Auditions
Here's everything you need to know about upcoming auditions at Stage 212!
Directed by Fredrick A. Davis
Audition Dates
Friday, June 6th @ 5 PM
Saturday, June 7th @ 9 AM
Auditions will be held at Stage 212
700 1st St. La Salle, IL 61301
Callbacks
Saturday, June 7th @ 7 PM
Audition Information
Important Dates*
Tech Week: August 1st - 6th
Performance Dates: August 7th, 8th, 9th, & 10th
Strike: August 10th immediately following closing performance
*Please note that if you are unable to attend any of these dates you will not be considered for this production.
Audition Requirements
Age Limit
Anyone entering 4th grade - High School Sophomore may audition for all roles
Singing
Auditioners may sing up to 90 seconds of a Musical Theatre song. Do not sing a song from the show. Please avoid pop/rock songs. A backing track is required. Audition songs must be memorized. A speaker and aux cord will be provided.
Dancing
All auditioners will be learning a simple combination. Appropriate footwear is required. Open-toed shoes, crocs, or bare feet/socks-only will not be allowed. Please bring a change of clothes or dress accordingly.
Reading
All auditioners will be asked to read from the script. We will ensure that you read each character you list as a desired role (within reason), but please expect to read for ANY characters despite your preferences! The audition sides (or excerpts from the script) can be accessed below by clicking "Audition Sides." Everyone can view the audition sides prior to auditions. Auditioners are NOT required to memorize sides, but it is encouraged to read all sides prior to auditions. There are eight sides total, each labeled with a "start" and "end."
Callbacks
Callback materials will be sent to those that we wish to callback via email.
Registration
All participants will be required to fill out our online Google Form prior to auditions, linked below.
Video Submissions
Video Submissions will also be accepted up until June 6th at 11:59pm. Any videos received after this date will be considered based on directors discretion. In the video, please include your name, a song, and choose at least one cut (no more than 3) from the Audition Video Sides provided below. You will need to complete this form even if you are sending in a video audition.
All video submissions can be submitted with the subject line: "[Your Full Name] Beetlejuice Video Submission"
You will receive a confirmation email from the director once he has received your video.
Questions?
Please email our Director Fredrick A. Davis at fredrickdavis6121@gmail.com and use subject line, "Beetlejuice Question"
Character Breakdown
Any ages listed are stage ages. We are considering all ages and genders for all roles.
Lydia Deetz
Whip-smart, grieving 15 year-old whose dark sense of humor helps her cop with the loss of her mother. She is unfazed by Beetlejuice's tricks and easiy holds her own against him and all other things in the Netherworld. The undeniable heroine of this story.
Character Gender: Female
Beetlejuice
A zany, spooky, kooky, and hilarious character. While he exists in a morally gray area he is more of a trickster rather than an actual threat. While ultimately he will mainly lookout for himself he will at times help others out with their own goals.
Character Gender: Male
Adam Maitland
A devoted husband to Barbra and overall good guy, yet he cant seem to ever catch a break. While living life to the best of his ability's he had been preparing for everything he could think of, except and untimely death.
Character Gender: Male
Barbra Maitland
While a little more adventurous than Adam she seems to be on the same page as her husband. She is very kind and a quick thinker but also stays strong-willed. She immediately bonds with Lydia and being close with her.
Character Gender: Female
Charles Deetz
While wanting to help his daughter, Lydia, overcome the loss of her mother he's not always the most attentive to exactly what she needs. He is under a lot of pressure between his romantic life, professional life, his family life, and his own grief. Hiding his own grief and struggles while juggling life has made things difficult.
Character Gender: Male
Delia Schlimmer
Pompous yet hopelessly optimistic. She fully believes everything her guru Otho says. She believes herself to be a life coach but underneath her showing personality, she is quite fragile and wants nothing more than to fit in with the Deetz's. She loves Charales and cares deeply about Lydia, even if it may not always come off as that.
Character Gender: Female
Featured Ensemble
Sky
Sky is a girl scout with a congenital heart condition who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. She has a genuine innocence to her yet can fully understand the dark humor around her fate.
Character Gender: Female
Miss Argentina
A former Beauty Queen who greets the recently dead in the Netherworld.
Character Gender: Female
Maxie Dean
A strong business tycoon whom Charles hopes to impress.
Character Gender: Male
Maxine Dean
This is Maxie's 4th, or maybe 5th wife.
Character Gender: Female
Otho
Delia's guru and exorcist on the side.
Character Gender: Male
Juno
Beetlejuice's mother who runs the recently dead intake with an iron fist. She had a voice like "road tar" and has no sympathy for anyone.
Gender: Female
Sandworm
The sandworm will be puppet-like and a physically intense role.
Ensemble:
Recently deceased, Mourners, Movers, Lawyers, Girl scouts, Cater waiter, Beetlejuice clones, Cheerleaders, and Studio Audience.