Embedded Files
If you would like to be a member of Theatre III (Advanced Theatre) or Theatre IV (Productions) next year, fill out the form above. See audition requirements below. Questions? email Obray auobray@wsd.net or Patty aspatterson@wsd.net
Theatre III (Advanced Theatre)/ Theatre IV (Productions)-- AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
WHEN: WEDNESDAY APRIL 29, 2026 @ 3:00 pm AND Friday May 1st, 2026 @ 3 pm
WHERE: Choir Room and Auditorium
WHAT: Sing some songs and perform some scenes --See instructions here. BELOW this box, there will be all the materials we will use. Please read all the explanations and instructions for each selection carefully.
Step 1- Fill out the application above--please read it carefully and thoroughly WITH your parents/guardians.
Step 2- Sign up for a Vocal Audition time HERE! Please include what vocal part you sing. If you don't know (and it's ok if you don't), please write "IDK."
Step 3-Come to the CHOIR ROOM at the appointed time! Please prepare 1 of the following selections from Pirated. There are 2 song selections for girls, 2 song selections for boys, and 1 song selection for anyone (see selections below). You only need to come to the choir room and sing your selection at the appointed time.
Step 4- Come to the auditorium on MAY 1st @ 3 pm. We will do a group workshop/activity followed by readings from 4 scenes. See materials below.
**If you would like to check out a script to read in advance, please see Mrs. Obray***
The video link below is a recording of this production from Weber State University in 2006 (I think). I am posting it here AS A REFERENCE not because our production will be exactly like this one. I do not expect you to mimic these character choices. I would like you to be creative about your approach to the character. This recording may be a bit on the blurry side, but I think it is still useful to hear the music AND see the way the vocalist and the actors must work together for synchronization. I have included TIME STAMPS with each of the material selections below so you can see and hear the sides you will be performing in auditions. You're more than welcome to watch the whole thing if you would like. Also keep in mind that the orchestra in this version is a very small combo of a few instruments. We will be using a full symphony orchestra in our production. Even though many of these characters DO NOT have to sing or don't have to sing well, I still need to hear everyone do a vocal audition. I am working on creating some accompaniment tracks for audition day, but I don't have them yet. I may also just play piano live for it. Please don't freak out, I promise we'll work together!
See the whole script HERE.
FEMALE VOCAL SELECTIONS
Selection #1
Character: Constance (the voice of Mabel) - Soprano
Song: Poor Wondering One - M 57-72
Sheet Music: Click Here
Video Time Stamp: 47:07-47:34
Reference Recording HERE : Time Stamp: 0:45-1:28
Karaoke/Accompaniment HERE: Time Stamp: 1:12-1:35 (The AHH runs at the end can be free and flexible to your interpretation)
Selection #2
Character: Rita (the news reporter)- Belter with extended range
Song: 1933 - M1-19 Segue into M 1 of Song#2
Sheet Music: Click Here
Video Time Stamp: 2:32-4:08
MALE VOCAL SELECTIONS
Selection #1
Character: Sylvester (the voice of Pirate King) - Baritone
Song: Better Far to Live and Die - M 10-52
Sheet Music: Click Here
Video Time Stamp: 34:10-35:10
Reference Recording HERE : Time Stamp: 0:00-1:30
Accompaniment with baritone vocal line HERE: Time Stamp: 00-1:12
Karaoke/Accompaniment HERE: Time Stamp:0:00-15:18
Selection #2
Character: Roger Marshall (plays the major in his own film)- Baritone
Song: Modern Major General M 11-29
Sheet Music: Click Here
Video Time Stamp: 53:33-52:58
Reference Recording HERE : Time Stamp: 0:12-0:39
Karaoke/Accompaniment HERE: Time Stamp:0:20-0:48
EITHER/ANYONE VOCAL SELECTION
Selection #1
Character: Max (Police Captain) the policeman are called to come save the actors, but they all secretly want to be movie stars so they bring their headshots with them and then dance instead of actually saving the actors!
Song: Policeman's Lot M 5-25
Sheet Music: Click Here
Video Time Stamp: 1:40:44-1:41:39
***THE LYRICS ON THIS RECORDING (BELOW) ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE SHEET MUSIC. THE MELODY AND THE RHYTHMS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. THE LYRICS ARE A PARODY FROM THE ACTUAL PLAY YOU WILL BE DOING SO MAKE SURE YOU USE THE SHEET MUSIC WITH THE PARODY LYRICS! THIS WILL BE THE TAP DANCE NUMBER***
Reference Recording HERE : Time Stamp: 0:00-0:54
Karaoke/Accompaniment HERE: Time Stamp:0:20-0:48
SCENE #1
Characters: Roger and Daniel
Context: Roger explains to Daniel that he can never get out of his contract with Marshal Pictures
Page number: 15-16
Scene Side: Click Here
Video Time Stamp: 18:05-19:40
SCENE #2
Characters: Pirates AND Vocalists
Context: This scene takes place during filming. The vocalists say all the lines while the Pirates act it out on the studio set in front of cameras. Pirate King is voiced by Sylvester, Frederic is voiced by Daniel, Samuel is voiced by Leonard Purvis. More pirates can be in this scene. The lip Sync MUST be precise.
