We are also looking forward to Night of the Singing Dead - A Truly Horrible Operatic Musical with an original libretto by Evelyn Clary and music by Mozart, Puccini, Viardot, Bizet, Verdi and other poor souls who are dead and therefore unable to prevent Evelyn from creating such a thing using their music. While this show will contain zombies, it will be family friendly. If you or someone you know is interested in auditioning, take note!
Performances will be held October 23 - 26, 2025
Auditions Monday June 9 6:30
Callbacks Thursday, June 12 at 6:30
St John’s Episcopal Church Choir Room (2827 Wheat St)
Physical resemblance to the characters in the similarly named film is not a casting consideration.
Available Roles
Ben (tenor)
Barbara (soprano)
Johnny (baritone)
Reporters (various voice types)
Army Guy (spoken role)
Zombie Soloists (various voice types)
Zombie Chorus
While the roles of Helen (soprano), Harry (baritone) and Karen (child soprano) have been cast, we will consider double cast or covers for those roles.
No audition is required of Zombies in the Chorus, BUT we would like those wishing to appear as zombies to come out to auditions to complete their audition form and say hello.
Those auditioning for principal roles should prepare an aria from an opera or operetta (any language), or a selection from a Golden Age Musical (provide sheet music for our accompanist); and should be prepared to do a cold reading from the script.
If you want to be involved, but you cannot attend auditions, please email us at
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Q : What is this show about?
A : Night of the Singing Dead is a comedic, family-friendly parody of the classic film Night of the Living Dead. Barbara and Johnny go to lay a wreath on their father’s grave when a ghoul attacks. Barbara escapes to a farmhouse where Ben has been hiding out. While they are boarding up the windows to keep the ghouls out, they find Harry and Helen Cooper have been hiding out in the cellar with their daughter Karen, who has been bitten by a ghoul. The reports on TV of the ghouls’ activity is increasingly troubling. Can the survivor’s survive? Will Army Guy show up? If so, can he help?
Q: How can this be family friendly?
A: Ever hear of Casper and Goosebumps and Bunnicula? It will be way less scary than the Brothers Grim tales no doubt. There will be no adult language, gore or disturbing scenes in this production. There will be a few really corny dad jokes which might disturb people with good taste, and for that we are sorry (not too sorry, though).
Q: This sounds fun, but I’ve never been onstage before. Could I be included?
A: Absolutely! We are all ages and all experience levels.
Q: I don’t want a principal role. Do I have to audition?
A: No audition is required unless you want to be considered for a principal role. We would like for you to come out to auditions to say hello and fill out our performer form.
Q: I want to be a part of this production, but I cannot make it to the auditions. What can I do?
A: Can you be in two places at once? If not, then email us at
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Please bring your calendar with you, as we will ask about conflicts.
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