Audition
We Welcome All Actors To Our Auditions!
Scripts for all upcoming shows are available in the Box Office, located in the Main Stage theatre. Call (904) 261-6749 or stop by during Box Office hours to check out or read a script.
Auditions are closed, so usually you'll audition by reading scenes from the show's script for the director and casting team in the auditorium while the other actors wait in the lobby. If you cannot attend the audition on the scheduled date, contact ACT to arrange an alternate date. Some characters may be announced, precast roles.
All volunteer positions onstage and offstage are open to everyone, regardless of race, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, or previous experience. Newcomers are welcome and encouraged.
Roald Dahl's
Matilda The Musical
Book by DENNIS KELLY Music & Lyrics by TIM MINCHIN
Based on the book by Roald Dahl
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WINNER OF 5 TONY AWARDS!
A young girl with a bright imagination, astonishing wit, and psychokinetic powers uses her courage to fight against the evil headmistress. Matilda won't let challenges stop her or her friends from changing their stories.
(ACT's Rating: PG Fantasy and Intense Situations)
PERFORMANCES:
7:30 pm: April 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, May 1, 2022
2 pm Matinee: April 24, 2022
AUDITION VIDEOS ACCEPTED
UNTIL JANUARY 22
NOTES FROM DIRECTOR GEOFFREY MOSS:
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If you cannot attend auditions on January 15, email the show's director at gmoss@AmeliaCommunityTheatre.org for an alternate date and time.
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You may send your audition video to gmoss@AmeliaCommunityTheatre.org by January 22.
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The age range for each role is subject to each actor's ability to portray that age and does not preclude you from being cast for that role.
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The "any" gender listed for Miss Trunchbull is to be played by a "mannish woman" and interpreted as such by the actor cast for that role.
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Scripts are NOT available in advance of auditions.
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: 7 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
Dance heavy role.
Michael Wormwood
Matilda's older brother. He is not very bright and favored by their parents.
Gender: Male
Age:10 to 15
Bruce
Matilda's classmate. He is subject to extreme punishment by Miss Trunchbull.
Gender: Male
Age: 7 to 14
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: C4
Lavender
Matilda's classmate and friend.
Gender: Female
Age: 7 to 10
Mrs. Phelps
A nice librarian.
Gender: Female
Age: 25 to 45
The Escapologist
A character in a story Matilda tells Mrs. Phelps who comes to life in their imagination. (May be doubled with other roles.)
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: C3
The Acrobat
A character in a story Matilda tells Mrs. Phelps who comes to life in their imagination. (May be doubled with other roles.)
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: D4
Rudolpho
Mrs. Wormwood's ballroom dance partner. (May be doubled with other roles.)
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: D#3
Dance heavy role
Doctor
Mrs. Wormwood's doctor when she goes into labor with Matilda. (One scene only will double with other roles.)
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Age: 25 to 45
Children’s Entertainer
A party entertainer at the start of the show. (One scene will double with other roles.)
Gender: Any
Vocal range top: Eb4
Vocal range bottom: F#3
Ensemble
Gender: Any
Age: 7 and up
Nurse, Cook, Sergei, Henchman 1, Henchman 2, Henchman 3 (one scene only will double with other roles) Kids (Amanda, Nigel, Eric, Alice, Hortensia, Tommy), Parents (will also play older kids).