Auditions

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical

Director: Kelly Stuible-Clark
Music Director: Jeff English
Audition Dates: August 19 & 20, 6:30-9:30 p.m. (Please only attend one night of auditions)
Audition Callback Dates: August 21, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Audition Location: Dart Auditorium
Production Dates: October 18-20, 25-27, 2024 

Prepare 32 bars (1-2 minutes) of music from a rock musical. An accompanist will be provided.
Auditions will begin with a dance call. Everyone is required at the dance call. Please wear comfortable clothing and footwear. 

Roles (please note that there is freedom in gender and expression in all characters)

• Percy Jackson - Son of Poseidon, a good kid with a teenage temper
• Annabeth - Daughter of Athena, smarter than you
• Grover - A happy-go-luck satyr, like a hippie kid with hooves
• Mr. D - aka Dionysus, God of wine, snarky camp director

Ensemble Roles

• Luke - Son of Hermes, cool camp counselor
• Sally Jackson - Percy’s hardworking Mother
• Mr. Bruner (aka Chiron) - wise Centaur, part-time Latin teacher
• Clarisse - Tough jock girl, daughter of Ares
• Mrs. Dodds - A Fury posing as a substitute algebra teacher
• Gabe Ugliano - Percy’s foul stepfather
• Poseidon - God of the sea, salty beach bum
• Silena Beauregard - daughter of Aphrodite
• Kate Gardner - daughter of Demeter
• Aunty Em - aka Medusa, avid sculptor
• Echidna - Mother of monsters
• Ares - God of war, rock star in leather pants
• Bianca - Mysterious girl in 1930s clothes
• Thalia - Daughter of Zeus, brave
• Charon - Ferryperosn to the Underworld
• Hades - God of the dead, moody and melodramatic
• Vienna Boys Choir
• Voice of Oracle
• Voice of Kronos
• All actors appear as Chorus (Oracle’s Echoes, Medusa’s Statues, The Dead in the Underworld, train passengers, dead musicians, etc.)

Planned doubling (casting of 12-15 actors):

• Sally/Oracle/Charon
• Luke/Mozart/others
• Gabe/Ares/Kronos
• Silena/Echidna/others
• Clarisse/Mrs. Dodds/others
• Katie/Thalia/Bianca
• Poseidon/Aunty Em/others
• Hades/Others