Matilda Auditions
We are pleased to announce that next year's musical is Matilda Jr. with performances December 8th, 9th, and 10th!
Auditions will be August 23rd and 24th and mandatory dance auditions will be August 26th. Ensemble will only audition at the dance auditions on August 26th. Everybody auditioning including those auditioning for non-singing roles will sing and dance at auditions.
We have prepared audition materials for you to work on over the summer. Please choose a character that is your first choice and prepare the audition materials for that character. It is important that you memorize your material as best as you can.
View the Matilda Character Breakdown for descriptions of each character. Actors will be required to speak in an accent. The default accent is Estuary English or London accent.
Matilda
Agatha Trunchbull
Miss Honey
Mr. Wormwood
Mrs. Wormwood
Bruce, Tommy, Eric or Nigel
Lavender, Amanda, Alice, or Hortensia
Michael
Escapologist/Acrobat
Mrs. Phelps
Rudolpho
Sergei
Ensemble
Important dates:
Audition preparation tips:
Auditions will be August 23rd and 24th and mandatory dance auditions will be August 26th. Ensemble will only audition at the dance auditions on August 26th. Everybody auditioning including those auditioning for non-singing roles will sing and dance at auditions.
We have prepared audition materials for you to work on over the summer. Please choose a character that is your first choice and prepare the audition materials for that character. It is important that you memorize your material as best as you can.
View the Matilda Character Breakdown for descriptions of each character. Actors will be required to speak in an accent. The default accent is Estuary English or London accent.
Matilda
Agatha Trunchbull
Miss Honey
Mr. Wormwood
Mrs. Wormwood
Bruce, Tommy, Eric or Nigel
Lavender, Amanda, Alice, or Hortensia
Michael
Escapologist/Acrobat
Mrs. Phelps
Rudolpho
Sergei
Ensemble
Important dates:
- Auditions: Tuesday, August 23rd & Wednesday 24th
- Dance Auditions: Friday, August 26th
- Call Backs: Monday, August 29th
- Read-through - Friday, September 2nd
- Parent Meetings: September 6th & 7th
- Parent Work Day: Saturday, October 8th 8-4pm
- 2nd Parent Work Day: Saturday November 12th
- Double Dress Rehearsal: Saturday, November 19th
- Elementary Performance: Tuesday, December 6th
- Performances: December 8th, 9th, 10th
Audition preparation tips:
- Don't procrastinate your preparation. Some of this music is tricky. You'll want to give yourself more than a week to prepare.
- Be memorized. We've given you all summer to learn this material.
- Read the Audition page for tips to make your audition amazing.
- We want to see that London attitude. If auditioning for one of the school kids, we want to see how bratty you can be when you sing "Miracle".
- Practice performing for your family and friends to get used to performing in front of an audience.
- Record/video yourself and look at what you can improve.
- We encourage you to read the book "Matilda" by Roald Dahl to get deeper insight into the story and characters.