Auditions for the SCT Main Stage

CABARET the Musical

Stockton Civic Theatre

Show Runs April 11th – May 5th, 2024 

(with performances on every Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday)

Rehearsals begin Sunday, February 4th, 2024

Direction & Choreography by James Reed

Musical Direction by Amy Dahlstrom

Open Auditions: December 18th & 19th, 2023

Invited Callback: December 20th, 2023

Auditions are open for ALL actors. 

The audition will consist of singing an audition song, readings from the script while using accents, and learning and performing a dancing routine. Dress appropriately for movement if you are auditioning for a dancing role.

Auditions will be held in person at PACE DANCE COMPANY (7273 Murray Drive Suite 14, Stockton, CA). Please download, fill out our audition form and bring it with you to the audition. If you are unable to print out, forms will be available at the audition. A headshot is requested if available.

Content Warning: This production may not be suitable for all audiences. It contains strong sexuality, violence, and pregnancy loss. Additionally, this production utilizes images and language of anti-Semitism and hate relevant to the time period in which it is set.

Please note that we are only accepting auditions from actors 18+. No minors will be cast in this production.

SHOW SYNOPSIS

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920’s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish.

Please remember this is not the movie, so the songs are not all the same. (This is the 1998 version, which starred Alan Cumming on Broadway.)

Note from Director:

In Cabaret, these characters are wrapped up in their own fun lives, unaware of a lurking danger sneaking into their city and country. When they finally notice, they believe they’re safe. Whether the audience leaves humming tunes or grasps the subtle message of potential repetition, my wish is that this sparks conversations as our patrons exit out of the theater.

AUDITION SONGS

Pick one of the provided cut songs from the show for the character you are auditioning for.

Sally – “Don’t Tell Mama”   CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD “Maybe This Time”   CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Cliff – “Perfectly Marvelous”   CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Emcee – “If You Could See Her”   CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD “I Don’t Care Much” CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Schneider – “So What”   CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Schultz – “Married”   CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Kost and Ernst – “Tomorrow Belongs To Me”   CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

***If you are not auditioning for a principal character, you may pick from any of the provided cut sides.

AUDITIONS SIDES

Pick one of the provided sides from the show for the character you are auditioning for.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:

PRINCIPAL ROLES

Clifford Bradshaw

GENDER: Male

AGE: 30s

PART SIZE: Lead

VOCAL PART: Baritone

MOVEMENT: Sings while dancing; intimacy choreography (including kissing) with Sally; intimacy choreography (including kissing) with other actors of all genders; fight choreography.

Male, mid-20s-early 30s. An American novelist and English teacher traveling to Berlin. A closeted gay man exploring his sexuality by escaping to Europe. The role is based on Christopher Isherwood. With wit, charisma, presence, and depth. American/TransAtlantic accent.

Sally Bowles

GENDER: Female

AGE: 20s -30s

PART SIZE: Lead

VOCAL PART: Mezzo-Soprano. Strong belt.

MOVEMENT: Sings while dancing vigorously; performs suggestive choreography including intimate touch; intimacy choreography (including kissing) with Cliff and Max; fight choreography. 

A British Cabaret performer and the headliner at Berlin’s Kit Kat Club. To the outside world, Sally is eccentric, compelling, vivacious, and outrageous – a true free spirit with an artist’s soul. But under her flashy facade, she is far more complicated than she appears. British Accent.

Emcee

GENDER: Genderfluid/Nonbinary

AGE: 21+

PART SIZE: Lead

VOCAL PART: Tenor

MOVEMENT : Sings while dancing vigorously; performs suggestive choreography including intimate touch and kissing.

The host at the Kit Kat Club. Comedic, magnetic, and loveable but embraces the dark tendencies of humankind. Strong physicality. German accent.

Note: Actors of all genders are invited to audition for this role.

Herr Schultz

GENDER: Male

PART SIZE: Supporting

VOCAL PART: High Baritone

MOVEMENT: Sings while dancing; intimacy choreography (including kissing) with Fraulein Schneider

Male, early 50s-early 70s. One of Fraulein Schneider’s roomers and a Jewish owner of a fruit shop. Similar age as Schneider, or slightly younger, he is warm, kind, and endearing but not sentimental. There is a survivor here too. German accent.

Ernst Ludwig

GENDER: Male

PART SIZE: Supporting

VOCAL PART: Sings with chorus

MOVEMENT: Non Dance, fight choreography 

Male, late 20s-mid 40s. Life and soul, dependable yet enigmatic, he takes English lessons from Cliff. He’s Cliff’s first “true” friend upon arrival in Berlin. Everyone knows him, everyone loves him. He appears witty, charming, and warm. Ultimately, a Nazi. German accent.

Fraulein “Fritzie” Kost

GENDER: Female

PART SIZE: Supporting

VOCAL PART: Mezzo-Soprano. Strong Belt

MOVEMENT:  Sings while dancing; intimacy choreography

Female, late 30s-early 50s. Fraulein Kost is a survivor. A sex worker and lodger in Fraulein Schneider’s boarding house, she makes things work. A world-weary pragmatist – the winning side is her side and is ready to swap alliances for whatever grass is the greener. German accent.

Note: Fritzi is also one of the core Kit Kat Ensemble and thus has outstanding dance skills.

Fraulein Schneider

GENDER: Female

PART SIZE: Supporting

VOCAL PART: Alto

MOVEMENT: Sings while dancing; intimacy choreography (including kissing) with Herr Schultz

Female, early 50s-early 70s. A landlady who rents rooms in her large flat. She is wise and worn but with real sparkle and humor. A survivor and a cynic, she carries sadness with her from years as a lone wolf but also possesses humor and genuine affection for Cliff. Loving Herr Schultz and choosing to risk getting engaged could cost her everything, but what price does happiness cost? German accent.

ENSEMBLE ROLES:

The Kit Kat Club’s ensemble offers an incredibly diverse and joyous assembly of individuals. 

Exceptional dancing abilities are essential, encompassing classical, contemporary, and jazz techniques. Alongside these talents, strong vocal skills are necessary since ensemble members will also serve as other named roles with solos and duets. We enthusiastically welcome individuals from all backgrounds, embracing diversity in age (18+), gender, race, and body type. 

Ensemble members must feel comfortable with performing suggestive choreography including intimate touch and kissing. Rotating rolls – patrons, party guests, acts in the Kit Kat Club, Sailors, train conductor, waiters. German Accent.

Lulu (Two Ladies Singer)

PART SIZE: Featured

DANCE: Dance Required 

Rosie (Chartuese Singer)

PART SIZE: Featured

DANCE: Dance Required

Texas

PART SIZE: Featured

DANCE: Dance Required

Fritzie (Kost) 

GENDER: Female

PART SIZE: Featured

VOCAL PART: Mezzo-Soprano. Strong Belt 

DANCE: Dance Required

Note: Plays Fraulin “Fritzie” Kost

Frenchie

PART SIZE: Featured

DANCE: Dance Required

Helga (Gorilla Dancer)

PART SIZE: Featured

DANCE: Dance Required

Bobby (Two Ladies Singer)

PART SIZE: Featured

DANCE: Dance Required

Victor (Sailor / Bodyguard)

PART SIZE: Featured

DANCE: Dance Required

Herman (Sailor / Bodyguard)

PART SIZE: Featured

DANCE: Dance Required

Hans (Max / Officer)

PART SIZE: Featured

DANCE: Dance Required

Note: Plays Max – the proprietor of the Kit Kat Klub and Sally’s former boyfriend