THE PRODUCERS AUDITIONS

Audition Dates: January 27 & 28, 2025 at 7:00 pm. (Possible callbacks on January 29).

No appointment is necessary, this is an open call. Registration is in the lobby and begins approximately 30 minutes before the audition time and is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Video auditions are accepted on a case-by-case basis. If you cannot make the open audition, please contact Artistic Director Daniel Eilola at daniel@lakeworthplayhouse.org to discuss submitting a video.

Production Dates: April 11 – 27, 2025 (11 Performances Total)

Director: Debi Marcucci
Music Director: Erin Ragonese
Choreographer: Kasandra Meiler
Stage Manager: Amanda Rossi

Where: The Lake Worth Playhouse – 713 Lake Ave, Lake Worth Beach, Florida 33460

What to Prepare:

Prepare 16 to 64 bars of a song in the style of the show, and that shows off your vocal abilities and acting chops, especially for the role(s) that interest you. Please bring a karaoke track to accompany you. Bluetooth devices are available in the audition room.

Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes as some actors may be taken through a basic choreography audition.

Some actors may also be asked to read from the script.

About the Show:

A down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history, thereby bilking their backers (all “little old ladies”) out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! At the core of the insanely funny adventure is a poignant emotional journey of two very different men who become friends. With a truly hysterical book co-written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (Annie) and music and lyrics by Mr. Brooks, The Producers skewers Broadway traditions and takes no prisoners as it proudly proclaims itself an “equal opportunity offender!”

Available Roles (The Lake Worth Playhouse encourages people of all races, abilities, and genders to audition for the roles they most identify with.):

Max Bialystock (Age 40s – 50s): A failed Broadway producer. Good singer with excellent physical and verbal comedy skills. Ruthless, unprincipled, and quick-witted with verbal banter. He will stop at absolutely nothing to succeed. A likable rogue who despite his egotistical persona and indefensible antics has the audience secretly rooting for him.

Leo Bloom (Age 30s): A meek-mannered accountant. Good singer with excellent physical and verbal comedy skills. Movement/dance ability is advantageous (including tap). Leo is neurotic, unassertive, and utterly lovable. He discovers his inner confidence, follows his dream of becoming a Producer, and ‘gets the girl’ by running off to Rio with the leading lady.

Franz Liebkind (Age 20s – 30s): A wild-eyed German immigrant and Nazi fanatic. Excellent comedy skills with the ability to sing. A strong physical presence, he is a hot-tempered, intensely obsessive Nazi supporter (with a soft spot for his pet pigeons). More than slightly nuts, he eventually loses the plot and attempts to shoot our main characters in a comic fit of rage.

Roger De Bris (Age 30s – 40s): A cross-dressing renowned (in his own eyes) Broadway director. Excellent comedy skills and good singing and dancing ability. Tap skills are advantageous. Beneath a (somewhat) convincing straight-acting persona lies a full-blown Judy Garland waiting to burst out. When opportunity gives him the leading role in ‘Springtime For Hitler’ he becomes a ‘gay as a daisy’, all singing all dancing showbiz Hitler.

Carmen Ghia (Age 30s): Roger’s possessive live-in lover. Excellent comedy skills and a good singer. Thin, ‘strange looking’ and intense queen. He overreacts to every eventuality and is mortally wounded by any of Roger’s thoughtless remarks. Comically sibilant beyond all measure. Improvisational skills are a bonus

Ulla (Age 20s): The knock-out Swedish secretary. Excellent comedienne with great song and dance skills. Gorgeous, young, blond, and leggy. Enthusiastic, innocent, and adorable but with a very loose grasp of the English language she is generally utterly inept in her work.

Ensemble (Ages 18+): A strong ensemble is needed who can sing, act, and dance and who posses excellent comedic timing.

For questions or to request further information, please contact Artistic Director Daniel Eilola at daniel@lakeworthplayhouse.org.

The Lake Worth Playhouse encourages people of all races, abilities, and genders to audition for the roles they most identify with. The Lake Worth Playhouse strives to make all of our staff and volunteers feel valued, appreciated, and free to be who they are at work regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide.