Auditions for "Cabaret"

Ferrell Studios is excited to announce open call auditions for our summer musical, Cabaret.

All audition information including links to the audition packet, scheduling, and audition form can be found at www.ferrellstudios.com/auditions.

AUDITION DATES:
Auditions (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY): Wednesday, May 28, 2025 & Thursday, May 29, 2025 (7pm-10pm)
Callbacks (BY INVITATION ONLY): Saturday, May 31, 2025 (11am-3pm)

WHAT TO PREPARE:
Vocal Audition: Prepare a 16-32 bar cut of a musical theater piece in the style of the show. There will be no accompanist so you may choose to sing acapella or with a track on your phone.

Acting Audition: Select one of the audition monologues from the audition packet to prepare. You do not need to be memorized and may bring the monologue with you.

Callbacks: Callbacks will consist of a dance audition, vocal cuts from the show, and cold reads. Vocal material will be provided in advance.


IMPORTANT DATES:
Rehearsals: Weekday evenings and weekend mornings/afternoons starting the week of June 1, 2025
Load-In & Cue-to-Cue: August 17, 2025 (1pm-10pm)
Tech: August 18-21, 2025 (6pm-11pm)
Shows: August 22 (8pm), 23 (2pm & 8pm), 24 (2pm), 2025

All rehearsals and performances will take place in Metuchen, NJ.


ABOUT “CABARET”:
A charming Master of Ceremonies welcomes you to step into the Kit Kat Klub, a decadent Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s come to a close and the Weimar Republic yields to the growing threat of fascism. Cabaret follows Cliff, a young American writer who becomes enamored with Sally Bowles, an English singer. As their relationship progresses, Fräulein Schneider, the proprietor of their boarding house, embarks on a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. The dazzling façade of the Kit Kat Klub masks the growing threat of fascism, and the characters' lives become intertwined with the fate of a nation. With its iconic musical numbers and poignant social commentary, Cabaret explores the fragility of freedom and the seductive allure of escapism and complicity in a world on the precipice of darkness.

CONTENT WARNING: Please be advised that Cabaret includes sensitive themes and subject matter, including anti-Semitism, Nazi-ism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, abortion, and sexual content. This production includes depictions of domestic violence, physical violence, and Nazi and Holocaust imagery.

NOTE: Ferrell Studios is a small community theater organization based in Metuchen, NJ. this is a non-equity, non-paid production. All performers must be over the age of 18 at the time of auditions.

You may also like the following events from Ferrell Studios:

• Next Thursday, 15th May, 08:00 pm, "Godspell" in Metuchen
• Next month, 5th June, 07:30 pm, Five Nights at Freddy's: The Unofficial Musical in Metuchen
• This August, 22nd August, 08:00 pm, Cabaret in Metuchen

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