AUDITIONS
June 2025
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We are casting a fully-staged, all female version of Ragtime, seeking actresses with acting, singing, and dancing abilities. Please note: This show requires advanced singing skills.
We welcome women of all backgrounds, ethnicities, body types, or religions.
Ragtime will be portrayed true to the content and language of the time period in which the story takes place. We will portray all characters as they were written and will perform this show with integrity, sensitivity, and respect.
AUDITIONS ARE
Wednesday, June 4th
& Thursday, June 5th, 2025
7:00 - 9:30 pm
at Temple Beth Am 1039 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Open call. No appointment necessary.
Choose EITHER Wednesday OR Thursday night; you do not have to come on both nights. When you arrive, there will be a sign-up sheet with available audition times. Please sign up for a time, then read over and sign the audition forms.
*If you would like to audition for either the LITTLE BOY or LITTLE GIRL, please do not come to the in-person auditions but send in videos instead.
CALLBACKS:
If we loved your audition and would like to see you do more, you will receive an e-mail by the end of the week inviting you to participate in a Callback. (Adults AND children will be in-person for Callbacks.)
Invitation Only Callbacks will be on
Wednesday, June 11th.
You will receive a specific appointment time as well as a new scene to prepare. We will also ask you to learn part of a song or songs from Ragtime which you can find on YouTube or itunes. Make sure to arrive at your callback prepared.
IMPORTANT DATES
Performances: December 4, 6 & 7, 2025
Mandatory Tech Week:
November 30 – December 3, 2025
Rehearsals begin on August 4, 2025
1. A 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!
Please note:
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Your song choice should not be from Ragtime, but it should be a song from the world of musical theater, not pop or rock.
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Your audition song will be a capella. No accompanist will be provided.
YOUR AUDITION WILL CONSIST OF THREE PARTS
2. AN AUDITION 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. (See Character Breakdown for details on which scene to choose based on the character that you would like to audition for.)
The scenes to choose from are:
1) Coalhouse & Booker T Washington
6) Tateh & Emma
3. AN AUDITION DANCE:
Ragtime includes several large-scale dance numbers.
Please learn the short dance audition in this video and be prepared to dance it with a small group at your audition.
The video will first show the entire dance from the front and then the entire dance from the back.
After doing that, our choreographer, Nikki will demonstrate step-by-step how to do the dance.
