FRANCIS WILSON PLAYHOUSE announces AUDITIONS for the musical GREASE
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Francis Wilson Playhouse is looking for energetic performers for our cast of Grease. All roles are open.
Audition Requirements:
Please bring a resume and headshot if you have them.
Vocal: Please prepare 16 bars of a musical theatre selection that best showcases
your vocal talent. Please bring sheet music in the correct key, an accompanist
will be provided.
Dance: Please come prepared to move with appropriate shoes. There will be a
short dance routine to learn.
Roles:
DANNY ZUKO: Male, High School Teen- mid-20’s (Range: tenor, D4–B5)
The leader of the Burger Palace Boys; good-looking, strong and confident, with an air of easy-going charm.
SANDY DUMBROWSKI: Female, High School Teen – mid-20’s (Range: Soprano, A3–F#5)
New girl in town; sweet, wholesome, naive, cute, and innocent.
BETTY RIZZO: Female, High School Teen – mid-20’s (Range:Alto A3–C5)
Leader of the Pink Ladies; tough, sarcastic, and outspoken but vulnerable.
FRENCHY: Female, High School Teen – mid-20’s (Range: Alto, A3–D5)
A dreamer; good-natured but not too smart, she is heavily made up, fussy about her appearance, particularly her hair. She can't wait to finish high school so she can be a beautician.
MARTY: Female, High School Teen – mid-20’s (Range Alto, C4–C5)
The “beauty” of the Pink Ladies; pretty and looks older than the other girls, but betrays her real age when she opens her mouth. She tries to act sophisticated.
JAN: Female, High School Teen – mid-20’s (Range: Alto, A3-C5)
Funny, loud, compulsive eater, and awkward member of the Pink Ladies. Loud and pushy with the girls, but shy with boys.
DOODY: Male, High School Teen – mid-20’s (Range: Tenor, D4-A5)
The youngest of the guys; small, boyish, and open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude towards the other guys. He also plays the guitar.
KENICKIE: Male, High School Teen – mid-20’s (Range: Tenor, C4–F5)
The second in command of the Burger Palace Boys; tough-looking, tattooed, surly, and avoids any show of softness. He has an offbeat sense of humor.
SONNY LATIERRI: Male, High School Teen – mid-20’s (Range: baritone, G3–A5)
A member of the Burger Palace Boys; funny Italian-American, he is a braggart and wheeler-dealer who thinks he's a real lady-killer
ROGER: Male, High School Teen – mid-20’s (Range: Tenor, D4-A5)
The anything-for-a-laugh stocky type of boy; a clown who enjoys winding people up, he is full of mischief and is always dreaming up half-baked schemes and ideas.
VINCE FONTAINE: Male, High School Teen – mid-20’s (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
A typical “teen audience” disc jockey; slick, egotistical and fast-talking. He is also a veteran “Greaser.”
CHA-CHA, aka CHARLENE, DIGREGORIO: Female, High School Teen- – mid-20’s (Range: Alto, C4–C5)
The best dancer at St. Bernadette’s; a loud mouth, she wins the dancing competitio with Danny.
EUGENE FLORCZYK: Male, High School Teen- – mid-20’s (Range: Tenor, A3–E5)
The class valedictorian; physically awkward, with weak eyes and a high-pitched voice. He’s a typical “apple-polisher” – both smug and pompous, but gullible.
JOHNNY CASINO: Male, High School Teen- – mid-20’s (Range: Tenor, G4-E5)
All-American, rock-star “greaser” student at Rydell High, whose real name is Clarence.
MISS LYNCH: Female, Age Flexible (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)
A no-nonsense, serious, loud English teacher.
PATTY SIMCOX: Female, High School Teen- – mid-20’s (Range: Alto, D4-A4)
A typical cheerleader; attractive, athletic, sure-of-herself, but can be given to bursts of disconcerting enthusiasm. She’s a bit of a pain and unpopular with the Pink Ladies, and can twirl a baton.
TEEN ANGEL: Male, Age Flexible (Range: Tenor, E4–F5)
Frenchy’s suave and slick guardian angel, who encourages her to stay in school.
THE PINK LADIES: Ensemble (SATB)
The club-jacketed, gum-chewing, hip-swinging girls' gang who hang around with the Burger Palace Boys.
THE BURGER PALACE BOYS: Ensemble (SATB)
A super-cool, DA-haired, hard-looking group of high school wheeler-dealers… or so they think.
Radio Voice: Male, Age Flexible (Rage: Tenor, A3–C5)
A Radio Voice
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