Walter M. Mayes, Artistic Director of South Bay Musical Theatre, announces auditions for 

BrigadoonBRIGADOON

Music by Frederick Loewe. Lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner

  • Director: Doug Brook
  • Assistant Director: Tonya Mara
  • Choreographer: Esther Selk
  • Vocal Director: Rachel Michelberg
  • Music Director: Joe Kelly
  • Stage Manager: Philip Jacke

Initial auditions will be held Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, from 1 – 4 pm and Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, from 10 am – 2 pm

Please schedule a vocal audition slot at:

https://sbmt.ivolunteer.com/sbmt_brigadoon_001

AUDITION INFORMATION

Please prepare 32 bars of a song in the style of the show with sheet music in the correct key. No recordings, please. An accompanist will be provided. Bring a headshot, resume, conflict calendar through June 7, and clothes and shoes comfortable to move in. Auditioners must attend a dance call but may choose to do so before or after their vocal audition time if available.

Auditions will be held at 761 Mabury Rd, Suite 20, in San Jose.

Callbacks, by invitation only: Tuesday and Wednesday, January 28 and 29.

The rehearsal calendar is compact and fast-paced. Therefore, conflict calendars will be a primary consideration for casting. Only minor conflict schedules will be considered, if any.

No conflicts during tech week accepted.

SUMMARY

BRIGADOON is a timeless classic about magic, faith, and love – how they intertwine, and the varied directions they can drive people. Numerous Broadway standards? Check. Extensive opportunities for dancers? Check. A mix of comedic and dramatic acting throughout? Absolutely. The show is a triple-threat, but you don’t need to be. We’re building a cast that unites all these talents, to bring audiences (and each other) an energetic, engaging experience set in the 1940s and resonating today. After all, Brigadoon reappears only once every hundred years.

We’re not able to change the script or the music but are open to considering actors of any gender identity for roles of specific gender identities. The actor would need to demonstrate the capability to portray the specified character as well as sing the required range. If you wish to be considered for specific roles, please note them on your audition form. 

SBMT Casting Commitment

South Bay Musical Theatre is actively reshaping our company to be reflective of the community it serves. We practice non-traditional and identity-conscious casting in all our productions. We are seeking and highly encouraging all actors to submit, regardless of race/ethnicity/caste, disability, body type, age, orientation, or gender/gender identity.  All cast members are volunteers with a performance per diem of $250 in total. 

ROLES

All roles are open:

Tommy Albright, male, presents as ~30, Tenor/Baritone
A New Yorker on a trip hunting game in Scotland. He has everything: he’s engaged to the right woman back home and has a successful, practical job. Yet he’s not happy. He’s a dreamer who doesn’t grasp what different he craves out of life.

Jeff Douglas, male, presents as ~35
A New Yorker on a trip hunting game in Scotland. He is good-natured, cynical, and sarcastic – primarily because he doesn’t care. He was engaged once and it didn’t take. He’s Tommy’s best friend, though they seem headed in different directions. He hits the bottle some, but that’s the effect of his woes, not the cause. Unlike Tommy, Jeff doesn’t sing about it – this is primarily an acting role, and a rich one at that.

Fiona MacLaren, female, presents as 23, Soprano
A lovely, bright, young woman with a gentle sense of humor. She’s disarmingly frank and direct. A product of mid-18th Century small village life in the Scottish Highlands. She’s close to her father Andrew and her younger sister Jean.

Jean MacLaren, female, presents as 18, Mezzo
An attractive, shy, and diffident young woman. She seldom stands alone, often instead clinging to her father Andrew or older sister Fiona. She’s betrothed to Charlie and today’s their wedding day. Also the object of Harry’s affection, she doesn’t return his romantic sentiment and feels bad for him.

Harry Beaton, male, presents as ~24
An educated, sensitive, and moody young man. He feels like he has nothing. He’s bitter and unhappy because Jean rejected him and is marrying Charlie today instead. He’s unenthused about his life’s prospects without Jean, and about a life confined to his father Archie’s weaving trade. In the crowded village square, he’d rather pull up a stool and read.

Charlie Dalrymple, male, presents as early 20s, Tenor/Baritone
An Edinburgh-educated, happy, vibrant lover of life. He’s marrying Jean today, and thus he’s otherwise finally “through with the lasses for good.” Exuberant, nearly to the point of annoying – but hopefully not quite.

Mr. Lundie, male, presents as late 50s or higher
A kind schoolmaster, Lundie’s the guardian of the village’s mysteries and secrets. Lundie’s kind and benign yet speaks with little trace of emotion. Not one for self-expression through featured singing solos, Lundie instead can effortlessly captivate a couple of New York outsiders (or a couple hundred Saratoga audience members) when retelling a long story.

Meg Brockie, female, 20-40, Alto
Fiona’s best friend, a lusty milkmaid who sells dairy with Angus. Her parents are gone, she lives in the simple open shed that she inherited, and has had a great many heartbreaks from men to whom she’s given her heart (among other things). A sympathetic mix of persistent and perhaps desperate for a good man in her life.

Maggie Anderson, female, presents as 20s
A young woman in the village who’s yearning for Harry, as unrequited as Harry is by Jean. Maggie, however, hasn’t given up hope and isn’t despondent like Harry is. She primarily expresses herself as a featured dancer.

Kate, female, presents as late teens to early 20s
A young woman in the village who’s Jean’s best friend. One of her closer friends, on this (Jean’s wedding day) she’s the one who acts as protector of Jean from Charlie seeing her before the ceremony.

Andrew MacLaren, male, presents as late 50s
A hardy soul, a bit pompous, sounds loud and gruff. Fiona and Jean’s father. He’s one who likes to take charge of things, such as making the town proclamation at the start of this second day of their “blessing.”

Jane Ashton, female, presents as 25-30
Tommy’s fiancée in New York. An attractive, glamorous, slightly severe New Yorker. When we meet her, she’s been waiting for him and trying to be patient as Tommy keeps putting off their future together. Tommy’s unhappiness isn’t her fault. She’s in one pivotal scene, and will be among the villagers earlier in the show.

Frank, male, any age
A prototypical 1940s bartender in New York City. He’s known Jeff, and probably Tommy and Jane, for a while. He’s in one pivotal scene, and will be among the villagers earlier in the show.

Archie Beaton, male, presents as 50s
A kind-looking man, who sells wool and plaids from his weaving booth in the village. A widower, he’s Harry’s father, cares about him deeply, and wishes his son could get on better with others. 

Angus MacGuffie, male, presents as mid-30s, Baritone
A seller of eggs, milk, and cream in the village. He’s also known to keep a stock of a stronger drink in his booth. Meg assists him since she doesn’t have a family trade of her own. A pleasant man, he watches out for Meg and tries to save her from her own advances towards men.

Stuart Dalrymple, male, any age, Tenor/Baritone
A seller of woolen clothes in the village. Leads the toast before the wedding dance.

Sandy Dean, male, any age, Bass
A seller of candy from a booth in the village. Peppermint sticks and the like draw him lots of business, he’s often hanging around with MacGregor and Angus.

MacGregor, male, any age, Baritone
A seller of salted meat in the village. Often seen in a small group with Sandy and Angus.

Fishmonger, female, presents as 20s-30s
A seller of fish in the village. A featured dancer, particularly in the Bonnie Jean Ballet.

Additional roles for villagers, including featured dancers, strong singers, and convincing actors.

KEY DATES

  • Rehearsals begin Sunday, March 9, 2025
  • Move-in Saturday, April 26, 2025
  • Open May 17, 2025
  • Close & Strike June 7, 2025