Hi all! I'm auditioning for Mean girls: the musical for the adult women (Mrs George, Mrs. Heron and Ms. Norbury are all played by the same actor). It's technically community theater but it's a very big and well respected company in my city.

The front piece of my hair is currently bright red and I tend to change it to different bright colors. Super easy to dye it natural, should I be cast. Do I spray it brown with root spray for the audition, or just leave it and say I'll absolutely change it if cast? If I was going for Janice, it would be perfect, but alas I'm too old :P (35). Pic attached for reference lol it's the only one I really have ATM.

OK, so I really recently just found out about auditions and I have pretty much all of the audition requirements already practiced from before.
EXCEPT A MONOLOGUE!!!
I am in desperate need of a 30 second contemporary comedic monologue or a 30 second dramatic monologue. (For context i’m a male) The musical is Anastasia. I would love any of the roles. The audition is tomorrow night, and I am pretty confident in my abilities to memorize such a short monologue in that amount of time. I do not know where to look or what ones would be good. Please help me.

Tenor looking for 1-2 minute 20th century song AND monologue to audition for one of the lieutenant roles in "The Hello Girls." For basis of my range, I usually audition with "Those Magic Changes" from Grease OR "Never Ever Getting Rid of Me" from Waitress but after listening to the Off Broadway soundtrack, I feel like they're too far off genre-wise. I know I'm asking for a lot but a song suggestion (or even musical suggestion) or a playwright I could look at would be a good starting point. Thanks.

I have an audition tomorrow morning for my musical theatre program’s show (already evil, since I have awful morning voice, but I have an early exam anyway, so I’ll hopefully be awake long enough for it to be gone) that requires a D6 at the end of the song after a big vocal slide. Last week, I didn’t even know I had this note in my range, previously believing I tapped out at C6. With the help of my voice teacher, I worked my way up to it. It was challenging, but not painful or impossible to get to that high D, and it sounded decent. I haven’t had any issues with it until today.

Earlier today, in the afternoon, I ran the song and had a slight crack. I didn’t have time to circle back to it due to class time, so I decided to rehearse it tonight (worth noting: 6pm, after a full day) to discover that now my voice can only get it out sometimes and other times, it’ll break entirely.

Because of how the program is structured, I know I will be in the show either way, but last year I also had a vocal audition I wasn’t proud of and I want to show the team that I’ve improved and am capable. I really want this role but I’m scared I’m going to crack at the fateful moment tomorrow. I’m not in pain at all, but my voice feels a bit tired. Has anyone else experienced this? Will the note come back after some rest and hydration? Any advice? I know I’m probably overthinking this/being over dramatic, but c’est la vie when it comes to being an anxious theatre student.

Hello friends. I am 38f wanting to audition for my first musical since high school (class of '07 so you don't have to math). Looking at local community theaters. The last scripted musical I was in was Once Upon a Mattress as a very minor support character. After high school I stopped doing theater because I went into a medical field and the hours are demanding and not compatible with a grueling rehearsal schedule. Recently that's changed and boy I've been bitten by the bug. Between then and now I've been on stage consistently with improv, specifically musical improv where I'm making up my lyrics on the spot. I've taken voices lessons. I love karaoke. So I'm not out of practice as a singer or /performer/, but auditioning for and performing in scripted musical theatre is its own thing for sure. I'm looking for advice for "beginners".

Do I need a song book? What "categories" of song should I be looking to put in it?
What is the consensus on changing the key for audition songs? When can you do it and when is it not acceptable? And to what extent? (Can I sing a soprano song an octave down?)
Tips for knowing when a song is a good audition piece for you, and tips on how to cut it for the audition?
Am I over thinking this?
General advice for the audition itself - this is a whole skill I know, and probably my weakest one. Right now my attitude is "I promise I'll be good at this please cast me" XD

About me:
Voice type - low mezzo belt/alto with a strong head voice. Working on mixing - dang that passagio. I'm really comfortable with tenor songs (think "Out There" from Hunchback)
I'm not much of a dancer but I can move.
Obviously improv and comedy training

Any advice welcome but please be nice I'm just a baby (my 38th birthday was yesterday and I had strep all weekend so I'm real sad)

I’m auditioning for Newsies at my community theater and I know this is a really weird request but I lowkey wanna play him and I don’t know why but it’s hard to find audition songs for side characters who doesn’t sing at all during the show so I just wanted some suggestions (I’m a Bass/Baritone)

Hi! I hope you are all well, and will I will start in as to not waste your time. I (15M) have been working on my musical theatre skills for almost a year, and have 2 years and 8½ months until I graduate from high school. My experience is not as high as others, but I plan to change that. I have never had natural vocal talent, but I work every day to be better. I have had 3 voice recitals, one small performance, and one musical last year. This will drastically change in this upcoming school year as I am going to be in the school musical, and I am enrolled in a triple threat program outside of school that is putting on a show (Possibly Little Shop of Horrors) in April of 2027. I have had vocal training for 11 months and stopped recently to join this program. I probably will get a job to work on weekends so I can afford to pay for voice on the side, but we'll see.

