Auditions
Bring your talent and creativity to our award winning theatre company!
Our auditions are posted on this page when available.
We also forward this information to the Portland Area Theatre Alliance and other local media. We hold auditions for adults and children, depending on the production.
Upcoming Audition Dates:
Audition signups begins approximately 4-6 weeks prior to auditions. Signups for audition notices are posted on our website. You can sign up on our website to receive audition notices as soon as they are announced.
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NOISES OFF
July 13 & 14, 2024
Sign up online to secure an audition appointment on the Lakewood website: Audition Signup. Call 503-635-3901 if you need assistance with sign up.
Noises Off, by Michael Frayn, will be directed by Don Alder.
All roles receive remuneration. Lakewood encourages diversity in casting and the directing team is strongly seeking artists of all races, cultural backgrounds, abilities, body types, and gender identities to audition for all roles.
Callbacks will be held at the directors descression Wednesday July 17 at 6pm.
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Materials Needed:
- Please complete the online appointment sign-up at Lakewood-center.org.
- Please email a resume and headshot to bio@lakewood-center.org and note “OFF” and your LAST NAME in the subject line. Please bring both resume and headshot to your audition appointment as backup.
- Callbacks will be at the director’s discretion.
- Conflicts not listed at the time of audition may not be honored.
Auditions:
- Auditions will consist of a read from the script. (No prepared monologues necessary.) Sides are available through the theater’s website.
- Please do not be concerned with which role you may be asked to read. Director will read for specific roles at call-backs.
- Actors will be asked to complete an online audition form, including any rehearsal or performance conflicts and vaccination status.
Sides:
Side 1: Dolly
Side 2: Gary, Lloyd
Side 3: Lloyd, Gary, Belinda, Freddy
Side 4: Freddy, Lloyd, Belinda
Side 5: Selsdon, Burgler
Side 6: Tim, Poppy, Lloyd
Side 7: Poppy
Side 8: Freddy, Belinda
Side 9: Gary, Brooke
Rehearsals: Rehearsals are scheduled to begin in January. The tentative schedule planned will be Monday – Thursday 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, and Saturdays andSundays 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. A final schedule will be determined after the first cast meeting at the discretion of the director.
Performance Schedule: Noises Off opens February 28, 2025 and continues through April 6. 2025 Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, Saturdays & Sundays, at 2:00 PM and two Wednesday performances at 7:30 PM. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
About the Play
In theatre parlance, “noises off” refers to commotion in the wings. In Frayn’s play, the noises are the backstage yelps and battle cries by third-rate touring actors who are supposed to be presenting a saucy little sex farce called Nothing On. Everything goes wrong except the things that should go wrong. With a plot involving wayward plates of sardines, misplaced clothing and an Arab sheik, Nothing On is the silliest and most ineptly acted play one could ever hope to encounter. Noises Off has been the most requested comedy to be restaged by the Lakewood Subscribers.
Character breakdown
DOTTY OTLEY A late-middle aged actress… very good natured. Plays Mrs. Clackett, the housekeeper for the Brents’ home in England in Nothing’s On. Is having a thing with Garry.
LLOYD DALLAS The director of the play-within-the-play, called Nothing’s On. Harried, hassled and horny.
GARRY LEJEUNE A stuttering actor, easily fired up. Plays Roger, the estate agent looking to let the Brents’ house in Nothing’s On.
BROOKE ASHTON A young inexperienced actress from London. Plays Vicki, who works for the tax authorities and is trying to woo Roger in Nothing’s On.
POPPY NORTON-TAYLOR Assistant Stage Manager who is romatically involved with the director, Lloyd Dallas.
FREDERICK FELLOWES Has a serious fear of violence and blood. Plays Phillip Brent, who lives out of the country with his wife Flavia to avoid paying taxes and is on a secret visit in Nothing’s On.
BELINDA BLAIR Cheerful and sensible, a reliable actress. Plays FLavia, Phillip Brent’s wife, who is dependable, though no one for household duties in Nothing’s On.
TIM ALLGOOD An over-worked Stage Manager who also understudies two roles in Nothing’s On. Very capable but exhausted throughout.
SELSDON MOWBRAY Elderly and with actorly mannerisms. Plays Selsdon, a burgler and an old man in his seventies, breaking into the Brents’ house in Nothing’s On.
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A CHRISTMAS STORY
August 3 & 4, 2024
Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for the musicalA Christmas Story, The Musical, Book by Joseph Robinette. Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Online audition signup at THIS LINK or call 503-635-3901 if you need assistance with sign-up.
A Christmas Story, The Musical will be directed by Dennis Corwin. The assistant director/choreographer is Laura Hiszczynskyj and the music director is Cyndy Ramsey-Rier.
Lakewood encourages diversity in casting and the directing team is strongly seeking artists of any race, gender, body type, and age. Ensemble members may play multiple roles. ALL roles are open for audition. All roles receive remuneration.
Callbacks, if needed, will be held Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday (Aug 5 -7) at 6:30 pm.
