Audition notice for THE PRODUCERS
When: Sunday, June 1st at 7pm OR Monday, June 2nd at 7pm (auditioners only need to come to one audition date).
Callbacks: Sunday, June 8th at 7 pm. Callbacks are invitation only.
Where: Cottingham Theatre on the campus of Columbia College (1301 Columbia College Dr)
What to prepare: Please prepare 16 bars (approximately one minute) of a musical theatre song that best demonstrates your abilities with an accompaniment/karaoke track (No vocals). No sheet music and no a capella auditions please. All ethnicities and ages 16+ are encouraged to audition. Please be prepared to stay and dance. If you have tap shoes, please bring them.
Rehearsal Schedule: Mid-July-September 11, 2025 (NO CONFLICTS AFTER AUGUST 31st)
Sunday-Thursday evenings: 7:00 -9:30/10:00 pm
Two week before opening night: 6:30-10:30 pm
Performance Schedule: September 12 - 27, 2025
September 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 at 8 pm; September 14 and 21 3 pm
Book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan
Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Directed by Hans Boeschen
Music Direction by Kathy Seppamaki
Choreography by Roxanne Rich
Rated: PG-13
Synopsis: A down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history, thereby bilking their backers (all “little old ladies”) out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! At the core of the insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become friends. With a truly hysterical book co-written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (Annie) and music and lyrics by Mr. Brooks, The Producers skewers Broadway traditions and takes no prisoners as it proudly proclaims itself an “equal opportunity offender!”
Roles:
All roles are available.
MAX BIALYSTOCK: (age 40-60). A failed Broadway producer. Good singer with excellent physical and verbal comedy skills. Ruthless, unprincipled and quick witted with verbal banter. He will stop at absolutely nothing to succeed. A likeable rogue who despite his egotistical persona and indefensible antics has the audience secretly rooting for him. Singing required. Vocal range top: F#4 Vocal range bottom: A2
LEO BLOOM: (age 25-40). A meek-mannered accountant. Good singer with excellent physical and verbal comedy skills. Movement/dance ability advantageous (including tap). Leo is neurotic, unassertive and utterly lovable. He discovers his inner confidence, follows his dream of becoming a Producer, and ‘gets the girl’ by running off to Rio with the leading lady. Singing required. Vocal range top: F4 Vocal range bottom: A2
FRANZ LIEBKIND: (age 25-50) A wild-eyed German immigrant and Nazi fanatic. Excellent comedy skills with ability to sing. A strong physical presence, he is hot-tempered, intensely obsessive Nazi supporter (with a soft spot for his pet pigeons). More than slightly nuts, he eventually looses the plot and attempts to shoot our main characters in a comic fit of rage. Singing required.Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: F2
ROGER DE BRIS: (age 30+) A cross-dressing renowned (in his own eyes) Broadway director. Excellent comedy skills and good singing and dance ability. Tap skills advantageous. Beneath a (somewhat) convincing straight-acting persona lies a full-blown Judy Garland waiting to burst out. When opportunity gives him the leading role in ‘Springtime For Hitler’ he becomes a ‘gay as a daisy’, all singing all dancing showbiz Hitler. Singing required. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: G#2
CARMEN GHIA: (age 20-35) Roger Debris' faithful assistant. Carmen is severe in looks and passion for Roger. Excellent comedy skills and good singer. He overreacts to every eventuality and is mortally wounded by any of Roger’s thoughtless remarks. Comically sibilant beyond all measure. Singing required. Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: C3
ULLA: (age 20-35) The knock-out Swedish secretary. Excellent comedienne with great song and dance skills. Gorgeous, young, blond and leggy. Enthusiastic, innocent and adorable but with a very loose grasp of the English language she is generally utterly inept in her work. Singing required. Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: A3
ENSEMBLE: (ages 16+) A strong ensemble is needed who can sing, act, and dance and who posses excellent comedic timing. Small feature roles and solos will be assigned to ensemble members once casting is finalized. The following roles will be cast from the ensemble:
MR. MARKS: Short-tempered, cigar chomping, little tyrant of an office manager.
Roger’s creative team: (SCOTT) choreographer, BRYAN (set designer), KEVIN (costume designer) all as camp as Christmas apart from SHIRLEY MARKOWITZ (the lesbian lighting designer) who out-butches them all.
LITTLE OLD LADIES: ‘Hold-me-touch-me” “Lick-me-bite-me” etc. They’re little old ladies. They’re sex crazed. What else can you say
Auditionees: JASON (mousy singer from “No No Nietzsche”), DONALD (“Little Wooden Boy”), JACK (a G&S devotee)
USHERETTES
STORM TROOPER (tenor soloist in “Springtime for Hitler”)
Police (all with thick New York Irish accents): SERGENT; O’ROURKE; O’RILEY; O’HOULLIHAN
JUDGE
PRISON TRUSTEE
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