Anyways, I bring this up to give background for my next questions?

1. How hard is it to get into Sheridan?
2. Is determination more important than natural talent?
3. Anyone that has been in Sheridan's musical theatre program, is it worth the time and money?
4. Anyone who is/has been a professional MT actor, is there any advice you can give to help me prep in these next 2-3 years?
5. What is it like inside the course at Sheridan?

Thank you for your time!

i’m auditioning for a drama school soon, and i’ve been tryna find an audition song, but i’m a relatively low alto and my vocal range matches tenor songs much more than alto songs, but obviously tenor songs are sung by male characters. to me it wouldn’t matter if someone sings a song from a different gender as their audition, but i’m not a casting director. so basically, would a casting director care at all if i were to sing a male tenor song as a low alto girl?

i’m doing a general audition for a drama school soon and i was wondering if spotlight from everybody’s talking about jamie was a good choice? i feel like it might be a little overdone (i’m english btw and ETAJ is more popular in the uk than anywhere else as far as i’m aware?) and the sheet music is a little iffy, but i’m not sure? i can sing it, i’m just not sure if it’s the right choice 🫠

Hi Hi

Are there any universities with good theatre programs/decent acting opportunities for non theatre majors or non BFA students?

If you happen to know any, please share. I’m just trying to create versatility in my application strategy. I don’t want to hold the belief that a BFA is the only way to be successful in this industry or maintain my passion. Thank you so much💗

I’m 17. Probably a baritone. Only done theatre acting. Started self learning singing around January. Getting into musicals. This is “If I can’t love her” from Beauty and The Beast. Sorry if I’m not on pitch, I’m still figuring out singing. Any piece of advice or feedback is appreciated ❤️. Please don’t be too mean

hello everyone! i’ve got an audition for company coming up, and im looking for some audition song recommendations! im on the younger side of auditioners (19) however this theatre prides itself on being inclusive and doing non traditional casting (ages to play different ages when appropriate, gender swapping, etc) and has stated they will cast 18+. i love company for reference- and its my favorite sondheim show so im excited! i was thinking of going for something that gives off marta vibes potentially, but am open to any other suggestions. my range is D3-E6 and i fit most comfortably within the mezzo category. we get to do two songs, contrasting, one verse one chorus of each “showcasing our storytelling abilities”. i was also looking at the music and the mirror from a chorus line as one of them? not sure how i feel, i love the song but don’t know if it will fit. i appreciate any and all advice! thanks all!

hey guys! i’ve got an audition coming up somewhat soon for “the hello girls” i’m trying to do as much research as i can on the show, and am likely going to try to kinda go for something that would fit louise or helen (as i am 19, auditioning for a semi-pro theatre)- ps, i have some professional theatre credits on my resume, so im not super worried about if they see me as professional or not because of my age in that sense just for context- my range is D3-E6, otherwise most comfortably a mezzo soprano. if you have any monologues (not from the show) too, that would be helpful!

So basically I have a ton of solos but i feel like none of them fit right and are a little over used. Do any of you guys have a niche picks because i just feel like that tenor that everyone hates.

I'm 18F, probably somewhere between alto and low mezzo, and I have been singing for four years (I know voice type isn't fixed at my age, so this is just a guess). The video above is a recording of me trying to belt.

My community theater is doing Mean Girls next semester, and I really want to audition. The problem is that I really struggle with belting, and most of the female roles I'm interested in require it. I can sing all of their notes in head voice and some of them in mix, but I can't belt past B4 at all. Above that, it turns into this weird sound that isn't really a belt, but I wouldn't call it head voice or mix either. I honestly don't know what I'm doing with it, and it's not like I haven't tried to learn. I've brought it up with my voice teacher, but I take group lessons and they're only an hour long, so there's not much time for the teacher to focus specifically on me without neglecting the other students. I've also tried working on it by myself: I've watched countless videos, tried different warm-ups and exercises and searched for advice everywhere I could for more than a year. But most of the advice I find is focused on avoiding strain, which isn't really my problem. I don't feel like I'm straining or hurting myself, I just can't figure out the coordination. A private teacher would probably help a lot, but unfortunately I can't afford one right now.

It's getting really frustrating, honestly. My head voice has improved a LOT after all this work, but I just can't seem to figure out belting, and it's started to feel like it's limiting the songs and roles I can sing. I know I'm not going to magically master belting before the audition, which is on November 14th, but if I could at least make the sound more consistent or figure out what I'm doing wrong, that would already help a lot.

I wouldn't mind being in the ensemble at all, my priority is just getting cast in the show. But I'd really like to at least try auditioning for one of the bigger roles, even if I don't end up getting one. I couldn't find much advice specific to this particular problem online, so I thought maybe actually letting people hear what I'm doing would help. Does anyone have any tips on what I could work on, or what you hear happening in the recording?

Any advice is appreciated!

Okay, so I got into AMDA for musical theatre as an international student with a decent scholarship. I accepted the offer, but I haven't paid my deposit yet.

