All auditions take place at The Sauk (240 E. Chicago St. in Jonesville, MI) unless otherwise noted. ​​​​​​

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Little Women

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. There will also be some improvisational character work. No preparation is necessary. No experience necessary. Auditions are open to girls approximately 10-years-old for the roles of Kitty and Minnie. All other roles are open to anyone age 16 and up. Please bring a list of all conflicts with you. Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early to fill out paperwork. Meghan Barnes will direct. Morgan Francis will be stage manager. 

ABOUT THE PLAY

This adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s coming-of-age favorite include a recurring Christmas holiday theme. Jo March acts as an omniscient narrator, moving us seamlessly through time and space with the flourish of their pen. Join the March sisters, Marmee, Laurie, and all of your Concord favorites in this reimagined and inclusive nod to Alcott's love letter to individuality, perseverance, and love in all its forms.

AVAILABLE ROLES

• Jo March - the hero of the play. A passionate, often wild, and non-conforming young woman who desperately wants to be a professional writer.
• Meg March - the oldest sister of the March family. She is even-tempered, well-mannered, and kind. An “Angel in the House.”
• Beth March - Jo’s dearest confidant and the “heart” of the March family. Painfully shy, but pure of heart. A musician.
• Amy March - the baby of the family who grows from a vain, yet loveable, little girl into a worldly, lovely, young woman. An artist.
• Abigail “Marmee” March - the mother of the March children. She is patience and love personified, but often with wicked glimmers of humor.
• Aunt March - the haughty, grouchy, great-aunt of the March siblings who really is a generous soul hidden underneath the grumps.
• Theodore “Laurie” Laurence - the orphaned young man who lives next door to Orchard House. He is a surrogate brother, partner-in-crime, and lovably infuriating.
• Mr. John Brooke - is Laurie’s tutor and a good-natured, polite, resourceful sort of person.
• Mr. March - the father of the March children who has gone off to war to be a chaplain. He is a local Reverend in Concord.
• Mr. Laurence - the grandfather of Laurie and special friend of the March siblings. He is also grumpy with a heart of gold.
• Professor Friedrich Bhaer - a German immigrant and university professor Jo meets in New York City.
• Mrs. Kirke - a friend of Marmee’s who runs a boarding house in New York City. She is the mother of Kitty and Minnie.
• Kitty Kirke - a rambunctious little girl taught by Jo.
• Minnie Kirke - Kitty's equally rambunctious little sister. 
  

The 24-Hour Theatre Project

Audition requirements and additional information will be posted closer to the audition date. 

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Audition requirements will be announced at a future date. Director, Musical Director and Production Staff TBA. 

About the Show

An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion! At least the losers get a juice box. A riotous ride, complete with audience participation, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a delightful den of comedic genius. 

Available Roles

• Chip Tolentino - An athletic, social, boy scout and champion of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, he returns to defend his title, but he finds puberty hitting at an inopportune moment. Vocal range top: B4, Vocal range bottom: C3
  
• Logainne Schwartzandgrubeniere (Schwartzy) - Logainne is the youngest and most politically aware speller, often making comments about current political figures. She is driven by internal and external pressure, but above all by a desire to win to make her two fathers proud. She is somewhat of a neat freak, speaks with a lisp, and will be back next year. Vocal range top: G5, Vocal range bottom: G3
  
• Leaf Coneybear - The second runner-up in his district, Leaf gets into the competition on a lark and finds everything about the bee incredibly amusing. He is home-schooled and comes from a large family of former hippies. He has severe Attention Deficit Disorder and spells words correctly while in a trance. Vocal range top: A4,  Vocal range bottom: A2
  
• William Barfee - A Putnam County Spelling Bee finalist last year, he was eliminated because of an allergic reaction to peanuts and is back for vindication. His famous "Magic Foot" method of spelling has boosted him to spelling glory, even though he only has one working nostril and a touchy, bullying personality. He develops a crush on Olive. Vocal range top: Bb4,  Vocal range bottom: C3
  
