Description:

Are you Rotten to the Core?
Westmont Performing Arts is seeking a large cast of ADULTS AND YOUTH (third grade and up) for Disney's Descendants, The Musical. Have you ever dreamed of being onstage with your family? Now is your chance. Veteran director Cheryl Newman welcomes performers with all levels of experience.

Please prepare 32 bars of a pop or musical theater song, and bring an accompaniment track. You are welcome to sing from the show, but please do not rap for this audition. Be prepared to learn a brief dance combination.

There will be 4 performances, June 28-30, at Westmont High School.

We are also looking for help with set, costumes, lights, sound, crew and publicity.

Roles & Character Breakdown:

Mal
Our hero and Maleficent's daughter. Under her hardened, sarcastic exterior, she has a sense of justice and a heart of gold.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: G3

Evie
The Evil Queen Grimhilde's daughter. She hides her brilliance behind a superficial, image-obsessed attitude.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: G3

Jay
Jafar's son-an outwardly arrogant thief. He conceals a strategic, collaborative nature.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: Eb3

Carlos
Cruella de Vil's son. Despite a fear of dogs and just about everything else, he has the capacity to be brave and kind.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: Eb3

Maleficent
The infamous evil fairy. She is a profoundly selfish absentee parent with an unquenchable taste for vengeance.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: A3

Grimhilde
Snow White's wicked adversary. An aging beauty queen, she is still desperate to be the fairest of them all.
Gender: Female

Jafar
Aladdin's nemesis. He is a slimy, washed-up crime lord desperate for a way back to the top.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: B2

Cruella de Vil
A Dalmatian-loving dog-snatcher. She is an obsessive, eccentric, and overbearing helicopter mom
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: B3

Ben
Son of the Beast and Belle. He is a classically regal, optimistic kid who bears the weight of soon becoming King of Auradon.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: Bb4
Vocal range bottom: Ab2

King Beast
Ben's father and King of Auradon. Royal and rule-driven, he knows a bit about being marginalized.
Gender: Male

Queen Belle
Ben's mother and Queen of Auradon. Warm, but cautious, she doesn't understand her son's generation.
Gender: Female

Fairy Godmother
Headmistress of Auradon Prep. Busy and bubbly, she'll do anything to keep the school afloat.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: D4

Jane
Fairy Godmother's daughter. Meek and mousy, but hungry for attention, she's looking for her moment to shine.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: E4

Chad
Cinderella and Prince Charming's son. An arrogant and spoiled blockhead, he's never wanted for anything.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: D4
Vocal range bottom: B2

Audrey
Sleeping Beauty's daughter. The malicious queen bee of Auradon Prep, she has her eye on the throne.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: A3

Doug
Dopey's son. Nerdy and sweet, he does all the work that his fellow students don't want to do.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: C4

Royal Page
Auradonian messenge, enormously nervous.

Royal Guard
Museum employee, less than vigilant.

Maurice
Chemistry teacher and Belle's father. He is kooky and stuck in his ways. Gender: Male

Coach
Tourney coach, resigned to the team's mediocrity until meeting a surprise star player.

Snow White
Red carpet reporter. She is the voice of the masses.
Gender: Female

Ensemble
Roles include: Isle Ensemble (including Smitten Kids 1 & 2), Auradonians (including Auradonians 1 & 2), Coronation Crowd (including Crowd Members 1, 2 & 3), Auradonian Choir

AUDITIONS:
At the Westmont Park District, 75 E Richmond Street, Westmont, IL
Monday, April 15, 2024 6:30-9pm
Thursday, April 18, 6:30-9pm
Sunday April 21, 1-2:30pm, callbacks (by invitation) will be 3-5pm