# Event Details

- **Event Name**: HMS Auditions: Reefer Madness
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 22 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 24 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Hornsby Musical Society is thrilled to announce that audition bookings are now open for our November 2026 production of Reefer Madness!

During the 1930's, marijuana propaganda in the United States was driven by a combination of political interests, racial prejudice, and sensationalist media coverage. After the establishment of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in 1930, Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger launched a campaign portraying marijuana as a dangerous substance that caused insanity, violence, and moral corruption. Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst played a significant role in spreading these fears through his widely circulated newspapers, which published exaggerated and often racist stories linking marijuana use to Mexican immigrants and African Americans. Hearst’s papers frequently described cannabis as a drug that drove users to murder or madness, helping fuel public panic during the Great Depression era. It has also been argued that Hearst had economic motives for opposing hemp, which competed with the timber industry used in newspaper production. Propaganda films such as Reefer Madness (1936) reinforced these messages by depicting marijuana as a direct path to crime, insanity, and social collapse. It is this climate of social fear that Reefer Madness: The Musical satirises.

Content Warning: Reefer Madness contains depictions of drug use, sex, sexual assault, exaggerated violence, and implied nudity.

PRODUCTION TEAM:
Co-Director - Kevin Rodrigueza
Co-Director - Max Waterson
Musical Director - David Lang
Choreographer - Lauren Oxenham

AUDITION INFORMATION:
Monday 22nd and Wednesday 24th of June from 6:30pm
To request materials and book an audition please email the team at hmsreefermadness@gmail.com with your name, preferred audition date and time, and the role you’re auditioning for.

Please read the audition pack for more information: https://hornsbyms.com/reeferauditions
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dural/hms-auditions-reefer-madness/200030264013542
- **Event Categories**: Entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Dural
- **state**: NS
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Asquith Church of Christ
- **lat**: -33.68763
- **long**: 151.10761
- **full address**: Asquith Church of Christ, 3 Amor St, Asquith NSW 2077, Australia, Dural

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is HMS Auditions: Reefer Madness being held?
  - **A:** HMS Auditions: Reefer Madness takes place on Mon, 22 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 24 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 pm at Asquith Church of Christ, 3 Amor St, Asquith NSW 2077, Australia, Dural.
- **Q**: Who is organizing HMS Auditions: Reefer Madness?
  - **A:** HMS Auditions: Reefer Madness is organized by Hornsby Musical Society.

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