Alice By Heart Auditions (ages 16-25)
​Audition Dates: Saturday, October 5 th 1-4
**You only need to attend one audition day
CALLBACKS :Thursday, October 10 th 7-9
Location: ACTING OUT THEATER 56 Island St, Lawrence, MA 01840
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Please prepare: (16-32 bars) in the style of the music represented in Alice By Heart. Sheet music is required. Cold Readings from the script If you have a British dialect, Cockney, any- please use it at the audition. Please Dress Comfortable for the dance audition
REHEARSALS: Thursdays 7:00 -9:30
Adding Sunday eve after Nov3 0-Thanksgiving,
switching to Sunday afternoons after Jan 18.
SHOW DATES: February 13-16 (Valentine’s Weekend)
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AGES- 16-25 (age exceptions at directors’ discretion)
*Note: ACTING OUT! THEATER is committed to diverse casting for all our
productions, and it is an important tenet of our creative team. We welcome and encourage actors to audition without regard to ethnicity, gender, experiences, or
abilities.
Characters
( please note suggested stage ages; age exceptions at Directors Discretion)
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Alice Spencer / Alice: Full of questions, wonder, and tenacious stubbornness when it
comes to achieving her goals. She is entering a confusing time of transition in her body while trying
to survive a distressed situation — living in a tube station, displaced from her family.
Possesses a wonderful imagination that allows her to escape her present situation.
Must believably play age 15. Vocal range top: D5. Vocal range bottom: G3 -
Alfred Hallam / White Rabbit / March Hare: Alice's ailing childhood friend. Alfred contracted
tuberculosis while living on the streets and is now being cared for by a small medical staff in
the Underground station. Doubles as White Rabbit: Attractive, obsessive-compulsive, and a
little manic - running from something he doesn't understand. Strong contemporary pop/rock
singing voice. Must believably play age 18. Vocal range top: A4. Vocal range bottom: B2 -
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Red Cross Nurse / Queen of Hearts: Also appears in the show as Queen of Hearts. Tough,
funny, take-charge. Dominates her husband and gets what she wants.
Big singing voice with belt. Vocal range top: D5. Vocal range bottom: F#3. Must believably
play age 30-50. -
Harold Pudding / Mad Hatter: To play late teens to early 20s; preening; demanding; full of
riddles; also plays Harold Pudding; a soldier who has lost his wits in the war who is manic,
funny, charming and nuts.
. Vocal range top: F4.. Vocal range bottom: C3 -
Tabatha/Cheshire Cat: Smart; streetwise; has gravity. Also appears in the show as Cheshire
Cat.Vocal range top: D5. Vocal range bottom: Bb3 -
Dodgy / Duchess: A somewhat flamboyant street urchin with sticky fingers. Requires drag for
song, comedic chops required. Vocal range top: E4. Vocal range bottom: C3
Clarissa / Queen of Diamonds: An upper-class young girl who finds herself in the
Underground with the rest of the survivors. Doubles as Queen of Diamonds. Vocal range top:
D5. Vocal range bottom: B3 -
Nigel / Dormouse / Knave of Clubs: A young boy who has been traumatized by the bombs
and the loss of his family. Doubles as Dormouse and Knave of Clubs.Vocal range top: Bb4.
Vocal range bottom: E3 -
Angus / Caterpillar 1: A working class youth with a penchant for escapism. Doubles as
Caterpillar 1. Vocal range top: B4. Vocal range bottom: F3 -
Dr. Butridge / King Of Hearts / Jabberwocky: Falling apart and anxious to a comic
extent, a la Larry David. A nervous yet somehow still threatening doctor tasked with
managing the Underground station. Doubles as Jabberwocky, King Of Hearts.
Character singing voice. Vocal range top: G4. Vocal range bottom: C3. Should be
able to believably play ages 35-45. -
Caterpillar 2 Vocal range top: C5. Vocal range bottom: Ab3
Young Alice: Must play between the ages of 6 and 10. Featured in flashbacks Vocal
range top: A#4. Vocal range bottom: F#4 -
Young Alfred: Must play between the ages of 6 and 10. Vocal range bottom: C#4 -
ENSEMBLE: Looking for 3-4 dynamic ensemble members who will be students in the
tube, as well as play the following roles in Wonderland. Looking for strong
movers/dancers.