Auditions: July 14th and 15th
Auditions are open for ages 12 and up, but the team is leaning toward casting older teens or adults as the lead children.
Director–Tami Kress
Music Director–Beth Jordan
Choreogrpher–Olivia Knighten
Prepare roughly one minute of music in a style similar to the show, along with background accompaniment track, and a way to play it (your phone is acceptable). A capella auditions are strongly discouraged. Also wear comfortable clothes and be prepared for a movement portion of auditions.
Character Descriptions
Willy Wonka Any Age, the sly, charming, eternally youthful; lithe, eccentric, and remarkably physical; must have the ability to be filled with boundless energy and be physically light on their feet; has a larger than life persona that can go from charming and comical, to magically mysterious and dark.
Charlie Bucket sweet, smart, hopeful and loving; a boy with wonderful innocence and vulnerability; honest actor and an excellent singer with a naturally innocent, unchanged voice. *Grandpa Joe Impish; remarkably physical (dance skills a plus); he is Charlie’s imaginative, fun, kind and loving grandfather; after many years being confined to a bed, his childish energy returns when Charlie finds the Golden Ticket.
Mrs Bucket/Ensemble Charlie’s warm and kind-hearted mother; a worrier; generous and loving; great dancer; a distinctive pop/folk voice.
Mrs Gloop/Ensemble Augustus’s German, Wagnerian mother; a huge presence with a huge voice; mirthlessly smiles as though it were affixed to the front of her face.
Augustus Gloop/Ensemble 15-25, youthful adult male, to play a nine to twelveyear-old boy; rampantly over-active; speaks with a German accent.
Mr Salt/Ensemble Veruca’s goofy, eccentric, distracted, hilarious father; finds it impossible to say no, giving in to every ridiculous demand his daughter makes.
Veruca Salt/Ensemble 15-25, youthful adult female to play a nine to twelve-year-old girl; vicious and beautiful; must be an excellent dancer and/or gymnast, able to dance not only classical ballet, but also tear herself to shreds; comic actress with a character singing/screaming voice.
Mr Beauregarde/Ensemble Violet’s ineffectual father; ignores his back-talking, insult-hurling daughter; dancer with a soul/pop/R&B voice; beat-boxing skills a plus.
Violet Beauregarde/Ensemble 15-25, youthful adult female to play a nine to twelve-year-old girl; she has a huge pop/R&B; voice, as well as amazing hip-hop dance skills; confident, forward, and full of attitude.
Mrs Teevee/Ensemble She needs tranquilizers to get through the day and deal with her outrageous son; tense, extreme, and hilarious;
Mike Teevee/Ensemble 15-25, youthful adult male to play a nine to twelveyear-old boy; a fireplug with a ridiculous amount of energy; square, powerful, and terrifying; a voice that cuts through steel. Oompa Loompas (Rudy, Malcolm, Rusty, Ismed, Angelo, Pepe): At least 12 years old, singing, dancing, multi-dimensional creatures that partake in the joys of candy-making, and moralizing of human family dynamics.
Ensemble Roles Include: Grandpa George, Grandma Josephene, Grandma Georgina, Cherry, Jerry, Mrs. Green, Squirrels, etc
