Audition Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Auditions will be held in-person at The Historic Palace Theatre: 7 Ledgewood Ave. Netcong, NJ.
Please Note: The Growing Stage Theatre is located in northwestern New Jersey. There is no regular mass transportation. We do not provide housing. Reliable transportation is needed.
Seeking:
Adult actors needed to play various roles throughout the performance. The Growing Stage celebrates and encourages diversity in all of our productions. The Growing Stage is a professional company dedicated to presenting quality theatre for the entire family.
Character List:
GERALD
PIGGIE
SQUIRRELLES (3)
DOG
PENGU
All roles are Non-Union positions. We will offer paid positions under our Professional and Emerging Artist contracts. The number of contracts available are determined individually by each production’s budget.
Preparation:
Open call. Auditioners are asked to prepare sixteen measures of a musical theatre song with printed sheet music for the accompanist. There will be cold read sides from the script and a brief dance routine taught by the company choreographer.
Video Submissions:
In-person auditions are preferred. Video submissions will be accepted up until Saturday, March 16 with the understanding that you may be invited to attend the in-person audition on March 19. Please send all video submissions to mfralley@growingstage.com.
Rehearsal Schedule:
Rehearsal schedules are generally two or three evenings during the week and a weekend afternoon. All cast members are expected for all performances, with no exception since the company does not cast understudies.
Performance Schedule:
Tech week:
April 27th through May 2nd, 2024
Performances:
May 3rd-19th: Saturdays at 4pm and Sundays at 2pm with a special Opening Night performance on Friday, May 3rd at 7:30pm.
Additional School Matinee performances will be scheduled during the week.
About the Show:
Book & Lyrics by Mo Willems
Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
Based on the Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems
Directed by: Stephen L. Fredericks
Musical Direction by Melinda Bass O’Neill
Choreography by Cari Sanchez
Get ready for a musical experience, ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved, award-winning, best-selling children’s books, that will leave audiences doing the “Flippy Floppy Floory” dance all night long!
In Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”, an elephant named Gerald and a pig named Piggie are best, best, “bestus” (a word Gerald and Piggie made up that means “very best”) friends, but Gerald worries that something could go wrong that would end their friendship. Piggie is not worried at all. She’s even happier and more excited than usual. That’s because she and Gerald are invited to a party hosted by the Squirrelles, three singing squirrels who love to have a good time. And so begins a day when anything is possible.
Please contact Matthew Clark-Fralley at mfralley@growingstage.com with any questions.
