The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

By:
Book by Rachel Sheinkin; Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
Additional Material by: Jay Reiss
Originally produced on Broadway by:
David Stone, James L Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo,
Barrington Stage Company,  Second Stage Theatre

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. They are overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves. The show is about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time and where they learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser.

Director: Kay Burcher

The Little Theatre of Virginia Beach is holding open auditions for their upcoming musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on September 13th and 14th 2010 at 7pm at the theater.  Callbacks will be held September 16th at 7pm.  The show will perform from November 12th – December 5th, 2010.  Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2:30pm.

The theater is located at 550 Barberton Drive (@24th Street) in Virginia Beach.

Needed: 6 high-energy adult actors who can play the spelling bee participants. They need to be able to sing and move. They will be young-looking 20-35 year olds.
Also looking for 3 or more high-energy actors to play the adult roles who look between the ages of 35-45. They also need to be able to sing and move.

There are 9 roles, 8 singing and 1 non-singing male. 5 male; 4 female.

There are 3 tenor roles, 1 bari-tenor role, 3 soprano roles and 1 mezzo-soprano.  All the females should be able to belt.

What to prepare: Singing roles should prepare a 1-minute song selection and bring the sheet music with them. An accompanist will be provided. Those auditioning should prepare a song that shows their vocal range and female singers should prepare 2 numbers - a ballad and a song that shows their belting capacity.

All roles will be expected to dance/move and are expected to participate in a dance audition. That means they should wear hard-soled shoes and comfortable clothing so they can move.

Cold readings will also be held at the auditions.

PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE IN
THE SHOW, IT IS RATED PG-13.

Any questions regarding the audition, please email contact@ltvb.com.

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