SPELLING BEE Audition and Callback Resources

AUDITION MUSIC

Audition music is made available as an .mp3 selection from the original Broadway cast recording, and as a lead-line selection from the vocal score and a selection from the piano score.

CALLBACK MUSIC

For Callbacks, each performer will be required to sing the song(s) from the audition music selections (above) of the character(s) they are called back for, whether or not they sang those songs at the initial audition. Please make sure you have reviewed all of the songs that you will be required to sing. (For instance, if you auditioned with Woe Is Me, but you are called back for Logainne and Leaf, you will need to sing Woe Is Me again and sing I'm Not That Smart.)

In order to have everyone audition with some harmonic singing at callbacks, everyone will be required to sing a part from each of the following very short (under 30 seconds) selections. If possible, try to figure out which part you would likely sing in the show and try to learn that part from the music (it will be harder to learn it directly from the .mp3 as the harmonies are not easy to distinquish in the audio recording, but we will spend some time during callbacks going through both selections and figuring out who should sing which parts.)

CALLBACK DIALOGUE READINGS

This PDF contains the following dialogue scenes for callbacks. You will want to review it in case you are called back. No matter what parts you are called back for, we may ask you to read any of the parts in the script so please try to be familiar with the dialogue.

• Olive, William - pgs 44-45
• William, Rona, Panch - pgs 17-18
• Marcy, Jesus (Chip?) - pgs 56-57
• Chip, Panch, Rona - pgs 36-37
• Coneybear, Panch, Coneybear family - pgs 11-13
• Logainne, Panch, Carl Dad, Dan Dad - pgs 25-27
• Mitch (Monologue) - pg 38
• Rona, Olive, Coneybear - pgs 6-7

SPECIAL REQUEST FOR VICE PRINCIPAL PANCH

If you are auditioning for Doug Panch, the vice principal who reads most of the words for the spellers, please also prepare the following:

• Come up with two unique words of your own
• Define them
• Create a usage in a sentence
• Be prepared to provide them as part of a dialogue audition

You may make these as funny as you wish (the funnier, the better!) We are okay with off-color words, meanings and sentences as well. Double entendres are particularly good. If you look at the PDF of dialogue, you will see several examples which should help you understand (if you don't knkow the show already) what happens when words are given to the spellers.