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AUDITIONS
Hickory Community Theatre encourages people of all races, ethnicities, identities, body types, physical and cognitive abilities to audition. Theatre is for everyone, and HCT believes in representation and equity for all.
Monday, November 17 @ 6:30pm
Tuesday, November 18 @ 6:30pm
Those wishing to audition should dress prepared to move. The audition will consist of cold readings from the script.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS & Roles and requirements: • Michael – (Late 20s–40s) The witty, charming, and acerbic host. Struggles with self-loathing and uses humor and cruelty as armor. Needs a strong emotional range. • Donald – (Late 20s–40s) Michael’s friend, thoughtful and reserved. Neurotic, self-aware, and in therapy. Serves as a calm counterbalance to Michael. • Harold – (30s–50s) The birthday guest. Self-deprecating, sharp-tongued, and brutally honest. Intellectual, caustic, and deeply insecure beneath the wit. • Emory – (20s–40s) Flamboyant, unapologetic, and quick with a cutting remark. Outrageously funny but vulnerable underneath. Comic energy with heart. • Larry – (20s–40s) Handsome, confident, sexually free. Struggles with commitment in his relationship with Hank. Playful, provocative, and charismatic. • Hank – (30s–50s) Larry’s partner. More conservative and “straight-passing.” Recently separated from his wife. Desires stability and fidelity. Grounded and earnest. • Bernard – (20s–40s) A Black man in the group. Kind, intelligent, and often understated. Faces casual racism with quiet strength, but holds deep pain. • Cowboy – (Early 20s–30s) A good-looking, naive hustler hired as Harold’s “gift.” Sweet, simple, and comic relief. Physically confident. • Alan McCarthy – (Late 20s–40s) Michael’s straight-laced college roommate. Married, but his presence stirs questions of repression and denial. Outsider who disrupts the party dynamic.
Sunday, February 2 @ 6:30pm
Monday, February 3 @ 6:30pm
Potential callbacks on the 4th.
Those wishing to audition should dress prepared to move. The audition will consist of cold readings from the script.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS & Roles and requirements: Macedonio Guerra “The Mace”: A Puerto Rican professional wrestler. Good at what he does, undersized, our hero. Speaks with a Bronx accent. 20s to Mid-30s. Everett K. Olson “EKO”: The Caucasian owner of THE Wrestling. Brash, confident, ostensibly our villain. Early 40s to Mid-50s. Chad Deity: The African-American champion of THE Wrestling. Confident, handsome, not a very good wrestler. Charisma brought to life through a winning smile and being extremely muscular. Early to Late 30s. Vigneshwar Paduar “VP”: A young Indian-American Brooklynite. Charismatic, natural, effortless. Tall and lanky. 20s to Mid-30s. The Bad Guy: A Caucasian professional wrestler, jobber who is athletic and capable of losing matches to make other wrestlers look good. 25+. Appears as other personas such as Billy Heartland and Old Glory.
Monday, November 24 @ 6:30pm
Tuesday, November 25 @ 6:30pm
Potential callbacks on the 26th.
Those wishing to audition should prepare 32 bars of a song from the show. Dress prepared to move for the dance portion of auditions. Cold readings will take place time-permitting
CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS & Roles and requirements: JEREMY HEERE. Range: G2-A4 ● Male presenting, playing age 16/17 ● Jeremy is a typical, awkward teenager, very average and unassuming. He’s a sweet and well-meaning boy who is nothing special. Fed up with being bottom of the pile, he wants to do something about his social standing. He jumps at the chance to change his life when he learns of a supercomputer he can take as a pill to make him cool and get him the girl of his dreams! ● Must have warmth, great comedic timing and a great rock/pop voice MICHAEL MELL Range: C3-A4 (B4 once) ● Male presenting, playing age 16/17 ● Typical gamer geek, 80s/90s retro kid ● Jeremy’s music-loving, weed-smoking best friend who’s perfectly happy to be an outsider – with Jeremy by his side. Easy-going and optimistic in his best friends presence, though shy and introverted around others ● The role requires great comedic timing and a strong pop/rock voice CHRISTINE CANIGULA Range: G3-D5 ● Female presenting, playing age 16/17 ● Theatre geek, highly opinionated and temperamental. Can’t settle on any one thing – passionate about anything ● Small, sparky and full of energy ● Must have lots of energy and a strong pop/rock voice RICH GORANSKI Range: B2-A4 (also rock falsetto) ● Male presenting, playing age 16/17 ● Jeremy’s bully ● Rich appears to be an aggressive, angry little dude. One of the popular kids, but he has a bit of a sad past, ultimately befriending Jeremy and