The Wimberley Players will be holding auditions for the acclaimed Stephen Sondheim musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” April 5 and 6.
The Tony Award- and Olivier Award-winning musical thriller that has captured audiences since its 1979 Broadway debut is finally coming to Wimberley and will be directed by Todd Allen Martin with musical direction by Carole Hofstad.
Auditions will be held at the theater at 450 Old Kyle Road. Both Saturday and Sunday auditions will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., with callbacks to be held April 12 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Video auditions will also be accepted through Saturday, April 5.
The production team requests that those who wish to audition sign up with the form found at this link: https:// forms.gle/CNZYwhHv7QLnKTn27.
Prospective actors should also prepare one musical theater song no longer than three minutes, Sondheim preferred. Women are asked to prepare a 90-second comedic monologue and men a 90-second dramatic monologue.
Music rehearsals for all lead characters will begin the week of April 21, said Martin, with staging and ensemble rehearsals to begin May 5.
The show is set to open July 11 and run until August 3, with Friday and Saturday night curtains at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased in advance online for all “Sweeney Todd” performances at app. arts-people.com/index. php?show=249575. All performers will be offered a stipend.
