AUDITION INFORMATION

OLIVER! Book, Music & Lyrics by Lionel Bart 

Rated: PG

Director: Heather Phillips 

Assistant Director: Sarah Brossow 

Music Director: Darlene VanStaalduinen 

Choreographer: Rebecca Silva

Casting: Ages 8-Adult  

Cast size: 25-30 (Approximately 10-13 children under 16 years of age & 15-20 adults ages 17+) 

Auditions: Please plan to audition EITHER the 10th OR 11th, not both. All ages, please be available for a potential callback on March 12.  Only some auditionees will be called back.  Just because you don't get a callback does not automatically mean you will not be cast. Also, just because you get a callback does not mean you will be cast.  Callbacks are simply to give us the opportunity to see more from an auditionee.

Monday, March 10       Kids ages 16 and younger: 6-7:15pm     Adults 17+: 7:30-9pm

Tuesday, March 11      Kids ages 16 and younger: 6-7:15pm     Adults 17+: 7:30-9pm

Wednesday, March 12 6pm-9pm   (Callbacks)                    

Auditions will include both vocals & movement for all age groups.  Please come prepared to perform 16 bars (under one minute) of a musical theatre song. This song should be memorized and presented acapella without any foreign accent. Also, no phones, backing tracks, sheet music or instruments, please. 

Please dress for ease & safety of movement.* Parents of any children auditioning will be asked to view auditions from the balcony only, please.

Callbacks: May include additional movement activities, accents, singing and script reading from the Oliver libretto.

Rehearsals will begin Monday, March 17 at 6pm at The Claire.  Any cast member under 16 years of age is required to bring a parent or guardian to this first rehearsal. We will be discussing expectations, schedules, procedures, ect.  *NOTE: we do ask all our child cast member's parent/guardian to commit to helping monitor & assist our younger actors backstage during at least one performance.*

Typically our rehearsals will be Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 6-9pm and 9am-1pm on Saturdays. Occasionally we will have Wednesday evening rehearsals but these are typically for adults cast members only.  There may be additional Wednesday rehearsals added for all cast members as the rehearsal process goes on (tech week, run throughs) but we will try to be considerate and of course will honor any previously stated conflicts listed on audition forms. A tentative, fluid rehearsal schedule will be available for viewing at auditions.

**We will have rehearsal during Spring Break (April 7-11). Attendance is expected but any conflicts submitted with the audition form will be honored.** 

Conflicts: With your audition form, please include a complete list of any schedule conflicts, potential or set, for both rehearsal and performance dates.

Performances: May 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 at 7pm (call time 5:45pm) & May 18, 25, June 1 at 2pm (call time 12:45pm)

CAST LIST: We will do our best to have the cast list posted no later than 11:59pm, Friday, March 14.  We will email all the auditionees as well as post the list at TheClaire.org and on The Claire Facebook Page once the list has been finalized.

For additional info about this musical check out: https://www.mtishows.com/oliver-0

For questions or additional information about auditions or this production, please email Heather Phillips, Director at: coffee4meplz@gmail.com.