Casting Call for The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals!
GET READY FOR A MUSICAL YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!
We are so excited to announce auditions for The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, as produced by STARKIDS productions!
Written by: Nick & Matt Lang
Music & Lyrics: Jeff Blim
AUDITION DATES:
(For ages 14 and up ONLY)
Sunday, August 18th
4-7pm
and
Monday, August 19th
6-9pm
at
First Presbyterian Church
883 Rt 34
Matawan, NJ 07747
Auditioners need only attend one day and will not be needed for the entire time.
INVITED CALLBACKS: Wednesday, August 21st, 6-9pm
Director: Christine deSimas
Choreographer: Emily Rosano
Musical Director: Teddy Kernizan
Assistant Director: Sophia deSimas
Lighting Designer: Alex Fritsch
Producer: Frank Rosano
Show dates:
November 8, 9, 15, 16, at 8 pm
November 10 and 17 at 3 pm
Please prepare 32 bars from a contemporary comedy style musical and have fun with it! We will also provide sides. Please wear comfortable clothing and footwear for the choreography portion. Must be at least 14 years old.
We are looking for wonderfully diverse, funny, generous actors who want to have the best time while sharing their comedic gifts and joy for being onstage. This is a true ensemble production and wickedly funny. Hope to see you at auditions!
SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Everything in Hatchet Field seemed normal until people began singing... Then, they began dancing... And now, a musical pandemic is sweeping the entire city. It’s up to Paul (an average guy who doesn’t like musicals) and his friends to stop this musical apocalypse and fight for humanity’s future.
The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals is a horrifying new comedy musical from StarKid Productions, the creators of A Very Potter Musical, Firestarter and Holy Musical, B@man!
Cast of Characters (In Order of Appearance):
Chorus of Infected (Infected 1-7) - members of the of the alien hive mind
Bill - Paul’s middle-aged co-worker and best friend (Kind of a square).
Paul - a regular guy who doesn’t like musicals
Charlotte - Paul’s spacey coworker with marriage troubles
Mr. Davidson - manager of the CCRP tech department
Melissa - Mr. Davidson’s secretary
Ted - Paul’s sleazy, annoying coworker
Emma - a barista at Beanie’s
Coffee Jerk - a rude customer at the local coffee shop
Nora - Emma’s boss and owner of Beanies
Obnoxious Teen - a kid waiting for a hot chocolate
Zoey - Emma’s lazy coworker at Beanie’s
Greenpeace Canvasser - a person canvassing for Greenpeace
Homeless Man - a man experiencing homelessness
Sam - Charlotte’s slimy, unfaithful, cop husband
Alice - Bill’s teenage daughter
Deb - Alice’s stoner girlfriend
Smoke Club Kid - a teen who loves smoking weed
Professor Hidgens - a kooky biology professor and doomsday survivalist
News Narration - narrator for the news programs
Donna - cohost of the Hatchetfield news program
Dan - cohost of the Hatchetfield news program
Cop 1 - a member of the Hatchetfield Police Department
Cop 2 - another member of the Hatchetfield Police Department
Infected Teen - an infected student of Hatchetfield
High Soldiers - Members of a special military unit called “P.E.I.P.”
General MacNamara - commander of military special unit P.E.I.P.
Infected Soldier - a member of McNamara’s team infected by the alien hive
Rod - cohost of the Clivesdale news program
Colonel Schaffer - an officer in special unit P.E.I.P.
Nurse - a nurse in the Clivesdale hospital