Audition Information for
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's
Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical
Directed by Michael Thompson
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Audition Information
Audition Dates &Times:
Monday, May 12, 2025 6:30 - 8:30pm Tuesday, May 13, 2025 6:30 - 8:30 pm Wednesday, May 14, 2025 6:30 - 8:30 pm Audition Location: GracePoint Wesleyan Church 1420 Orchard Drive Brookings, SD 57006 Auditions will be held in "Great Room”. Please use the South Doors, turn left inside. Please keep an eye out for signs directing. Performance Dates: August 7-10 & 14-17 To audition, you must HAVE completed the 3rd Grade in the 2024/2025 academic year or older Roles available for children, men and women (see list to right) General Information for Auditions: Please print and fill out the audition form below and bring with you to auditions. This form will also be available at the door. AUDITIONS WILL CONSIST OF: – singing a minimum of 16 measures of a prepared song. Please look at roles (to the right) for song and measures EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO SING. You will sing a predetermined song from the show depending on the character you would like to audition for. Please review characters to the right for song and track. Audition participants WILL have to sing one of the predetermined songs (listed to the right under characters). NO OTHER SONGS EXPECT ONES LISTED WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE SUNG – Reading from the script 
Brief Synopsis
Matilda is the story of an extraordinary little girl with extraordinary powers. The daughter of abusive parents, Matilda finds refuge in library books, which she reads quickly and in creating her own stories. Things are no better at school, where Matilda also must face a tyrannical and cruel headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, who believes in Crunchem Hall’s motto: “Bambinatum est Magitum,” or “Children are Maggots.” She finds companionship in her teacher, Miss Honey, though well-intentioned, is shy and fragile. Brave little Matilda knows she has to stand up against the adults in her world, and in doing so, discovers her own remarkable powers. Matilda’s bravery teaches Miss Honey and her classmates an important lesson -- that even though life can be hard, “nobody but me is gonna change my story” so “sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.”
LIST OF SONGS TO SING AT AUDITIONS
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Cast
Mary Poppins Jane and Michael Banks's new nanny. She is extraordinary and strange, neat and tidy, delightfully vain yet particular, and sometimes a little frightening but always exciting. She is practically perfect in every way and always means what she says. A mezzo soprano with strong top notes, she should be able to move well. She can have a more traditional soprano sound, but precision and diction is the key. Gender: Female Age: 20 to 35 Vocal range top: C6 Vocal range bottom: Gb3 VOCAL Audition: Naughty – From 2:22 to End on Original Broadway Cast Recording or Measure 87 to End lyrics & music excerpt below Bert The narrator of the story, is a good friend to Mary Poppins. An everyman, Bert has many occupations, including hurdy-gurdy player, sidewalk artist and chimney sweep. Bert watches over the children as well as the goings on in Cherry Tree Lane. He has charm, speaks with a Cockney accent and is a song-and-dance man. Gender: Male Age: 30 to 40 Vocal range top: F#4 Vocal range bottom: B2 VOCAL AUDITION: When I Grow Up – From 0:00 thru 0:41 on Original Broadway Cast recording or Measures 1 thru 25 lyrics & music excerpt below George Banks The father to Jane and Michael Banks, is a banker to the very fiber of his being. Demanding "precision and order" in his household, he is a pipe-and-slippers man who doesn't have much to do with his children and believes that he had the perfect upbringing by his nanny, the cruel Miss Andrew. His emotional armor, however, conceals a sensitive soul. A baritone, George may speak-sing as necessary. Gender: Male Age: 40 to 50 Vocal range top: Eb4 Vocal range bottom: Bb2 VOCAL Audition: Naughty – From 2:22 to End on Original Broadway Cast Recording or Measure 87 to End lyrics & music excerpt below Winifred Banks George's wife and Jane and Michael's mother. A former actress, she is loving and distracted homemaker who is busy trying to live up to her husband's desire to obnly associate with "the best people" as well as be the model wife and mother. She suffers from the conflicting feelings that she's not up to the job of "being Mrs. Banks," yet, she is, and more. She has great warmth and simplicity to her tone. Gender: Female Age: 30 to 40 Vocal range top: D5 Vocal range bottom: A3 VOCAL AUDITION: Naughty – From 2:22 to End on Original Broadway Cast Recording or “Measure 87 to End) lyrics & music excerpt below Jane The high-spirited daughter of Mr. and Mr. Banks, is bright and precocious but can be willful and inclined to snobbishness. Gender: Female Age: 11 to 14 Vocal range top: F#5 Vocal range bottom: A3 VOCAL AUDITION: When I Grow Up – From 0:00 thru 0:41 on Original Broadway Cast recording or Measures 1 thru 25 lyrics & music excerpt below Michael The cute and cheeky son of Mr. and Mrs. Banks. Excitable and naughty, he adores his father and tries to be like him. Both he and Jane misbehave in order to get the attention of their parents. Gender: Male Age: 9 to 11 Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: A3 VOCAL AUDITION : The Smell of Rebellion – From 4:22 to end on Original Broadway Cast Recording or Measure 115 to End lyrics & music excerpt left or below Miss Lark The haughty next-door neighbor of the Banks family who treats her dog, Willoughby, as if her were child. Gender: Female Age: 30 to 40 VOCAL AUDITION: This Little Girl – From 0:40 to 1:29 Original Broadway Cast Recording or Measure 18 to 30 lyrics & music excerpt left or below Admiral Boom A retired Royal