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Auditions

PA CLEARANCES REQUIRED

All individuals age 18 and older who are offered a role in a production must have the following PA clearances on file with The Belmont Theatre before the first rehearsal:

• Pennsylvania State Police Criminal History Record Check (PATCH)
• Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance

No participant may attend rehearsals until the required clearances have been submitted.

Open Calls

Please fill out the following information to schedule your audition.

Upcoming Auditions

Click below for dates, times, and more information about auditioning.

Audition Dates: 
November 30 & December 1 – 6:00pm

Audition Preparation

  • Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. No prepared monologue is required.
  • Callbacks, if needed, will be held on Wednesday, December 2.
  • Resumés and headshots are welcome but are not required.

Characters

Oscar Madison 40’s-50’sA carefree, good-natured, divorced sportswriter who lives alone in a messy eight-room New York apartment.

Felix Unger 40’s-50’sA fussy man who knows that he is difficult to live with but cannot – or will not – make any concessions or compromises. Recently divorced, he is struggling with the transition.

Gwendolyn Pigeon 30’s Oscar and Felix’s giggly upstairs neighbor, one of a pair of English sisters. She is a widow.

Cecily Pigeon 30’s Oscar and Felix’s giggly upstairs neighbor, one of a pair of English sisters. She is a divorcée

Speed 30’s-60’s One of Oscar and Felix’s poker buddies. Gruff and sarcastic, often picking on Vinnie and

Murray 30’s-60’s A NYPD policeman, one of Oscar and Felix’s poker buddies.

Roy 30’s-60’s One of Oscar and Felix’s poker buddies. Oscar’s accountant. Roy has a dry wit but is less acerbic than Speed.

Vinnie 30’s-60’s One of Oscar and Felix’s poker buddies. Vinnie is mild-mannered and hen-pecked, making him an easy target for Speed’s verbal barbs.

Audition Dates:
December 14 & 15 at 6:00pm

Those auditioning for principal (main) roles:

  • Prepare 32 bars of a musical theatre song.
  • Be prepared to read from the script and participate in a dance audition.


Those auditioning for the ensemble (singing and/or dancing):

  • Prepare 32 bars of a musical theatre song.
  • Be prepared to participate in the audition as directed.
 
Male Roles 
Pseudolus – Baritone

A Roman slave, owned by Hero, who seeks to win his freedom by helping his young master win the heart of
Philia. Quick-witted, scheming, childlike spirit.
  • By far the largest and most comic role.
  • Comic timing is everything.
  • Sings partial solos in 8 songs, delivery and enthusiasm and the ability to “sell” the songs are far more
important than a beautiful voice.

  • Some choreography — likely to be more comic than technical and adapted to the actor.

Age: 30 to 50

AUDITION PIECES
READING PSEUDOLUS 

SINGING 
 
Hero – Tenor

The young son of Senex and Domina. He falls in love with Philia and agrees to give Pseudolus his freedom if
he can help Hero woo her. Practical, privileged, romantic.

  • Singing role. Some dance.
  • Of all the characters he is the most traditional leading man type.
  • However, as he is also a virgin, it is imperative that he impart a naivety.

Age: 20 to 35

AUDITION PIECES

READING Hero 1 and 2

SINGING 

 
Senex – B2 to G4 Range
A henpecked, sardonic Roman senator living in a less fashionable suburb of
Rome.
  • Plausibly Hero’s father.
  • Singing role.

  • When his domineering wife is away, he enjoys believing the mistaken idea that he can be the object of
the young virgin’s affection.

Age: 45 to 70 (Age related to age of actors cast as Hero and Domina).
AUDITION PIECES
SINGING

 
Hysterium – Baritone

The chief slave in the House of Senex. Believes he is in control, but is actually Pseudolus’ puppet to carry
out his schemes. Anxious, conservative, loyal. He desperately wants everything to be in order.
Latin for Hysterical or Anxious, the suffix “-um” makes the name neuter, and the characters gender is
often mistaken throughout the piece.
Although he is chief slave in the same house where Pseudolus is also a slave, Pseudolus bullies him and
treats him as an underling.
  • Much of his humor comes from the fact that he impersonates the young, female virgin, Philia.
  • Must be able to sing, speak in a falsetto voice.

Age: 30 to 55

AUDITION PIECES
SINGING 

 
Miles Gloriosus – Bass
A
Captain in the
Roman army to whom Marcus Lycus has promised Philia. Commanding, boastful, manly and strong.
  • Must sing, speak and act in a booming, arrogant voice.