• Marcy Park - The ultimate over-achiever, Marcy has never been given another option. She comes from a family where excellence is expected and so simply produced. A parochial school student, she assumes God, too, expects perfection. She sees herself as a mass of problems but she keeps them to herself. Having moved often because of her parents' work, she knows she can beat the local competition. Her many talents include piano, dance, martial arts, baton twirling, and/or whatever special gifts you can find in your casting pool. Vocal range top: Eb5,  Vocal range bottom: A3
  
• Olive Ostrovsky - A young newcomer to competitive spelling. Her mother is in an ashram in India, and her father is working late, as usual, but he is trying to come sometime during the bee. Having found comfort in its words and vastness, Olive made friends with her dictionary at a very young age, helping her to make it to the competition. She starts enormously shy, and shyly blossoms. Vocal range top: F#5, Vocal range bottom: A3
  
• Rona Lisa Peretti - The number-one realtor in Putnam County, a former Putnam County Spelling Bee Champion herself, and the returning moderator. She is a sweet woman who loves children, but she can be very stern when it comes to dealing with Vice Principal Panch and his feelings for her. Her interest in the competition is unflagging and drives it forward. Vocal range top: E5,  Vocal range bottom: C4
  
• Douglas Panch - The Vice Principal. Frustrated with his life, he finds the drive of the young spellers alien to him. After five years' absence from the Bee, Panch returns as judge. There was an "incident" at the Twentieth Annual Bee, but he claims to be in "a better place" now, thanks to a high-fiber diet and Jungian analysis. He is infatuated with Rona Lisa Peretti, but she does not return his affections.Gender: male
  
• Mitch Mahoney - The Official Comfort Counselor. An ex-convict, Mitch is performing his community service with the Bee, and hands out juice boxes to losing students. He has no idea how to offer comfort, but does find himself wishing he could find a way to make the kids feel better. Vocal range top: A4,  Vocal range bottom: E3

Sauk Shorts 2027

Audition requirements will be announced at a future date. Titles, character descriptions and directors TBA.  

Les Misérables 

Audition requirements will be announced at a future date. Director, Musical Director and Production Staff TBA. 

About the Show

Distinguished as one of the world’s longest running musicals, this epic and uplifting story has become one of the most celebrated musicals in theatrical history. Seen by over 150 million people worldwide in 57 countries, 452 cities and 22 languages, Les Misérables is undisputedly still one of the world’s most popular musicals. Set against the backdrop of 19th century France, Jean Valjean is released after 19 years of unjust imprisonment to find nothing in store for him but mistrust and mistreatment. He breaks his parole in hopes of starting a new life, initiating a lifelong struggle for redemption as he is relentlessly pursued by police inspector Javert, who refuses to believe that Valjean can change his ways. A winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, and sacrifice – a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. 

Available Roles

• Jean Valjean - Sings to B, high lyrics baritone or tenor, with both strong low notes and a strong falsetto. A poor peasant who rises to affluence, he has great natural nobility and dignity. A powerful figure, with a character of operatic size and passion. The voice needs to have a pop/rock sound or a classical sound of extraordinary textual clarity. 
  
• Javert - Baritone, sings to G. Must have a natural gravitas with ability to be expressive and dynamic. Policemen who relentlessly hunts Valjean. An imposing character. The ultimate ‘law and order’ figure. Obsessed, to the point of irrationality, with rigid and merciless moral code.
  
• The Bishop Of Digne - Must have a strong, rich lower register to a bottom A. Although capable of playing great age, the actor playing the Bishop is cast in a variety of roles and needs to flexibility to play a range of ages. A religious man who, despite Valjean’s theft of his valuable possessions, sees passed the convict and allows him to move on with his new life.
  
• Fantine - Poor but beautiful and elegant factory girl, struggling to support her fatherless daughter. Later is a pauper, a prostitute, a consumptive and a ghost. Earthy and poignant. Although she is finally defeated by circumstances, she should appear to be strong and a survivor. She puts up a valiant fight against the horrors of her life.
• The Foreman - An overbearing, sleazy man who runs the factory. Sacks Fantine, leaving her destitute.
  
