EXPIRES: May 6, 2025
Theatre Casting Call for “Something Rotten”
Description
Audition for “Something Rotten” Show. Seeking performers! Please see the details below.
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Additional info:
Please prepare a 16-32 bar cut of a song that you think best suits the show or the role you plan on auditioning for, and also be prepared to read sides from the show during your audition! You MUST BE 18 OR OLDER to be considered for a role.
Performances:
August 8th 7:00 PM.
August 9th 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM.
August 10th 2:00 PM.
See the document attached for video auditions and more details.
If interested, please apply.
10 Project roles
Nick Bottom
18
-56.
(Lead, Tenor/Baritone, Az-G4): A struggling renaissance writer at the end of his rope. Nigel's older brother. Incredibly jealous of the success of William Shakespeare and will do anything to beat him.
Application deadline closed.
Nigel Bottom
18
-56.
(Lead, Tenor, Eb3-A4): Nick's younger brother. A sweetly naive young writer and poet, perhaps a little awkward. Sweet and a little awkward. He falls in love with Portia and ultimately finds confidence in himself through art and love.
Application deadline closed.
William Shakespeare
18
-56.
(Supporting, Tenor, Ab2-Ab4): A Renaissance rock star. Think Mick Jagger.
Application deadline closed.
Nostradamus
18
-56.
(Supporting, Tenor/Baritone, C3-F4): A soothsayer who almost sees the future correctly. A bit looney. He predicts that Nick and Nigel will write a musical.
Application deadline closed.
Beatrice "Bea" Bottom
18
-56.
(Supporting, Mezzo-Soprano, D3-Ds): Nick's wife and "Right Hand Man". She loves and supports him despite his questionable decision making and lack of success. Bea resorts to dressing up like a man to make ends meet and to prove to Nick she can be an actor.
Application deadline closed.
Portia
18
-56.
(Supporting, Soprano, G3-F#5): An adorably quirky Puritan girl whom Nigel meets on the street. They fall madly in love with each other over their mutual love for Shakespeare and poetry.
Application deadline closed.
Brother Jeremiah
18
-56.
(Supporting, Tenor/Baritone, G3-G4): Portia's father. A Puritan with deeply repressed homoerotic tendencies. He despises playwrights, poets and all things ungodly.
Application deadline closed.
Minstrel
18
-56.
(Featured, Tenor, C#3-A4): The fun-loving charismatic narrator of the show. Sings the opening number of each act.
Application deadline closed.
Lord Clapham/Master Of The Justice
18
-56.
(Featured): Older male. Patron of the theatre. He's flamboyant and extremely posh.
Application deadline closed.
Shylock
18
-56.
(Featured): An older Jewish man. Nick and Nigel are in debt to him. He becomes an investor in their musical.
Application deadline closed.
