Auditions

ALL INITIAL AUDITIONS WILL BE ONLINE SUBMISSIONS

NOTE: ALL CHILDREN AND TEEN PERFORMERS MUST HAVE THEIR OWN HOUSING LOCAL TO SURFLIGHT AND HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO ATTEND REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES.

SUBMISSIONS DUE BY MARCH 17th or earlier. Please include in the subject line name, gender, height and age. (i.e. Sara Johnson, (F), 5’, 14)

 Children and teens ages 6 to 18 will be considered for the following:

1. Some roles in Children’s Theatre (i.e. Peter Pan, Wizard of Oz, etc.). These Productions run weekly, Wednesday through Sunday and change every week.

2. AGES 12-18 - All roles in Youth production of FROZEN, JR.

3. MIRACLE ON 34th STREET (Holiday production, runs Nov. 30-Dec. 15)

If auditioning for Mini Show Place program, please complete the Mini Audition Form and fill out paperwork specific to that program

CHILDREN’S THEATRE productions run from June 30-Labor Day for one week each and will rehearse for a few days before each opening date. If a show repeats later in the summer, preference will be given to actors who are available for both runs.

FROZEN, JR Youth Production will rehearse July 6-23, Run July 24-28 and August 7-11.

MINI SHOW PLACE Program (tuition based) June 23-29 (please see Mini Show Place program information)

Please prepare the following for initial electronic submission (may be filmed on cell phone or tablet. Professional footage is not necessary):

ALL CHILDREN 6-12 auditioning for Children’s Theatre productions, Mini Show Place:

1. Short intro video telling us your name, age, if/why you love shows and why

2. Please sing 16 bars of any One (1) Musical Theatre stage or movie song or Nursery Rhyme appropriate to your age and vocal type. Children should be singing in a natural young voice and not forcing a hard or contemporary belt.

Examples of Nursery Rhyme songs:
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Happy Birthday
London Bridge
Itsy Bitsy Spider

Or 16 bars of any appropriate Musical Theatre Song.

Please do not sing Britney Spears, Christina Aquilara, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Megan Trainer, etc. or from shows such as: Dear Evan Hanson, Next to Normal, Legally Blonde, Spring Awakening, Catch Me if You Can, Mean Girls, Rent, Rock of Ages or similar.

3. Please pick one of the poems in this link, memorize it and film:

30 Short Poems for Kids: for Every Occasion (momlovesbest.com)

4. Dance video. Please learn this routine and film: https://vimeo.com/elizabethtroxler/surflight2024?share=copy

5. Photo and Audition Form filled out including conflicts or preferred shows, resume if you have one.

ALL PERFORMERS ages 13 to 18 please submit the following:

Short intro video telling us your name, age, why you would like to be involved this summer

1. 16 bars of Traditional Musical Theatre movie or stage song

Please do not sing any contemporary pop such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Megan Trainer, etc. or from shows such as: Dear Evan Hanson, Next to Normal, Legally Blonde, Spring Awakening, Catch Me if You Can, Mean Girls, Rent, Rock of Ages or similar.

2. Short monologue (You may also learn one of the Children’s Poems from above)

3. Dance video. Please learn this and film: https://vimeo.com/elizabethtroxler/surflight2024?share=copy. If you are a dancer and have reels you may send those instead.

4. Photo and Audition Form filled out including any conflicts and resume if you have one.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AUDITIONING FOR OLDER ELSA OR ANNA IN FROZEN, JR. please submit the following. You may audition for both roles:

OLDER ELSA - LET IT GO, Entire song, the key is G Major (not A Flat Major of the movie or the Broadway show). You may read the song. You may use either of these tracks or other accompaniment if you wish:
https://youtu.be/iJVl-PNKXLQ

https://soundcloud.com/wogs98-1/sets/disneys-frozen-jr-accompaniment?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

OLDER ANNA – FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER, entire song, the key is E Flat 

For rehearsal purposes: please sing all leads even if it is not Anna’s line:

https://youtu.be/OIHNb9R3ISE?si=LZNjQGiFEJQpjWq_

https://soundcloud.com/wogs98-1/sets/disneys-frozen-jr-accompaniment?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

ALL AUDITION SUBMISSIONS SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

OPENING STATEMENT
AUDITION FORM FILLED OUT
PHOTO
RESUME IF YOU HAVE ONE
SONG CUT OR CUTS
DANCE VIDEO
POEM OR MONOLOGUE

Email submissions to: surflightchildren@gmail.com or for more information
Mini Show Place submissions should be emailed to: auditionshowplace@gmail.com