role may be cast by either male or female

PRINCIPAL, Any ethnicity or gender.

OTHER ROLES: There will be an ensemble for this production, playing a variety of roles. Gender and race are open to all. Roles include DJ Rule, District Judge, TV Announcer, Chucky, Pronouncer, Snorting Girl/Boy, Crying Girl/Boy, Foxy Fay/Felix, Horse Girl/Boy, Mohawk Girl/Boy.