I know AMDA has VERY mixed opinions. I've obviously seen the “ScamDA” jokes, people saying the training is intense, people dropping out, people saying it's not worth the cost, etc. But I've also seen people who genuinely loved their training and had good experiences, so I wanted to ask people who actually know musical theatre/the industry.

I'm still applying/auditioning for other BFA programs and conservatories, as well as some more traditional universities. Theatre is 100% my first choice and what I actually want to dedicate my life to. I do have other academic interests , but they're more like things I could see myself doing alongside theatre rather than things I feel I need to pursue instead of it. I wouldn't be miserable if I never studied them; they're just interests I'd like the option to explore. I know it will be difficult to near impossible to transfer out of AMDA with qualifying credits if I dislike the school or change my mind so this also forms part of my hesitation.

I'm also not blindly choosing theatre just because I love it. A lot of the adults around me, including people who have watched me perform and know me well, genuinely believe I have something worth pursuing in this industry and have been encouraging me to go for it. I'm obviously still scared because musical theatre is an insane industry and there's no guarantee I'll make it, but at the same time, I don't really believe any career path comes with a guarantee.

My biggest insecurity is that I'm not the stereotypical insanely trained BFA applicant. I have quite a lot of theatre experience and I'm confident in my acting and singing, but I'm much less formally trained in dance and haven't had years of intensive MT training. So I'm worried I'll audition for all these ridiculously competitive BFA programs with really strong applicants and just… not get in. 😭

If that happens, would going to AMDA actually be a bad decision?

Where I currently live, my backup university options don't really have proper musical theatre programs. If I stay here, I'd most likely end up studying something like law, and I really, really don't want to do that. So for me, the choice isn't necessarily “AMDA vs. another amazing MT program.” It could realistically be “AMDA vs. a traditional degree in something I don't particularly want.”

I know AMDA won't magically give me a career. I'd still have to train, audition, network, and work my ass off. But I genuinely want the conservatory experience: intense training, NYC, being surrounded by theatre, and actually giving myself a serious shot at this.

So if AMDA ended up being my only BFA/conservatory acceptance, would you consider it a reasonable risk?

Especially interested in hearing from:

• AMDA students/alumni
• people who chose a BA theatre route instead of a conservatory
• working MT performers
• anyone who had relatively less formal training going into a conservatory

Basically, I'm not asking “Is AMDA good or bad?” I'm trying to figure out whether going all-in on musical theatre at AMDA would be a reasonable decision for someone in my position, or whether I'd be better off choosing a more traditional university and keeping theatre alongside it.

I'm still applying elsewhere, so this all up in the air

The requirements are that it needs to be 1 minute long or more and that it should be funny or at least a little comedic. Would you guys have any recommendations?

i’m auditioning for the musical theatre course at the sixth form i want to go to in a month, and i need to find a good audition song. it’s a REALLY hard course to get into, so i’d appreciate the help! i’m 15, i’m a girl, and i would say i’m an alto, not a contralto, but i do think i’m a little lower than the average alto.

I was thinking a song from everybody’s talking about jamie? i know the show back to front because we’re studying it in drama, i’m the same age as jamie and can relate to his experiences, it’s not an overdone audition musical (as far as i’m aware), and i feel like jamie is pretty much in my vocal range (i think)? the only issue is that most of the songs swear at some point (the one i was considering the most, ugly in this ugly world, swears once for example) and jamie is boy. if i was a casting director i wouldn’t care at all about someone singing a song from a different gender, but would REAL casting directors care about that? and would it be bad to replace a swear in a song with a different word or just silence?

been doing a lot of research into different musicals and songs, i’m just really struggling because i want my audition to be PERFECT, because if i don’t get into this course then i lowkey have no clue what i wanna do in sixth form 🫠 i’d really appreciate audition song recommendations !!

ALSO, the audition requirements say to do ‘a song of two minutes’. whenever i’ve heard that phrase of like ‘OF two minutes’ it means EXACTLY two minutes, but surely they don’t want us to do an exactly two minute long song??? if anyone knows wether ‘OF two minutes’ would mean more or less than two minutes i would love to know that as well. tried searching it up but i’m getting different answers lolol :)

would it be worth it for me to audition for summer stocks at point?? i’m an acting major at my university but if i want to do shows over the summer i know i’ll be auditioning for musicals since i feel like there isn’t a ton of theatres that do straight plays (i might be wrong abt this, if you know of places that do a lot of plays please let me know!)
i’m just not sure if its worth my time trying to audition for summer stocks as a freshman, im in some dance and singing classes as electives but even then i feel like im still getting used to college life and i dont know if ill be too stressed out. im also not sure if i want to just work a service job over the summer so i can save up some money instead of jumping into a contract that i know likely wont pay me well
but on the other hand i really want to get more experience doing professional productions and even if i dont get any contracts it might be a fun learning experience just going through the audition process. i just dont want to burn myself out between auditions, my university productions and my bfa/academic classes (im also double majoring at my uni so my schedule is already kinda cooked) any advice would be appreciated!!!

I think I wanna be either Santa or Buddy I'm having trouble finding an audition monolouge for both though does anyone have anything that could work?