2025 - 2026 Season
Live Theatre Auditions: Make Way for Ducklings the musical
On the Stanley Subaru Stage
Tuesday, March 31 6:00pm
Directed by Moxie McBreairty
Vocal Direction by Rebecca Edmondson
Performance: May 21 & 22
*Anyone who auditions will need to be able to commit to performing in (2) PAC performances at 10am on May 21 & 22. There will be (1) public performance at 6pm on May 22*
For auditions, prepare 16-32 bars of a classic musical theater song. Please bring sheet music (or a recorded karaoke track on a Bluetooth capable device) for the accompanist, with the part you are singing clearly marked. Acapella singing is not permitted. Be prepared to list any rehearsal and/or performance date conflicts. You may be asked to sing or read from the script as well as learn a quick dance piece.
For more information, please email kfitch@grandonline.org
Based on the ever-popular 1941 children's book, Make Way For Ducklings is centered around a pair of ducks raising their young in the bustling city of Boston. This musical adaptation teaches theatregoers about decision-making, polite disagreements, and owning up to mistakes. Delightful for both adults and children, this wholesome musical has vital lessons for everyone.
This is a community-driven live theatre production, and everyone will receive equal consideration. (All roles are unpaid.)
The Grand belongs to everyone in the community. The Board of Directors and Staff continue to foster inclusion in every facet of the organization including offering opportunities for participation to artists, patrons, volunteers, staff, and board members.
MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS the musical
Is presented through special arrangement
With Music Theatre International (MTI)
All authorized performance materials
are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com
Available Roles
*CASTING NOTE
The musical can be performed by a minimum of seven (7) actors. You can use more actors, without doubling, if a larger cast is desired. Puppet ducks can be performed by kid actors but they have no lines.
Mrs. Mallard
A soon-to-be Mother Duck. She is stressed about her impending parenthood but strives to get it right.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Mr. Mallard
A soon-to-be Father Duck. A slightly wacky and sometimes heroic Duck, who is hysterical about his impending parenthood.
Gender: male
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
The Michaels
Officer Michael, Mick (the Street Sweeper), and Captain Mike (the tugboat captain). Michael is a master of disguise and a song-and-dance man.
Gender: male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Actor One
Jack — the energetic athletic duckling, Vendor, Beacon Hill Resident #1, Louisburg Dog, Sport Duckling.
Gender: male
Actor Two
Lack — the timid scared duckling, Mother with carriage, Beacon Hill Resident #2, Doctor Duckling.
Gender: female
Actor Three
Pack — an uptight intellectual duckling, Kid, Politician #1, Music Duckling.
Gender: male
Actor Four
Quack — the simple-minded duckling, Kid on swan boat, Chef Duckling, Old Lady, Politician #2.
Gender: female
Live Theatre Auditions
The Spongebob musical
Co-Directed by Angel & Matt Hochman
Musical Direction by Stephanie Bradshaw
Saturday, March 28 10:00am, Monday, March 30 6:00pm
On the Stanley Subaru Stage
Sponsored by First National Bank
Performance Dates: June 19-21/26-28
Ages 12 to 100 are welcome to audition
This is a community-driven live theatre production, and everyone will receive equal consideration. (All roles are unpaid.)
For auditions, prepare 16-32 bars of a classic musical theater song. Please bring sheet music (or a recorded karaoke track on a Bluetooth capable device) for the accompanist, with the part you are singing clearly marked. Acapella singing is not permitted. Be prepared to list any rehearsal and/or performance date conflicts. You may be asked to sing or read from the script as well as learn a quick dance piece.
For more information, please email kfitch@grandonline.org
The Grand belongs to everyone in the community. The Board of Directors and administration continue to foster inclusion in every facet of the organization including offering opportunities for participation to artists, patrons, volunteers, staff, and board members.
Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!The SpongeBob Musical is based on the beloved animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg and features a book by Kyle Jarrow, with original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I., and songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. Additional lyrics are by Jonathan Coulton, with additional music by Tom Kitt. The musical production was conceived by Tina Landau.An exciting new musical featuring irresistible characters and magical music, this deep-sea pearl of a show is set to make a splash with audiences young and old. The future is bright, the future is bold, the future is The SpongeBob Musical.
AVAILABLE ROLES
PRINCIPALS
Eugene Krabs (Range: B2-Bb4)
Patrick Star (Range: Bb2-Bb4)
Sandy Cheeks (Range: A3-E5)
Sheldon J. Plankton (Range: B2-G#4)
SpongeBob SquarePants (Range: C3-B4)
Squidward Q. Tentacles (Range: A2-F#4)
ENSEMBLE, with lots of doubling:
2 Hip-Hop Dancers
2 Mob Fish
2 Sardines
2 Security Guards
2 or 3 Teen Fans - allows room for expanded casting (minimum of 1, maximum of 4)
5 Sardine Devotees - a minimum of 3 is necessary, but written for 5
A Big Chorus of Sponges - allows room for expanded casting
A Fish
A Krabby Patty Fish
Another Fish
Buster Bluetang
Cowboy Fish
Gary - a puppet, voiced by actor playing Larry
Girl Fish Trio - with rocks
Johnny the Bartender
Karen the Computer (Range: G#3-F#5)
Larry the Lobster
More and more Sardines - allows room for expanded casting (minimum of 8)
Mrs. Puff
Old Man Jenkins
Patchy the Pirate (Range: D3-F4 (F5 falsetto))
Pearl Krabs (Range:Bb3-F#5)
Perch Perkins (Range: E2-E4)
Plankton's Backup Dancers - allows room for expanded casting (2 to 4 of 'em)
Pirates - allows room for expanded casting
The Electric Skates - 3 band members
The French Narrator - voice-over
The Mayor of Bikini Bottom (Range: F#4-B5)
Sea Anemones - allows room for expanded casting
Sea Creatures (Assorted) - can be doubled with other actors in cast; allows room for expanded casting
Oh, and there's also:
The Conductor (who hands off and receives a whole slew of props)
The Foley Artist Fish is a staged role that produces all sound effects specified in the script and score using percussion instruments, triggered digital effects, and other creative sound makers. As envisioned by Tina Landau, “The show is meant to be performed with a FOLEY ARTIST FISH playing sound effects live, and within view of the audience, to accompany the stage action. This could include footsteps for SpongeBob and Squidward (as in the Broadway Production), dings for objects appearing, whacks for hits, and so on.” In the Broadway production, the FOLEY ARTIST FISH played the PERCUSSION book and also performed many additional sound effects not specified in the PERCUSSION book. Licensees are encouraged to create their own foley score that suits their staging, talent, and resources. Please visit the ORCHESTRATION section for additional information on this role.
Seeking creatives for the 2026-27 Season
If you are a director, music director, musician, pianist, designer, builder, choreographer, or stage manager, email your interest and experience summary to kfitch@grandonline.org. Most positions receive modest compensation.
Upcoming auditions will be posted on all social media and email.
The Grand belongs to everyone. The Board of Directors and administration continue a long history of fostering inclusion in every facet of the organization, including providing opportunities for participation to everyone as amateurs and professionals in the arts, as patrons, as volunteers, as staff, and as board and community members.