Cabaret Auditions

Actors auditioning must be age 17 or older.

Rehearsals will be Sundays-Thursdays, 6pm-9pm beginning August 17.

Actors need to prepare a solo of their choice that’s under 2 minutes, and we recommend they use a backing track if possible. Actors should also be prepared for a short movement audition and cold reading from the script. Sides will be provided at auditions.

If actors are called back on Wednesday, they will be contacted, and emailed the music they will be asked to sing.

Important Notes About This Production

• This production includes intimate scenes that may be performed between actors of any gender, including kissing, sensual choreography, and simulated sexual situations.
• Actors will never be asked to improvise intimate moments.
• All intimate choreography will be discussed beforehand and rehearsed like fight choreography.
• Some actors may be asked to wear Nazi insignia and/or uniforms.

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Character Descriptions

Master of Ceremonies (Emcee)
Host at the Kit Kat Club– a gender-nonconforming-presenting, exuberant figure; comfortable with being close to the audience; dark, comedic, sinister, vulgar…yet lovable; requires a strong presence that is playful and mysterious. Must act, sing (some in German and French), move well, and be comfortable with bawdy/suggestive/sexual staging/choreography, and slightly salacious costumes. 

• Age range: 25-50 
• Accent: German 
• Vocal range top: C#5 
• Vocal range bottom: C3 

Sally Bowles
A British cabaret singer at the Kit Kat Club. Quirky and flighty. Struggles with knowing the darkness of the reality of her life and has woeful luck in her relationships with men. Must act, sing (some in German), and dance well; comfortable with moments of intimacy and bawdy/ suggestive/sexual staging/choreography and slightly salacious costumes. 

• Age range: 20-40 
• Accent: British 
• Vocal range top: C5 
• Vocal range bottom: A3

Clifford (Cliff) Bradshaw
An American novelist and English teacher traveling to Berlin. Through his journey he explores the many facets and complexities of his sexuality, politics, and artistic goals.  Must act and sing (some in German) well, comfortable with stage movement, light dance, and moments of intimacy. 

• Age range: 25-40 
• Accent: American 
• Vocal range top: E4 
• Vocal range bottom: A2 

Fräulein Schneider
A landlady who rents rooms to Cliff, Sally, and several other characters in her large flat. She is alone and is resigned to her place in life, but secretly longs for companionship. She is very critical of some people while looking the other way with others; comfortable with stage movement and light dance (waltz). Must act and sing well; comfortable with moments of intimacy. 

• Age range: Late 40s-60s 
• Accent: German 
• Vocal range top: A-flat4 
• Vocal range low: D3

Herr Schultz
A Jewish fruit shop owner who falls in love with Fraulein Schneider; sweet, lovable, and adoring; heartbreakingly naïve about the political turmoil in Germany. Must act and sing well; comfortable with stage movement, light dance (waltz), and moments of intimacy. 

• Age range: Late 40s-60s 
• Accent: German 
• Vocal range top: high F 
• Vocal range low: low G 

Fräulein Kost (could double as Kit Kat “Girl”)
A prostitute who rents in Fraulein Schneider’s boarding house; larger than life personality, quick witted and sharp tongued; should be comfortable exhibiting a strong sexual and commanding nature; must act and move well and sing in German. 

• Age range: 30-50 
• Accent: German 
• Vocal range top: high F 
• Vocal range low: A flat 

Ernst Ludwig
A friendly and likable German, takes English lessons from Cliff, and smuggles funds for the Nazi party; comfortable with stage movement and light dance (waltz); and singing. 

• Age range: 20-40 
• Accent: German 
• Vocal range top: high F 
• Vocal range low: A flat 

The Kit Kat “Girls” & “Boys”
These performers are often in slightly salacious costumes and situations. They are an eclectic mix of types and aren’t necessarily a matching unit. It is very important they act, sing, dance / move well and with confidence. They will be part of various scenes in and out of the Club; should be comfortable interacting with the audience, moments of intimacy and comfortable with bawdy/suggestive/sexual staging/choreography; also sing in German and French; they may double as all ensemble roles.

• Rosie 
• Lulu 
• Frenchie 
• Texas 
• Fritzie 
• Helga 
• Bobby (may double as a sailor)
• Victor (may double as a sailor)
• Hans (may double as a sailor)
• Herman (may double as Customs Officer & Max) 
• Age range: 18-40 
• Accent: German 
• All gender-identities and body types welcome

Ensemble Roles (may be doubled with Kit Kat Girls and Boys)

• Customs Officer, Max (moments of intimacy), Sailors (moments of intimacy), Couples at the Fruit Shop Dance, Passersby and Club Patrons, Servers at the Club, Bodyguards
• Age Range: 17-40
• Accent: German