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Open call auditions by appointment THE WEDDING SINGER will be:
Sunday, February 23, 2025 from 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Audition Location: Epiphany Church San Carlos - 1839 Arroyo Ave 2nd floor, San Carlos, CA 94070
Callback auditions will be:
Tuesday, February 25 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm and
Wednesday, February 26 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
SHOW DATES:
~September 26 - October 19, 2025 (3 consecutive weekends in this time frame)
Auditioning for Woodside Musical Theatre is easy and fun and (relatively) painless.
Step 1: Sign up for an audition slot HERE. (To make an appointment on this website, click the checkbox on the time slot you want, and then click "Submit and Sign Up" at the bottom of the page. Just clicking the box alone doesn't do it!)
Step 2: View audition information packet HERE.
Step 3: Practice!
Step 4: Show up 15 minutes prior to your audition time slot. Bring a printed resume and headshot. Bring your calendar so you can notify us of your potential conflicts between August 10 - October 12, 2025
Step 5: After your audition, check back to THIS PAGE for callback lists and further information
And, just so you know, everybody is nervous at auditions -- even those people who don't look it! Relax, have fun and don't forget to breathe!
If you cannot make it to the open call, we will gladly accept your VIDEO AUDITION by midnight on February 23, 2025. Click here for information on auditioning by video.
Creative Team for THE WEDDING SINGER
Stage Director: Nancy Fitzgerald-Metzler
Music Director: Joe Murphy
Choreographer: To Be Announced
Vocal Director: Sara Murphy
Assistant Director: Jepoy Ramos
Technical Director: Don Coluzzi
Co-Producers: Brenda Jackson & Gary Stanford Jr.
About THE WEDDING SINGER
The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer's sparkling new score does for the '80s what Hairspray did for the '60s. Just say yes to the most romantic musical in twenty years.
It's 1985, and rock star wannabe, Robbie Hart, is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He's the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.
The Wedding Singer features a large chorus with many featured roles for actors who sing, and dancers who act. This show works perfectly as a high school's featured musical or as the highlight of any regional season.
More information about the show, including roles and vocal ranges, can be found HERE.
To Answer Your Questions...
All of the appointment slots are filled, what do I do?
If you find, when you CLICK HERE, that all of the slots are filled, DO NOT WORRY.
Check back in a day or so -- we may open up more appointment slots. Regardless, we will make every effort to accommodate everyone who comes to audition, appointment or not. If you show up at auditions, but don't have an appointment, you will be seen. You may just have to wait a bit.
What if I can't make it to any scheduled auditions?
If you can't make it to auditions on February 23rd, email the director and we'll work something out. We can accept a video audition in this situation, but we'd really rather see you in person.
What are your COVID protocols?
Unfortunately, COVID is still out there. For everyone's continued safety, please bring a mask. Depending on recent outbreak info, we may ask you to wear it in the waiting area.
What should I prepare for my vocal audition?
Please be prepared to sing 16 to 32 bars of a song from a Broadway musical that you know very well. Bring sheet music, in your key. No recordings or lead sheets, please, and the accompanist will love it if the music is well-organized, easy to turn pages, with the beginning and end point clearly marked. Experienced musical theater performers will have a repertoire of these, and we're happy to hear anything that demonstrates your range, capability and technique.
If you're new at this, and have a little mishap with your song, don't worry. Our audition team will help you determine and demonstrate your singing range.
The directors may ask you to change something and repeat part of it; if that happens, it's good news, because it means they're imagining you doing so in rehearsals!
Bottom line: we want to help you show us the best you have to offer!
Who are we looking for?
All roles will be cast by audition, and all roles are available. WMT has no contract with Actors Equity Association, so if you're with AEA and we cast you, you could get in trouble with them (we do not). Other performing arts unions, such as SAG, are no problem. We do not pay salary to our performers, but offer expense reimbursement for transportation.
Woodside Musical Theatre is committed to inclusionary vision to tell the story of THE WEDDING SINGER by casting the show without regard to actor ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. We are committed to casting performers as diverse as the greater San Francisco Bay Area community we serve.
Can children audition?
Please note: Woodside Musical Theatre is a community theater that involves adult actors, and occasionally child actors depending on the show. WMT is not a children's company or conservatory, so the children in the show will be just a small portion of our cast.
There is room in the ensemble cast for a few young actors, however actors interested in auditioning for THE WEDDING SINGER need to be 13 or older.
What is a callback, and do I have to be called back to be cast in the show?
Callback auditions are just a 2nd chance for the artistic staff to see what an auditioner has to offer. The callback auditions are by invitation; invites will be sent by email as soon as we know them, and posted to THIS PAGE. We only call back people we need to see again -- if you are not called back does not mean you're not in the show. Really!
We may hold an additional dance audition at callbacks; so please come prepared to move. The choreographer will teach you a brief routine, and then you'll perform it for the directors a couple times.
Cast Announcement
We usually announce a cast list within 10 days after the callbacks. We post a note on our Facebook page, post the list HERE on our website, and send an email to everyone who auditioned, whether they were cast or not. So, if you auditioned and haven't heard from us, check your spam folder, and this web page.
Rehearsals
Rehearsals will begin in early August, and are normally Monday through Thursday evenings, 7:00-10:00 PM. We make every effort to effectively use our cast members' time; you'll be called for (e.g.) one-hour time slots depending on which songs and scenes you will be in. Not everyone will be called every night until we start run-throughs in September.
Performance Dates
Performances will be September 26-Oct 11, 2025 at the (fabulous) Woodside Performing Arts Center.
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Questions?
Feel free to ask questions about the audition process by emailing auditions@woodsidetheatre.com .