PITTSFIELD PLAYERS | AUDITIONS

Our 2025 Season has been announced and we're looking forward to seeing YOU on The Scenic Theatre stage!

If you have any questions regarding other audition dates, please check our "2025 Season" page or e-mail us at general@pittsfieldplayers.org!

CAST:

Cast Size: Medium (11-20 performers)
Cast Type: Trained Singers
Dance Requirements: Standard

​Character Breakdown:

~Officer Lockstock~
The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story, he is a corrupt policeman who secretly kills off the guilty offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.

• Gender: male

• Age: 35 to 55

• Vocal range top: A4

• Vocal range bottom: A2

~Penelope Pennywise~
The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest town urinal. She is Cladwell's one-time lover and mother to Hope who eventually softens her temper.

• Gender: female

• Age: 30 to 45

• Vocal range top: C6

• Vocal range bottom: A3

~Bobby Strong~
The dashing, rebellious everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest town urinal. He becomes an unsuspecting protagonist and romantic hero when he starts a revolution and falls in love with Hope Cladwell.

• Gender: male

• Age: 20 to 30

• Vocal range top: C5

• Vocal range bottom: A2

​~Little Sally~
A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play's logic.

• Gender: female

• Age: 20 to 40

• Vocal range top: E5

• Vocal range bottom: A3

~Dr. Billeaux~
Head of Research and Development at UGC. Optional Doubling as TINY TOM.

• Gender: male

• Age: 30 to 50

• Vocal range top: A3

• Vocal range bottom: E3

~Mr. Mcqueen~
Cladwell's sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant.

• Gender: male

• Age: 30 to 45

• Vocal range top: E4

• Vocal range bottom: B2

~Senator Fipp~
A greedy politician in Cladwell's pocket. A bumbling coward.

• Gender: male

• Age: 40 to 55

• Vocal range top: F4

• Vocal range bottom: C#3

~Officer Barrel~
Lockstock's patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman.

• Gender: male

• Age: 30 to 50

• Vocal range top: F4

• Vocal range bottom: G2

~Hope Cladwell~
Cladwell's ravishingly beautiful daughter, torn between her father and her new love for Bobby. She begins as an innocent, naive angel but becomes vengeful and determined after being exposed to her father's evil.

• Gender: female

• Age: 20 to 30

• Vocal range top: A5

• Vocal range bottom: A3

~Joseph "old Man" Strong~
Bobby's rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution. Optional Doubling as HOT BLADES HARRY.

• Gender: male

• Age: 50 to 65

~Tiny Tom~
One of the Poor, he is an idiotic man-child. Optional Doubling as DR. BILLEAUX.

• Gender: male

• Age: 30 to 50

• Vocal range top: A3

• Vocal range bottom: D3

~Soupy Sue~
One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked. Optional Doubling as CALDWELL'S SECRETARY.

• Gender: female

• Age: 25 to 40

• Vocal range top: B4

• Vocal range bottom: Bb3

~Little Becky Two-shoes~
One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory. Optional Doubling as MRS. MILLENIUM.

• Gender: female

• Age: 20 to 40

• Vocal range top: F5

• Vocal range bottom: Bb3

~Caldwell B. Cladwell~
The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor.

• Gender: male

• Age: 50 to 65

• Vocal range top: G4

• Vocal range bottom: A2

~Josephine "ma" Strong~
Bobby's mother and Joseph's wife. A strong-willed woman with a bite, able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her. Optional Doubling as OLD WOMAN.

• Gender: female

• Age: 55 to 65

• Vocal range top: D5

• Vocal range bottom: Bb3

~Hot Blades Harry~
One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon. Optional Doubling as JOSEPH "OLD MAN" STRONG.

• Gender: male

• Age: 45 to 60

• Vocal range top: F4

• Vocal range bottom: A2

~Ensemble~