We'll be auditioning for ALL THREE musicals at one audition.
If Interested: Email Patrick@blankcanvastheatre.com to sign up for one of the below dates and include your ideal date and time for auditioning. Otherwise we will just assign you the best available slot. We will do our best to accommodate you. No need to let us know which show you are auditioning for, that will be an option on your audition form when you arrive.
*If you can not make auditions please email us your head-shot and resume for consideration. If possible submit a video audition for consideration.Also, if only submitting a video, let us know which show you are interested in. We do our best to see and consider additional people, but attending auditions is always ideal.
Audition Date: Tuesday May 21 and Wednesday May 22
Time: 7:00pm-10:00pm (Time slots will be assigned every 5 minutes)
What to prepare: Please prepare two contrasting 32 bars or short musical theatre songs in the style of one of the shows. Please bring sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring a headshot and resume to auditions. Headshots and resumes are appreciated, but not required.
Performance Dates:
The Toxic Avenger: July 12-27.
Evil Dead The Musical: October 18 - November 2
Yippee Ki Yay Merry Christmas: A DIE HARD Musical Parody: December 6-21
Shows will be Thursday-Sunday. Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8pm. Sunday performances will be at 7pm. (Show will open on a Friday night and close on a Saturday night. There may be a midnight show for each show)
Rehearsals:
The Toxic Avenger: Begin June 10
Evil Dead The Musical: Begin September 16
Yippee Ki Yay Merry Christmas: A DIE HARD Musical Parody: Begin November 4th
Rehearsals will be Sundays-Thursdays. Typically 7pm-10pm, though Sundays are usually 6pm-10pm.
Pay: Blank Canvas Theatre dedicates 20% of the net profit to the cast of each show. The cast splits this evenly.
*At this time there are no AEA Contracts for these shows. However we may explore the option if needed.
Location:
Blank Canvas Theatre
1305 78th Street, Suite 211 (at 78th Street Studios)
Cleveland, OH 44102
The Stories
The Toxic Avenger
Based on Lloyd Kaufman's cult film and winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical, The Toxic Avenger is a charming love story and laugh-out-loud musical that has it all: an unlikely hero, his beautiful girlfriend, a corrupt New Jersey mayor and two guys who play... well, everyone else ... Melvin Ferd, the Third, wants to clean up Tromaville, the most polluted town in New Jersey (just off Exit 13B on the Turnpike). Foiled by the mayor's bullies, Melvin is dumped into a vat of radioactive toxic waste, only to reemerge as The Toxic Avenger, New Jersey's first superhero. Affectionately known as Toxie, our new hero is a seven-foot mutant freak with superhuman strength and a heart as big as Newark. He's out to save New Jersey, end global warming, and woo the blind librarian in town. It's a toxic love story with an environmental twist! The Toxic Avenger will leave audiences laughing in the aisles as it rocks the house. Featuring a wailin' rock score, this comical musical has something for everyone to enjoy.
Evil Dead The Musical
Based on Sam Raimi’s 80’s cult classic films, Evil Dead: The Musical unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, "camp" takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers like "All the Men in my Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons", "What the F&%* Was That?" and "Do the Necronomicon".
This show will have a SPLATTERZONE!!!
Yippee Ki Yay Merry Christmas: A DIE HARD Musical Parody
THE CLEVELAND PREMIERE
“Yippee Ki-Yay, Merry Christmas: A Die Hard Musical Parody” is about grizzled NYPD cop Bruce McClane, and his quest to win back his estranged wife, Holly Generic, at her Christmas Eve office party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Sunny LA, 1987. German Terrorist, Hans Olo and his henchmen take the cast and audience hostage, and it is up to Bruce- with some help from the LAPD, FBI, and Arnold Schwartzen-Schnitzel – to save everyone before time runs out.
“Yippee Ki-Yay Merry Christmas is a fun holiday treat that holds audiences hostage, packed to the roof with 80s references.” -Chicagoland Musical Theatre
“Screw The Nutcracker.” Thrillist recommends Yippee as one of “The Most Festive Things to Do in Chicago Over the Holidays.”
Character Breakdowns
* The age range for each character is flexible and ALL ethnicities and body types will be considered.
