Looking Glass Playhouse Presents: Beetlejuice JR. - Summer Youth Show 2025!
It’s showtime! Calling all young performers—auditions for Beetlejuice JR. are set for May 10, 2025, at 12:00 PM at Looking Glass Playhouse!
Who Can Audition?
Ages 6 (must be able to read) to 18 (recent high school grads)
Audition Requirements:
*Sing 16 measures of an upbeat show tune (Not from the show)
Bring sheet music – Accompanist provided (No a cappella auditions)
*A dance combination will be taught
*Some may be asked to stay for same-day callbacks
**NO AUDITION SIGN-UPS, JUST SHOW UP TO AUDITIONS.
*➡️ Audition Forms:
https://forms.gle/5unikkbUHt3fRPrEA
*Ensemble Auditions: (May leave once complete with the below)
*No prepared song needed
*Group audition with a dance combination
**Rehearsals are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday evenings 7 to 9:30 and Sunday afternoons 1 to 5 , starting 5/19/25. Once cast, a more detailed rehearsal calendar will be available. Not everyone will have to be at every rehearsal until we start running the show.
**All youth that are not able to drive themselves to the theater are required to have a parent/guardian with them at the theater for ALL rehearsals and performances.
Performance Dates:
June 26, 27, 28 @ 7:30 PM
June 28, 29 @ 2:00 PM
(Must be available for ALL of tech week starting June 22 & ALL performances.)
Location: Looking Glass Playhouse, 301 W St. Louis St, Lebanon, IL 62254
Director: Jason Johnson –
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Beetlejuice JR. is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Mark your calendars and get ready for a hauntingly good time! See you on St. Louis Street!
Character Breakdown:
Lydia Deetz
Whip-smart, grieving fifteen-year-old whose dark sense of humor helps her cope with the loss of her mother, Emily. Lydia is unfazed by Beetlejuice’s antics and easily holds her own against both him and all things Netherworld.
Gender: Female
Vocal Range: Top: E5, Bottom: A3
Charles Deetz
Lydia’s father. He wants to help her get over the loss of her mother, although the ways he tries to “help” aren’t really what Lydia needs. Charles is under a lot of pressure between his concerns over Lydia, his secret relationship with Delia, his professional life, and his own grief (which he tries to ignore).
Vocal Range: Top: F5, Bottom: Bb3
Beetlejuice
The dead guy of the hour! This titular character is zany, spooky, and absolutely hilarious. Though Beetlejuice exists in a morally gray area, he’s more of a trickster than a malevolent threat. He’s happy to align his interests with others, but ultimately, he’s looking out for himself.
Vocal Range: Top: E5, Bottom: G3
Adam Maitland
Devoted husband of Barbara, just can’t catch a break. While life’s stresses were getting to him – renovation of the house, financial difficulties, and the decision about having a child – he certainly wasn’t ready for death.
Gender: Male
Vocal Range: Top: Eb5, Bottom: Bb3
Barbara Maitland
Barbara's stresses align with her husband’s, in life and death, although Barbara is a bit more adventurous than Adam. She is very kind but also strong-willed and a quick thinker. Barbara immediately bonds with Lydia.
Gender: Female
Vocal Range: Top: D5, Bottom: A3
Delia Schlimmer
Hopelessly (sometimes maniacally) optimistic. She believes fully in her guru, Otho, and considers herself a life coach, though underneath her façade she’s quite fragile and desperately wants to fit in with the Deetzes. Delia loves Charles and genuinely cares about Lydia’s well-being, even if her attempts to connect are somewhat misguided.
Gender: Female
Vocal Range: Top: C#5, Bottom: G2
Maxie Dean
The business tycoon whom Charles hopes to impress.
Gender: Male
Vocal Range: Top: C5, Bottom: C4
Sky
Gender: Female
Vocal Range: Top: C5, Bottom: G3
Miss Argentina
Former beauty queen, greets the recently dead in the Netherworld. She leads “What I Know Now”.
Gender: Female
Vocal Range: Top: D5, Bottom: A3
Maxine Dean
Maxie's fourth (or fifth) wife.
Gender: Female
Otho
Delia's guru and occasional exorcist.
Juno
Beetlejuice’s mother, runs the recently dead intake with an iron fist. She has “a voice like road tar” and no sympathy for anyone.
Gender: Female
Ensemble
Includes the Priest, The Recently Deceased (Parachute Jumper, Death by Toaster, Dead Cheerleader, Death by Fireworks, Cigar Mobster, Dead Jockey, Machete Groom, Dead Drill Team, and Hunter with a Shrunken Head), Mourners, Movers (Mover #1, Mover #2), Lawyers, Girl Scouts, Cater-Waiter, Beetlejuice Clones (Clone #1, Clone #2), Cheerleaders, Studio Audience, Sandworm.
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