Website URL The Alpha Players of Florissant
Audition announcement
The Alpha Players of Florissant will be holding auditions for The Wedding Singer, July 9th, 2023 from 1pm to 5pm at the Florissant Preforming Arts Center. Call backs will be the same day 6pm-9pm.
Directed by Stephen Chamineak
Performance dates are October 6,7, 13,14, and 15, 2023
Rehearsals will begin Late July
APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED.
Please email the following information to APFweddingsinger@gmail.com to book an audition appointment.
Name:
Email address:
Age ( if under 18 ):
Interested Role(s):
For auditions please prepare a 16 measure cut from a musical theatre song not from The Wedding Singer. An accompanist will be provided for you. Please bring sheet music or an instrumental track. NO a cappella singing will be allowed.
Please be prepared to learn a short dance combination as well.
To summarize!
WHAT: The Wedding Singer Auditions
WHEN: July 9th, 2023 1pm-5pm
APPOINTMENT REQUIRED
WHERE: Florissant Performing Arts Center
1 James J. Eagan Dr, Florissant, MO 63033
For questions or to schedule an audition appointment please email APFweddingsinger@gmail.com
Synopsis:
The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer’s sparkling new score does for the ’80s what Hairspray did for the ’60s. Just say yes to the most romantic musical in twenty years.
It’s 1985, and rock star wannabe, Robbie Hart, is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.
THE WEDDING SINGER CHARACTER LIST (in order of appearance)
Robbie Hart The lead singer of a band. Handsome and charismatic. A truly ‘nice’ guy that has the classic lead singer aura and personality. Also a bit of a dreamer. In love with love until Linda leaves him at the altar and breaks his heart. Gender Male Age: 25 to 35 Vocal range top: C6 bottom: B3
Sammy The bass player in the wedding band and one of Robbie’s best friends. A total guy’s guy, but beneath his pretending to love being a bachelor he is actually in love with Holly. Gender: Male Age: 25 to 35 Vocal range top: A5 bottom: C4
George The wedding band’s keyboardist and one of Robbie’s best friends. Sensitive and somewhat flamboyant. The foil to Sammy’s super guy attitude. Gender: Non-Binary Age: 25 to 35 Vocal range top: A5 bottom C4
Julia Sullivan Waitress. The pretty “girl next door” in looks and personality. Engaged to Glen but falls in love with Robbie and is conflicted as to who to choose. Empathetic, caring, and brave. Gender: Female Age: 25 to 35 Vocal range top: F5 bottom: G3
Holly Julia’s cousin, very uninhibited and forward with comedic timing. Sexually promiscuous and always up for a good time, but wants to be loved and is looking for romantic fulfillment in all the wrong places. She is in love with Sammy. Based on Madonna of the 80’s. Gender: Female Age: 25 to 35 Vocal range top: E5 bottom A3
Glen Guglia Julia’s fiancé. A Wall Street broker. He is rich, shallow, and materialistic. Constantly tries to buy Julia’s love with money. He is a bit of a womanizer. Slimy Gender: Male Age: 30 to 50 Vocal range top: B5 bottom: D4
Rosie Robbie’s grandmother who raised him. Motherly but adventurous and always trying to remain “hip” despite her age. Comedic Timing. Can Rap. Gender: Female Age: 60 to 80 Vocal range top: C5 bottom: C4
Linda Robbie’s fiancé who leaves him at the altar. Keeps Robbie around as a back-up plan. Is more in love with the idea of Robbie being a rock star than she actually is with Robbie. Trashy, oversexed. Pat Benatar type. Gender: Female Age: 20 to 35 Vocal range top: D5 bottom: A3
Harold and Debbie Fonda‐ the first bride and groom in the show.
David Fonda‐ drunk brother of the groom at the first wedding; gives the worst speech ever.
Priest‐ Priest at Robbie and Linda’s wedding
Angie‐ Julia’s mom. Divorced and still bitter about it. Age: 45‐50. Good singer.
Crystal and Mookie‐ a stereotypical Jersey guy and girl. Mookie is very macho and Crystal loud and pushy. Crystal should be a good singer
Tiffany and Donnie‐ another couple who gets engaged at the restaurant. Tiffany should sound like Janice from “Friends”.
1 st and 2nd Waiters ‐ Waiters at restaurant where Glenn proposes to Julia.
Donatella and Shane McDonnough‐ bride and groom at the second (disastrous) wedding. Donatella speaks in an obnoxious baby‐talk voice.
Donatella’s Mother‐ A very assertive woman.
Bad Haircut Guy, Sideburns Lady, Loser Guy, Large Lady‐ solo lines in “Casualty of Love”
Sales Clerk‐ works at the mall. Good singer.
Glen’s Secretary, Junior Secretary, Second Suit‐ work at Glen’s Wall Street office. Obsessed with making money
Ricky‐ the bartender. Good singer.
Bum‐ hangs out at the bar. Good singer.
Agent‐ works at the airline counter
Impersonators • Billy Idol • Cyndi Lauper…good singer • Mr. T • Ronald Reagan • Tina Turner….good singer • Nancy Reagan • Imelda Marcos If you can perform any of the Impersonator roles, be prepared to do it at auditions.
Ensemble‐ plays wedding guests, suits, shoppers at the mall, dancers at the club, etc.