Beauty and the Beast Auditions

Schedule

Thu May 30 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

Location

5566 Fort Caroline Rd, Jacksonville, FL, United States, Florida 32277 | Jacksonville, FL

Auditions for Artist Connection Theatre's production of "Beauty and the Beast", directed by Mandy Swartz and Wendy Niemeyer, will be held May 30 at 6:30 p.m. and June 1 at 11:00a.m., with callbacks on June 10 at 6:30 p.m. We welcome actors of all experience levels aged 10 and up to audition for this Disney classic.
Performance Dates: September 20 - October 6
Please bring a headshot and complete the application ahead of time, located at: https://artistconnectiontheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ACT-Musical-Theatre-Audition-Application.pdf
Please prepare a 1 minute or less excerpt that features your voice well. Songs will be performed acapella. These are some suggested songs, feel free to prepare something outside of this list.
Belle-“Home”
Beast- “If I Can’t Love Her”
Cogsworth- “Human Again”
Gaston- “Gaston”
Lefou- “Gaston”
Lumiere- “Be Our Guest”
Maurice- “Maurice Travels”
Mrs. Potts- “Beauty and the Beast”
All other characters- “Be Our Guest” or “Belle/Bonjour”
Available Roles:
Belle: Female 13 to 30 years old. Intelligent, insightful, kind hearted and loyal young lady who wants adventure and belonging, doesn’t like Gaston, falls in love with Beast. Needs a strong voice and chemistry with Beast
Beast: Teen or older male. A prince who has been cursed. Needs to be present, with a strong physicality, depth and emotion and wide vocal range. Needs chemistry with Belle
Cogsworth: Teen or older male. Tightly wound enchanted clock who serves the Beast in the castle
Gaston: Teen or young adult (under 30) male. Arrogant, aggressive, masculine humorous, wants to marry Belle. Needs a robust voice with a big range
Lefou: Teen or older male. Gaston’s bumbling sidekick, needs good physical comedy skills
Lumiere: Teen or older male. Suave, debonair enchanted candelabra, has optimistic flare, can speak sing most of Be Our Guest, flirty with Babette
Maurice- older male-Belle’s father, quirky inventor (possibly part of ensemble in multiple scenes)
Mrs. Potts: Older female. Motherly, enchanted tea pot, comforts other castle characters, sings title song, strong alto
Babette- female 13- 30 years old-enchanted feather duster, flirtatious with Lumiere, was a French maid (possibly apart of ensemble in multiple scenes)
Chip-boy or girl, child, older than 10-Mrs. Potts child, playful and bright enchanted tea cup (possibly apart of ensemble in multiple scenes)
Madame de la Grande- female older than 13-former opera diva turned into enchanted wardrobe, expressive personality (possibly apart of ensemble in multiple scenes)
Ensemble - 9 people, male and female 10 years and older to include varying/multiple roles, including:
Narrator-off stage voice over
Young/Old prince (Beast’s alter ego)-beginning and ending scenes
Old Beggar Woman
Asylum Proprietor
Village Girls
Townspeople
Wolves, Be Our Guest dancers, Tavern dancers

Where is it happening?

5566 Fort Caroline Rd, Jacksonville, FL, United States, Florida 32277

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Host or Publisher Artist Connection Theatre Inc.

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