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THIS IS AN ALL AGES SHOW 8+

June 22nd at the Windham High School, and June 24th at the Golden Brook School:  6:30 to 9:00pm

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Show dates OCTOBER 23, 24, 25, 2026 – ROALD DAHL’S CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (Audition ages 8+)

Rehearsals start on August 16 … with a read through on August 11. We expect to have a short meet and greet on July 30th … for forms to be filled out and collected, and to pick up scripts.

Directed by Paul Conway; Music Direction by Jordan Ostrowski; Choreography by Caleb Anderson

Charlie Bucket, an imaginative boy with a knack for making something out of nothing, dreams of acquiring a golden ticket to tour Willy Wonka’s over-the-top chocolate factory and can’t believe his luck when it actually happens. Fellow contest winners: the gluttonous German, Augustus Gloop; Daddy’s spoiled rotten princess, Veruca Salt; chewing gum celebrity, Violet Beauregarde; and over-amped computer hacker, Mike Teavee, have no idea what they’re getting themselves into, as they each learn lessons about selfishness and greed from Wonka, who is not only out of his mind but potentially dangerous.
Please be sure to READ all the information on this page!

 

Audition dates are Monday, June 22 from 6:30-9 PM at the Windham High School Auditorium and Chorus room and and Wednesday, June 24, from 6:30-9 PM at the Golden Brook School in Windham, NH.

Please:

                 Dress to dance
                 Prepare 16 bars of a song of your choice (please bring sheet music for accompanist)
                 Be prepared to read from provided sides.  No advance prep is needed.
                 The schedule for both nights is:
                         6:30 – MUST arrive by 6:30 to check in
                         6:30 – 7:00 – Choreographer will teach a brief number and run the what you have learned

                         7:00 – 9:00 – vocal and side auditions (every attempt will be made to have those under 13 go first)

Show dates are Friday, October 23; Saturday, October 24; and Sunday, October 25.

 
Production fees:
     Membership in WAG – $25 single (minimum – other options available)
     Production fee – $35
     Cast Party contribution – $10 per person that attends

 

After you complete the Audition Sign up using the Google Form link below, to the best of your ability, however please contact [email protected] if you cannot make either audition date and need information on submitting a video audition (Please still fill out the form!), OR if you have additional questions, including if you have a financial hardship and need assistance with the fees.

 

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Character Breakdown:

Willy Wonka:  The sly, charming star of the show. Lithe, eccentric. His larger than life persona can go from charming and comical, to magically mysterious and dark.  Vocal range top: G4; Vocal range bottom: A2

Charlie Bucket:  Sweet, smart, hopeful and loving. A boy with wonderful innocence and vulnerability.  Vocal range top: F5; Vocal range bottom: G#3

Grandpa Joe:  Impish. He is Charlie’s imaginative, fun, kind and loving grandfather. After many years being confined to a bed, his childish energy returns when Charlie finds the Golden Ticket.  Vocal range top: G4; Vocal range bottom: G#2

Mrs. Bucket:  Charlie’s warm and kind-hearted mother. Worrier. Generous and loving.  Vocal range top: E5; Vocal range bottom: G3

Grandma Josephine:  Vocal range top: D5; Vocal range bottom: C4

Grandma Georgina:  Vocal range top: E5; Vocal range bottom: Ab3

Grandpa George: Vocal range top: E4; Vocal range bottom: F2

Mrs. Gloop:  Augustus’s German, moronic, Wagnerian mother. Mirthlessly smiles as though it were affixed to the front of her face.  Vocal range top: D5; Vocal range bottom: Bb3

Augustus Gloop:  Rampantly over-active.  Vocal range top: G5; Vocal range bottom: Bb3

Mr. Salt:  Veruca’s goofy, eccentric, distracted, hilarious father. Finds it impossible to say no, giving in to every ridiculous demand his daughter makes.  Vocal range top: Ab4; Vocal range bottom: Ab2

Veruca Salt: Vicious and determined.  Vocal range top: Db5; Vocal range bottom: Ab4

Mr. Beauregarde:  Violet’s ineffectual father. Ignores his back-talking, insult-hurling daughter.  Vocal range top: G4; Vocal range bottom: F#3

Violet Beauregarde:  Confident, forward, and full of attitude.  Vocal range top: F#5; Vocal range bottom: C#4

Mike Teavee:  A fireplug with a ridiculous amount of energy.  Vocal range top: Bb4; Vocal range bottom: G3

Mrs. Teavee:  She needs amphetamines to get through the day and deal with her outrageous son. Tense, extreme, and hilarious.  Vocal range top: Eb5; Vocal range bottom: G3

Mrs. Green:  A vegetable seller.

Jerry

Cherry

Ensemble

ROALD DAHL’S CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

General Info for Auditions:

TECH WEEK, DRESS REHEARSAL AND STRIKE ALL ALL MANDATORY

All rehearsals will take place in Windham NH; exact locations TBD.

 

If you are cast, and you are not a member of Windham Actors Guild, you must become a member – $25 is the cost for an individual, and a discount for a family is available.  Production fee is $35 for the show, for all persons cast; a script deposit may be required is $25 which will be returned to you at the end of the show once you have returned your script; the cast party contribution is $10 per person that attends.  If you have a financial hardship and need assistance with fees please be sure to contact “[email protected]” – all request for assistance are confidential.

 

Want to help backstage by helping paint, build sets, props and costumes?  Let us know – we’re always looking for techies.  Questions or comments please contact

HOW TO PREPARE TO AUDITION FOR A STRAIGHT SHOW:

You are not required to prepare a monologue, however, a prepared monologue is always welcomed and preferred to be in the same style of the show.  If you have a prepared one, you may audition with it along with cold readings from the script.

HOW TO PREPARE TO AUDITION FOR A MUSICAL:

Please come prepared to sing 16 to 32 bars of a song in the style of the show that makes your voice shine!  Please also bring printed sheet music in the proper key, ideally 3 hole punched and in a binder for the accompanist or bring a karaoke tract to perform with and we will provide a speaker. Those auditioning will also be asked to do a cold read from the script.  Some places you can find music:
Monologues are optional.
Please be dressed to dance.  Our Choreographer will teach you some dance steps.  Most musicals have some sort of dancing and dancers with experience are encouraged to audition.
Important Information for Auditions:

Conflict dates MUST be noted on your audition forms – this may shape casting but does not mean you will not be cast

When attending auditions please come in comfortable clothing and please bring, soft sole, non-marking shoes (not street shoes) and be ready to dance.  (If you don’t have any, you can dance in socks)  That is, if there is dancing in the show.

MANDATORY DATES:

Tech Week, being the weekend and the week prior to the performance and the Strike which will immediately follow the last performance (or the Sunday following the show IF there is no Sunday show) and is MANDATORY.

Want to help backstage by helping paint, build sets, props and costumes?  Let us know – we’re always looking for techies.  Questions or comments please contact [email protected]