Auditions
Auditions Information for FVP presents "Cabaret (1998 Version)"
Auditions: December 16-17, 2024
Callbacks, if needed, will take place on Wednesday December 18th at 7pm.
Performances: February 21 - March 2, 2025
Rehearsals will start in January and run Monday - Thursday evenings.
Please arrive 30 minutes prior to the audition time to fill out audition forms and get everyone checked in.
Please prepare a 32 bar cut of a piece that shows your range in the style of the show. Please bring a clean accompaniment tract (no background vocals or solo cover) No acapella singing.
We will be asking you to cold read sides from the script.
Please wear comfortable clothing as you will be dancing.
Daring, provocative and exuberantly entertaining, Cabaret explores the dark and heady life of Bohemian Berlin as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.
Cast of Characters:
Master of Ceremonies (Emcee)
Host at the Kit Kat Club-- a gender-nonconforming-presenting, exuberant figure; comfortable with being close to the audience; dark, comedic, sinister, vulgar…yet lovable; requires a strong presence that is playful and mysterious. Must act, sing (some in German), move well, and be comfortable with bawdy/suggestive staging/choreography.
Age range: 25-50
Accent: German
Vocal range: C#5 - C3
Sally Bowles
A British cabaret singer at the Kit Kat Club. Quirky and flighty. Struggles with knowing the darkness of the reality of her life and has woeful luck in her relationships with men. Must act, sing, and dance well; comfortable with moments of intimacy and bawdy/ suggestive staging/ choreography.
Age range: 20-40
Accent: British
Vocal range: C5 - A3
Clifford (Cliff) Bradshaw
An American novelist and English teacher traveling to Berlin. Through his journey he explores the many facets and complexities of his sexuality, politics, and artistic goals.) Must act and sing well, comfortable with stage movement, light dance, and moments of intimacy.
Age range: 25-40
Accent: American
Vocal range: E4 - A2
Fräulein Schneider
A landlady who rents rooms to Cliff, Sally, and several other characters in her large flat. She is alone and is resigned to her place in life, but secretly longs for companionship. She is very critical of some people while looking the other way with others; comfortable with stage movement and light dance (waltz). Must act and sing well; comfortable with moments of intimacy.
Age range: Late 40s-50s
Accent: German
Vocal rang: A-flat4 - D3
Herr Schultz
A Jewish fruit shop owner who falls in love with Fraulein Schneider; sweet, lovable, and adoring; heartbreakingly naïve about the political turmoil in Germany. Must act and sing well; comfortable with stage movement, light dance (waltz), and moments of intimacy.
Age range: Late 40s-50s
Accent: German
Vocal range: high F - low G
Fräulein Kost (doubles as Kit Kat “Girl”)
A prostitute who rents in Fraulein Schneider's boarding house; larger than life personality, quick witted and sharp tongued; should be comfortable exhibiting a strong sexual and commanding nature; must act and move well and sing in German.
Age range: 30-49
Accent: German
Vocal range: high F - A flat
Ernst Ludwig
A friendly and likable German, takes English lessons from Cliff, and smuggles funds for the Nazi party; comfortable with stage movement and light dance (waltz); and sing in German.
Age range: 20-40
Accent: German
Vocal range: high F - A flat
The Kit Kat “Girls” & “Boys”
These performers are often in salacious situations and costumes. They are an eclectic mix of types and aren’t necessarily a matching unit. It is very important they act, sing, dance / move well and with confidence. They will be part of various scenes in and out of the Club; should be comfortable interacting with the audience and comfortable with bawdy/suggestive staging/choreography; also sing in German; one doubles as Fräulein Kost, one as Gorilla, and one as Chanteuse.
Rosie, Lulu, Frenchie, Texas, Fritzie, Helga
Bobby, Victor, Hans (doubles as Rudy, a sailor), Herman (doubles as Customs Official & Max),
Age range: 18-40
Accent: German
We welcome performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and body types.
Auditions Information for FVP presents "The Importance of Being Earnest"
Earnest tells the story of two young gentlemen in London, who each live a double-life, creating elaborate deceptions to find some balance in their lives.