Materials Needed: Adults bring 32 bar cut of two songs. Only one song needed for kid’s roles. Adults should have an up-tempo and a ballad. Kids may do either. Songs should be in the style of the show or from the show itself. Sheet music should be in the key you present to our accompanist with 32 bar cut clearly marked. No prerecorded music or a cappella singing. Note: you may be asked to cold read or sing from the script or score at the audition.
Dance auditions: Everyone is required to go through a general dance audition. Please bring Jazz or character shoes. Those who would like to be considered for the role of Miss Shields or a child tap dancer should also bring tap shoes. Auditioners will be led through a musical theatre dance combination and those who tap dance will be asked to demonstrate a time step of their choice.
The dance audition will be held at 3:00-4:30 pm on Saturday, August 3rd and 4:30-6:00 on Sunday, August 4th. When you sign up for your general audition slot, please indicate which dance call you will be attending.
Resumé and headshot:
- Please submit your resume and headshot to bio@lakewood-center.org
(notate the show title Christmas Story and your name in the subject line please)
- Please bring a hard copy of your resumé and headshot to the audition.
- Callbacks will be held at the director’s discretion. Conflicts not listed at time of auditions may not be honored.
Please secure an audition appointment and list all conflicts. Rehearsals and performance date commitments Sept. 22, 2024 – Dec. 17, 2024
Performance Schedule:
A Christmas Story, The Musical opens November 8 and continues through December 15, 2024. Performances are Thurs. – Sat. at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 2:00 with two Saturday matinees at 2pm and two Wednesday evening performances at 7:30 PM.
About the Musicals:
From the songwriting team behind the smash hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the critically acclaimed films La La Land and The Greatest Showman, the production A Christmas Story, The Musical, brings the classic 1983 movie to hilarious life on stage! Set in 1940s Indiana, a young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder® toy BB gun. An infamous leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a maniacal department store Santa, and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the distractions that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas wish. Nominated for three 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical, the Associated Press calls A Christmas Story, The Musical “a joyous Christmas miracle,” while The New York Times writes “I was dazzled. You’d have to have a Grinch-sized heart not to feel a smile spreading across your face.”
Role Breakdown
Ralphie: (stage age 9-10 / vocal range = F#3 to D5) A bright, winsome, mischievous 5th grade boy. Not a smart-aleck or overly precocious,
The Old Man: (stage age 30s to 50s / vocal range = B♭2 to G4) Gruff and grumbling on the exterior, Ralphie’s Dad has a good heart. He doesn’t overtly show it, but he 100% loves his family.
Mother: (stage age: 30s to 50s / vocal range = G3 to D♭5) She is the secret engine that runs the family, keeping the household together with a smile–despite bickering children, limited funds, an x- rated lamp in the living room window, a cranky furnace and a crankier husband.
Randy: (stage age 7-8 / vocal range = F#3 to D5) Ralphie’s younger brother, he is cute, lovable and a bit whiny.
Jean Shepherd/Narrator: (stage age: timeless) Jean Shepherd is the author of the books that the story is based on. On stage, he is a warm, charismatic and engaging storyteller; omniscient but not overpowering.
Miss Shields: (stage age 30s to 50s / vocal range = F#3 to D5) Ralphie’s 5th grade teacher, a seemingly stereotypical 1940s educator–prim and proper, stern when necessary. In Ralphie’s fantasy, she transforms into a dynamic, brassy, show-stopping lounge singer and tap dancer!
Santa: (stage age: 30s to 60s / vocal range is B♭2 to F4) The Santa Claus at Higbee’s Department Store is ill- tempered, slightly inebriated and very unhappy with his job– nothing like the “Jolly Old St. Nick” one would dream of meeting!
Flick: (stage age 9-10) One of Ralphie’s classmates and best buddies; Flick is the guinea pig in the flagpole licking experiment. Unchanged voice.
Schwartz: (stage age 9-10) One of Ralphie’s classmates and best buddies; Schwartz becomes the scapegoat when Ralphie utters an unmentionable word. Sings some solos, *Unchanged voice.
Scut Farkus: (stage age 12-14) A textbook example of a schoolyard bully, Scut is loud, obnoxious and intimidating. He always appears at the most inopportune time to harass his victims. *Prefer unchanged voice.
Grover Dill: (stage age 9-10) Grover is Farkus’s toady and is always at his side. Younger and smaller than Farkus. Grover delights in being tethered to his “hero”… *Unchanged voice.
Esther Jane, Mary Beth, Nancy: (stage age 9-10) Classmates.
Kids Ensemble
Students who will also be in Ralphie’s class plus several scenes and songs. Some will need tap dance experience. (Boys must have unchanged voices)
Adult Ensemble
The Adult Ensemble will consist of a mix of strong singers and dancers (stage ages 20s to 50s), who will play a variety of smaller roles in scenes and production numbers.
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About Lakewood Theatre Company
72 Years of Live Theatre:
Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance, and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 350 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 35,000 people to its shows.
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Productions in the 2024-25 season are underwritten, in part, by
The Oregon Arts Commission
The National Endowment for the Arts
The Kinsman Foundation
The James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation
The Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation
Marilyn & Ron Nutting
Don & Jessie Adams
The Jackson Foundation
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