Lyric Auditions
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma works with Actors’ Equity Association under the University/Resident Theatres Association (URTA) contract. Union performers work alongside our resident non-union company members, who may choose to participate in the EMC (Equity Membership Candidate) program.
Lyric encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds to audition.
NO video or email submissions will be accepted at this time.
If you have questions, contact Sarah or Katie at (405) 524-9310 ext. 103 or at ArtisticIntern@LyricTheatreOKC.org
Summer Shows at the Civic Center Music Hall: MATILDA (June 23-28)
GREASE (July 7-12)
KINKY BOOTS (July 21-26)
Fall Shows at Lyric’s Plaza Theatre: HEAD OVER HEELS (September 23-October 11) A CHRISTMAS CAROL (November 27-December 24)
AUDITIONS: MATILDA, GREASE, KINKY BOOTS
WHEN:
February 2nd – Young Performers and Apprentices
February 16th – Out-of-Town Singers and Open Dance Call
February 26th – 28th – Singers
February 29th – Out-of-Town Singers and Invited Dance Call
Call backs March 1st
Scroll down for details for each day
WHERE: Lyric Theatre and Thelma Gaylord Academy Building: 1801 NW 16th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73106
WHAT TO BRING:
Please bring a non- returnable headshot and resume cut to 8×10 and stapled back to back.
Singer call:
Please prepare your best 16 bars in the style of the show. If there is a particular role you are interested in, please feel free to sing that character’s song. You may be asked to sing more than one song — please be prepared.
NO pre-recorded music, an accompanist will be provided. Unless specifically stated, no a capella singing is permitted.
Dance call:
Singers – If you have attended a singer call you will be invited to the dance call.
Dancers – Please bring ballet shoes, tap shoes, character shoes and jazz shoes. You may be asked to sing.
TIMES:
Sunday Feb. 2nd 10am-2pm Young Boys and Girls 8-12 yrs old (must be 8 yrs old by the first day of rehearsal) for MATILDA and KINKY BOOTS
Teen Apprentices 16-18 yrs old (must be 16 yrs old by the first day of rehearsal) for MATILDA and GREASE
CLICK HERE beginning January 27th to sign up for an audition appointment.
Children and Teen Apprentices MAY be asked to dance at 3pm (must have sung before the dance call)
Apprentices may also be invited to the Dance call on Sat. February 29th. Must be available on February 29th to be considered.
Children being considered for roles will be called back on Monday February 24th.
Sunday Feb. 16th Out of state college/adult singer auditions – 10am-1pm
CLICK HERE beginning January 27th to sign up for an audition appointment.
These appointments are for people that are traveling from out of state ONLY.
If you live in Oklahoma, please schedule an appointment on an alternate day.
Children coming from out of state please come to the Feb 2nd call.
Open College/Adult Dancer auditions – 2pm start
Please bring ballet, tap, character, and jazz shoes. You may be asked to sing.
CLICK HERE beginning January 27th to sign up for an audition slot.
Wednesday Feb. 26th Singer auditions – 3pm-8pm
CLICK HERE beginning January 27th to sign up for an audition appointment.
Thursday Feb. 27th Singer auditions – 3pm-8pm
CLICK HERE beginning January 27th to sign up for an audition appointment.
Friday Feb. 28th Singer auditions – 3pm-8pm
CLICK HERE beginning January 27th to sign up for an audition appointment.
Saturday Feb. 29th Out of State College/Adult Singer auditions – 10am-1pm
CLICK HERE beginning January 27th to sign up for an audition appointment.
These appointments are for people that are traveling from out of state ONLY.
If you live in Oklahoma, please schedule an appointment on an alternate day.
Children coming from out of state please come to the Feb 2nd call.
Invited Dancer call – Check-in begins at 1:30pm; dance audition begins at 2pm.
Please bring ballet, tap, character, and jazz shoes.
(Singers & Apprentices who audition during the week will be invited to come to this dance audition.)
Sunday March 1st Call Backs
Call backs will begin at 10am and run the entire day.
