Audition Information
October 26-30 (Call backs October 31)
The Rep, 179 Commerce Street, Williston
There are Character Auditions and Dance Auditions. Depending on which role you are auditioning for you must attend one or both of these auditions. Please read the information below carefully.
Everyone MUST be available for call backs.
Monday 26 - CHARACTER (5.30 - 9.30)
Tuesday 27 - CHARACTER (5.30 - 9.30)
Wednesday 28 - DANCE (6.00 - 8.00)
Thursday 29 - DANCE (6.00 - 8.00)
Friday 30 - CHARACTER (5.30 - 9.30)
Saturday 31 - ALL CALL BACKS (10.00-6.00)
Roles
Roles in Cabaret are as follows:
CHARACTER:
EMCEE
SALLY BOWLES
CLIFFORD BRADSHAW
FRAULEIN SCHNEIDER
HERR SCHULTZ
ERNST LUDWIG
FRAULEIN KOST
KIT KAT KLUB DANCERS:
ROSIE
LULU
FRITZIE
HELGA
BOBBY
VICTOR
Full character information HERE
Characters (except SALLY and EMCEE) follow Character Auditions only. You do not have to attend Dance Auditions.
Kit Kat Klub Dancers follow Dance Auditions only. You do not have to attend Character Auditions.
SALLY and EMCEE must attend BOTH Character and Dance Auditions.
Everyone must be available to attend Call backs.
Process
You must book a slot in order to audition irrespective of whether you are auditioning for a Character or Dancer. (In the case of SALLY and EMCEE, you will need to book two slots.) To book a slot, please complete our audition form. Please remember to submit the form after completing it.
You will receive an email confirmation within 24 hours which will give you the exact time of your audition on the day you requested. Your audition is only confirmed if you receive that email, so please check your spam folder and put our email address in your contacts - admin@vermontrep.com. If you do not receive a confirmation within 24 hours of submitting your form, please contact us at that email address.
Character Auditions
Your audition will be a private session with our Artistic Director and other members of the Production Team. You should prepare material as described below, which will consist of a short scene (side), and a section of song from the show to be performed to a track. The tracks are available for you to download and practice with on your own devices, but we will provide the playback at the audition itself- you do not need to worry about that.
You will work on that material within your audition as directed. Your audition will take approximately 12 minutes and will be at a pre-arranged time, although please allow a little extra as it is not uncommon for us to be running late.
Link to Character Audition Material HERE
Dance Auditions
Your audition will be a group session with our Choreographer and other members of the Production Team. Your session will include a short warm-up, work on the prepared dance sequence available below and a new section of choreography that will be taught within the audition. The whole process will take no longer than 45 minutes.
Although there will be a short warm-up at the beginning of the session, it will be brief so please feel free to arrive early and warm up as you require.
There is a link to a song here. Dancers will only be asked to sing this song if they are invited to a call back. There is no singing component in the first dance audition.
Link to Dance Audition Material HERE
Call backs
Call backs are by invitation ONLY.
You will receive an EMAIL invitation for a call back by the end of Friday 30. Your call back will be a private session with the Production Team, scheduled at some point on Saturday 31 in which you will work on a section of song from the show with our Musical Director and a rehearsal pianist.
THIS APPLIES TO DANCERS AND CHARACTERS ALIKE.
Characters will sing the same song that they used in their first audition; dancers will sing the song linked in the Dance Audition Material section.
Link to Audition Form HERE
Rehearsal and Production Dates
Rehearsal
November 16 - Read Through
November 17 - Dance Rehearsals Commence
November 29 - Characters Rehearsals Commence
Rehearsals take place during weekday evenings and weekends during the day (and sometimes evenings). Please read the “For Performers” section of our website for more information on how our rehearsal schedules are created and what kind of commitment we expect. If you are not 100% confident that you can make this commitment, please do not audition.
Production
Material
Please prepare ONE side AND the Monologue.
You will be asked to perform the material first and then work on a section of it with our Artistic Director within your audition slot.
You do not need to learn the material, although feel free to do so if you wish.
A reader will be provided to read the scene with you.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE SIDES
Notes
Our auditions are designed to be friendly and unintimidating - we focus on the process. We are interested in what you can achieve within the room as you work creatively one-on-one with our director, not on how well you stand and perform a cold read under intense pressure. We understand how nerve-wracking the process of auditioning is and we try hard to enable you to show us what you can do without the anxiety. We receive a lot of positive feedback on our auditions and if you are nervous, we encourage you to reach out with questions to admin@vermontrep.com, and, above-all, to try it out. Whether you are cast in the production or not, we promise it will be a constructive and worthwhile experience.
You must be at least 16 years old to audition, with the exception of the role of John Webster in Shakespeare in Love. For this role, we will be accepting applications from performers aged 13+ with parental consent.