Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; School Edition
A Masters Production (Ages 13 and up)
Sweeney Todd has become a bloody, worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony Awards (including Best Musical), for its Broadway premiere and has now been adapted for high school performers in Sweeney Todd School Edition. Stephen Sondheim's and Hugh Wheeler's (A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures) tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed and delighted audiences across the world.
An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth-century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!
This special School Edition has been masterfully adapted, working directly with Mr. Sondheim to retain the dark wit and grand scope of the original work, with a few lyric and key changes to facilitate high school productions. At the show's core is a challenging score of epic proportion with two tasty tour-de-force roles in Sweeney and his comic female accomplice, Mrs. Lovett.
Directed by: Colton Archey
Musical Direction by: Jennifer Vaughn
Choreography by: Sami Axelson
Ages: 13 and up
Auditions: May 14th 5:00pm
Callbacks: May 15th 5:00pm
Audition Info: You must be 13 years or older (with parental permission) on audition day to be eligible for this workshop. Please prepare an audition song from a musical (not Sweeney Todd). 16 bars only, 32 if cut-time. Please bring sheet music as an accompanist will be provided for you. Please dress to dance or bring additional dancewear; you will be taught a short dance combination at the audition. You will also need to fill out and bring with you the audition form and conflict sheet.
Callbacks: If you are called back, congratulations! You made it into the workshop. The registration fee of $375 will be due upon arrival, Wednesday May 15th at 5:00pm. This payment must be made before the audition for parts begins. This is a non-refundable payment.
Rehearsal Dates: May 20th 5:00-8:00pm, May 21st 5:00-8:00pm, May 22nd 5:00-8:00pm, May 28th 5:00-8:00pm, May 29th 7:00-9:00pm, June 4th 5:00-8:00pm, June 5th 7:00-9:00pm, June 11th 5:00-8:00pm, June 12th 7:00-9:00pm, June 18th 6:00-8:00pm, June 25th 5:00-8:00pm, June 27th 5:00-8:00pm, July 9th 5:00-7:00pm, July 11th 5:00-8:00pm, July 16th 5:00-8:00pm, July 18th 5:00-8:00pm, July 23rd 5:00-8:00pm, July 25th 5:00-8:00pm
Tech Rehearsal Dates: July 28th 2:00-8:00pm, July 29th 4:30-8:00pm, July 30th 4:30-8:00pm, July 31st 4:30-8:00pm, August 1st 4:30pm-director’s discretion
Performances: August 2nd 7:30pm, August 3rd 7:30pm, August 4th 2:00pm, August 9th 7:30pm, August 10th 7:30pm, August 11th 2:00pm