  • Although a costume may provide the muscles, the actor must be able to pull off “gladiator-ness.”

Age: 25 to 40
AUDITION PIECES

READING Miles Gloriosus

SINGING

Marcus Lycus: – Baritone
A
Purveyor of courtesans, who operates from the house to the right of Senex. Always out to make a profit, but also wants to provide good on what his
business offers.

  • Singing role (not major).

  • Think of him as the “used car salesman” of the courtesans.


Age: 30 to 50 (but not critical)
AUDITION PIECES
READING Lycus

SINGING

Erronius – Baritone
Senex’s elderly neighbor in the house to the left. He has spent the past twenty
years searching for his two children, kidnapped in infancy by pirates.

  • The smallest of the principal roles.
  • Sings only as part of the chorus in 2 songs.
  • Must be able to sound and move like an old man.

AUDITION PIECES

READING Erronius
SINGING

Female Roles 
Philia – Soprano

(Greek for Love): A virgin in the House of Lycus whom we also find out is Erronius’ daughter. She is
promised to Miles and vows to give him bodily what he has paid for, but loves Hero and promises he will
always have her heart. Young, pretty, devoted. An archetypal ingénue.
Age: 18 to 25+

AUDITION PIECES
READING 

SINGING

Domina – Mezzo-Soprano
The wife of Senex and mother to Hero. She is a shrewish woman who is loathed and
feared by even her husband. She dominates to the point of answering herself the questions
she asks of others. Loves her husband deep down, but is outwardly controlling, demanding, and
manipulative.

  • Singing role
  • Must play the stereotypical overbearing wife and mother

Age 40 – 60 (Age related to age of actors cast as Hero and Domina)
AUDITION PIECES
READING Domina 

SINGING

Cortesans in the house of Lycus (provide part of the female chorus. Notice there are 6 courtesans as the
Geminae are twins)
Please note that the courtesans can be played by actors across a range of ages and looks. Lycus caters to all
tastes.
At least some of the courtesans will however need to be prepared to wear revealing costumes and move
and dance in a sexy or sensuous way.
If this is likely to be of concern to you please mention your concerns at the audition.
Anyone age 16 or 17 (by the date of the first performance) intending to audition as a courtesan – Please
note we will need to get parental consent.
The courtesans will be expected to display their own personalities and characters largely through
movement and attitude.
AUDITION PIECES

SINGING 

(No Reading)

 
Please note
The named courtesans will not be selected at initial auditions. This will be done early in the rehearsal
process. This is to ensure the best match of skills and attitude with each role.
If there are more than 6 prospective courtesans, there will be a “dance audition” to determine who plays
courtesans and who plays proteans.
  • Gymnasia: (Greek for Athletic, with the connotation of nakedness) A courtesan from the house of Lycus
with whom Pseudolus falls in love.
Often played be a very statuesque or voluptuous woman; however, a female of any size and shape may be
cast as long as she portrays the voluptuous attitude.
  • Tintinabula: (Latin for Bells) A jingling, bell-wearing courtesan in the house of Lycus.
Think of a belly dancer whose every motion makes the bells ring. 
  • Vibrata: (Latin for Vibrant) A wild, vibrant courtesan in the house of Lycus.
In all likelihood her costume would be made of leopard skin – Needs to be able to growl sensuously and
move like a tigress.
  • Geminae: (Latin for Twins) Twin courtesans in the house of Lycus.
The aim will be to get 2 actors of similar stature and colouring, however it is more important that the two
actors can work together and act (in fact move) in tune with each other.
  • Panacea: (Greek for Cure All) A courtesan in the house of Lycus. A face that can say a thousand words
and a body that can hold a thousand promises. 
 
 
The Company 
Proteans
Choristers who play multiple roles (slaves, citizens, soldiers, and eunuchs). Wonderful parts as they are
almost always on stage, though very few lines.
  • On Broadway, three men played all of these roles, we may use more and may cast women in these roles. 5 or 6 people. We are looking for 2 people with acrobatic talent.
  • These are singing and dancing roles.

AUDITION PIECES
SINGING
MUSIC Comedy Tonight
(No Reading)
 

Audition Dates:
March 1 & 2, 2027 at 6:00pm

Audition Dates:
May 3 & 4, 2027 at 6:00pm

Performer Auditions

2026 – 94th season

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