Navy man and neighbor of the Banks family. A physically large man with a loud and booming voice, he speaks in Navy jargon and has a soft spot for his neighbor, Miss Lark. Can be any vocal range as needed. May also double as the Banks Chairman, he will need to be a baritone. Gender: Male Age: 50+ VOCAL AUDITION: Telly – 0:25 to 1:07 on Original Broadway Cast Recording or Measures 10 thru 41 lyrics & music excerpt left or below Mrs. Brill The housekeeper and cook for the Banks family. Overworked and harrassed, she's always complaining that the house is understaffed. Her intimidating exterior is a cover for the warmth underneath. Mrs. Brill doesn't have a high opinion of nannies in general and Mary Poppins in particular. She does not have to be a strong singer. Gender: Female Age: 50+ Vocal range top: D#5 Vocal range bottom: F#3 VOCAL AUDITION: Loud – From 1:32 to 2:17 on Original Broadway Cast Recording or Measures 54 thru 85 lyrics & music excerpt left or below Robertson Ay The houseboy to the Banks family. Lazy, sleepy and grumbling, he never gets things right and believes himself to be useless. He doesn't do a lot of singing, but his "Spoonful" solo can be a fun surprise. Gender: Male Age: 20's Vocal range top: G#4 Vocal range bottom: F3 VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mrs. Wormwoods Song “Loud” or Miss Honey’s Song “This Little Girl” lyrics & music excerpt left or below Katie Nanna Jane and Micahel's nanny at the beginning of the show. Overwhelmed and upset, she has absolutely had her fill of the Banks children. Gender: Female Age: 30's VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mr. Wormwood Song “Telly” or Doctor Song “Miracle” lyrics & music excerpt left or below Policeman A neighborhood fixture who is respected by and observant of households on his beat. Gender: ANY Age: 25+ VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mrs. Wormwoods Song “Loud” or Miss Honey’s Song “This Little Girl” lyrics & music excerpt left or below Park Keeper Uniformed and officious, they makes sure no one breaks park regulations. Their life is defined by rules, but they secretly hankers after their childhood. Gender: ANY Age: 25+ VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mr. Wormwood Song “Telly” or Doctor Song “Miracle” lyrics & music excerpt left or below Neleus The statue of a young boy posed with a dolphin in the park. Neleus was separated from his father, Poseidon, and misses him very much. A small and lonely being, he is very happy to befriend Jane and Michael. This role is to feature a strong dancer. Gender: Male Age: 14 to 19 VOCAL AUDITION: Miracle, Pt. 2 – From 0:45 to 1:20 on Original Broadway Cast Recording or Measures 163 thru 173 lyrics & music excerpt left or below Queen Victoria A statue in the park. Gender: Female Age: 35+ VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mr. Wormwood Song “Telly” or Doctor Song “Miracle” lyrics & music excerpt left or below Bank Chairman The head of the bank where Mr. Banks is employed, is an Edwardian stuffed-shirt. He can speak/sing his lines if necessary. May also double as Admiral Boom Gender: Male Age: 50 to 60 Vocal range top: D4 Vocal range bottom: C3 VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mr. Wormwood Song “Telly” or Doctor Song “Miracle” lyrics & music excerpt left or below Miss Smythe/Ensemble The Bank Chairman's humorless secretary. Gender: Female Age: 35+ VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mr. Wormwood Song “Telly” or Doctor Song “Miracle” lyrics & music excerpt left or below Von Hussler/Ensemble A businessman seeking a loan from the bank for a shady business deal. He speaks with a German accent. Gender: Male Age: 30's VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mr. Wormwood Song “Telly” or Doctor Song “Miracle” lyrics & music excerpt left or below John Northbrook/Ensemble An honest business man seeking a loan to build a factory for his community. He speaks with an accent from Northern England. Gender: Male Age: 30's VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mr. Wormwood Song “Telly” or Doctor Song “Miracle” lyrics & music excerpt left or below Bird Woman Covered in a patchwork of old shawls, and her pockets are stuffed with bags of crumbs for the birds. She tries to sell her crumbs for the birds. She tries to sell her crumbs to passersby, who ignore her as if she doesn't exist. Sings "Feed the Birds." There can be a gruff, folksy quality to her voice that relfelcts the hardness of her life. Gender: Female Age: 50+ Vocal range top: C5 Vocal range bottom: Gb3 VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mr. Wormwood Song “Telly” or Doctor Song “Miracle” lyrics & music excerpt left or below Miss Corry/Ensemble Owns a magical gingerbread shop. She is a mysterious woman of great age who speaks with a Caribbean accent (or any accent that would make her seem exotic). Gender: Female Age: 30+ VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mr. Wormwood Song “Telly” or Doctor Song “Miracle” lyrics & music excerpt left or below Miss Andrews/Ensemble George's overbearing and scary nanny. With her bottle of nasty-tasting brimstone and treacle to keep naughty children in line, she is a bully who only knows one way of doing things - her way. A soprano with an alto belt, there can be some heaviness to her voice along with range. Gender: Female Age: 40+ Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: Gb3 VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mr. Wormwood Song “Telly” or Doctor Song “Miracle” lyrics & music excerpt left or below Ensemble Annie, Fannie, Valentine, Teddy Bear, Mr. Punch, Doll, Chimney Sweeps, Toys, Parkgoers. Gender: ANY Age: 9+ ANY MALE VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mr. Wormwood Song “Telly” or Doctor Song “Miracle” FEMALE VOCAL AUDITION: Either Mrs. Wormwoods Song “Loud” or Miss Honey’s Song “This Little Girl” lyrics & music excerpt left or below .
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