GREASE Auditions
Saturday, May 5
Memorial Theatre
Registration 9 a.m.
Morning Session 9:30 a.m. until noon
Registration 1 p.m.
Afternoon Session 1:30 p.m until 4 p.m.
Choose either the morning or afternoon session when you register. Please plan to stay for the entire session. Anyone age 15 and older is invited to audition.You will be asked to do the hand jive for choreography auditions.
Online registration is CLOSED. Walk-in auditions are accepted. Please arrive early to provide time to fill out an audition form prior to auditions starting.
Callbacks are Sunday, May 6 - 1 p.m. until 6 p.m.
If you are invited to callbacks it means you are in contention for a role. The casting committee will take a second look and determine which ensemble of actors is best for the show. If you are unable to attend callbacks you severely limit your potential for the role.
Music for Auditions for Grease
(Selections for callbacks are listed separately.)
Songs must be sung in the key in which they are found in the show. Materials will be on reserve at the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County at the Mount Vernon location. We will be looking for singers with good vocal production and energy as well as appropriate style and stage presence.
Danny – tenor or baritenor- You're the One That I Want (measures 8-22, verse 1), Sandy (measures 12-42)
Sandy – soprano or mezzo with facility in upper range – You're the One That I Want (measures 8-22, second verse) Hopelessly Devoted to You (measures pickup to 9-20, take third ending and coda) To be sung in D major.
Frenchy – soprano – a song from the musical theatre repertoire
Kenickie – baritone – Greased Lightning (measures 1-25)
Rizzo – mezzo – Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee (measures 1-47) You may also be asked to sing There Are Worse Things I Could Do (measures 1-37) Sung an octave lower than written
Roger – tenor or baritenor – Mooning (measures 1-24), Rock and Roll Party Queen (measures 9 - 25)
Jan – mezzo – It's Raining on Prom Night (measures – 1-16)
Doody – tenor or baritenor – Those Magic Changes (measures 1- 33) Rock and Roll Party Queen (measures 9 - 25)
Marty – mezzo – Freddy, My Love (measures 1-24)
Sonny – baritone – song from musical theatre repertoire
Teen Angel – Beauty School Dropout – (measures 64-79)
Vince Fontaine – baritone with good facility in upper range – Born to Hand Jive (measures 1-23)
Chorus: A song from the musical theatre repertoire – We'll need sopranos, altos, tenors and basses.
Music for Callbacks for Grease
If you receive a callback, please be prepared to sing the entire pieces that are listed for the role or roles for which you have been called back.
Danny – Summer Nights, You're the One That I Want
Sandy – Summer Nights, You're the One That I Want, Hopelessly Devoted to You, It's Raining on Prom Night, Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee reprise
Kenickie – Greased Lightning
Rizzo – Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee, There are Worse Things I Could Do
Roger – Mooning, Rock and Roll Party Queen
Jan – Mooning, It's Raining on Prom Night
Marty – Freddy, My Love
Teen Angel – Beauty School Dropout
Vince Fontaine – Hand Jive
Doody – Those Magic Changes, Rock and Roll Party Queen
The Grease cast will include the Pink Ladies, the T-birds (Greasers), the jocks/cheerleaders, the nerds (guys & girls) and a small group of faculty members. Specific speaking roles are listed below.
The T-Birds
A group of guys who go to Rydell High School. They all wear leather jackets with the T-Birds logo on the back, and slick their hair into a quiff. They consider themselves to be the coolest guys in the school.
· Danny - the leader of the T-Birds. He generally considers himself to be very cool. He loves Sandy but doesn't want to look like a nerd in front of his friends.
· Kenickie - the main womanizer of the T-Birds. His main aim is to get his hands on a set of wheels.
· Doody - is very shy, especially around girls. He keeps trying to ask Frenchy out but never quite manages it...
· Roger - nicknamed 'Rump', as he is the school mooner.
· Sonny - the fifth member of the T-Birds.
The Pink Ladies
A group of girls at Rydell High who consider themselves the coolest girls in the school. They all wear pink cardigans emblazoned with their own logo, and they generally hang around with the T-Birds.
· Sandy - the new girl in school. She is very naïve - doesn't smoke, drink, or go all the way with boys. She joins the Pink Ladies, but never really fits in. She loves Danny but can't understand why he acts differently towards her when he is around his friends.
· Rizzo - she has a very on/off relationship with Kenickie, and even thinks she may have gotten herself into trouble with Kenickie. She is the leader, and the most wild, of the Pink Ladies.
· Frenchy - is a dreamer, and not the sharpest tool in the shed. Her ambition is to become a beautician.
· Jan - is constantly eating, and so has a weight problem. Food is her vice.
· Marty - acts older than she is, and is having an on/off relationship with a sailor.
Other Characters
· Teen Angel - a guardian angel dreamed up by Frenchy when she needs some advice.
· Miss Lynch - a teacher at Rydell High.
· Eugene - the nerd of Rydell. He is always picked on by the T-Birds because he isn't cool.
· Cha Cha - a girl from a different school, who dates a member of the T-Birds' rival gang, the Flaming Dukes. (Dance experience required).
· Vince Fontaine - a radio DJ and MC of the prom. He has the whitest teeth possible, spangly clothes, and talks like a typical radio DJ.
· Patty - a cheerleader who wants to hang out with the Pink Ladies, but isn't cool enough.
Performance rights have been obtained to do the original version of Grease however we will tame down the language to be more in line with the High School version. Rights have also been obtained to perform the movie songs so use the 2007 Broadway Revival CD for rehearsal.
Promotional appearances have been scheduled for May 26, June 1 and June 30. Those cast in lead roles would be required to attend.
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