MUSICAL AUDITIONS
February 4th and 5th
Callbacks February 6th
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High School Requirements
Prepare two contrasting 32-bar contemporary Broadway pieces. Please have backing tracks prepared (YouTube preferred but not required).
Junior High Requirements
Prepare a selection of your choice using the songs here. The information in this link will also be posted at the bottom of this page.
Junior high students who wish to be considered for lead or supporting roles are strongly encouraged to prepare a high school level audition.
Callbacks
All who audition will be cast. Those considered for leads and supporting roles will receive a callback for February 6th. The callback will consist of a vocal check and a dance call.
Matilda Character List
Character Descriptions
All characters use some form of British accent.
All ages listed is a place to start from and can be flexible depending on audition turnout. We will be looking at children of all ages, including high schoolers.
Matilda Wormwood - Female, Age: 6-10. An imaginative girl who is clever and wise far beyond her years. She has a thirst for learning that cannot be quenched. Likable and charismatic, not annoying or pretentious. Honest and unassuming, but with a prankster streak and a strong sense of justice. Must be a very strong singer and actress, equally. Strong dancing skills preferred but not required.
Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: A3
Miss Agatha Trunchbull - Male or Female, Age: 35-55. The tyrannical headmistress at Matilda's school who despises children. Male in female clothing/makeup/hair, or female. A cruel and sadistic person, but not a brute or brash - rather, sly and conniving, cunning and slinky. Above all, must be a strong actor with a good sense of physicality and characterization. Strong singer and dancer preferred.
Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: A2
Miss Jennifer Honey - Female, Age: 25-40. Matilda's kindhearted teacher. She is tired of living in fear under Miss Trunchbull. Sweet, honest, caring, and intelligent, Miss Honey is timid but willing to become brave and stand up to bullies in order to protect her students. Must be a lovely, strong singer and a strong enough actor to make the role truly compelling.
Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: F3
Mr. Wormwood - Male, Age: 35-45. Matilda's uncaring father. A slimy, greedy used-car salesman, unintentionally hilarious. Must be a VERY strong actor and comedian; improv and dance skills preferred. Must also be a relatively strong singer.
Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: D3
Mrs. Wormwood - Female, Age: 35-45. Matilda's self-absorbed, negligent mother and an amateur ballroom dancer. Must be a VERY strong comedic/character actress, dancer, and singer able to carry off a sizable comedic role.
Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: A3
Bruce - Male, 7-14. Matilda's classmate. He is subject to punishment by Miss Trunchbull. Bruce is a genuine, kind boy with a fondness for sweets; his spirit is broken by the Trunchbull but he bounces back stronger than ever. Must be a very strong actor and singer with monologues, scenes, and solos. Strong dance skills preferred.
Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: C4
Lavender - Female, Ages: 7-10. Matilda's classmate and best friend. Lavender is squeaky and super-adorable, and what she lacks in intelligence she makes up for in enthusiasm and friendliness. Must be a very strong actor and singer with monologues, featured scenes, and solos throughout. Strong dance skills preferred.
Tommy, Eric, and Nigel - Males, Ages: 7-14. Matilda's boy classmates. Each has important lines and solos, and some have featured dance moments as well. Strong singers, actors, and dancers required.
Amanda, Alice, and Hortensia - Females, Ages: 7-14. Matilda's girl classmates. Each has important lines and solos, and some have featured dance moments as well. Strong singers, actors, and dancers required.
Michael Wormwood - Male, Age: 10-15. Matilda's slightly older brother. He is a deadpan comedic character, with various lines and “bits” throughout the show. Must be a strong comedic actor. Will also be a “Big Kid.”
Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: C4
Ensemble – male and female , play the Mums and Dads in the opening number “Miracle”. These performers will also double as various adult speaking and singing roles throughout the show. Strong singers, actors and dancers required.
Doctor - The doctor who delivers Matilda. Vocal range top: A4. Vocal range bottom: C3.
Mrs. Phelps - A kindly librarian and Matilda’s friend. No solos or dance features; many lines.
The Escapologist - A character in Matilda’s story. Vocal range top: E4. Vocal range bottom: C3.
The Acrobat - A character in Matilda’s story. Vocal range top: A4. Vocal range bottom: D4
Rudolpho - Mrs. Wormwood’s dancing partner. Vocal range top: A4. Vocal range bottom: D#3.
Competitive Dancers - Mrs. Wormwood and Rudolpho’s dancing competition.
Judge - The judge at Mrs. Wormwood and Rudolpho’s dancing tournament.
Cook - The cook at Miss Trunchbull’s school.
Mechanic - A mechanic who works for Mr. Wormwood at the used car lot.
Sergei - A Russian mob boss who Mr. Wormwood rips off.
Henchmen/Henchwomen - Sergei’s Russian associates who threaten the Wormwoods.
Music Audition Materials
Sheet music may be downloaded by clicking on the song title.
NAUGHTY (Matilda)
Audition Cut (Bars 1 to 58 & 110 to 118)
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
So they say, their subsequent fall was inevitable.