This is where watching the video clip is helpful.
Page number: 25-26, Skip Ruth AND the song, continue scene on pgs. 27-28
Scene Side: Click Here
Video Time Stamp: 28:18-29:40 AND 32:17-33:58
SCENE #3
Characters: Daughters AND Vocalists
Context: Another scene that takes place during filming. The vocalists say all the lines and the daughters act it out on the studio set in front of cameras.
Kate (Brenda) is voiced by Irma
Edith (Nancy) is voiced by Daisy
Isabel (Dierdre) is voiced by Stella
Mabel (Lydia) is voiced by Constance
This is where watching the video clip is helpful.
Page number: 32-33
Scene Side: Click Here
Video Time Stamp: 41:24-42:31
SCENE #4
Characters: Pirates/Daughters AND Vocalists
Context: Another scene that takes place during filming. The vocalists say all the lines while the Pirates AND Daughters act it out on the studio set in front of cameras. Only this time, things start to go awry. The booth vocalist begin their mutiny in this scene. Read the stage directions carefully because characters start to switch roles and take over parts they're not supposed to. Roger Marshal ALWAYS plays the Major General (no voice over actors).
This is where watching the video clip is helpful.
Page number: 44-45
Scene Side: Click Here
Video Time Stamp: 56:31-58:16
READ THE SHOW SYNOPSIS BELOW !!!! NOW YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON!
Act I:
Act I:
The story begins on a busy soundstage where the tyrannical producer and director, Roger Marshall, is preparing to film a new "talkie." Gossip columnist,Rita James, arrives to investigate rumors of Marshall's "sweatshop" conditions. Rita introduces the era and the studio's chaotic environment ("1933"). Rita and the crew explain how Marshall employs silent film stars who look glamorous but cannot sing or speak well, pairing them with "booth singers" who provide their voices from behind the scenes ("Studio Story"). Marshall enforces strict control over his underpaid staff, including his daughter Constance, through a list of ten rigid commandments. Daniel, a booth vocalist, is in love with Constance and is ready to pursue a recording career outside of the film studio. When he approaches Roger about his contract ending, he discovers that he is bound to Roger Marshall for many years yet to come. Filming begins for Gilbert and Sullivan’s famous “The Pirates of Penzance.” The booth singers and visual actors must synchronize perfectly to perform classic numbers:"Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry" (Samuel and the Pirates), "When Frederic Was A Little Lad" (Ruth). "Oh, Better Far to Live and Die" (The Pirate King). Daniel is bound to Roger Marshall by a restrictive contract, paralleling Frederic's "slave of duty" indenture in the film. Inspired by the Pirate King's advice to act on his conscience, Daniel decides to lead a mutiny against Marshall's tyrannical rule. The daughters arrive on set and perform "Climbing Over Rocky Mountain." When they begin "Stop, Ladies Pray," Daniel has left the vocalist booth and made an entrance on camera. He is ill-prepared for on screen. The daughters work in vain to keep the film going during "Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast?" Lydia Adams (the A-list visual actor) steps onto the set for the ingenue arrival, sees Daniel and promptly faints. Constance (as the voice of Mabel(played by visual actor Lydia Adams) continues to sing the soaring "Poor Wand'ring One." Roger Marshall, now costumed, steps onto the set as the Major General in "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General." Inspired by Daniel, the rest of the booth vocalists target their visual acting counterpart and eliminate them one at a time In the “Act I Finale.”
Act II
Act II
The second act shifts between the "movie" plot and the real-life drama of the studio personnel. Stripped of their costumes and sore afraid, the visual actors open the act with "Oh, Dry the Glist'ning Tear." Roger, hiding out in his office calls the Las Angeles Police to come to the rescue. The Policemen arrive with their headshots ready to audition for Roger in “Tarantara.” Constance, always the first to her Father’s aid, takes charge of the Policemen. Meanwhile, Daniel, Sylvester (the Pirate King's voice), and Gloria (Ruth's voice) realize a contractual loophole that may help save them in "A Paradox!" and "Away, Away." Daniel and Constance finally find each other in the chaos and realize their aims are entirely different. They try to convince each other to join “their” side in “All is Prepared,” “Stay, Daniel, Stay,” “Oh, Here is Love,” and “No, I am Brave.” The policemen return and lament that they don’t really want to be policemen and that they’re dream has been to be discovered and to perform on the silver screen with a dazzling tap number “A Policeman’s Lot.” The Policemen join up with the vocalist and prepare to attack the visual actors (“A Rollicking Band of Actors We,” “With Catlike Tread,” and “Hush, hush, not a Word”). The two groups finally come together in an all out chase scene in the three part “Finale.” The Vocalist and Policemen triumph and subdue Roger, Kitty, and the visual actors. The vocalist are ready to tear the contracts apart and force Roger into submission. Just then, Rita returns with breaking news that the real-world historical formation of the Screen Actors Guild has just been formed on that very day, June 30, 1933, which finally gives the performers the power to stand up to Marshall. Roger is cuffed and all sing a reprise of “Poor Wand’ring One” only with the lyric “Poor Squandered Ones” as Roger Cowers and sobs hysterically. The final moment is punctuated by confetti of the entire studio's shredded contracts.
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse