MUSIC & LYRICS BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM
BOOK BY HUGH WHEELER
“Based on the adaptation by Christopher Bond. Attend the dark, witty and Tony Award-winning tale of love, murder and revenge set against the backdrop of 19th century London.”
DIRECTED BY CHRIS O’NEILL
MUSIC DIRECTED BY JOHN NIPE
AGE RANGE:
16 and up
WHAT TO PREPARE:
Auditions will consist of a prepared 1-2 mins Monologue and 1-2 mins Musical Theatre song selection of your choice.
Auditionees will only need to come to one night of auditions, unless requested to return for callbacks.
Callbacks will consist of cold readings from the script.
Bring a list of any conflicts you may have during the rehearsal process. April 24 - July 16, 2023
WHERE:
Westminster Catawba Christian School
(2650 India Hook Rd. Rock Hill, SC 29732)
Entrance by the fountain facing the soccer field
One of the darkest musicals ever written, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is the unsettling tale of a Victorian-era barber who returns home to London after fifteen years of exile to take revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life. When revenge eludes him, Sweeney swears vengeance on the entire human race, murdering as many people as he can, while his business associate Mrs. Lovett bakes the bodies into meat pies and sells them to the unsuspecting public. Perhaps composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s most perfect score, Sweeney Todd is lush, operatic, and full of soaring beauty, pitch-black comedy and stunning terror.
