VST’s Something Rotten! Auditions

Name: VST’s Something Rotten! Auditions
Start: 2025-02-26T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-27T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Granby Memorial High School

Schedule

Wed, 26 Feb, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 27 Feb, 2025 at 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Granby Memorial High School | Granby, CT

Something Rotten
Valley Student Theatre
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten! Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, Something Rotten! was lauded by audience members and critics alike, receiving several Best Musical nominations and hailed by Time Out New York as "the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years."
Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as "The Bard." When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing, and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.
Something Rotten! features large song and dance numbers, and a wacky cast of over-the-top characters, each with their own moment to shine. Throughout its Broadway run, the musical received a show-stopping standing ovation from audiences...in the beginning of the first act! It has become clear that “nothing’s as amazing as a musical,” so don’t miss your chance to perform this musical with Valley Student Theatre!
Production Team
Directors- Erin Dugan and Julianne Thouin
Assistant Director- James Thacher
Choreographer- Taylor Mynahan
Show Dates: July 18, 19, 20, 25, 26
Something Rotten explores sensitive themes such as strong language, lewd humor, violence, drinking, and sexual innuendos. Parents are encouraged to assess the appropriateness of their child's participation before their audition.

SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION SLOT BY CLICKING THIS LINK-
https://signup.com/mobileweb/2.0/vspot.html?activitykey=1161811940029#anonymous_invite_page
Audition Details
Please prepare a 16 to 32-bar cut of a song in the style of Something Rotten (about 30 seconds to a minute if you are not familiar with sheet music). You may select a song from the show if you choose. Those auditioning should bring their own device to play an accompaniment track, or they can choose to sing a cappella.
Vocal auditions will be held at Granby Memorial High School on February 26th and 27th from, 6:00-8:30. You will need to sign up for a 5 minute audition slot using the link above.
Dance auditions will be on March 2nd from 4:30-5:30. All auditionees will need to attend the dance audition in addition to the vocal audition. Callbacks are by invitation only and will be held on Sunday, March 2nd from 5:30-8:00
If you cannot attend either audition date, please reach out to Erin Dugan, one of the directors, at [email protected].
Music rehearsals will start in May and June, ahead of the regular camp schedule. We will announce these dates after casting later this spring. The May and June rehearsals will take place in the evening in Granby locations.
Our day rehearsals at Granby Memorial High School are as follows:
June 23, 24, 25, 26 - 8:30 to 2:30
June 30, July 1, 2, 3 - 8:30 to 2:30
July 7, 8, 9, 10 - 8:30 to 2:30
Tech Week (MANDATORY)
July 14, 15, 16, 17 - 4 to 9 PM
PERFORMANCES (MANDATORY)
July 18 7PM
July 19 7PM
July 20 2PM
July 25 7PM
July 26 2PM & 7PM
Pick Up Rehearsal (MANDATORY)
July 23 8:30-2:30pm
STRIKE (MANDATORY)
July 27 12-4
We will not accept any conflicts during Tech Week. Please be prepared to share your conflicts AT auditions to the best of your ability.
Participants must be ages 10-18 and in 4th-12th grade (they MUST turn 10 years old on or before the first day of camp).
The program cost is $550 per student.
We offer sibling discounts of $50 per sibling (the first child pays $550, all siblings pay $500).