Auditions

Sweeney Todd

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Directed by Zac Speer

Assistant Directed by Cameron Grant

Musically Directed by Deborah Bowen

Choreographed by Justine Jack St John & Ri Leigh Forler

An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun! 

Audition Dates: 

Saturday, March 21st at 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Sunday, March 22nd at 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Callbacks on Monday, March 23rd at 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Show Dates:

July 10th - July 26th

Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30 pm

Sunday performances at 2:30 pm

For your audition we ask that you sing from the show. We will have selected songs for each role and the appropriate 32 measure bar cut. If you are auditioning for Ensemble, we ask that you pick one of the selected songs that best shows your vocal range. These cuts are uploaded below in a google folder.

There will be a required movement audition for all individuals who audition. This will be sent out in an email and uploaded to our website one week prior to auditions.

Auditions will be split into time slots and will begin with the movement audition and then into the vocal audition.

AUDITION SONG CUTS here!

Character Breakdown:

Sweeney Todd: A wrongfully imprisoned barber seeking to right the wrongs committed against him. He is Johanna's father, singularly focused on taking bloody revenge. Our story's tormented protagonist.

Gender: male Stage Age: 40 to 55

Vocal range top: Gb4 : Vocal range bottom: F2 (Baritone)

Mrs. Lovett: An entrepreneurial and amoral meat pie shop owner. She falls in love with Todd and turns his desire for revenge into a profitable business venture.

Gender: female Stage Age: 35 to 50

Vocal range top: E5 : Vocal range bottom: G3 (Alto / Mezzo-Soprano)

Anthony Hope: A naive and youthful sailor returning to London. He helps Todd return to London and unexpectedly falls in love with Johanna.

Gender: male Stage Age: 20 to 30

Vocal range top: F4 : Vocal range bottom: Bb2 (Baritone)

Johanna: A spritely girl, full of innocence, constantly yearning for freedom. Todd's long-lost daughter and Turpin's ward.

Gender: female Stage Age: 18 to 21

Vocal range top: A5 : Vocal range bottom: Bb3 (Mezzo-Soprano)

Tobias Ragg: A poor youngster apprenticed to Pirelli. He finds a surrogate family in Todd and Lovett.

Gender: male Stage Age: 12 to 18

Vocal range top: Ab4 : Vocal range bottom: Bb2 (Baritone)

Judge Turpin: A lecherous public official who portrays himself as a sanctimonious authoritarian. He takes advantage of his position in the city and is responsible for imprisoning Todd.

Gender: male Stage Age: 50 to 65

Vocal range top: Gb4 : Vocal range bottom: E2 (Bass / Bass-Baritone)

Beadle Bamford: A pompous public official. He is deeply loyal to the corrupt Turpin.

Gender: male Stage Age: 40 to 55

Vocal range top: D5 : Vocal range bottom: D3 (Tenor / Baritone)

Beggar Woman: A deranged and schizophrenic woman who harbors a dark, surprising secret.

Gender: female Stage Age: 35 to 50

Vocal range top: F5 : Vocal range bottom: Ab3 (Alto / Contralto)

Adolfo Pirelli: A flamboyant Italian rival barber; a charlatan with a secret past.

Gender: male Stage Age: 30 to 45

Vocal range top: C5 : Vocal range bottom: B2 (Tenor / High Baritone)

Jonas Fogg: The owner of Fogg's Asylum. He sells the hair of madmen to wigmakers.

Gender: male Stage Age: 35 to 60

Ensemble: Townspeople; Policemen; Lunatics; Patrons

Gender: male, female Ages: 18 to 60

Vocal range: Soprano (3), Mezzo-Soprano / Alto (3), Tenor (3), Bass / Baritone (3)

*12 ensemble members will be cast*

Staffing/Crew needed:

Stage Manager

Lighting/Sound Operator

*SWEENEY TODD is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com