High Society
All roles available. Needed: 6 male & 3 female (19 & up only) leads, 1 female pre-teen/teenage, and chorus.
Please read the audition announcement with complete character descriptions for all information. For your audition you will be expected to sing the aforementioned music for your part and do a cold reading from the play.
When: Sunday, November 6 and Monday, November 7 (7:00-9:00 pm) 2022.
Where:
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 927 S. Providence Road, Wallingford, PA 19086.
Sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AA8AD29A1FD0-high. You will be asked for your name, phone number, and email.
- Co-Stage Directors: Sally Foster-Chang and Robert Moore
- Musical Director: Florrie Marks.
- Rehearsal dates and times start Sunday January 8, 2023 and are Sunday afternoons 2:00-5:00 pm; Monday and Wednesday evenings 7:30-10:00 pm
- Show dates and times late April yet to be determined
All those auditioning and participating in the show must be able to provide proof of vaccination.
Download and bring the filled-out audition form to your audition.
Use the links below to open a PDF file of the audition material for the desired role.
Character Descriptions with links to audition material
Character/Description
|
Age Range
| Voice Part
| Audition Music and Dialog
|
C. K. Dexter-Haven Cultured, talented, recovered alcoholic, composer, previously married to Tracy
|
30's to 40's
| Tenor (or high Baritone)*
| Just One of Those Things |
Tracy Samantha Lord
Beautiful, cultured, strong minded, believes people should be perfect, previously married to Dexter
|
Late 20's to early 30's
| Mezzo-soprano with low tones or alto with a nice top*
| Once Upon a Time (Act 1 Finale) Measures 9-84 |
Mrs. Lord Cultured, blue blood, still in love with her philandering husband, Seth
|
Late 50's to 60's
| Alto*
| Throwing a Ball Tonight (all parts) |
Mr. Seth Lord
Distinguished, monied, in a mid-life crisis. Had an affair with a dancer
|
Late 50's to 60's |
Baritone or Tenor* |
Say it With Gin |
Macaulay (Mike) Connor
Writer, son of an English Professor, gallant, working class, infatuated with Tracy |
Early 30's to 40 |
Tenor*
| You're Sensational |
Elizabeth Imbry
Writer, son of an English Professor, gallant, working class, infatuated with Tracy |
Late 20's to 30's
| Alto*
| He's A Right Guy |
Diana (Dinah) Lord
Tracy's sister, sassy, Dexter's advocate |
Pre-teen to teenager
| Soprano or Alto, prefer some ballet training
| I Love Paris |
George Kitteridge
Handsome, strait-laced, from relatively modest background – working class, worked his way up, engaged to Tracy |
30's or 40's
| Baritone*
| Say it With Gin |
Uncle Willie Lord
Cultured, lovable, heavy drinker, lecherous uncle of Tracy and Carolyn, pretends to be Seth Lord
|
50's or 60's |
Tenor or High Baritone* |
She's Got that Thing |
Cole Porter look-alike
Can play or pretend to play piano
| Any age |
Any voice part and can move |
Play song from show |
Butlers and wedding guests
Have featured roles and lines
|
Any age |
Any voice part and can move* |
Song from the show |
Maids and wedding guests
Have featured roles and lines
|
Any age |
Any voice part and can move* |
Song from the show |
* Prefer ballroom dancing experience, but not required
Show Synopsis
High Society (a musical based on The Philadelphia Story) chronicles the impending marriage of Tracy Samantha Lord to George Kittredge, a successful industrialist. Soon, her ex-husband, Dexter, bounds in and informs the family that unless Tracy agrees to be photographed by two reporters from a celebrity magazine, they will print a story about Tracy's estranged father, who is carrying on an affair with an exotic dancer. Later, the reporters, Mike and Liz, arrive to be greeted by a very strangely costumed Dinah. Tracy joins her, also dressed outrageously, and together they perform a bizarre song and dance routine. To further perplex the reporters, Tracy introduces her Uncle Wille as her father and her newly-arrived father as her uncle. Later, at Tracy's pre-wedding ball, Tracy hides from George and invites Mike to go skinny-dipping with her in the pool. Meanwhile, Dexter has a heart-to-heart with Liz, who is fleeing the amorous uncle Willie, and she admits that she's in love with Mike, even though he doesn't know it. She promises Dexter that neither she nor Mike will write any stories about the Lords, even if it costs them their jobs. Then, George witnesses Mike carrying the comatose Tracy up to her room, and assumes the worst. The wedding day dawns with the bride hungover and the groom furious. George confronts Tracy and Mike, but Mike swears that he did nothing wrong. Tracy decides that she can't marry George, no matter what. In the end, she and Dexter decide to re-marry.! Cole Porter favorites in the show include: True Love, Did You Evah, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.
Synopsis from https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/2162/high-society