convincing him to get a SQUIP to improve his special standing like he did. ● Little powerhouse with a strong pop/rock voice BROOKE LOHST Range: Eb4-C5 ● Female presenting, playing age 16/17 ● Second most popular girl in school – following in Chloe's footsteps. A little bohemian-meets-preppy, sweet natured, a little naive and very insecure, very much a follower. ● Strong pop voice CHLOE VALENTINE Range: Eb4-C5 ● Female presenting, playing age 16/17 ● Arguably the hottest, most popular girl in school. Appears to exude confidence, but in fact relies on the attention. She feels the need to fight to defend her ‘Queen Bee’ title. ● Strong pop voice JENNA ROLAN Range: B3-D5 ● Female presenting, playing age 16/17 ● Total busybody, Jenna knows everything about everyone. Deep down she fears everyone hates her since no one seems to have the same interest in her. ● Strong pop/rock/belting voice JAKE DILLINGER Range: D3-Gb4 (Bb4 once). ● Male presenting, playing age 16/17 ● Very athletic, plays for just about every sports team in school. Not very bright, but pretty easygoing and likeable. He is very much trying to fill the void of his home life with his extra curricular activities. ● Strong pop/rock voice THE SQUIP Range A3-Ab4 ● Male presenting, age 20+ ● Has a look of Keanu Reeves about him. The Squip starts off innocent enough, but becomes more controlling and manipulative as time goes on. Has no problem breaking Jeremy down to get him to do as he says. Snarky, smooth talking with an attitude and quick wit. ● Strong pop/rock voice MR HEERE/JEREMY’S DAD Range: Bb2-G4 ● Male presenting, around age 40 ● Dorky, embarrassing kind of Dad completely out of touch with his teenage son. Bit of a pushover, divorced – doesn’t wear pants ● Strong pop voice SCARY STOCKBOY ● Male presenting, adult, non-singing role ● Shady guy who works at Middleborough Malls PayLess Shoes outlet. Sells SQUIPS from the back room. Blatantly lives in his mother's basement. MR REYES ● Male presenting, adult, non-singing role ● Strange and bitter school drama teacher. Resents the kids and hates his job, but loves the theatre.
Monday, January 12 @ 6:30pm
Tuesday, January 13 @ 6:30pm
Potential callbacks on the 14th.
Those wishing to audition should prepare 32 bars of a song from the show. Dress prepared to move for the dance portion of auditions. Cold readings and Improv exercises will take place time-permitting.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS & Roles and requirements: Father (High Tenor): He is overly enthusiastic and makes mistakes often. And I mean often. He tries his best, although his best often ends with a broken wagon, a kidnapped daughter, and him swallowing venom after heroically saving his beloved wife from certain death-by-snake-bite. When his family really needs him, there is nothing he won’t do for them. Mother (Mezzo-Soprano): A protective mom, barely holding it together. Earnest and easily frustrated, especially by Father and Daughter. Their journey could never function without her there, although SOME people might be too stubborn to admit it. All she wants is a good life for her family – and she’ll fake her death as many times as she needs to along the way. Son (Soprano): The seven-year-old son of the family. He’s precocious and innocent, and he loves throwing things off the back of the wagon. Often lost in his own world, his least favorite activity is killing animals and his favorite activity is skinny dipping (although he’s never tried it). The rest of his family will be surprised if he successfully makes it to Oregon in one piece. Daughter (Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano): The teenage daughter of the bunch, she sets out on the trail looking for love. At first intrigued by, then later kidnapped by, McDoon (The Bandit King), Daughter eventually learns the meaning of stranger danger. She loves her family, but god, she can’t stand them (especially her mother). Bold and inquisitive, she’s armed with a little bloodlust and a whole lot of naivete. Grandpa/Cletus Jones (Baritone): As Grandpa, he is old and crotchety – but perhaps with some secret wisdom about love, family, and lobsters. He loves making crude jokes, to the point where the whole family gets fed up and wishes he did just go to Wisconsin instead. As Cletus Jones, he’s the faithful – if often prone to screwing up – sidekick of the Bandit King. But who knows, perhaps he wants to be a bit more… McDoon/Everyone Else (Tenor): As McDoon – the Bandit King – the main role of this actor, he’s confident, rebellious, and looking for… love. As Everyone Else, this actor is, well, everyone else. Playing over a dozen roles throughout the show (with many of these being in a single song), this actor will be switching props, clothing, and characters extremely quickly both off and on stage.