Auditions for our winter production of Spring Awakening are NOW OPEN!

Auditions can be submitted by clicking the link below to fill out the audition form.

Please fill out the audition form completely, attach a headshot and resume, and submit an audition video consisting of 32 measures from contemporary a musical theatre song or a pop rock song that showcases your voice. No songs from the show, please! Please prepare your song with accompaniment so we can hear your performance as intended. We ask that you do not sing a cappella.

After submitting, you should receive an email confirmation with your submission. If you do not, your audition may not have been submitted successfully. Please check spam folders for email confirmation and feel free to reach out and confirm we’ve received your submission!

Your video audition should be uploaded to YouTube as an UNLISTED link, and NOT a private link to make sure that we will be the only folks viewing your audition video. The link for this audition video will then be shared in the audition form.

The deadline for submissions is August 7th, and callbacks will be the week of August 24th-29th (dates and times TBD). Callback times and a schedule will be sent with the callback notice on Monday, August 17th. Casting will be announced to all auditionees sometime in early September.

Thank you for your interest in auditioning with us! If you have any questions, please email Producer, Jenna Bellamy (jenna.bellamy@vstbhm.org) or Director, Michael Flowers (mflowersmrf@gmail.com).

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
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Character Breakdown – spring awakening

Important Content Notice: Spring Awakening contains mature themes, including sexuality, sexual situations, pregnancy, abuse, suicide, violence, and strong language. The production also includes intimacy and physical contact. Intimacy direction will be provided, and all rehearsals and performances will follow professional safety protocols to ensure a respectful and supportive environment.

Performers should be comfortable working with this material. Questions regarding content are welcome.

Wendla: Innocent. With every passing day, she grows more curious about the world around her and her changing body. Both vulnerable and a willing participant in her evolution. Explores her newly found sexuality with Melchior.

  • Gender: female

  • Age: 18 – 20s

  • Vocal range top: E5

  • Vocal range bottom: E3

Melchior: A smart, headstrong boy who refuses to bow down to society's rules. An atheist and radical student. Struggles with his intense feelings for Wendla and his awakening sexual urges.

  • Gender: male

  • Age: 18 – 20s

  • Vocal range top: B4

  • Vocal range bottom: G2

Martha: A schoolgirl who faces constant physical abuse from her father. She harbors a secret crush towards Moritz.

  • Gender: female

  • Age: 18 – 20s

  • Vocal range top: E5

  • Vocal range bottom: E3

Moritz: Melchior's best friend, a troubled student. He desperately tries to please his father, but always seems to disappoint him. His haunting sexual dreams and academic failures eventually drive him to suicidal thoughts.

  • Gender: male

  • Age: 18 – 20s

  • Vocal range top: A4

  • Vocal range bottom: C3

Thea: Wendla's best friend. A schoolgirl who tries to stay innocent and pure.

  • Gender: female

  • Age: 18 – 20s

  • Vocal range top: E5

  • Vocal range bottom: E3

Hanschen: A rather narcissistic schoolmate of Melchior's. He is comfortable with his own sexuality and uses his looks and intelligence to captivate Ernst. Optional Doubling as RUPERT.

  • Gender: male

  • Age: 18 – 20s

  • Vocal range top: D5

  • Vocal range bottom: Ab2

Anna: A German schoolgirl and Martha's best friend. Optimistic and a bit naive, she has a difficult time understanding Martha's trials.

  • Gender: female

  • Age: 18 – 20s

  • Vocal range top: C5

  • Vocal range bottom: E3

Ernst: A schoolmate of Melchior's. Naive and easily manipulated, which allows him to fall in love with Hanschen. Optional Doubling as REINHOLD.

  • Gender: male

  • Age: 18 – 20s

  • Vocal range top: A4

  • Vocal range bottom: Ab2

Ilse: Martha's sister, who was also abused and has run away from home to live in an artists' colony. She reaches out to her old friend Moritz in the last moments of his life.

  • Gender: female

  • Age: 18 – 20s

  • Vocal range top: E5

  • Vocal range bottom: E3

Georg: A clumsy schoolmate of Melchoir's. He is overcome with his feelings for his piano teacher. Optional Doubling as DIETER.

  • Gender: male

  • Age: 18 – 20s

  • Vocal range top: D5

  • Vocal range bottom: Ab2

Otto: A classmate of Melchior's. He struggles with feelings he considers inappropriate. Optional Doubling as ULBRECHT.

  • Gender: male

  • Age: 18 – 20s

  • Vocal range top: D5

  • Vocal range bottom: Ab2

Adult Woman: Plays a variety of rigid adult roles. Characters include: FRAU BERGMAN, Wendla's mother; FRAULEIN KNUPPELDICK; FRAULEIN GROSSEBUSTENHALTER; FRAU GABOR, Melchior's mother; and FRAU BESSELL, Martha's mother.

  • Gender: female

  • Age: 35 to 55

  • Vocal range top: A4

  • Vocal range bottom: D3

Adult Man: Plays a variety of rigid adult roles. Characters include: HERR SONNENSTITCH, the boys' teacher; HEADMASTER KNOCHENBRUCH; HERR NEUMANN, Ilse's father; HERR RILOW, Hanschen's father; HERR STEIFEL, Moritz's father; FATHER KAULBACH; DOCTOR VON BRAUSEPULVER; HERR GABOR, Melchior's father; and SCHMIDT.

  • Gender: male

  • Age: 35 to 55

  • Vocal range top: F4

  • Vocal range bottom: D3

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