If you are called back you will be given a specific time.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
| MATILDA | |
| Matilda Wormwood | An imaginative girl who is clever and wise far beyond her years. She has a thirst for learning that cannot be quenched. Gender: Female Age: 6 to 10 Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: A3 |
| Miss Agatha Trunchbull | The tyrannical headmistress at Matilda’s school who despises children. Gender: Any Age: 35 to 55 Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: A2 |
| Miss Honey | Matilda’s kindhearted teacher. She is tired of living in fear under Miss Trunchbull. Gender: Female Age: 25 to 40 Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: F3 |
| Mr. Wormwood | Matilda’s uncaring father. A slimy, greedy used-car salesman. Gender: Male Age: 35 to 45 Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: D3 |
| Mrs. Wormwood | Matilda’s self-absorbed, negligent mother and an amateur ballroom dancer. Gender: Female Age: 35 to 45 Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: A3 |
| Mrs. Phelps | A nice librarian. Gender: Female Age: 25 to 45 |
| GREASE | |
| Danny Zuko | Male, High School Teen (Range: tenor, D4–B5) The leader of the Burger Palace Boys; good-looking, strong and confident, with an air of easy-going charm. |
| Sandy Dumbrowski | Female, High School Teen (Range: Soprano, A3–F#5) New girl in town; sweet, wholesome, naive, cute, and innocent. |
| Betty Rizzo | Female, High School Teen (Range: Alto A3–C5) Leader of the Pink Ladies; tough, sarcastic, and outspoken but vulnerable. |
| Frenchy | Female, High School Teen (Range: Alto, A3–D5) A dreamer; good-natured but not too smart, she is heavily made up, fussy about her appearance, particularly her hair. She can’t wait to finish high school so she can be a beautician. |
| Marty | Female, High School Teen (Range Alto, C4–C5) The ‘beauty’ of the Pink Ladies; pretty and looks older than the other girls, but betrays her real age when she opens her mouth. She tries to act sophisticated. |
| Jan | Female, High School Teen (Range: Alto, A3-C5) Funny, loud, compulsive eater, and awkward member of the Pink Ladies. Loud and pushy with the girls, but shy with boys. |
| Doody | Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, D4-A5) The youngest of the guys; small, boyish, and open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude towards the other guys. He also plays the guitar. |
| Kenickie | Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, C4–F5) The second in command of the Burger Palace Boys; tough-looking, tattooed, surly, and avoids any show of softness. He has an offbeat sense of humor. |
| Sonny Latierri | Male, High School Teen (Range: baritone, G3–A5) A member of the Burger Palace Boys; funny Italian-American, he is a braggart and wheeler-dealer who thinks he’s a real lady-killer |
| Roger | Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, D4-A5) The anything-for-a-laugh stocky type of boy; a clown who enjoys winding people up, he is full of mischief and is always dreaming up half-baked schemes and ideas. |
| Vince Fontaine | Male, High School Teen (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible) A typical ‘teen audience’ disc jockey; slick, egotistical and fast-talking. He is also a veteran ‘Greaser.’ |
| Eugene Florczyk | Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, A3–E5) The class valedictorian; physically awkward, with weak eyes and a high-pitched voice. He’s a typical ‘apple-polisher’ – both smug and pompous, but gullible. |
| Miss Lynch | Female, Age Flexible (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible) A no-nonsense, serious, loud English teacher. |
| Patty Simcox | Female, High School Teen (Range: Alto, D4-A4) A typical cheerleader; attractive, athletic, sure-of-herself, but can be given to bursts of disconcerting enthusiasm. She’s a bit of a pain and unpopular with the Pink Ladies, and can twirl a baton. |
| KINKY BOOTS | |
| Charlie Price | A bit confused, a bit unfocused, a hero hiding under a victim’s mantle. Gender: Male Age: 25 to 35 |
| Young Charlie | Charlie as a seven-year-old boy. Lost, quiet, reflective. Gender: Male Age: 7 to 7 |
| Lola/Simon | A prize fighter’s physique draped in satin. A talented drag queen with a killer voice and winning ways. Gender: Male Age: 30 to 35 |
| Nicola | Charlie’s long-term girlfriend. Driven, uncompromising. Gender: Female Age: 20 to 30 |
| Lauren | Beautiful and strong working-class girl. Gender: Female Age: 20 to 30 |
| Don | Lola’s nemesis. Burly hypermasculine bear of a factory worker Gender: Male Age: 20 to 40 |
| Pat | Officious office manager who will let loose her wild side when allowed. Lola’s love interest. Gender: Female Age: 20 to 40 |
| The Angels | The drag performers who populate The Blue Angel Nightclub. This ain’t a job for no wall-flowers. Gender: Male Age: 20 to 30 |
| Mr. Price | Charlie’s father. Gender: Male Age: 50 to 80 |
| Simon Sr. | Lola’s father. An unforgiving tower of anger. Gender: Male Age: 30 to 50 |
| Harry | A contemporary of Charlie’s but his opposite. Successful, self aware and confident. Gender: Male Age: 25 to 40 |
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AUDITIONS: HEAD OVER HEELS
WHEN:
April 17th (Callbacks April 18th)
WHERE:
Lyric Theatre Thelma Gaylord Academy, 1801 NW 16 Street, OKC 73106
WHAT TIME:
TBA
WHAT TO BRING:
Please bring a non-returnable headshot and resume cut to 8×10 and stapled back to back.
