Auditions for Once Upon a Mattress

Name: Auditions for Once Upon a Mattress
Start: 2025-02-07T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-07T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Sterling Park Baptist Church

Schedule

Fri Feb 07 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Sterling Park Baptist Church | Sterling, VA

Auditioning for all roles; seeking primarily adults and some teens (must be 12 and up). Come ready with 1-min monologue, ready to cold read, and with an upbeat song of 32 bars. Pickwick will not provide accompaniment. Also be ready for short movement segment.
Sign up for an audition date: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4DA5A922A3FEC43-54505689-auditions
Synopsis: Once Upon a Mattress
Our story begins in a faraway kingdom long ago. Due to an unhappy curse, King Sextimus is unable to speak. Meanwhile, his terror-of-a-wife, Queen Aggravain, has taken over control of the kingdom. Most importantly, in an attempt to keep Prince Dauntless single, she has decreed that only the princess that can pass her test may marry her son. Further, no one else in the kingdom may marry until Prince Dauntless does.
Luckily, Sir Harry is able to find an amazing princess, Winnifred the Woebegone. She instantly catches the attention of Prince Dauntless, and in the end, is able to pass the Queen's supposedly impassable sensitivity test. When the Queen still tries to prevent the Prince Dauntless from marrying, he tells her to 'shut up' which ends up breaking the curse on the king. Now able to speak, King Sextimus regains his rightful position as leader of the kingdom, and all is well.

Casting for these roles:
Queen Aggravain, Female, Lead, Alto
Princess Winnifred the Woebegone, Female, Lead, Mezzo-Soprano
Prince Dauntless, Male, Lead, Tenor
Jester, Male, Supporting, Tenor
King Sextimus the Silent, Male, Supporting, Silent
Lady Larken, Female, Supporting, Soprano
Minstrel, Male, Supporting, Tenor
Sir Harry, Male, Supporting, Tenor
Wizard, Male, Supporting, Baritone
Lady Mabelle, Female, Featured, Alto
Lady Rowena, Female, Featured, Soprano
Nightingale of Samarkand, Female, Featured, Soprano
Princess No. 12, Female, Featured, Spoken
Sir Studley, Male, Featured, Tenor,
Kitchen Wench, Female, Featured, Silent
Sir Luce, Male, Ensemble, Tenor
Ladies-in-waiting, Knights, Soldiers, Servants, Musicians, Ensemble