Auditions: February 10 - 11, 2025, 7:00 pm
Performances: March 28 - April 6, 2025
Cast of Characters:
John (Jack/Ernest) Worthing, J.P. (Age: late 20s-early 30s) - The play's protagonist. Jack Worthing is a seemingly responsible and respectable young man who leads a double life.
Algernon Moncrieff (Age: late 20s-early 30s) - The play's secondary hero. Algernon is brilliant, witty, selfish, amoral, and given to making delightful paradoxical and epigrammatic pronouncements.
Gwendolen Fairfax (Age: early 20s) - Algernon's cousin and Lady Bracknell's daughter. She is sophisticated, intellectual, cosmopolitan, and utterly pretentious.
Cecily Cardew (Age: early 20s) - Jack's ward, the granddaughter of the old gentlemen who found and adopted Jack when Jack was a baby. Cecily is probably the most realistically drawn character in the play.
Lady Bracknell (Age: 50-65) - Algernon's snobbish, mercenary, and domineering aunt and Gwendolen's mother. Lady Bracknell married well, and her primary goal in life is to see her daughter do the same.
Miss Prism (Age: 40-65) - Cecily's governess. Miss Prism is an endless source of pedantic bromides and clichés. Despite her rigidity, Miss Prism seems to have a softer side.
Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D. (Age: 50-65) - The rector on Jack's estate.
Lane (Age: 30-65) - Algernon's manservant.
Merriman (Age: 30-65) - The butler at the Manor House, Jack's estate in the country.
Auditions Information for FVP presents "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"
The inspiring true story of Carole King's journey from teenage songwriter to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Auditions: May 19 - 20, 2025, 7:00 pm
Performances: July 11 - 27, 2025
Cast of Characters:
Carole King - Female, 18 - 30, Range Eb5-Eb3, An aspiring singer/songwriter. A unique, appealing, funny and vulnerable girl from a Jewish family in Brooklyn. Talented, good natured, unassuming and often the peace maker in difficult situations. A reluctant star with no pretense and a passion for music.
Gerry Goffin - Male, 18 - 30, Range A4-D3, Carole’s boyfriend, songwriting partner and eventual husband. Innately sympathetic, wounded and tortured. An ambitious artist always striving for more.
Barry Mann - Male, 18 - 30, Range A4-C3, A songwriter who becomes romantically involved with Cynthia. He is good natured, appealing & neurotic. Ambitious, but likeable.
Cynthia Weil - Female, 18 - 30, Range E5-G3, A songwriter who becomes romantically involved with Barry. Carole’s best friend. She is sophisticated, smart & chic with a quick wit. Although self-confident and sarcastic, she is also extremely likeable.
Don Kirschner - Male, 40 - 60, Range C#4-A2, An influential music publisher and producer. He is a fast talking, energetic force of nature. Powerful, direct & sometimes intimidating, but he has a real affinity for his writers and artists. A hit maker.
Genie Klein - Female, 40 - 60, Carole’s Jewish mother. Once an aspiring playwright, she has been broken down by life & her husband’s infidelity. Protective of Carole and unforgiving of her husband’s mistakes.
Neil Sedaka - Male, Range G#4-A#3, A singer-songwriter
Nick - Male, A musician.
Janelle Woods - Female, Range D5-G#3, A singer.
Marilyn Wald- Female, Range C5-G3, A singer
Lou Adler - Male, A record producer and music executive.
Bobby Vee - Male, Range C4-C3, A singer
Lead Drifter - Male, Range Eb5-B2, Member of the doo-wop group The Drifters
Back-Up Drifters - Males, Range C5-B2, Members of the doo-wop group The Drifters
Lead Shirelle - Female, Range Db5-G3, Member of pop group The Shirelles
Back-Up Shirelles - Females, Range D5-G3, Members of pop group The Shirelles
Righteous Brother #1 - Male, Range G4-F2, Part of The Righteous Brothers duo
Righteous Brother #2 - Male, Range F5-F3, Part of The Righteous Brothers duo
Uptown Soloist - Female, Range Db5-B3
Lucille - Female, Don Kirshner's secretary
Betty - Female, Carole King's childhood friend.
Little Eva - Female, Range E5-Bb3, A pop singer