How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Auditions
AUDITION INFORMATION
Sunday, September 28 @ 6PM
Monday, September 29 @ 6PM
Callbacks, if needed, will take place in the evening on Wednesday, October 1.
Performers should plan to arrive at the start of the audition time. Please contact casting@thegrandoperahouse.com if you cannot be there at the top of the audition time.
Actors will be notified if they are needed for callbacks. If you are not called back, it does not mean you are not being considered for a role.
Location:
Auditions will be held at The Grand, 135 w 8th Street.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Fill out the digital audition form HERE prior to your arrival to save time at auditions. Those auditioning should be prepared to list all conflicts or potential conflicts that overlap with a production’s rehearsal and performance schedule.
- Please come prepared to move as the audition will start with a short movement/dance portion.
- Prepare a 1 min cut (approximately 32 bars) of a musical theater song in the style of the show. Please bring sheet music in the correct key as an accompanist will be provided.
- Actors may be asked to read from a selection of short sides.
Alternate Audition and Video Submissions:
Actors unable to attend auditions may submit an audition video to casting@thegrandoperahouse.com. Video submissions should contain 32 bars of a musical theater song in the style of the show showcasing range. Adding a dance section to your audition tape is optional. Video submissions must be received no later than 6pm Monday, September 29.
GENERAL PRODUCTION INFORMATION:
Co-Directors
MEGAN SCHUMACHER & MARIA LOBIANCO
Music Director
SAM ANDERSON
This production is open to youth and adult actors, ages 8 and above.
Performances
November 28 & 29 and December 5 & 6 @ 7:30PM
November 30 and December 7 @ 2:00PM
Full company rehearsals will begin tentatively October 13
Dress/Technical and Brush-up Rehearsals are November 23 – 26 and December 4 – There will be no rehearsal on Thanksgiving.
Availability for dress/technical rehearsals and all performances is mandatory
Detailed Rehearsal schedules will be made available upon the completion of casting.
CASTING INFORMATION:
The creative team seeks a diverse company of youth and adult actors, ages 8-above. Actors of all ethnicities will be equally considered for all roles and actors of color are encouraged to audition. All roles are open.
The Grinch (bass, male-identified, any ethnicity) – Our main protagonist. He has spent years living in seclusion. He is fed-up with Christmas and ingeniously decides to steal it. A beastly, charming, often silly curmudgeon. He is hilariously scary but with a softy’s heart underneath — think more Wile E. Coyote than Voldemort. He fancies himself a Vaudeville superstar with “champion-stock” DNA and has a personality that outsizes everybody else in Whoville.
Old Max (bass, male-identified, any ethnicity) – Our storyteller who unexpectedly has a final memory that inspires him to celebrate the night of the Grinch’s transformation with the audience. A wise and somewhat weary old soul on the last legs of a spectacular life. He is trustworthy and charming and can “spin a yarn” like the best of them.
Young Max (baritone, male-identified, any ethnicity) – Misery loves company, but this peppy new pup refuses to succumb to the Grinch’s negativity and pessimism. He is lovable, charming, and always eager to please. He is indefatigably positive and fun. Everything the Grinch tries to destroy, Max catches before it breaks, never tiring of the Grinch’s antics.
Cindy Lou Who (alto, female-identified, any ethnicity) – She is the youngest child of the central Who family. She is the one person with a genuine heart of gold that can find and express love to the Grinch. She is still young enough to be guided by her sense of wonder and empathy and believes in the possibility for goodness in the Grinch.
Papa Who (baritone, male-identified, any ethnicity) – The Father of the central Who Family. He is the calm eye of the storm, goodness and confidence pours out of him. He accidently indoctrinates the children of Whoville with the story of the boogeyman Grinch.
Mama Who (alto, female-identified, any ethnicity) – The Mother of the central Who Family. She is overwhelmed by the Christmas hysteria, and she is unsuccessfully struggling to maintain control of both her children and Grandpa and Grandma Who. Adorably annoying, funny, and a loving mother.
Grandpa Who (baritone, male-identified, any ethnicity) – The eldest of the central Who family. He is gruff, comically grumpy, and enjoys antagonizing Mama Who and trying to scare the children with ghost stories. He loves Christmas and his grandchildren but is driven batty by both.
Grandma Who (alto, female-identified, any ethnicity) – The matriarch of the central Who family who can solve any problem, a peacemaker. She is loving and warm. The children respect and listen to her, and she has the patience to calm both them and Mama Who.
Boo Who (male-identified, any ethnicity) – Who Child
Danny Who (male-identified, any ethnicity) – Who Child
Annie Who (female-identified, any ethnicity) – Who Child
Betty-Lou Who (female-identified, any ethnicity) – Who Child
Citizens of Whoville (any voice type, gender neutral, any ethnicity)