Please prepare your best 16 bars in the style of the show. If there is a particular role you are interested in, please feel free to sing that character’s song. You may be asked to sing more than one song — please be prepared.
NO pre-recorded music, an accompanist will be provided. Unless specifically stated, no a capella singing is permitted.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
| HEAD OVER HEELS | |
| Basilus | King of Arcadia. A sexy, good ol’ boy. A hothead, but not a despot. Blindly thinks Arcadia is doing great under his masculine rule, which will be sorely tested during the course of the show. |
| Gynecia | Queen of Arcadia. Sexy, wise, beautiful. Like any longstanding spouse, knows how to get her way with her husband when push comes to shove. |
| Pamela | Basilius and Gynecia’s older daughter. Confident and obsessed with her appearance. Known to be the most beautiful bachelorette throughout Arcadia. |
| Philoclea | Basilius and Gynecia’s younger daughter. Shy and a “good girl”, she yearns to follow her heart rather than obey her father’s orders. |
| Dametas | The King’s viceroy; father to Mopsa. |
| Mopsa | Handmaiden to Pamela. Warm, skeptical. Growing up without a mother has made her wise beyond her years about everyone and everything, which is why she is the (sometime) narrator to the show. |
| Musidorus | A young shepherd who courts after Philoclea. |
| Pythio | The Oracle; powerful, mysterious. Demanding. Great sense of humor–can see through everyone–they are the Oracle of Delphi, after all. Performers isn’t limited to gender identity and ethnicity. |
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AUDITIONS: Spring 2021 Plaza Shows
WHEN:
October 2nd and 3rd (Callbacks October 4th)
WHERE:
Lyric Theatre Thelma Gaylord Academy, 1801 NW 16 Street, OKC 73106
WHAT TIME:
TBA
WHAT TO BRING:
Please bring a non-returnable headshot and resume cut to 8×10 and stapled back to back.
Please prepare your best 16 bars in the style of the show. If there is a particular role you are interested in, please feel free to sing that character’s song. You may be asked to sing more than one song — please be prepared.
NO pre-recorded music, an accompanist will be provided. Unless specifically stated, no a capella singing is permitted.
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Nov. 24-Dec. 24 2020) – Rehearsals begin Nov. 12th
Dir. Michael Baron
Choreographer Ashley Wells
AUDITIONS: A CHRISTMAS CAROL – Children auditions
WHEN:
August 16th
WHERE:
Lyric Theatre Thelma Gaylord Academy, 1801 NW 16 Street, OKC 73106
WHAT TIME:
TBA
WHAT TO BRING:
Please bring a non-returnable headshot and resume cut to 8×10 and stapled back to back
Please sing a Christmas carol a capella. You will be asked to do a cold read of any sides.
*All children ages 8-17
There are 2 casts of Children
Tiny Tim
Peter Cratchit/Boy Scrooge
Martha Cratchit/School girl
Belinda Cratchit/School Girl
Fan/ School Girl
Turkey Boy/School Boy
School Girl
