Audition for An Upcoming Production

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AUDITIONS ARE OPEN TO EVERYONE AND NO EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED.

The NSB Little Theatre strongly encourages performers of all ethnicities, genders, and backgrounds to partake in our auditions. 

Location is in our rehearsal building, next to the theater, at 720 East Third Ave, New Smyrna Beach, unless otherwise stated.

Auditions start at 7:00 pm.

More information? Call 386.423.1246

 

2025

 

ANYTHING GOES (2002 Revision) - DIRECTOR DOUG CAREY

Auditions Sunday December 14 and Monday December 15

Show dates February 26 - March 15

Music and Lyrics – Cole Porter

Original Book – Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse

Rehearsals:  After the show is cast, there will be read-thru with introductions on Saturday, December 20^th. Due to the holidays, rehearsals for the show will begin on January 2^nd. A proposed rehearsal schedule will be available for conflict-checking during the auditions.

Director:                      Doug Carey

Music Director:     Macon Armistead

Accompanist:         Dale Adams

Choreographer:     Ashley King

 Song:  All roles are open and no experience is required to be cast in the show. Anyone wishing to be considered for a singing role should be prepared to sing a song in their vocal range. Please be prepared to sing your song either a capella or with a karaoke track. Since this show is set in the 1930s, your selection of a piece that fits the era of the show (1930s through 1940s) would be much appreciated.

Dance:  All auditioners will be asked to do some movement work so that the choreographer can assess everyone’s ability to learn dance and movement steps, so please wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Additionally, all auditioners will be asked to read selections from the show. 

Synopsis:  Anything Goes is a musical comedy about love and mistaken identity aboard the S.S. Amercan as it transits the Atlantic Ocean from New York to London. Set in 1934, the show features a number of character types who were popular during that that era, including a nightclub performer and former evangelist, her four “angels,” a gangster (public enemy #13) disguised as a preacher, a Wall Street tycoon, a romantic stowaway, and an engaged couple who are to be married in England. 

Some of Cole Porter’s most famous songs are featured in this show, including “Anything Goes,” “Blow, Gabriel, Blow,” “You’re the Top,” “Friendship” and “It’s De-Lovely.”

Principal and key supporting roles are:

RENO SWEENEY (30s) – A brassy evangelist turned nightclub singer. 

BILLY CROCKER (20s) – Friend of Reno, who (much to Reno’s chagrin) is in love with the girl of his dreams, who just so happens to be engaged and on the ocean liner.

HOPE HARCOURT (20s) – A prominent debutante engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, an English nobleman.

LORD EVELYN OAKLEIGH (30s) - A wealthy Englishman, who is engaged to Hope.

MOONFACE MARTIN (age open) – A hapless gangster (Public Enemy #13)

EVANGELINE HARCOURT (50s to 60s) – Hope’s mother, a widow.

ELISHA WHITNEY (50s to 60s) – A goggle-eyed tycoon and “Yale man.”

ERMA (20s to 30s) – A vivacious gangster’s moll.

SPIT and DIPPY (20s) – Two rascally New York City street toughs

THE SHIP’S CAPTAIN (50s to 60s)

The show features a large and active chorus/ensemble, many of whom will double (or triple).

If you have any questions about the above or the show, please feel free to reach out to the director, Doug Carey, at jdcarey86@protonmail.com.

 

2026

MARJORIE PRIME - DIRECTOR RAY FLYNT

Auditions Sunday March 1 and Monday March 2

Show Dates April 23 - May 3

Auditioners will read scenes from the play. Everyone is welcome. Prior experience is not required. The first rehearsal will be a read-through on Wednesday, March 4^th, with three or four rehearsals each week before the show opens.

MARJORIE PRIME is a contemporary drama set in the near future (2062). Marjorie is 85 years old, has memory issues, and lives with her daughter and son-in-law, Tess and Jon. It is a time when AI enables holographic companions of loved ones known as Primes. Marjorie chose a Prime of her late-husband, Walter, when he was 30 years old. Although it would be easy to classify this as science fiction, we will focus on what the play says about our relationships, the role of memory, and what it means to be human.

There are four characters – all meaty roles:

MARJORIE (85) She was once a concert violinist, had a quick wit, exacting standards, and enjoyed flirting with men. She and Walter had two children, Damian and Tessa. During the play we learn that Damian tragically committed suicide at age 13, an event that altered the trajectory of Marjorie’s life. In the second half of the play, Marjorie becomes a “Prime” and interacts with her daughter and son-in-law.

WALTER (30) He and Marjorie were married for more than fifty years. He was eleven years older than her and died a decade earlier. Walter is a 30-year-old hologram of his former self and learns based on interactions with people. What he knows about his life comes from what Marjorie and the other characters tell him. At times, Walter sits dormant at the perimeter of the stage.

TESS (55) She is the youngest daughter of Marjorie and Walter. She and Jon met in college, have been married for 29 years, and have three children. Tess mistrusts the concept behind the Primes, but she is also a troubled soul. As the play unfolds, we learn how much of her relationship with her mother was affected by the suicide of Tess’s brother when she was only 10. Relations with her 23-year-old daughter are also strained. In the penultimate scene, Tess has died and comes back as a Prime.  

JON (55) Jon is an optimist at heart; the type of guy who takes events as they happen and rolls with the punches. He enjoys a playful relationship with Marjorie and tries his best to be an antidote when Tess is down. Jon is intrigued by the technology behind the Primes and embraces it, although the playwright has him cast doubt near the end of the play. He is the only character that remains human throughout.

Please contact the Director, Ray Flynt at Ray@RayFlynt(dot)com if you have questions before the audition.