Upcoming Audition Opportunities
At LIT and Lakewood Playhouse

LIT/LPH Spotlight Show: Pippi Longstocking
To reserve your audition slot, call (253) 588-0042
Any question: call, or email darmstrong.lakewoodplayhouse@gmail.com

Auditions:

• Monday, June 17th, 2019 (6pm - 9pm)
• Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 (7pm - 10pm)
• Callbacks: Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 (10am-2pm)

Performances:

• October 24th - November 3rd, 2019 (No Performance Oct. 31st)

Requirements:

• 1 - 2 Minute Monologue of Any Type
• 32-48 bars of a simple song
• All actors must be able to sing and do remedial dance for the carnival scene.
• All actors (once cast) will be learning a small amount of Swedish.

Characters:
Annika

• Solo, vocal range: C4-D5
• Playable age range: 9-14
• Annika lives next door to Pippi and is one of her two best friends. Annika is an outgoing and friendly girl who, though very happy with her brother Tommy being her chief friend and playmate, is nonetheless delighted to have a new friend in Pippi.

 
Tommy

• Solo, vocal range: C4-D5
• Playable age range: 9-14
• Tommy is Annika's brother and Pippi's other best friend. He enjoys their friendship as Pippi creates adventures that he loves to participate in. He immediately becomes fascinated by Pippi's adventurous spirit.

 
Pippi

• Multiple solos, vocal range: A3-E5
• Playable age range: 9-14
• Some gymnastics experience a plus
• Pippi is the most spontaneous and lively child one could ever imagine. She personifies what every child is secretly like inside with regards to having fun and wanting to be able to make their own rules instead of having to obey rules set for them. She has no concept of the hierarchical difference between adults and children. She is fierce, brave and very matter-of-fact, accepting everything at face value, and although she seems to have great fun and enjoyment of her life she also has an air of sadness and reminiscence when ti comes to her mother and father. Pippi has been variously described as "warm-hearted," compassionate, kind, clever, generous, playful, and witty to the point of besting adult characters in conversation.

 
Thunder (also - Sailor)

• 3 part harmony as sailor, vocal range D3-D4
• Playable age: 14-65
• Needs some physical ability to slapstick comedy
• Part of the duo who attempts to rob Pippi, he would be considered the brains of the pair (if either of them had any brains). At first Thunder can’t believe he would be challenged by Pippi, but gets easily confused.

 
Bloom (also - Sailor)

• 3 part harmony as sailor, vocal range D3-D4
• Playable age: 14-65
• Needs some physical ability to slapstick comedy
• The other half of the duo who attempts to rob Pippi, he would be definitely NOT be considered the brains of the pair. They are outwitted easily by Pippi, but in the end Bloom doesn’t mind.

 
Carnival Manager (also - Sailor)

• 3 part harmony as sailor, vocal range D3-D4
• Playable age: 14-65
• This character has the great stage presence to command an audience’s attention, entice them to watch (and hopefully pay some money), and entertain. He most certainly does not expect or appreciate Pippi’s distraction from him and his attractions.

 
Strongman (also - Sailor)

• 3 part harmony as sailor, vocal range D3-D4
• Playable age range: 16-50
• "The Greatest Marvel of all time, the Strongest Man in the World", this character is similar to the 1940’s cartoons.

 
Captain Longstocking (also - Townspeople)

• Solo, vocal range: A2-D4
• Playable age range: 35-60
• As Pippi’s father, he is bigger than life. He is a swashbuckling teddy/grizzly bear, depending on what the circumstances call for. He is most definitely in charge, but also full of love.

 
Mrs. Settergren (also - Townspeople)

• Vocal range: Bb3-Eb5
• Playable age range: 30-55
• Tommy and Annika's mom, Mrs. Settergren is the first adult whose approval might actually matter to Pippi. She believes in well behaved children, but also has a mother’s heart. However, she doesn’t quit know what to think about Pippi.

 
Mrs. Prysselius (also - Townspeople)

• Solo, vocal range: A3-C5
• Playable age: 35-65
• Mrs. Prysselius believes that Pippi should be put in the children's home as she believes that “one size fits all” when it comes to everyone’s welfare. She also values order and discipline, which Pippi contradicts at every turn. She starts as the local busybody and is enacting the law for law’s sake, but as Pippi starts to crack her exterior she realizes one must consider the actual person. In spite of herself, she starts to care for Pippi. Mrs. Prysselius has the most arc of all the characters in the play.

 
Mrs. Granberg (also - Townspeople)

• Vocal range: Bb3-Eb5
• Playable age: 45-75
• More of the stern elderly woman type, she TRULY believes in the saying “children should be seen and not heard”.

 
Angel Mama (also - Townspeople)

• Vocal range: Bb3-Eb5
• Playable age range: 28-40
• Must have some lyrical or ballet dance experience
• The deceased mother of Pippi, Angel Mama comes to Pippi in a Dream Sequence dance

 
Teacher (male) (also - Townspeople)

• Solo, vocal range: Bb2-Eb4
• Playable age range: 22-55
• The school teacher is actually quite nice and more patient than we suspect most teachers would actually be, but also firmly believes in order and structure, and is rather taken aback at Pippi’s unconventional approach to education and life.

 
Klang (also - Townspeople)

• Vocal range: Bb2-Eb4
• Playable age range: 17-60
• Reminiscent of the “Keystone Cops”, this half of the comedic duo believes in law and order and is the leader of the two. He thinks he’s intelligent and in charge.

 
Larsson (also - Townspeople)

• Vocal range: Bb2-Eb4
• Playable age range: 17-60
• Reminiscent of the “Keystone Cops”, this half of the comedic duo is a bit more gullible, if not a bit more likeable. He is much more of a follower, and a bit dimwitted.

 
School Children (6)

• Vocal range: Bb3-Eb5
• Playable age ranges: 8 yrs.-16 yrs.
• 1 child will play Pippi’s Dream Sequence dance double, must have some lyrical or ballet dance experience.
• The children are well behaved as is expected of them, but love the chaos Pippi brings into their lives. The embrace the pandemonium and break out their stuffy molds, reminding the audience that playtime should be included in their education and lives.