AUDITIONS: The Drowsy Chaperone

PRESENTED IN THE WILSON AUDITORIUM

MUSIC & LYRICS BY: LISA LAMBERT & GREG MORRISON
BOOK BY: BOB MARTIN & DON MCKELLAR
DIRECTED BY:  WENDY & MARTY GOLOB
SYNOPSIS:

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Golden Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.

With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.

Hailed by New York Magazine as “The Perfect Broadway Musical,” The Drowsy Chaperone is a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre. Because of its many featured roles and accessible script, The Drowsy Chaperone will fit perfectly into any company’s season or school’s calendar.

AUDITION/CALLBACK INFORMATION
Audition/Callback location: SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE 403 N. Main Street, South Bend, Indiana — Enter through front doors off Main Street
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IMPORTANT DATES

AUDITIONS

AUDITION DATES:
MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2026: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
TUESDAY, APRIL 28 2026: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
CALLBACK DATE:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2026: 6:30-9:30 PM

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:

FIRST READ THROUGH: May 4th, 2026 
Sunday, May 3rd – June 26th
Sunday-Wednesday | 6:30-9:00 PM (Some Sundays will be 2:00-6:00 PM)
 
TECH SCHEDULE:
June 27 | 3:00-7:00 PM SITZPROBE
June 29 – July 2, 2026 | 6:00-10:00 PM
July 6 – 8, 2026 | 6:00-10:00 PM

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Preview: Thursday, 7/9 – 7:30 PM

Friday, 7/10 – 7:30 PM

Saturday, 7/11 – 7:30 PM

Sunday, 7/12 – 2:00 PM

Thursday, 7/16 – 7:30 PM

Friday, 7/17 – 7:30 PM

Saturday, 7/18 – 7:30 PM

Sunday, 7/19 – 2:00 PM

Thursday, 7/23 – 7:30 PM

Friday, 7/24– 7:30 PM

Saturday, 7/25 – 7:30 PM

+Sunday, 7/26 – 2:00 PM

+ Final performance will be followed by a mandatory strike.

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to audition. Actors MUST be over the age of 15 to Audition. 

Man In Chair
Musical theatre aficionado who mourns the end of the Golden Era. He narrates the show as he listens to the record on vinyl.
Gender: male
Age: 30 to 50
Mrs. Tottendale
The air-headed, proper, and bossy host of the wedding.
Gender: female
Age: 50 to 60
Vocal range top: Db5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Underling
Mrs. Tottendale’s savvy butler who is thrifty and stiff yet has an understated sense of humor.
Gender: male
Age: 35 to 50
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: Ab2
Robert Martin
The dashing, ever-cheerful groom; played by matinee-idol Percy Hyman.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: C3
George
Robert’s anxious, dim-witted best man who has Robert’s best-interest always at heart.
Gender: male
Age: 35 to 50
Vocal range top: Bb4
Vocal range bottom: F3
Feldzieg
Broadway producer who is desperate for his star to return to his show; played by Jack Adler.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: Db4
Vocal range bottom: Db3
Kitty
Feldzieg’s dim-witted companion who has hopes of being a star; played by Sadie Adler.
Gender: female
Age: 25 to 30
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Gangsters
Posing as pastry chefs, this duo is intending to collect from Feldzieg; played by the vaudeville duo Tall Brothers.
Gender: male
Age: 35 to 45
Vocal range top: Gb4
Vocal range bottom: Db3
Aldolpho
European self-proclaimed “ladies man”; played by former silent movie star Roman Bartelli.
Gender: male
Age: 35 to 45
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A#2
Janet Van De Graaf
The famous bride. Glamorous and talented star of Feldzieg’s Follies; played by rising star Jane Roberts.
Gender: female
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: -1
Vocal range bottom: G3
The Drowsy Chaperone
Janet’s alcoholic confidante and friend; played by well-established stage actress Beatrice Stockwell
Gender: female
Age: 45 to 55
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: F3
Trix
The brave and brash female aviator who, by chance, is recruited to perform the wedding.
Gender: female
Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range top: Eb5
Vocal range bottom: Ab3
Ensemble
Staff; Reporters

WENDY & MARTY GOLOB
Director