Dear Students,
To audition to be a performer in this year's Senior Musical: The Addams Family: School Edition you will need to do the following:
CHORUS:
To audition to be a member of the Chorus you will need to attend the open audition on Saturday 31st of August in the Black Box Theatre between 10am and 12 noon. You do not need to learn any lines or songs for the day but you will be expected to sing together with the rest of the students auditioning as well as follow some simple choreography.
If you are a member of the boarding community and are unable to attend the day time sessions you will need to attend the 5pm - 7.30pm audition in the Black Box on Monday 2nd September.
To confirm that you will be attending the Open Audition you will need to complete the Google Form before 5pm on Thursday 29th of August.
MULTI ROLE:
To audition to be a Multi Role performer (a performer that will have individual lines or increased responsibility, either sung or spoken) you will need to learn one of the short sections of spoken text at the bottom of this page. You will also need to prepare 1 min of a song from The Addams Family: School Edition (see below). This should be sung accompanied by the backing tracks below.
To audition to be a Multi Role performer you will need to complete the morning Open Audition (see above) and stay for your afternoon audition (time slots will be allocated for the day). You may leave the school as long as you come back to the Art Centre at least 30mins before your timeslot. Otherwise, please bring your lunch and some homework to do.
To confirm that you will be attending the audition you will need to complete the Google Form before 5pm on Thursday the 29th of August.
PRINCIPAL:
To audition to be a Principal performer (a lead role)
You will need to learn one of the short sections of spoken text at the bottom of this page. You will also need to prepare 1 min of a song from The Addams Family: School Edition (see below). This should be sung accompanied by the backing tracks provided.
To audition to be a Principal performer you will need to complete the morning Open Audition (see above) and stay for your afternoon audition (time slots will be allocated for the day). You may leave the school as long as you come back to the Art Centre at least 30mins before your timeslot. Otherwise, please bring your lunch and some homework to do.
To confirm that you will be attending the audition you will need to complete the Google Form before 5pm on Thursday the 29th of August
Audition Material for The Addams Family: School Edition
If you wish to audition for a MULTI ROLE or PRINCIPAL role you must learn one of the (below) small sections of the script:
If you are unsure what role you would like to audition for then please learn the lines from Grandma.
Audition Material for The Addams Family: School Edition
Section 1: Morticia's Lines: To be delivered with sadness but a sense of power:
Section 2: Gomez's Lines: You are the story teller. You are speaking directly to the audience. You are being funny and you know it.
Section 3: Wednesday: Wednesday is often portrayed as a stereotype (someone dry and emotionless). Here we see her true/real emotions. That is what what we want to see. The humour of Wednesday and the wit of Wednesday.
*Note: We will read in the Lucas parts for you.
Section 4: Fester's Lines: Fester is in love with the Moon. You must speak as if speaking to your true love. The audience will laugh whilst you deliver the lines but you must remain within the character.
Note: Fester could be an Uncle or an Aunty. Change the sex of the 'Moon' to suit.
Section 5: Grandma's Lines: Grandma is wise. She is also very funny. She is able to speak directly to the audience as well.
Section 6: Alice's Lines: Alice's lines should be said in a sweet (an almost too sweet) fashion:
Section 7: Mal and Alice's Lines (second set of lines): We should sense Mal's confusion and see the change in Alice!
Section 8: Pugsley's Lines: You need to show you are scared about 'losing' Wednesday from your life!
VOCAL AUDITION – If you wish to audition for a MULTI ROLE or PRINCIPAL role you must learn one of the songs below and individually sing with backing track provided. The song options from which you may select your audition excerpt are listed below. The lyrics to be sung are in bold and underlined. There is a vocal track which may help when learning the section and a backing track (no vocals) to practice with in preparation for the audition
Song Options:
PULLED (Wednesday)
String quartets and chia pets
And afternoon banana splits
Angels watching as I sleep
And Liberace's greatest hits
Have got me pulled in a new direction
If they keep insisting, I'll stop resisting
Just watch me pulled in a new direction
I should stay in the dark
Not obey every spark
But the boy has a bite
Better far than his bark
And you bet I'll bite too
Do what's truly taboo
As I'm pulled in a new direction
Pulled (With Vocals)
Pulled (Without Vocals)
WHEN YOU'RE AN ADDAMS (Gomez)
celebrate what is to be an
Addams.
When you're an Addams
You need to have a little moonlight
When you're an Addams
You need to feel a little chill
You have to see the world in shades of gray
You have to put some poison in your day
When you're an Addams
You need to have a sense of humor
When you're an Addams
Morticia:
You need to have a taste for death
Who cares about the world outside
And what it wants from you
When you're and Addams
You do what Addams always do!
When You're An Addams (With Vocals)
When You're An Addams (Without Vocals)
Just Around The Corner (Morticia)
Female Ancestor:
Perhaps a bad mosquito bite.
Male Ancestor:
A title fight.
Female Ancestors:
An unlucky flight.
Morticia:
My darlings, it might even be tonight.
Death is just around the corner
no one's ever been immune.
Turning off a respirator
with a simple click
strenuously quick.
I can face a new tomorrow
if I make it past today.
I feel good saying
death is just around the corner
simply on its way.
Just Around the Corner (With Vocals)
Just Around the Corner (Without Vocals)
CRAZIER THAN YOU (General)
Place it in the bow and steady
Can't you shoot that thing already
I wanna demonstrate that fear is my ideal
(Girl believe me fear is your ideal)
Cause in the moment that you're frightened life is real
(Then my life must be real real)
And in a flash when I release and seal the deal
I'm crazier than you
I'm crazier than you
And nothing hurts me when I hear you say
I'm crazier than you
Psychotically in tune
And that is all I need to face the day
I'm crazier than you
I'm crazier than you
And live or die I'll let you have control
I'm crazier than you
So say you love me too
From here on in you're singing to my soul
My soul
CRAZIER THAN YOU (WITH VOCALS)
CRAZIER THAN YOU (WITH FEMALE VOCALS ONLY)
CRAZIER THAN YOU (WITH MALE VOCALS ONLY)
CRAZIER THAN YOU (WITHOUT VOCALS)
What If (Pugsley)
What if she never tortures me anymore?
How would I manage?
What if she never nails my tongue to the bathroom floor?
What if she walks away, Leaving me A-OK
Hiding each power tool
why would she be so cruel
I could stab my arm myself
Could rip my tonsils out
could set my hair aflame
I could spray my eyes with mace
But face the fact, without her, it wouldn't be the same
What If
Waiting (Alice)
Alone and
Waiting and wailing and whining and waning,
And wanting and wasting and Whoa -
Waiting, fixating, debating, lose weighting, ice skating, lactating, and so -
We wait to laugh, we wait to cry,
We wait for every hopefulbreath
Waiting for a lousy, rotting, vicious, rancid, flushed down, fetid, frenzied, fatal.....
Death!
Waiting
Move Towards The Darkness (Lurch)
Move toward the darkness
Welcome the unknown
Face your blackest demons
find your bleakest bone
Lose your inhibitions
Love what once was vile
Move towards the darkness
And smile.
Move Towards The Darkness
The Moon and Me (Fester)
When the daylight ends
And the moon ascends
I would rather be
Just the moon and me
When I feel her pull
Then my heart is full
And the night is softly sweetly calling
"Fester, look and see"
La La La La La La
La La La La
La La La La La
It's a dream that's coming true
When the moon says "I love you"
The Moon and Me