AUDITIONS:
August 11-13, 2025
little shop of horrors
Book By Howard Ashman
mUSIC BY ALAN MENKEN
LYRICS BY HOWARD ASHMAN
Based on the film by Roger Corman, screenplay by Charles Griffith
Director: Chris Tiernan
Choreographer: Daniel Scipio
Music Director: Angelica Roque
SYNOPSIS
Little Shop of Horrors is a horror-comedy rock musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics/book by Howard Ashman. Based on the 1960’s sci-fi film of the same name, the story is set in a rundown flower shop. Business is terrible, and the shop is on the verge of closing- until Seymour discovers a mysterious, exotic plant that draws in customers and revives the shop’s fortunes. But there’s a dark twist: the plant, named Audrey II, thrives on human blood. As the plant grows, it begins to manipulate Seymour, promising him fame, fortune, and love in exchange for more blood. Things spiral out of control when Seymour starts committing murder to satisfy the plant’s hunger. Eventually, Seymour realizes Audrey II’s true motive: world domination.
PERFORMANCES:
October 4-25, 2025
Thursdays @ 7:00pm with Audience Talk Backs
Fridays @ 8:00pm
Saturdays @ 8:00pm + October 18 & 25 @ 2:00pm
Sundays @ 2:00pm
PRODUCTION CALENDAR:
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PREPARE
Prepare 16 bars/ about one minute of a song of your choice in the style of the show. Accompaniment will be provided. Performers should bring their sheet music, in the appropriate key, with cuts clearly marked. No a capella auditions. You will be asked to submit a headshot and resume when we send your priority number for the audition date you selected.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Seymour - Tenor, A2-G4, male-presenting
Our insecure, naive, put-upon, florist’s clerk hero. Above all, he’s a sweet and well-meaning little man. He is not a silly, prat-falling nerd, and therefore should not be played as the hero of a Jerry Lewis film. Familiarity with dance and choreography preferred.
Audrey - Mezzo-Soprano, G#3-D5, female-presenting
The bleached-blond, Billie-Dawn-like, secret love of Seymour’s life. If you took Judy Holiday, Carol Channing, Marilyn Monroe, and Goldie Hawn, removed their education and feelings of self-worth, dressed them in spiked heels and a low-cut black dress, and then shook them up in a test tube to extract what’s sweetest and most vulnerable- that’d be Audrey. Familiarity with dance and choreography preferred.
Mr. Mushnik - Baritone/Tenor, C3-F4, male-presenting
Their boss. A failure of an East Side florist. His accent, if he has one, is more that of middle class New York than of Eastern Europe. He seldom smiles but often sweats. Familiarity with dance and choreography preferred.
Orin - Baritone/Tenor, C3-G4, male-presenting
A handsome dentist with a black leather jacket and sadistic tendencies. He is not, however, a leftover from the movie version of Grease. Think instead of an egotistical pretty-boy -all got up like a greaser but thinking like an insurance salesman and talking like a radio announcer. (The actor who plays him also plays A Voice not unlike God’s, Wino #2, Customer, Radio Announcer, Mr. Bernstein, Mrs. Luce, Skip Snip, and Patrick Martin.) Familiarity with dance and choreography preferred.
Audrey II - Baritone, G2-G4
A departure from the traditional staging, Audrey II in this production will be presented as a Drag Queen. Open to any person of color of any age or gender expression who is willing to perform in Femme Drag. The sound is a cross between Otis Redding, Barry White, and Wolfman Jack. Think of the role as a street-smart, funky, conniving villain - Rhythm and Blues” answer to Richard the Third. Familiarity with dance and choreography preferred.
Crystal, Ronnette, and Chiffon - Alto/Mezzo-Soprano, Ab3-F5
Three Black female-presenting street urchins who function as participants in the action and a Greek Chorus outside it. They’re young, hip, smart, and the only people in the whole cast who really know what’s going on. In their “Greek Chorus” capacity, they occasionally sing to the audience directly. And when they do, it’s often with a “secret-smile” that says: “we know something you don’t know.” Needs to be strong vocalists who are comfortable with tight harmonies, and comfortable with choreography and movement
Agent of the Plants/ Ensemble/ Understudies - All vocal ranges welcome
Open to any race, and gender expression, this is primarily a dancer track, as seductive alien vines, they are extensions of Audrey II. They act as back-up dancers to Audrey II, helping Audrey II to eat and fulfill their mission of world domination.
AUDITIONS:
August 11 & 12, 2025 beginning at 6:00 pm. Callbacks August 13 at 6:00 pm by invitation.