Auditions
Auditions:
March 8-9
Oberlin College Theater Building
(More details below)
Company
Read-Through:
May 28, 2024
6:00-9:30 PM
Marion L. Steele HS Cafetorium
Regular Rehearsals:
Starting May 29th
6:00-9:00 PM
Marion L. Steele HS Cafetorium
Performances:
July 11-13, 2024
7:00 PM
Avon HS Performing Arts Center
Synopsis:
Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle ingeniously charms her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors and her ex. With the support of some new friends, though, Elle quickly realizes her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.
Casting Policy:
All roles are open to any gender identity, race, and body type. Some roles in this show require stage intimacy (noted in character descriptions below). All stage intimacy will follow a consent-based practice and be fully choreographed. This show is open to teens who have completed 9th grade to adults of any age. Participants under 18 need parent approval to audition and participate in this production due to PG-13, mature content.
Production Team
Director: Hannah Dougall
Stage Manager: Thomas Hauser
Music Director: Justin Caithaml
Choreographer: Sam Dzielski
Scenic Designer: Lily Kachurchak
Scenic Carpenter: Patrick Sanders
Costume Designer: Emily Fisher
Lighting Designer: Libby Zamiska
Prop Designer/Manager: Madi Ries
Audition Process:
All who are interested in auditioning must 1) fill out the audition form, 2) sign up for an individual time slot, AND 3) attend the all-call dance audition. Information on what you should prepare is listed below. Callbacks will only be held if absolutely necessary.
Audition Dates: Oberlin College Theater's Rehearsal Studios - Instructions on where to park and find the audition room will be emailed when we receive your audition form.
INDIVIDUAL TIME SLOTS:
Friday, March 8 from 6-9 PM
Saturday, March 9 from 10-3 PM
ALL CALL DANCE AUDITION:
Saturday, March 9 from 3-4:30 PM
*If necessary, callbacks will be held following the dance audition, beginning at 5 PM. We will notify everyone in-person following the dance audition if they are needed for callbacks.
Audition Materials:
MUSIC: Please prepare an a cappella 16-32 bar cut in the style of the show
MONOLOGUE: Please prepare ONE monologue from the options available below. We encourage memorization and may also ask you to cold read for other characters.
Please make sure to fill out the audition form prior to auditions! Thank you!
Attendance Policy:
Because we operate on only 6 weeks of rehearsals excluding tech week, attendance is mandatory unless you are not called or have an approved, excused absence. Please note: The production team may decide not to cast you if there are a significant amount of conflicts that we cannot work around. We will do our best and try to accommodate everyone but we encourage you to review the tentative rehearsal schedule located at the bottom of this page.
Video Submission Guidelines
If you cannot attend in-person auditions, please submit a video audition no later than Friday, March 8th. You are asked to prepare all the same materials as an in-person individual audition AND must learn and perform the dance cut. You must email our stage manager requesting the dance cut video!
Please make sure to slate in your audition (name, who you're auditioning for, what materials you've prepared, etc).
Perform your song, monologue, and dance in whichever order you are most comfortable with. (Separate videos are fine if necessary!)
If the video is too large for email, please upload it to Google Drive (or unlisted Youtube video) and send a link/share it with our stage manager. Please email our stage manager (tjhauser99@gmail.com) to ensure that we have received your submission and inform us whether or not you are available for the in-person callbacks!
Lead Roles:
Elle Woods (Range: F#3-F5, Soprano Belt): The quintessential Valley Girl who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School and realizes that she has more to offer than just a pretty face and a bubbly personality. (Stage intimacy required)
Emmett Forrest (Range: A2-A4): A smart and sensitive law student who takes Elle under his wing. He is charming, quirky, loveable, and friendly. (Stage intimacy required)
Paulette Buonofuonte (Range: G3-A5): A brash, caring, optimistic hair stylist who is friends with Elle and longs to find a man for herself.
Warner Huntington III (Range: A2-G#4): A good-looking but shallow and pompous guy who breaks Elle's heart and heads off to Harvard Law. (Stage intimacy required)
Professor Callahan (Range: A2-F#4): A pompous, sleezy, and manipulative law professor at Harvard who is highly successful, but completely immoral. (Stage intimacy required)
Vivienne Kensington (Range: A3-Ab5): A smart, savvy, and uptight law student and Warner's fiancee who initially dismisses Elle, but grows to be her friend. (Stage intimacy required)
Supporting Roles:
Brooke Wyndham (Range: A3-G5): An exercise video mogul who is also a former sorority girl. She is energetic and charismatic, yet currently on trial for murder.
Serena, Pilar, & Margot: Pilar is the sassy and sensible sorority sister. Margot is the seemingly dim-witted, boy-crazy sorority sister. Serena is the energetic cheerleader sorority sister. Margot, Serena, & Pilar are Elle's entourage who follow her through the story acting as her “Greek Chorus”.
Enid Hoopes: Enid is a strong, opinionated, feminist law student at Harvard. Great comedic timing!
Kyle B. O'Boyle (Non-singing role): Kyle is a physically fit, smooth-talking UPS deliveryman. We soon find out that he is Paulette's dream guy. Irish dancing skills are a plus!
Featured & Ensemble Roles:
Kate (Range: Alto): Delta Nu scholastic chair, the bookworm!
Delta Nu sorority sisters & Greek Chorus members
Harvard Admissions Committee (Winthrop, Pforzheimer, Lowell)
Sundeep Padamadan: An international Harvard law student. Former leader of his country.
Aaron Schultz: A smug and arrogant Harvard law student.
Elle's Parents: High society socialites from Malibu.
Grandmaster Chad: UCLA frat boy. Must be able to rap.
Dewey: Paulette's rude, mean, dog-stealing ex-boyfriend.
Chutney Wyndham: Brooke Wyndham's jealous step-daughter. A trial witness.
Nikos: Brooke Wyndham's pool boy. (Stage intimacy may be required)
Carlos: Nikos' "best friend". (Stage intimacy may be required)
Trial Roles: Judge, District Attorney, TV Reporter
Harvard Law students
Store managers, patrons, clerks, etc
Prison guards, inmates, etc