• Bamatbois - A nasty and dangerous upper-class man who lecherously approaches Fantine for the night. When she declines and attacks him, he calls on Javert to arrest her.
• Little Cosette - Young Cosette is Fantine’s daughter and the Thénardiers’ ward. She has been forced into child labor. She is underfed, beaten by Madame Thénardier, and bullied by Eponine.
• Thenardier - Baritone. Strong comic character role. A crooked innkeeper, later a petty, amoral thief. Greedy, irrerent, selfish, boorish, vulgar.
  
• Madame Thenardier - Belter. Tough, sharp, coarse, boorish, vulgar. Strong character comedienne role.
  
• Young Eponine - Young Eponine is the pampered daughter of the Thénardiers. She does little except taunt Young Cosette.
  
• Gavroche - Gavroche is Thénardier’s son. He is left to fend for himself and lives by his wits in the streets of Paris. Gavroche is brave, witty, and arrogant, with a fantastic, unchanged voice.
  
• Eponine - An enormous and beautiful belt voice, with a contemporary edge. Daughter of the Thénardiers but in no way behaves like them. Fired by an unrequited love for Marius. Gamine. Hasn’t learned to disguise her emotions; wears her heart on her sleeve.
  
• Cosette - Soprano to high C but a light, young ‘floating’ sound, without heavy vibrato. Fantine’s daughter (first seen as and played by a child) delicate, elegant, vulnerable and beautiful. Falls in love with and later marries Marius.
  
• Montparnasse - A member of Thénardier’s gang of thieves. Montparnasse is handsome and dangerous (he kills with a knife).
• Babet - A member of Thénardier’s gang of thieves.
  
• Brujon - A member of Thénardier’s gang of thieves. A genuine gangster, Brujon is stupid and evil.
  
• Claquesous - A member of Thénardier’s gang of thieves. Claquesous is tough, dangerous, and secretive.
  
• Enjolras - High baritone/tenor. Very strong singer. Handsome, charismatic political figure, leader of the revolutionary movement.
  
• Marius - High baritone. Member of the revolutionary student movement. Attractive and romantic but in a sensitive, 19th century ‘Byronic’ way.
  
• Combeferre - Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Combeferre is the philosopher and believer in peace. He is gentle, humane, strong, and brave.
  
• Feuilly - Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Feuilly is a worker who is a self-educated orphan. He is an affectionate, warm, and poetic believer in "nationality."
  
• Courfeyrac - Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Courfeyrac is a youthful, passionate, and fearless student.
  
• Joly - Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Joly is an eccentric and light-hearted (although sometimes morbid) medical student. His name is derived from the English word “jolly.”
  
• Grantaire - A cynical student who has little interest in the revolution but who holds much admiration for Enjolras. Witty and sarcastic.
  
• Lesgles - Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Lesgles is a cheerful, laughing-at-life (but unlucky) student. He is a close friend of Joly.
  
• Jean Prouvaire - Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Prouvaire is a kind, soft-spoken, and, at the right moments, strong and masterful poet and student of social studies.
  
• An Army Officer
• Ensemble: The Chain Gang, Warders, Constables, Peasants, Factory Workers, Prostitutes, Pimps, Students, Thénardier's Gang, Wedding Guests, and other various roles. Men must be able to sing to at least a G. Women must belt to a D.

We Will Rock You

Audition requirements will be announced at a future date. Director, Musical Director and Production Staff TBA. 

About the Show
WE WILL ROCK YOU is a high-octane, adrenaline-fueled musical featuring more than 20 iconic Queen hits, including “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Are the Champions,” “Somebody to Love,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” and of course, “We Will Rock You.” Set in a post-apocalyptic future where individuality has been outlawed and music is controlled by algorithms, the story follows two young revolutionaries who dare to defy the system to save rock ‘n’ roll. This fist-pumping, foot-stomping anthem to freedom and self-expression is a musical for our time—unapologetically bold and filled with the timeless power of Queen’s legendary music. With over 7 million fans rocked in its original 12-year West End run, WE WILL ROCK YOU made history as the longest-running show at London’s Dominion Theatre. A global phenomenon, WWRY has been performed in 28 countries and seen by more than 16 million people worldwide.

