AUDITIONS

AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENTS!

GREASE

Book, Music and Lyrics: Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

Direction: Bruce Curless

Music Direction: Steve Weber
 
Choreography: Roberta Curless
 
Stage Manager: Tara Romanelli
 
The Ritz Theatre Company is currently seeking a diverse and dynamic cast of local, non-union artists for our upcoming production of GREASE. See below for all audition information and a detailed character breakdown. All performers will receive a small stipend between $200-$300.
 
AUDITION PROCESS:
 
1st Round: Send your headshot, resume, and self-tape to ritztheatrecasting@gmail.com with subject line GREASE. Self-tapes should contain a 16-32 bar cut of a song in the style of the show. YouTube links are preferred. If sending via Google Drive, please ensure anyone provided the link can access. Deadline for self-tapes is Wednesday, March 25 @ 5:00pm.
 
2nd Round: Callbacks by invitation only on Monday, March 30th, Wednesday, April 1st, and Thursday, April 2nd. Further info on callbacks will be provided to all artists invited to attend.
 
REHEARSALS: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday evenings beginning Sunday, April 12th.
 
PERFORMANCES: June 26, 27, 28, July, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19 (15 performances total)
 
ROLES:
 
DANNY ZUKO: The leader of the Burger Palace Boys; good-looking, strong and confident, with an air of easy-going charm.
 
SANDY DUMBROWSKI: New girl in town; sweet, wholesome, naive, cute, and innocent.
 
BETTY RIZZO: Leader of the Pink Ladies; tough, sarcastic, and outspoken but vulnerable.
 
FRENCHY: A dreamer; good-natured but not too smart, she is heavily made up, fussy about her appearance, particularly her hair. She can’t wait to finish high school so she can be a beautician.
 
MARTY: The ‘beauty’ of the Pink Ladies; pretty and looks older than the other girls, but betrays her real age when she opens her mouth. She tries to act sophisticated.
 
JAN: Funny, loud, compulsive eater, and awkward member of the Pink Ladies. Loud and pushy with the girls, but shy with boys.
 
DOODY: The youngest of the guys; small, boyish, and open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude towards the other guys. He also plays the guitar.
 
KENICKIE: The second in command of the Burger Palace Boys; tough-looking, tattooed, surly, and avoids any show of softness. He has an offbeat sense of humor.
 
SONNY LATIERRI: A member of the Burger Palace Boys; funny Italian-American, he is a braggart and wheeler-dealer who thinks he’s a real lady-killer
 
ROGER: The anything-for-a-laugh stocky type of boy; a clown who enjoys winding people up, he is full of mischief and is always dreaming up half-baked schemes and ideas.
 
VINCE FONTAINE: A typical ‘teen audience’ disc jockey; slick, egotistical and fast-talking. He is also a veteran ‘Greaser.’
 
CHA-CHA, aka CHARLENE, DIGREGORIO: The best dancer at St. Bernadette’s; a loud mouth, she wins the dancing competition with Danny.
 
EUGENE FLORCZYK: The class valedictorian; physically awkward, with weak eyes and a high-pitched voice. He’s a typical ‘apple-polisher’ – both smug and pompous, but gullible.
 
JOHNNY CASINO: All-American, rock-star “greaser” student at Rydell High, whose real name is Clarence.
 
MISS LYNCH: A no-nonsense, serious, loud English teacher.
 
PATTY SIMCOX: A typical cheerleader; attractive, athletic, sure-of-herself, but can be given to bursts of disconcerting enthusiasm. She’s a bit of a pain and unpopular with the Pink Ladies, and can twirl a baton.

TEEN ANGEL: Frenchy’s suave and slick guardian angel, who encourages her to stay in school.

 
ATYPICAL BOY
 
🎭 Open to Students in Grades 7-12
📅 Auditions on April 16, Show Dates: June 5-6
🎬 Directed by Matthew Weil
👦 ABOUT THE SHOW
 
In a fantastical world (not entirely unlike our own) where “conformity is compulsory,” Boy cannot conform. Others make a desperate attempt to fix him, but neither they nor he can change his nature. Labeled a monster by the experts, Boy is shunned until, heartbroken and alone, he disappears into a world of monsters. There, Boy struggles with Hugo, ruled by his monster side, and is drawn to Girl, who is still in touch with her true feelings.
 
A metaphor for invisible disabilities and disenfranchised youth, this play asks the question: Will Boy hold on to his humanity and accept himself, or will he become a monster? A cautionary tale that presents a comic anti-model of behavior, this entertaining fable for all times and all ages tells about the beauty and danger of being different in a world where conformity is valued and individuality is feared.
 
CHARACTERS
 
THE ORDINARY (male or female): Like a modern-day director, with one difference — the character follows the actors during the performance, side-coaching the action. The Ordinary enables the characters to tell the story, directs and punctuates the action with a percussion instrument, accompanying the “ta-rums” and underscoring various moments in the play.
 
THE BOY: An outcast, unable to conform.
 
THE GIRL: An outlier, still in touch with her true feelings.
 
HUGO: Outwardly a lost cause, ruled by his monster side.
 
PUPPETEERS/ENSEMBLE MEMBERS (3+): Immaculate, tidy, prim — but nothing quite matches. Everything is slightly, comically off. Their movements and language are stylized, in high form, but wacky, out of sync, as though they think they are perfect but they are not.