Auditions – for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

have concluded

Please check back on this page for upcoming auditions for our 2027 season

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 fees are additional and are based on the show (generally $35 to $50) for each persons cast; a script deposit may be required – standard for a musical and is typically $25 – which will be returned to you at the end of the show once you have returned your script – erased of any notes made; 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]