Audition Guide: Heathers
Heathers script download:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CuOkYgAvLjDusVLnpo45jSJaPiBRe2tZ/view?usp=sharing
Heathers is a musical that often comments on the unhealthy environment of the average high school in the American school system. Set in the 1980′s, this dark comedy includes themes of suicide, depression, murder, and others. Teens 16 and up are recommended to audition for this show, but many places only take 18 and up because of the sex scene during “Dead Girl Walking” and the constant curse words, dark and dirty humor, and murder throughout the show. Please check the age requirements before auditioning for the show.
Style of the show: Rock
Good audition songs:
Women:
“Didn’t I See This Movie?” from “Next to Normal”
“Superboy and the Invisible Girl” from “Next to Normal”
“Fusion” from “The Woman Upstairs”
“I Didn’t Plan It” from “Waitress”
“Safer” from “First Date”
“Acid Queen” from “Tommy”
Men:
“Who's Crazy” from “Next to Normal”
“Troubled Mind/Promises” from “Murder Ballad”
“Pinball Wizard” from “Tommy”
Character Breakdowns (from our lord and savior, Backstage.com):
Veronica: She burns to be both cool and kind, but doesn’t know yet how to be both at the same time. Fierce sense of right and wrong, keen sense of ironic humor. Thinks she's an old soul, but she's still innocent enough to be blindsided by love/hormones (or shocked by cruelty). Voice: high belting required, up to high G, high Ab preferable. Must have dynamic and stylistic range.
JD: He is darkly charismatic, compelling, attractive, charming on the outside yet very damaged on the inside. Keen smarts and strong inventive comedy. Voice: strong, confident belt to at least an Ab, A preferable; wide emotional range.
Heather Chandler: Richest, hottest, most magnetic, cruelest girl in town. Relishes power and wields it like a scalpel - no fear, no patience, no mercy. Voice: strong belt to D, Eb preferred.
Heather Duke: Whipping-girl of the three Heathers. When she finally becomes Queen Bee she wields power like a bulldozer. Voice: strong belt to C, D preferred.
Heather McNamara: Beautiful, innocent, stupid, can be mean on command if Heather Chandler orders it, but actually quite vulnerable and fearful. Voice: strong belt to D, Eb preferred.
Martha Dunnstock: Nicknamed “Martha Dumptruck,” the opposite of hot, confident, or popular. Huge and beautiful soul, optimistic even in the face of rejection. Voice: strong belt to E or F, wide vocal expression.
Ram: Linebacker. Big, insensitive to the feelings of others, ruled by appetites. Voice: strong baritone, belt to F#, G preferred, some falsetto useful.
Kurt: Quarterback and Captain. Big, chiseled, rude, entitled, cocky. Mean, thinks he’s the brains in the friendship with Ram. Voice: tenor, strong belt to Ab or A, some falsetto.
Ms. Fleming: An aging hippie teacher, still yearning for the day the Age of Aquarius reaches Ohio. Hungry for the spotlight, resentful of entitled youth. Actor also plays Veronica’s Mom, who is easygoing, distant, yet capable of laying down the law. Voice: great belt up to C, higher always welcome.