Arriving on Audition Day

• Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the audition time to complete the registration information.

• Please bring a non-returnable, recent photograph of the person auditioning.

• Please download, complete and bring your Audition Form linked above.

• You will sign in and receive an audition number.

• Participants will wait in the CFA lobby until his/her individual audition number is called.

• Stay focused, relax, and encourage others!

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During the Audition

• No experience is required, must have ability to pay attention, understand and follow fast paced direction, and have a positive attitude.

• All roles sing and dance.

• The audition process includes vocal exercise, learning short dance number and reading from the script or short sentence. See audition lyrics and song requirements below, per age group.

 

Audition Lines, Lyrics & Tracks

• Below are the following audition lines, lyrics and tracks to learn for your audition:

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Big Bright Beautiful World Excerpt

(Boys Ages 13-18)

Keep your big bright beautiful world.

I'm happy where I am, all alone.

I got all I need, so read the stinkin' sign!

Keep your big bright beautiful world.

I party on my own anyway.

Doin' what I can with a one-man conga line.

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I Know It's Today Excerpt

(Girls Ages 13-18)

There's a princess

Any princess

Take your pick, they're all like me 

Not exactly, l'm still waiting. 

They're out  living happily 

Ever after better get here, 

I want love in seconds flat.

No one needs these middle bits.

Oops, did I do that?

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Freak Flag Excerpt

(Boys & Girls: Ages 8-12)

Let your freak flag wave.

Let your freak flag fly!

Never take it down, never take it down.

Raise it way up high!

Let your freak flag fly!

Let it fly, fly, fly.

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Audition Lines to Learn

(Boys & Girls: Ages 8-11)

“We're the knights. We came to rescue the princess!

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(Boys & Girls: Ages 12 and up)

Donkey
Oh Duloc!  I know Duloc! You got to let me show you the way, because I am like a GPS with Fur!

Shrek 
Me? No! I live alone!  My swamp and me. Nobody else, Understand, Nobody Especially useless – pathetic annoying – talking donkeys!  

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About the Show

Beauty is in the eye of the ogre in Shrek The Musical JR., based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film and fantastic Broadway musical. It's a "big bright beautiful world" as everyone's favorite ogre, Shrek, leads a cast of fairytale misfits on an adventure to rescue a princess and find true acceptance. Part romance and part twisted fairy tale, Shrek JR. is an irreverently fun show with a powerful message for the whole family.

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Please Note

• CALLBACKS are by invitation only. Please keep these dates/times open! 

• A callback does not guarantee a role in the production.

• Not everyone who auditions will be cast.

• Cast size will be limited.​​

• If you are cast, there is a $130 per person participant fee (Limited scholarships available).

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For additional information, call 843-521-3145 or email bhargrov@uscb.edu.​​​​​​

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