Video Auditions for our two concertsSouth Bay Musical Theatre announces two audition opportunities!

Let It Show: A Broadway Holiday Celebration

  • A cabaret evening of songs for the season!
  • Created and Directed by Walter M. Mayes and Bob Sunshine
  • Performances: December 20 & 21, 2025

and

On the 20th Century: In Concert

  • Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
  • Music by Cy Coleman
  • Based on a play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur and also a play by Bruce Milholland
  • Directed by Lee Ann Payne
  • Music Direction by D. Asa Stern
  • Vocal Direction by Anita Hsuing Carey
  • Performances: April 18 & 19, 2026

Video auditions for both shows will be accepted through Oct. 7, 2025

There will be no live auditions.

Directors will review every audition submitted and will contact those they wish to be part of their respective productions.

AUDITION INFORMATION

Please prepare a song selection of roughly two minutes in length.

It is not necessary to prepare a song from the eras of the shows; it is more important that you show your voice, range, and expression. But if the spirit moves you, we encourage you to have fun with your song choice.

All submissions will be considered for both productions unless you specifically state otherwise.

Provide a headshot and resume when you submit.

Send all audition submissions to walter@southbaymt.com

IMPORTANT DATES

The rehearsals for both shows will happen primarily on weekend days, roughly between 10 AM and 4 PM. Rehearsal schedules will be published once we have a cast.

Oct. 7–deadline for submission for both shows

Let It Show

  • November and December–Saturday and/or Sunday daytime rehearsals
  • The week of Dec 15, 2025– Let It Show rehearsals in the theater, Monday through Friday.
  • Performances on December 20 & 21, possibly two a day, matinee and evening.

On the 20th Century

  • Late January – early April–Saturday and/or Sunday daytime rehearsals
  • The week of April 12–On the 20th Century rehearsals in the theater, Sunday through Friday.
  • Saturday, April 19–On the 20th Century performance at 8 PM
  • Sunday, April 20–On the 20th Century performance at 2:30 PM

SBMT Casting Commitment

South Bay Musical Theatre is actively re-shaping 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.

Let It ShowTHE PRODUCTIONS

Let It Show: A Broadway Holiday Celebration

A 90-minute holiday concert of family entertainment celebrating Broadway’s contribution to the songs for the season, featuring songs like “We Need a Little Christmas,” “White Christmas,” “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” “Once Upon a December,” and more, including a visit from Santa and a sing-a-long! Holiday refreshments will be offered at Intermission.

We are looking for a company of 8-10 singers who are adept at solo and harmony work.

On the 20th Century: In Concert

On The 20th CenturyRarely performed (because putting a train onstage is hard) but possessed of a glorious score, a witty and wacky book, and rollicking entertainment, this is a show that performers and instrumentalists have been wanting to do for years. After the success of last season’s Titanic: In Concert, we have decided to devote one weekend a year to bringing our audiences an underappreciated gem in concert format.

Performed on Broadway by Madeline Kahn, John Cullum, and Imogene Coca, and recently revived with Kristin Chenoweth in the lead, the story concerns the efforts of flamboyant theatrical impresario Oscar Jaffe to persuade glamorous film star (and former amour) Lily Garland to appear in his next production while outwitting rival producers, creditors, her handsome-but-dimwitted paramour, and religious nut Letittia Primrose. And all this in the 16 hours it takes for the 20th Century Ltd. to travel from Chicago to New York!

There will be a 20-piece orchestra onstage and we want to have a company of 24-28.

NOTE: The roles of Lily, Oscar, and Letitia are cast. We are seeking actors for the following roles:

  • MAX JACOBS – Baritone; Self important young producer: successful, intense, confident.
  • BRUCE GRANIT – Baritone with a solid F#; young leading man on the ascent, Errol Flynn type: stud, vain, silly, egotistical.
  • OWEN O’MALLEY – Baritone; Oscar’s press agent: a boozer, sardonic, self-satirical. He and Oliver are Oscar’s two loyal henchmen.
  • OLIVER WEBB – Baritone; Oscar’s company manager: ulcerous, worried, fed-up: trying to bring a note of sanity to the surrounding madness.
  • AGNES – Any range; Lily’s maid, suffering and bored.
  • CONDUCTOR FLANAGAN – Baritone; Typical solid type who has secretly written a play.
  • CONGRESSMAN LOCKWOOD – Baritone; Typical solid type who has secretly written a play
  • DOCTOR JOHNSON – Baritone; Typical solid type who has secretly written a play.
  • IMELDA THORNTON – Mezzo. Glamorous, imperious, fur-bedecked stage actress who thinks she is a better singer than she is.
  • PORTERS – 4 tap dancing performers of any age/race/gender who can dance and execute four-part harmony, all in sync. If you want to be considered for a Porter, please include a video of you tapping with your song submission.
  • ENSEMBLE – lots of singing and many bits in various scenes. 8 to 12 people needed.

We will be doing all book scenes and music, with most cast members holding their music in a black binder. We will keep staging to a minimum, but the Porters will be dancing a lot.

On The 20th Century: In Concert will be a fundraiser for SBMT and everyone on staff, crew, in the cast, and orchestra will be donating their time.

Questions about both productions can be sent to walter@southbaymt.com