• Friday, July 29, 2022 - 7:00-9:00 pm
• Saturday, July 30, 2022 - 12:00-2:00 pm
• Callbacks by invitation - Sunday, July 31, 2022 - 2:00 pm
Auditions are by appointment. Sign up here!
Ages 16+
Please prepare a 30-60 second, memorized musical selection in the style of the show. An accompanist will be available so please provide your own sheet music in the correct key. A sound system will be available for those using a track. Acapella auditions are strongly discouraged. Sides are provided above that you will need to prepare for your audition (they do NOT need to be memorized).
There will be a general dance audition so please have comfortable clothing and appropriate footwear (you should prepare the provided dance combination in advance of your audition). Dance combination
We encourage you to bring your completed audition form, conflict calendar, and consent form to the audition.
Video auditions must be submitted to hpct.info@gmail.com by 7:00pm, Friday, July 29, 2022. Videos should include a 30-60 second vocal audition with accompaniment, the provided dance combination (video dance combination not required if you are ONLY auditioning for the voice of Audrey II), and the side(s) for the roles you would like to be considered for. Completed audition form, conflict calendar, and consent form must be included in your email.
Rehearsals:
Sunday (2:00-6:00)
Monday-Thursday (7:00-10:00)
Rehearsal Location: Centennial Station Arts Center (121 S Centennial St, High Point, 27260)
First company meeting - Tuesday, August 9
All performances at High Point Theatre (220 E Commerce Ave, High Point, 27260)
• Friday, September 30 @ 7:30 PM
• Saturday, October 1 @ 2:00 PM
• Saturday, October 1 @ 7:30 PM
• Sunday, October 2 @ 2:00 PM
BOOK & LYRICS BY Howard Ashman
MUSIC BY Alan Menken
Based on the film by Roger Corman, screenplay by Charles Griffith
Director & Music Director - Mike Lasley
Choreographer - Caroline Patterson
Stage Manager - Karen Hincher
Character Descriptions
Seymour Krelborn
An insecure, naive, put-upon florist's clerk and eventual hero. Above all, he’s a sweet, genuine, well-meaning little man who is taken for granted because of his clumsy ways and poor social skills. He is NOT a silly, prat-falling nerd, and therefore should NOT be played as the hero of a Jerry Lewis film.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Race: Any
Audrey
The bleached-blond, Billie-Dawn-like, secret love of Seymour's life. If you took Judy Holiday, Carol Channing, Marilyn Monroe, and Goldie Hawn, removed their education and feelings of self-worth, dressed them in spiked heels and a low-cut black dress, and then shook them up in a test tube to extract what’s sweetest and most vulnerable - that would be Audrey.
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: G#3
Race: Any
Mr. Mushnik
Their boss. A failure of an East Side florist. His accent, if he has one, is more that of middle-class New York than of Eastern Europe. He seldom smiles but often sweats.
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Race: Any
Orin Scrivello
Audrey’s abusive boyfriend - a tall, dark, handsome dentist with a black leather jacket and sadistic tendencies. He is NOT, however a leftover from the movie version of Grease. Think instead of an egotistical pretty-boy - all got up like a greaser but thinking like an insurance salesman and talking like a radio announcer.dentist with a passion for leather and sadistic tendencies. (The actor who plays him will also play A Voice not unlike God’s, Wino #2, Customer, Radio Announcer, Mr. Bernstein, Mrs. Luce, Skip Snip, and Patrick Martin).
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Race: Any
The Plant (Audrey II) Puppeteer
An anthropomorphic cross between a Venus flytrap and an avocado. It has a huge, nasty-looking pod that gains a shark-like aspect when open and snapping at food. The creature is played by a series of four increasingly large puppets, three of which are manipulated by one Puppeteer. The plant has an appetite for human flesh that is appeased by Seymour.
Voice Of The Plant
An actor/vocalist located offstage. The voice is that of a funky, conniving, street-smart 'villain.' Rhythm and Blues’ answer to Richard the Third.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Race: Any
Crystal
Crystal, Ronnette, & Chiffon are street urchins who function as participants in the action and a Greek Chorus outside it. They are hip and smart, and the only people in the whole cast who really know what’s going on. In their Greek Chorus capacity, they occasionally sing to the audience directly. And when they do, it’s often with a “secret-smile” that says, “we know something you don’t know.”
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Ab3
Race: BIPOC preferred
Ronnette
Crystal, Ronnette, & Chiffon are street urchins who function as participants in the action and a Greek Chorus outside it. They are hip and smart, and the only people in the whole cast who really know what’s going on. In their Greek Chorus capacity, they occasionally sing to the audience directly. And when they do, it’s often with a “secret-smile” that says, “we know something you don’t know.”
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Ab3
Race: BIPOC preferred
Chiffon
Crystal, Ronnette, & Chiffon are street urchins who function as participants in the action and a Greek Chorus outside it. They are hip and smart, and the only people in the whole cast who really know what’s going on. In their Greek Chorus capacity, they occasionally sing to the audience directly. And when they do, it’s often with a “secret-smile” that says, “we know something you don’t know.”
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Ab3
Race: BIPOC preferred
Little Shop of Horrors
is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI).
www.MTIshows.com