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Auditions: Hadestown: Teen Edition (Teens on Stage)
Raleigh Little Theatre is seeking performers for its upcoming production of Hadestown: Teen Edition for its Teens on Stage (TOS) and Teens Backstage (TBS) program in the summer of 2025. The program is open to students in Grades 9-12 (rising 9th graders through Spring 2025 high school graduates). This show will be presented in the Cantey V. Sutton Theatre.
Click here to learn more about RLT’s Teens on Stage/Teens Backstage program. The information below relates to Teens on Stage auditions. Information for Teens Backstage interviews can be found here.
About the show
Hadestown: Teen Edition is a full-length adaptation of Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown, modified for performance by teen actors for family audiences. This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Corp. www.concordtheatricals.com
Important dates
Audition Information Session: February 10, 2025 (Monday) 7-8pm [Register on Zoom here]
- This information session will include an overview of the audition process, forms, and guidance on how to prepare. This is a great session to attend if you have never auditioned for a show before, never volunteered at RLT, or if you would like to hear more from the creative team about the process and show.
General Auditions: February 18, 2025 (Tuesday) and February 19, 2025 (Wednesday) 7pm-10pm
Callback List: posted on RLT’s website by February 21, 2025 (Friday) 12pm
Callbacks: March 1, 2025 (Saturday) 11am – 2pm
Program Dates: June 28, 2025 (Saturday – Kick Off) – July 24; Mondays – Fridays 9:00 am – 5:00 pm with weekend tech rehearsals.
Preview: July 24, 2025 (Thursday) 3:30 pm
Performances: July 24 – August 10, 2025; Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 3:00pm. All cast members must be available for all performances.
Strike (Clearing the theatre of costumes, set, and props from the show): after closing performance August 10, 2025. All cast and crew members are expected to assist with strike.
About the roles
Raleigh Little Theatre encourages actors of any ethnicity, identity, ability, etc. to audition for any role. If the script requires strict adherence to any characteristic(s), those will be listed in the character description.
Orpheus: (Tenor with strong falsetto, D3-C5) Lyre-playing poet, gifted and naïve
Eurydice: (Mezzo-Soprano/Alto, F#3 – D5) A runaway, tough and vulnerable
Hades: (Bass, F2-C#4) Compulsive industrialist, boss-king of Hadestown
Persephone: (Mezzo-Soprano/Alto, F3-C5) Queen of nature and the season, a lush
Hermes: (Tenor/Baritone, C3-B4) Charismatic guide and storyteller, mentor to Orpheus
Fates (3): (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, E3-D5, fate 1 up to E♭5) Three Sisters, vicious and delicious, voices in the head
Workers: (Soprano: F#3 – E5, Alto: E♭3-D5, Tenor: G2-A♭4, Bass:E♭2 – A♭4) Spirits of labor and community, a physical choral presence
About the auditions
Auditionees will sign up for an hour audition slot in groups up to 10. All auditionees should arrive ten minutes before the time they are signed up to help with check in. There are TWO general audition days. You need only attend ONE. The audition will consist of both singing and a short, simple dance combination.
Please prepare 16-32 bars of a song in the style of the show. Be sure to bring sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided.
Auditionees will be taught simple choreography. Please wear comfortable clothing and appropriate shoes to move in.
Please fill out the following paperwork to bring with you to the auditions:
In addition to the paperwork, please email cari@nullraleighlittletheatre.org with a recent picture of yourself by 4pm on Monday, February 18. The purpose of the picture is to help the director remember your amazing performance during auditions, so an informal picture is ideal, as long as it shows who you are and is recent.
A callback list will be posted by 12pm on February 21, 2025.
If you need specific accommodations to audition or have questions about auditions, please contact Executive Producer Michele Weathers at Michele@nullRaleighLittleTheatre.org to make your request. Examples of accommodations made in the past are: wheelchair accessible audition space, large print materials, prompters in the audition room, volunteers to help fill out forms, and auditions by appointment.