Available Roles

• GALILEO (Man) — A misfit who keeps hearing strange voices and songs in his head which deliver messages he can’t understand. Galileo won’t dress like a Ga Ga kid and has been caught trying to make music. He is confused and unaware that he is the one the Bohemians have been waiting for, who will lead them to the place where the last remaining live instruments have lain hidden for hundreds of years.
• SCARAMOUCHE (Woman) — Another misfit who also gets into trouble with the Secret Police, Scaramouche meets Galileo in hospital and they run away together. Her sharp wit keeps Galileo on his toes and gradually they fall for each other.
• KILLER QUEEN (Woman) — Killer Queen is a ruthless businesswoman and is in charge of Global Soft, the worldwide corporation which is responsible for the suppression of all live music. She’s power crazy and tough, as well as beautiful.
• ZUCKERMUSK (Man) — He works for Killer Queen, getting rid of any original or creative musical thoughts and going after the Bohemians. His victims are sent to the Seven Seas of Rhye.
• SECRET POLICE (Men and/or Women) — These semi-automated characters carry out the bidding of the Killer Queen and Zuckermusk.
• GA GA KIDS/TEEN QUEENS (Men and Women) — Living in a world of consumerism and downloadable music, the Ga Ga kids don’t notice their own soulless-ness.
• POP (Man) — Pop is an old librarian and a hippy who has studied the sacred musical texts to the extent that even the Seven Seas of Rhye cannot entirely erase them from his mind. He’s a comic character who acts as a foil to Galileo and Scaramouche towards the end of the play.
• THE BOHEMIANS (Men and Women) — A group of rebels, determined to fight against Global Soft and its downloadable music. Their base is Tottenham Court Road Tube station, and they have taken the names of musical heroes from the past, such as Paul McCartney, Cliff Richard, and Britney.
• BRIT (Man) and MEAT (Woman) — Two of the Bohemians who are intent on discovering the secrets of live music, and who believe that someone will come who will show the Bohemians the way. When they find Scaramouche and Galileo they are unsure at first, but are eventually persuaded that Galileo really does have strange musical lyrics in his head over which he has no control. 
• Opportunities for featured casting in the ensemble include SUPER YUPPIES, TEACHER, and DOCTORS.

The Light Burns Blue​

Audition requirements will be announced at a future date. Director and Production Staff TBA. 

About the Show
Seventeen-year-old Elsie Wright has never done well at school and though her drawings are extraordinary, a career as an artist isn’t something a girl from a run-of-the-mill village like Cottingley could normally aspire to. Besides, it’s 1917, there’s a war on and the constant news of deaths from the front are affecting every family in her village – including her own – meaning Elsie’s artistic endeavours aren’t top of anyone’s list of priorities to encourage. When Elsie borrows her father’s camera and fakes photographs of her and her younger cousin Frances talking with fairies at the bottom of the Wright’s garden, the girls don’t expect the public fervour their work will unleash. While Elsie’s father dismisses the pictures as nonsense, her mother passes them on to a local theosophist Madame Blavatsky, who – enjoying an increased profile amid the fascination in spiritualism ignited by the war – announces them as concrete proof that fairies exist. Suddenly, Elsie and Frances are catapulted to the heights of fame, their photographs published around the world, even capturing the attention of celebrated author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A young newspaper reporter called Winifred Douglas is tasked by her editor to expose the now-famous Elsie as a fraud. Desperate to prove herself, Winifred infiltrates Elsie’s group of friends in Cottingley in an effort to uncover how the photographs were faked. But it is when she begins to investigate why Elsie steadfastly maintains the photographs’ veracity that Winifred begins to think there is something more to the girl’s actions than simple attention-grabbing.

