HELLO DOLLY!
Tuesday, May 28th & Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
7:00 - 9:30 pm
Cong. Beth Jacob, 9030 W. Olympic Blvd, Beverly Hills 90211
Open call. No appointment necessary.
Your audition will consist of three parts - see below.
Audition Information (ages 16 - 120!)
1. SONG
You should sing for no more than SIXTY SECONDS. We will stop you after one minute.
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Choose a song that best shows off your voice.
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Try to choose a song that is not too low or too high for your vocal range so that you sound your best.
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Know the lyrics. It does not make a good impression if you arrive at your audition without a song prepared (this is a musical, after all!).
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Sing with as much expression as possible and enjoy yourself!
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Your song choice should NOT be from Hello Dolly!, but it should be a song from the world of musical theater, not pop or rock. We highly recommend songs from other musicals of the 1950's or 1960's.
Please note: Your audition song will be a capella. No accompanist or backing tracks will be used.
2. SCENE
Please choose one character in one scene to read at your audition. We don’t care if you trip over some of your words; just make sure you read with expression and character. The scene does not need to be memorized.
The scenes to choose from are:
1) Dolly & Horace
2) Cornelius & Barnaby
3) Irene & Minnie
4) Ambrose & Dolly
5) Horace & Ermengarde
3. DANCE
Hello Dolly! is a very heavy dance show and we need a lot of dancers and movers!
EVERYONE auditioning for Hello Dolly! needs to learn this dance combination and be prepared to dance it live with a small group at your audition. We want to see how you move, and how animated you are when you dance.
The Advanced Dance Combination needs to be prepared by those who:
-Are auditioning for the roles of: Cornelius, Barnaby, Irene, Minnie Fay, Ermengarde, Ambrose
-OR Have dance training
-OR Want to audition to be a featured dancer
-OR Want to audition to be in more advanced dances
We encourage anyone to try this combination if you love to dance! We are not looking for perfection in an audition. Just enjoy!
CALLBACKS: MONDAY, JUNE 3RD
If we would like to see you do more, you will receive an e-mail by the end of the week of auditions inviting you to participate in a Callback.
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You will receive a specific appointment time
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We will ask you to prepare a new scene.
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We will also ask you to learn part of a song or songs from Hello Dolly!, which you can find on YouTube, Spotify, or itunes.
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Callback materials do NOT need to be memorized.
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Make sure to arrive at your callback prepared.
If you don’t get a callback, that does not necessarily mean you won’t be in the cast.
It just means we saw everything we needed at your original audition.