Drowsy Chaperone Auditions
Schedule
Mon, 31 Mar, 2025 at 05:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
201 N Dodgion St, Independence, MO 64050, United States | Independence, MO
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AUDITIONS
Auditions will be held March 31 & April 1, 2025, from 5:30pm-8:00pm at the Roger T. Sermon Community Center, 201 N. Dodgion, Independence, MO 64050. Once you arrive, please make your way to the 4th floor of the building or ask the office staff for assistance finding the audition location.
AUDITION DETAILS
Please prepare 16-32 bars of a song in the style of or from the show. Please bring marked sheet music for the provided accompanist. No a capella or recorded tracks will be allowed.
Those auditioning for Man In Chair may prepare a 30 secs - 1 min monologue in the style of the show instead of a song.
PRIOR TO AUDITIONS, PLEASE FILL OUT THE AUDITION FORM AND SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION TIME HERE
VIDEO AUDITIONS
For those unable to attend in-person auditions, video auditions can be submitted via email to [email protected] with your completed online audition form NO LATER THAN April 1 at 6:00pm.
CALLBACKS
Callbacks will be held on April 2, 2025, at Roger T. Sermon Community Center, 201 N. Dodgion, Independence, MO 64050 by invitation only.
WHAT TO BRING TO AUDITIONS
A resume of previous theatrical experience
A headshot or a recent photo of yourself
The completed audition form
A list of your conflicts from April 7, 2025 - June 15, 2025
(Please note that no conflicts should occur after May 26, 2025).
SCHEDULING
Rehearsals are scheduled to begin April 7 and typically will run Monday - Friday 5:30-8pm, with an occasional Saturday as needed. (Please note that times are tentative and subject to change based on availability).
Performances will be June 6-7 & 13-14 @ 7pm and June 8 & 15 @ 2pm.
All performances take place in The Powerhouse Theatre, located in the Roger T. Sermon Community Center. A full rehearsal and performance schedule will be available at auditions.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Set construction will mainly occur on Saturdays and Sundays as announced. Following our final production, we will strike the show. All actors and production team are required to participate in the strike.
SYNOPSIS
When wealthy widow Mrs. Tottendale hosts the wedding of the year, she gets a lot more than a write-up in the society pages: Janet Van de Graaff, glittering starlet of Feldzieg’s Follies, is leaving the stage for love, a turn of events which horrifies the angry and anxious Mr. Feldzieg, whose chief investor has sent two gangsters disguised as pastry chefs to make sure he stops the wedding. It is left to the eager best man, George, to quite by accident break up the happy pair. Such are the antics of The Drowsy Chaperone, a fictitious 1928 musical comedy.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
Man in Chair
Loves musical theatre and the Golden Era. Narrator of the show. Neurotic shut-in. Happy listening to his collection of vinyl Broadway soundtracks. Funny, charming, but realistic.
Gender: Male
Vocal Part: Spoken
Mrs. Tottendale
Ditzy, proper, and bossy host of the wedding. Wealthy widow and host of the wedding. Flighty, eccentric, forgetful, and funny. Charming, bubbly and oblivious to the confusion her behavior generates in others.
Gender: Female
Vocal Part: Alto (G3 - Db5)
Underling
Mrs. Tottendale’s savvy butler and manservant. Thrifty & stiff with an understated sense of humor. Stoic, dry-humored and sarcastic.
Gender: Any
Vocal Part: Tenor (Ab2 - G4)
Robert Martin
Ever-cheerful groom-to-be who is deeply in love with Janet. Token 1920s leading man - debonair, dashing, and a matinee idol. Cheesy, cheerful, and optimistic. Must tap dance and roller skate.
Gender: Male
Vocal Part: Tenor (C3 - Ab4)
George
Robert’s anxious, dim-witted best man. Loyal, sincere, very nervous. Robert is his top priority so the wedding will go off without a hitch. Must tap dance.
Gender: Male
Vocal Range: Tenor (F3 - Bb4)
Feldzieg
Broadway producer who is desperate for his star, Janet, to return to his show, the Follies. Nervous, sarcastic, impatient, overbearing, and insensitive.
Gender: Male
Vocal Part: Baritone (Db3 - Db4)
Kitty
The epitome of the 1920s “dumb blonde” chorus girl. Mr. Feldzieg’s birdbrained companion and will do anything to be a leading lady.
Gender: Female
Vocal Part: Mezzo-Soprano (Bb3 - F5)
Gangsters #1 & #2
Two jovial gangsters posing as pastry chefs, this duo is intending to collect from Feldzieg. Full of word play and stylized movements. Must have good comedic timing.
Gender: Any
Vocal Part: Tenor/Baritone (Db3 - Gb4)
Aldolpho
European self-proclaimed “ladies man” who believes he is the quintessential Latin lothario. A womanizing cad who is very impressed with himself. Confident and vigorous, but a complete buffoon. Vaudeville-style acting. Must do a Spanish accent and have good comedic timing.
Gender: Male
Vocal Part: Baritone/Bass (A#2 - G4)
Janet Van De Graaf
Glamorous and talented star of Feldzieg’s Follies. Conflicted about giving up performing to marry Robert Martin. Attractive, vivacious, outgoing personality, loves being the center of attention and is the consummate 1920s starlet. Strong stage presence required.
Gender: Female
Vocal Part: Mezzo-Soprano or Alto (G3 - E5)
The Drowsy Chaperone
Janet’s alcoholic confidante and friend. Care-free, often because she’s drunk. An experienced “woman of the world” who couldn’t care less what the world thinks. Melodramatic diva. Steals every scene she’s in.
Gender: Female
Vocal Part: Alto (F3 - D5)
Trix, the Aviatrix
The brave and brash female aviator who, by chance, is recruited to perform the wedding. Sassy, sleek, take-charge type of gal.
Gender: Female
Vocal Part: Alto (Ab3 - Eb5)
Ensemble (Any)
Mrs. Tottendale’s Staff, Mrs. Tottendale’s Guests, Reporters, Photographers, Magic Assistants, Monkey Dancers, Wedding Singers
Gender: Any
Vocal Parts: SATB
For any questions or to express interest in working backstage, please contact the directors at [email protected] or visit the City Theatre of Independence website citytheatreofindependence.org for more information.
Thank you for your interest. We look forward to seeing you at auditions!
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