Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for the musical SOMETHING ROTTEN! January 14 & 15, 2023. Actors may sign up online beginning November 21, 2022 .
Audition Dates: Saturday, January 14 & Sunday, January 15, 2023 by appointment.
Callbacks, if needed, will be held at the director’s discretion on January 16, 2023.
Location: Lakewood Theatre Company 368 S. State Street, Lake Oswego, OR 97034.
Something Rotten! is directed by Alan Shearman. musical director Cyndy Ramsey-Rier and choreography is by Laura Hiszczynskyj.
Lakewood encourages diversity in casting and the directing team is strongly seeking artists of all ages, races, gender types, and body types. ALL roles are open for audition. All roles receive remuneration. For more information about the roles
Sign up with our audition form page to schedule an appointment time beginning November 1.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS – MATERIALS NEEDED
- Please secure an audition appointment online and list all conflicts between March 19 – June 11, 2023,
- Please email a resume and headshot to bio@lakewood-center.org and bring both to your audition appointment. In your email to bio@lakewood-center.org (PLEASE notate both SR or ROTTEN and your LAST NAME in the subject line). Callbacks will be held at the director’s discretion. Conflicts not listed at the time of the audition may not be honored.
• In addition, please bring a hard copy of your resume and headshot to your audition appointment
• Please prepare 32 bars (approx.. 1 minute) from an up-tempo Broadway song (no Andrew Lloyd Webber or Sondheim please). You MAY be asked to sing a ballad as well. Please make sure your song is in the correct key for your voice. An accompanist will be provided. Please, no recorded music or a cappella singing. Also note: you may be asked to sing from the score at the audition.
• Dance auditions: Auditioners will be led through both tap and jazz sequences at the dance audition. The dance audition will be held at 3:00 pm on Saturday and 1:30 and 3:00 on Sunday. You can come to a group dance audition on either day or come before OR after your audition appointment time on your audition day. Allow approximately 90 minutes hour for the dance audition and bring tap and jazz shoes.
Rehearsals: Rehearsals are scheduled to begin March 19 and continue weeknights 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, and Saturdays and/or Sundays, noon – 5 PM. Please include any weeknight or weekend conflicts. A final schedule will be determined after the first cast meeting.
Performance Schedule: Something Rotten opens April 28, 2023 and continues through June 11, 2023. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, Sundays, at 2:00 PM, one Saturday performance at 2:00 PM, and two Wednesday performances at 7:30 PM. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
About the Musical
From the co-director of The Book of Mormon and the producer of Avenue Q comes something original…something fresh…Something Rotten! Nominated for 9 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Score and Book. • “An Over-the-Top Take on Shakespeare!”—The New York Times Hailed by Time Out New York as the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years.
Something Rotten features large song and dance numbers, and a wacky cast of over-the-top characters, each given his or her own special moment in the show to shine. It’s become clear that “nothing’s as amazing as a musical,” so don’t miss your chance to be a part of this history-twisting tale
The Story
Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten! Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of the opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.
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Roles Available
Lakewood welcomes and encourages diversity in casting and ALL ethnicities are encouraged to audition
Shakespeare
The Bard. Over the top with a huge ego.
Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: Ab2
Nick Bottom
A struggling writer who cannot stand Shakespeare. Nigel’s older brother.
Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Nigel Bottom
Nick’s sweet younger brother. A struggling writer who falls in love with Portia, a Puritan.
Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: Eb3
Bea
Nick’s wife. She loves Nick despite his past lack of success. She dresses up like a man to prove she can be an actor.
Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: D3
Portia
A Puritan woman who loves poetry, theater, and ultimately Nigel.
Age: 20 to 35
Vocal range top: F#5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Nostradamus
A soothsayer
Age: 40 to 50
Brother Jeremiah
Portia’s father. A Puritan who thinks Nick and Nigel’s plays are sinful.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: G3
Lord Clapham
A posh patron of the theater.
Shylock
An investor to whom Nick and Nigel are in debt.
Minstrel
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: C#3
Ensemble
Roles include: Minstrel, Townspeople, Troupe, Lord Clapham, Shylock, Man Servants, Crowd, Chorus, and more
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: F3
CLICK HERE to sign up for Something Rotten! auditions online.
