AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Character Tracks (Note there will be understudy performances)

Track 1 [Wendla]: Range E5-E3. Innocent, but with every passing day, she grows more curious about the world around her. Both vulnerable and a willing participant in her evolution. Explores her newly found sexuality with Melchior. Note: There may be a scene with brief, partial nudity.

Track 2 [Ilse]: Range E5-E3; Martha's sister, who was also abused and has run away from home to live in an artists' colony. She reaches out to her old friend Moritz in the last moments of his life.

Track 3 [Martha]: Range E5-E3. A schoolgirl who faces constant physical abuse from her father. She harbors a secret crush towards Moritz. 

Track 4 [Anna]: Range: C5-E3; A German schoolgirl and Martha's best friend. Optimistic and a bit naive, she has a difficult time understanding Martha's trials. Please refer to the above description and note for Wendla. Guaranteed 2 performances in this track.

Track 5 [Thea]: Range: E5-E3; Wendla's best friend. A schoolgirl who tries to stay innocent and pure. Please refer to the above description for Ilse.

Track 6 [Wendla Understudy]: Range E5-E3. Innocent, but with every passing day, she grows more curious about the world around her. Both vulnerable and a willing participant in her evolution. Explores her newly found sexuality with Melchior. Note: There may be a scene with brief, partial nudity.

Guaranteed 2 performances.

Track 7 [Ilse/Martha/Adult Woman Understudy]: Range E5-E3. Martha's sister, who was also abused and has run away from home to live in an artists' colony. She reaches out to her old friend Moritz in the last moments of his life.

A schoolgirl who faces constant physical abuse from her father. She harbors a secret crush towards Moritz. 

Guaranteed 2 performances in either track.

Track 8 [Anna/Thea/Adult Woman Understudy]: Range: C5-E3; A German schoolgirl and Martha's best friend. Optimistic and a bit naive, she has a difficult time understanding Martha's trials. 

Guaranteed 2 performances in either track.

Track 9 PRECAST [Melchior]: Range B4-G2; A smart, headstrong boy who refuses to bow down to society's rules. An atheist and radical student. Struggles with his intense feelings for Wendla and his awakening sexual urges. Note: There may be a scene with brief, partial nudity.

Track 10 [Moritz]: Range A4-C3; Melchior's best friend, a troubled student. He desperately tries to please his father, but always seems to disappoint him. His haunting sexual dreams and academic failures eventually drive him to suicidal thoughts.

Track 11 [Georg/Dieter]: Range D5-Ab2; A clumsy schoolmate of Melchoir's. He is overcome with his feelings for his piano teacher. Dieter is a boy at the reformatory. This track will also be in charge of covering for Hanschen when they are on as Melchior.

Track 12 [Hanschen/Rupert]: Range: D5-Ab2; A rather narcissistic schoolmate of Melchior's. He is comfortable with his own sexuality and uses his looks and intelligence to captivate Ernst. Please refer to the above description and note for Melchior.

Track 13 [Ernst Robel/Reinhold]: A schoolmate of Melchior’s. Naive and easily manipulated, which allows him to fall in love with Hanschen.

Track 14 [Otto/Ulbrecht]: Range: D5-Ab2; A classmate of Melchior's. He struggles with feelings he considers inappropriate. Ulbrecht is a boy at the reformatory. Please refer to the above description for Moritz.

Track 15 [Melchior Understudy]: Range B4-G2; A smart, headstrong boy who refuses to bow down to society's rules. An atheist and radical student. Struggles with his intense feelings for Wendla and his awakening sexual urges. Note: There may be a scene with brief, partial nudity.

Guaranteed 2 performances.

Track 17 [Moritz Understudy]: Range A4-C3; Melchior's best friend, a troubled student. He desperately tries to please his father, but always seems to disappoint him. His haunting sexual dreams and academic failures eventually drive him to suicidal thoughts.

Guaranteed 2 performances.

Track 18 [Georg/Otto/Adult Man Understudy]: Range D5-Ab2; A clumsy schoolmate of Melchoir's. He is overcome with his feelings for his piano teacher. Dieter is a boy at the reformatory. This track will also be in charge of covering for Hanschen when they are on as Melchior.

A classmate of Melchior's. He struggles with feelings he considers inappropriate. Ulbrecht is a boy at the reformatory. Please refer to the above description for Moritz.

In the case of a call out for our Adult Man, this track will handle half of the adult male characters and Track 18 will cover the other half.

Guaranteed 2 performances in either track.

Track 19 [Hanschen/Ernst/Adult Man Understudy]: Range: D5-Ab2; A rather narcissistic schoolmate of Melchior's. He is comfortable with his own sexuality and uses his looks and intelligence to captivate Ernst. 

A schoolmate of Melchior’s. Naive and easily manipulated, which allows him to fall in love with Hanschen.

In the case of a call out for our Adult Man, this track will handle half of the adult male characters and Track 17 will cover the other half.

Guaranteed 2 performances in either track.

Track 20 [Adult Man]: Range: F4-D3; Doubles as a variety of rigid adult roles. Characters include HERR SONNENSTITCH, the boys' teacher; HEADMASTER KNOCHENBRUCH; HERR NEUMANN, Ilse's father; HERR RILOW, Hanschen's father; HERR STEIFEL, Moritz's father; FATHER KAULBACH; DOCTOR VON BRAUSEPULVER; HERR GABOR, Melchior's father; and SCHMIDT.

Track 21 [Adult Woman]: Range: A4-D3; Doubles as a variety of rigid adult roles. Characters include FRAU BERGMAN, Wendla's mother; FRAULEIN KNUPPELDICK; FRAULEIN GROSSEBUSTENHALTER; FRAU GABOR, Melchior's mother; and FRAU BESSELL, Martha's mother.

Note for Understudy tracks: While the tracks listed for understudies are what we are searching for, we may assign understudy tracks differently. Some may end up being an internal understudy instead of a separate track.