They never stood a chance; they were written that way - Innocent victims of their story.
Like Romeo and Juliet,
'Twas written in the stars before they even met That love and fate (and a touch of
stupidity)
Would rob them of their hope of living happily.
The endings are often a little bit gory.
I wonder why they didn't just change their story. We're told we have to do what we're
told, but surely Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.
Just because you find that life’s not fair it
Doesn’t mean that you just have to grin and bear it
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
Nothing will change
Even if you little, you can do a lot, you
Mustn’t let a little thing like, “little”, stop you
If you sit around and let them get on top,
You might as well be saying
You that it’s okay
And that’s not right!
And if it’s not right
You have to put it right…
But nobody else is gonna put it right for me
Nobody but me is gonna change my story.
Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty!
Vocals: https://youtu.be/bhYTwGPG9A4
WHEN I GROW UP (feature kid roles - Michael, Lavender, Amanda, Nigel, Eric, Alice, Hortensia, Tommy)
Audition Cut (Bars 1 to 46)
When I grow up,
I will be tall enough to reach the branches That I need to reach to climb the trees You
get to climb when you're grown up.
And when I grow up,
I will be smart enough to answer all The questions that you need to know The answers
to before you're grown up.
And when I grow up,
I will eat sweets every day,
On the way to work, and I will Go to bed late every night. And I will wake up
When the sun comes up, and I
Will watch cartoons until my eyes go square, And I won't care 'cause I'll be all grown
up. When I grow up!
Vocals: https://youtu.be/npYiAfQ06E4
MY HOUSE (begin singing at second stanza with “on these walls”)
(Miss Honey)
Audition Cut (Bars 51 to 110)
This roof keeps me dry when the rain falls. This door helps to keep the cold at bay.
On this floor, I can stand on my own two feet. On this chair, I can write my lessons.
On this pillow, I can dream my nights away. And, this table, as you can see,
Well, it's perfect for tea.
It isn't much, but it is enough for me. It isn't much, but it is enough for me.
On these walls, I hang wonderful pictures.
Through this window, I can watch the seasons change. By this lamp, I can read, and I -
I am set free.
And when it's cold outside, I feel no fear.
Even in the winter storms, I am warmed
By a small but stubborn fire,
And there is nowhere I would rather be.
It isn't much, but it is enough for me.
This is my house!
This is my house!
It is isn’t much but it is enough for me.
This is my house, This is my house.
It isn’t much, but it is enough.
And when it’s cold and bleak, I feel no fear…even in the fiercest storms.
I am warmed. But a small but stubborn fire.
Even when outside it’s freezing
I don’t pay much heed
I know that everything I need is here
It isn’t much but it is enough for me.
Vocals: https://youtu.be/GjBqO503wm4
TELLY (Mr. Wormwood)
Audition Cut (Bars 58 - 116)
All I know I learned from telly,
This big beautiful box of facts.
If you know a thing already,
Baby, you can switch the channel over just like that.
Endless joy and endless laughter... Folks living happily ever after...
All you need to make you wise
Is 23 minutes plus advertisements.
Why would we waste our energy? Turning the pages 1, 2, 3,
When we can sit comfortably
On our lovely bumferlies,
Watching people singing and talking and doing stuff?!
All I know I learned from telly.
The bigger the telly, the smarter the man! You can tell from my big telly,
Just what a clever fella I am!
Vocals: https://youtu.be/Q4cYfy3-W5g
REVOLTING CHILDREN-(BRUCE..can be boy or girl)
Audition Cut (Bars 1 to 13)
WHOOOOOAAAAAHHHHHH.
Never again will she get the best of me.
Never again will she take away my freedom.
And we won’t forget the day we fought for the right to be a little bit naughty.
Never again, will the chokey door slam.
Never again, will I be bullied and
Never again will I doubt it when my mummy says Im a miracle.
NEVER AGAIN
Never again will we live behind closed doors,
Never again now we know we are…
REVOLTING CHILDREN!!
Vocals: https://youtu.be/jcO3mlg_E9I
LOUD (Mrs. Wormwood)
Audition Cut (Bars 1 to 49)
Somewhere along the way, my dear
You’ve made an awful error.
You oughtn’t blame yourself now
Come along.
You seem to think that people
Like people, what are clever.
It’s very quaint, it’s very sweet
But WRONG.
People don’t like smarty pants
What go round claiming
That they know stuff
We don’t know.
Now, here’s a tip
What you know matters less
Than the volume with which
What you don’t know’s expressed!
Content, has never been important.
So you have got to be….
LOUD!!
(LOUD LOUD LOUD)
GIRL, you’ve got to stand out from the crowd !
(crowd, crowd, crowd)
A little less flat!
A little more heel!
A little less fact!
A lot more feel!
A little less brains!
A lot more hair!
A little less head!
A lot more derrierre!
Vocals: https://youtu.be/Ud1TTCqi1SA
Public Performance January 29th at 7pm
Competition January 30th at Pikes Peak State College
SILENT SKY by
LAUREN GUNDERSON
Link to script with cuts and tech notes here.