Audition Information:
Audition Workshop: Monday, Sept. 9th (Required)
Auditions: Tuesday, Sept. 10th (Leads) and Thursday, Sept. 12th (Everyone)
Callbacks: Friday, Sept. 13th (by invitation only)
Auditions Location: West Point’s Theatre Room (1125)
Performance Dates: April 3rd-5th, 2025
Be sure to obtain an audition packet from Mr. Alvarez before your audition. The packet will include the sign-up details for audition slots.
Note: You must sign up for an audition slot in advance.
Ensemble Auditions (Required for everyone):
If you want to audition for "Hadestown” but you’re not comfortable singing on your own OR you don’t want a lead role, then this is the audition is for you! If you are looking for a lead role, you are REQUIRED to participate in both the ensemble audition and the a LEAD audition.
On Monday, Sept. 9th from 3:30pm -4:00pm in in room 1125 (theatre room); you will learn a section of the song "Chant (reprise)" This will be the same song and section as your dance choreography. From 4:00-5:00pm you will learn a dance routine for “Chant (reprise)” that you will use for your audition. to be used during your audition. During the ensemble audition, you MUST sing and dance. Practice tracks are available, so make sure to rehearse on your own!
On Thursday, September 12th, you will participate in the ensemble dance and singing auditions. You will sing and dance simultaneously to the section of “Chant (Reprise)” you learned. Auditions will be conducted in groups of four, so please sign up for an audition group in advance.
Lead Auditions:
If you are interested in a lead role in "Hadestown” you MUST participate in the ensemble audition and solo singing audition on Tuesday, Sept. 10th.
You will audition with one of the songs listed in your audition packet. There is no in-person prep for these songs, so you are required to learn them on your own. However, practice tracks are available in the Auditions TEAMS. Auditions will begin at 3:30 PM.
Rehearsals:
LEAD REHEARSALS will begin on September 16th from 3:25 to 4:30 PM and will take place on the following Mondays: September 16th, September 23rd, October 21st, November 18th, and December 19th
Rehearsal for EVERYONE (Leads and Ensemble) will begin January 7th from 3:25-5:30/6:00pm
Starting in January, Rehearsals will be scheduled after school Monday-Friday (except Wednesdays) from 3:25-5:30/6:00pm (Please note that there is not a bus available after 4:22pm). There will be at least two Saturday rehearsals before tech week. A detailed rehearsal schedule will be sent out through TEAMS and passed out during our first rehearsal.
Audition Workshop: Monday, Sept. 9th (Required)
Auditions: Tuesday, Sept. 10th (Leads) and Thursday, Sept. 12th (Everyone)
Callbacks: Friday, Sept. 13th (by invitation only)
Auditions Location: West Point’s Theatre Room (1125)
Performance Dates: April 3rd-5th, 2025
Be sure to obtain an audition packet from Mr. Alvarez before your audition. The packet will include the sign-up details for audition slots.
Note: You must sign up for an audition slot in advance.
Ensemble Auditions (Required for everyone):
If you want to audition for "Hadestown” but you’re not comfortable singing on your own OR you don’t want a lead role, then this is the audition is for you! If you are looking for a lead role, you are REQUIRED to participate in both the ensemble audition and the a LEAD audition.
On Monday, Sept. 9th from 3:30pm -4:00pm in in room 1125 (theatre room); you will learn a section of the song "Chant (reprise)" This will be the same song and section as your dance choreography. From 4:00-5:00pm you will learn a dance routine for “Chant (reprise)” that you will use for your audition. to be used during your audition. During the ensemble audition, you MUST sing and dance. Practice tracks are available, so make sure to rehearse on your own!
On Thursday, September 12th, you will participate in the ensemble dance and singing auditions. You will sing and dance simultaneously to the section of “Chant (Reprise)” you learned. Auditions will be conducted in groups of four, so please sign up for an audition group in advance.
Lead Auditions:
If you are interested in a lead role in "Hadestown” you MUST participate in the ensemble audition and solo singing audition on Tuesday, Sept. 10th.
You will audition with one of the songs listed in your audition packet. There is no in-person prep for these songs, so you are required to learn them on your own. However, practice tracks are available in the Auditions TEAMS. Auditions will begin at 3:30 PM.
Rehearsals:
LEAD REHEARSALS will begin on September 16th from 3:25 to 4:30 PM and will take place on the following Mondays: September 16th, September 23rd, October 21st, November 18th, and December 19th
Rehearsal for EVERYONE (Leads and Ensemble) will begin January 7th from 3:25-5:30/6:00pm
Starting in January, Rehearsals will be scheduled after school Monday-Friday (except Wednesdays) from 3:25-5:30/6:00pm (Please note that there is not a bus available after 4:22pm). There will be at least two Saturday rehearsals before tech week. A detailed rehearsal schedule will be sent out through TEAMS and passed out during our first rehearsal.
HADESTOWN Synopsis:
This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonate and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories - that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone. Hadestown invites audiences on a journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by the traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, this sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
Characters:
ORPHEUS – Lyre-playing poet, gifted and naïve (Tenor with strong falsetto, range: D3-C5 (opt. Eb5))
EURYDICE – A runaway, tough and vulnerable (Mezzo-Soprano, range: F#3-D5)
HADES – Compulsive industrialist, boss-king of Hadestown (Bass, range: F2-C#4)
PERSEPHONE – Queen of nature and the seasons, a lush (Mezzo-Soprano/Alto, range: F3-C5)
HERMES – Charismatic guide and storyteller, mentor to Orpheus (Tenor/Bass, range: C3-B4)
FATES – Three sisters, vicious and delicious, voices in the head (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, range E3-D5 (Fate 1 up to Eb5))
WORKERS – Spirits of labor and community, a physical and choral presence (SATB)
This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonate and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories - that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone. Hadestown invites audiences on a journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by the traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, this sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
Characters:
ORPHEUS – Lyre-playing poet, gifted and naïve (Tenor with strong falsetto, range: D3-C5 (opt. Eb5))
EURYDICE – A runaway, tough and vulnerable (Mezzo-Soprano, range: F#3-D5)
HADES – Compulsive industrialist, boss-king of Hadestown (Bass, range: F2-C#4)
PERSEPHONE – Queen of nature and the seasons, a lush (Mezzo-Soprano/Alto, range: F3-C5)
HERMES – Charismatic guide and storyteller, mentor to Orpheus (Tenor/Bass, range: C3-B4)
FATES – Three sisters, vicious and delicious, voices in the head (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, range E3-D5 (Fate 1 up to Eb5))
WORKERS – Spirits of labor and community, a physical and choral presence (SATB)