Available Roles

• ELSIE WRIGHT, 17, the dreamer
• FRANCES GRIFFITHS, Elsie's cousin, 125, the storyteller
• ARTHUR WRIGHT, Elsie's father
• POLLY WRIGHT, Elsie's mother
• VIVIE, the prankerster, fun-loving, vivacious, 16 or 17
• BETSY, maive, sweet-natured, gentle, 16 or 17
• MAGS, the theorist, loves to read, 16 or 17
• FLOSSIE, the 'middle child' of the group, always feeling a bit left out, 16 or 17
• JANET, the pragmatist, a farmer's daughter, 16 or 17
• AGATHA, the dramatic one, a wannabe music-hall performer, 16 or 17
• REVEREND COOPER
  
• MRS. COOPER
• MR. WYEDALE, the baker
• MRS. PEABODY, a shopkeeper
• BOB, a farmer
• BETSY'S MUM
• MR. BROWN, an upright gentleman
• MR. TINDALL, an elderly man
• MR. DRAKE, a photographer, Elsie's employer
• MR. CATLING, a local artist
• MR. GAGE, a local artist
• MRS. BELL, a local artist
• THOMAS, a boy at Sunday school
• VARIOUS VILLAGERS including a pub landlord, seamstresses and a fishing-net salesman
• WINIFRED DOUGLAS, a journalist
• LILLIAN CARTER, the editor
• MARY WOOD, a photographer
• MADAME BLAVATSKY, a theosophist
• CLARENCE JOHNSON, a clairvoyant
• SOLDIERS
• CORRESPONDENTS
• LONDONERS
• THEOSOPHISTS
• SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, author and dedicated spiritualist 

Stepping Out

Audition requirements will be announced at a future date. Director, Choreographer and Production Staff TBA. 

About the Show
This is a rollicking comedy about the attempts of some working class amateurs to overcome their inhibitions and left feet in a low-rent dance studio. Mavis, a former professional chorus girl tries her hardest to teach the bumbling amateurs some terpsichorean skills for an upcoming recital. But before the dancing begins Mavis must mediate the minor dramas that erupt among this motley but loveable crew on their way to triumph at their recital.

Available Roles

• Mavis
  
• Dorothy
  
• Lynne
  
• Mrs. Fraser
  
• Maxine
  
• Andy
  
• Geoffrey
  
• Vera
  
• Sylvia
  
• Rose
  

A Candle in the Window

Audition requirements will be announced at a future date. Director and Production Staff TBA. 

About the Show
A small group of weary travelers discover the power of the season while trapped in a lonely train station on Christmas Eve. As a blizzard rages outside, the troubled people are forced to turn to each other for companionship. Trying to make them more comfortable is the old stationmaster, Charlie. When the clock strikes midnight, there is a knock on the station door and seven youngsters appear. They've seen the station lights from the nearby church where, in secret, they've been practicing the story of the nativity which they plan to present at regular service. They offer to perform their play for the travelers and afterward, speak to the travelers individually, giving advice which is seemingly wise beyond their years. The next morning, as a new, younger stationmaster lights a Christmas candle, we realize the mysterious stop in the travelers' journey was more than accidental and has given them a renewed spirit and resolve. 

Available Roles

THE TRAVELERS

• CHARLIE: Aging stationmaster. Kind-hearted
  
• NEIL: College student studying art. 
  
• IRVING: 30s-40s. Wants to be a writer. 
  
• VIOLET: Extremely energetic senior citizen. 
  
• TRUDY: Violet's sister. Reserved and quiet. 
  
• ANNE: 20s-30s. Teacher.
  
• GEORGE: 20s-30s. Abusive husband. 
  
• SARAH: 20s. George's wife. She is pregnant. 
  
• JEREMY: 20s-30s. Stationmaster.
  

THE CHILDREN

• JOHN: The oldest, is the leader. Plays Joseph.
• KATHRYN: Oldest girl. Plays Angel. 
• ELIZABETH: Plays Mary.
• WALLY: Plays Shepherd. 
• HELEN: Plays Shepherd. 
• MABEL: Littlest girl, mouthy and outspoken. Plays Wise Man. 
• FRANCIS: Littlest boy. Plays Wise Man.