Auditions for YPT’s Seussical

Welcome to YPT’s Seussical Auditions

Audition Dates:
Saturday, September 14, 2024 10:00am-5:30pm
Sunday, September 15, 2024 1:30-6:00pm
Sign Up for Your Audition on Sign Up Genius – Starts August 28th at Noon 
Audition Appointment Signup Link

Callback Auditions:
Tuesday, September 17, 2024  5:00-9:15pm (Specific Schedule To Be Announced)

Cast List Announced:
Friday, September 20, 2024  4:30pm

Tech Team Launches:
Tuesday, September 24, 2024  6:00-8:30pm

First Rehearsal for Cast/Read Through/Company Orientation:
Monday, September 30, 2024  6:00-8:30pm

Audition Ages:
K – 12th Grade

Audition Location:
YPT Studio
331 Metty Drive, Suites #2 and #3 and #4
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

AUDITION REGISTRATION DETAILS:

  • NAME: Please enter the name of the young person auditioning (rather than the parent’s name) when signing up for an audition appointment. (If you are signing up with your own Sign-Up Genius account, please select the option to display your young person’s name instead of your own.)
  • EMAIL ADDRESS: Enter a parent/family email address as the primary email contact. There is a space to add your auditioner’s email address if you wish.
  • AGE-SPECIFIC AUDITION APPOINTMENTS: Appointments are arranged K-6th Grade and 7th-12th Grade. Incorrect age bracket sign-ups are bounced by the system.

AUDITION PREPARATION AND PAPERWORK
Please read carefully to ensure your success in every stage of YPT’s Seussical auditions!

Prepare a selection of music:

  • 16 bars (approximately 30 seconds long)
  • Preferably memorized
  • A musical theater song
  • Songs from Seussical are welcome but not required
  • Bring two copies of the sheet music (accompaniment version) with “start” and “stop” clearly marked for the pianist.

Acting

Dance

  • Auditioners will be taught a short dance combination. Come dressed to move!
  • The following footwear is permitted in the dance studio: bare feet, jazz shoes, and clean, dry tennis shoes (not the ones you wore outside).


WHAT TO BRING TO YOUR AUDITION – Putting Together Your Audition Packet!

Prepare and bring 4 audition packets of the following typed forms, stapled together in the following order.

1. Audition Form

  • Fill-in Format: Type the form online, print it, and include a copy of it in each of your 4 audition packets. Feel free to attach resume! Make sure that you fill out each section of the Audition Form carefully.
  • Important: To type the forms online, we recommend you use Chrome or Internet Explorer as your browser, not Firefox or Safari. You can also right-click in each document after you open it and select the option to open the form with Adobe Reader instead.

2. Rehearsal Conflict Calendar – Important:

  • Type this form online, print it, and include a copy of it in each of your 3 audition packets.
  • Be complete, accurate, and thorough on this form. Triple-check that you have included all conflicts.
  • Make and keep a copy for yourself

3. Recent Photo of Yourself (may be a copy). Staple the photo facing the opposite direction as the forms in your audition packet, so that when a director flips the packet over, s/he will see your photo.

Additionally, and separate from the stapled packets:

1. YPT’s Seussical Policies and Procedures Contract: 1 copy signed by parent and auditioner.
2. Your Sheet Music: 2 copies.

Plan to arrive with your forms carefully completed and copied ahead of time.
This expedites the audition process for all! Failure to come prepared results in a late and stressful start to your audition.

Bring to Your Audition:
1. Forms in Stapled Packets – 4 Copies (Audition Form and Conflict Calendar + Your Headshot)
2. YPT Seussical Policies and Procedures Contract (Need only 1 Signed Copy/Not Stapled in Packet)

MORE DETAILS

Preparation Advice: Getting ready to audition for Seussical? A successful audition involves so much more than ability or talent. Preparation is key to shining in an audition! Mastering the art of auditioning can be continually worked on and developed over time. Self-confidence grows with time and experience.

Helpful Hints to Guide You in Your Audition Preparation

Production Calendar – Important Dates
Print and add to your calendar!

Performance Dates and Venue:
December 13-15, 2024
Power Center for the Performing Arts
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Questions: Email [email protected]

Thank you!

YPT’s Seussical Audition Crew
Audition and Tech Team Interiew Crew Shifts:
Saturday, September 14
9:30am-11:30am
11:15am-12:45pm
12:30pm-2:30pm
2:15pm-4:15pm
3:45pm-5:30pm
Sunday, September 15
1:00pm-3:00pm
2:30pm-4:30pm
4:15pm-6:00pm
SIgn Up Here on SUG: YPT Seussical Audition and Tech Team Interview Crew