Beck Center for the Arts is pleased to announce auditions for replacements for our holiday season encore of SHREK The Musical.

Appointments are now being taken for Sunday Oct. 6th beginning at 6PM and Monday Oct 7th beginning at 6PM. Please call 216-521-2540 x10 to make your appointment.

We are searching for Actor/Singer/Dancers ages 17 to 45 for the following tracks:

Dragon (Female; Ideally African-American; must possess big belt/gospel sound)
Sugar Plum Fairy/Gingy (Female; strong belt PLUS ability to do high puppet voice)
Papa Bear (Male; Ideally 6'2" or over; bass/baritone)
2 of the 3 Little Pigs (Male; strong movers)
Big Bad Wolf (Male; Strong Character Actor)
Fairy Godmother (Female)
Ensemble One (Male; Multiple Roles)
Ensemble Two (Female; Multiple Roles)

Most roles have doubling opportunities within the show (ie # Blind Mice/Duloc Dancers/etc)

Audition Preparation: Please prepare one vocal selection, ideally from the Musical Theatre canon. Bring sheet music in your key. An accompanist will be provided. Singing a capella is highly discouraged. Song length should be no longer than 90 seconds. Dance calls will be held during call back sessions only.

Call Backs: Will likely take place the weekend of Oct. 12/13

Rehearsals: Will most likely begin on or around Sat., Nov. 9th

PerformancesSHREK opens Fri. Dec. 6th and closes Sunday, Jan. 5th. Performances are Friday Evenings and Sat/Sun Afternoons with additional performances Sat evenings (Dec. 14th and 28th) and Thursday Dec. 19th. There are NO performances Dec. 23/24/25/26 to allow actors to travel for Christmas Break.

Only Non-AEA actors will be seen for these roles. However, all actors are eligible for 8 to 9 EMC points for their participation in this production. All actors 18 and over are paid a modest stipend for their participation as well.

Please call 216-521-2540 x10 for your appointment. If you have additional questions please write to Artistic Director Scott Spence at scottdavidspence@gmail.com 

Thank you for your consideration!!!