A Multi-Ethnic/Multi-Racial cast of ALL ages, genders, sizes, and races are needed. The below character tracks may be changed or altered based on those that audition.
The Toxic Avenger
Melvin Ferd the Third/Toxic Avenger: *THIS ROLE HAS BEEN PRECAST and will be played by Patrick Ciamacco.*
Unattractive and sensitive, Melvin is an earth scientist with an eye on solving global warming. Turned into a hideous monster with an occasionally unruly temper, he becomes Toxie.
Sarah The blind Librarian: (Female, 20-40 Mezzo-Soprano) The classic heroine. She sees only the good in everyone and everything around her. Although at first glance pure and naïve, she is no stranger to sex and is an aspiring writer of graphic romance novels. Falls madly in love with the Toxic Avenger, fantasizing that he is her big French boyfriend. Speaks exactly what is on her mind.
Mayor Babs Belgoody/Ma Ferd/Nun: (Female, 40-65. Alto) As the Mayor, she is corrupt and scheming, accepting loads of cash in return for storing toxic waste in the town she was elected to protect. Uses her sexuality for political gain. Determined to become governor of New Jersey at any cost. As Ma, she is tough, working class.
White Dude/Dudette: (Male or Female, age 20-50. Tenor/Mezzo-Soprano). Actor should be physically versatile with strong dialects as actor plays numerous distinctive. quirky and outrageous roles, both male and female, such as Dr. Fishbein, Bozo the Bully, Sal the Cop, and Lorenzo the Hairdresser. Must move well.
Ethnic Dude/Dudette: (Male or Female, age 20-50. Tenor/Mezzo-Soprano) Any ethnicity other than Caucasian. Actor should be physically versatile with strong dialects as actor plays numerous distinctive, quirky and outrageous roles, both male and female, such as Professor Ken, Sluggo the Bully, Little Old Lady and Shinequa the Friend. Must move well.
Evil Dead The Musical
Ash: (Male, 18-35. Baritone) Hero and iconic character of the musical, devoted S-Mart housewares employee evolves over the course of the show from a cowardly college student to a wise cracking deadite slayer with his detachable hand chainsaw and 12 gauge "boomstick”; baritone.
Cheryl: (Female, 20-40. Alto) Ash's sister and the odd woman out in the group, looking to spend a week relaxing, she is the recipient of Scotty's jokes and torment, the only one to sense the evil surrounding the cabin, she is the first to be possessed, turning her into an aggressive, foul mouthed demon that speaks in very bad puns, spends the majority of the show locked in the cellar; alto.
Shelly: (Female, 18-35. Mezzo-Soprano) Beautiful, easy, and not too smart, Scotty's latest fling and looking to party, just because she becomes an evil demon doesn't mean she can't look good doing it.
Annie: (Female, 18-45. Mezzo-Soprano) The overbearing, sexy, explorer who finds missing pages to the Necronomicon and wants to reunite with her father to continue their research, very bossy and drawn to Ash, must be comfortable in a tear away revealing costume. May DOUBLE SHELLY, a random girl who Scott picked up drunk at a bar three days ago.
Linda: (Female, 18-35. Soprano) The prototypical girl next door, sweet, thoughtful, and completely devoted to Ash, until she turns evil and tries to kill him, laughs an annoyingly inordinate amount of time after transforming.
Scott: (Male, 18-35. Tenor) Good looking, cocky, a prankster and Ash's best friend, thinks himself the brave one until he's forced to kill, then his panic leads him to flee, returns to warn Ash about the woods and attempts to help his friend even as he is knocking on death's door; tenor.
Ed: (Male, 18-45. Baritone/Bass) Annie's coworker, boyfriend, and doormat, travels with her to the cabin to proceed with their research of the book of the dead, after turning evil, his confidence may lack but this "Bit Part Demon" is ready to sing. May DOUBLE MOOSE, a possessed moose head on the wall of the cabin.
Jake: (Male, 30-50. Baritone) Stereotypical Southerner and reliable enough to help Annie and Ed find the path to the cabin, but too stupid and stubborn to listen to reason that will keep him alive. Good, old, and reliable. Seems to know far too much about the musical. Spends his time wandering the woods around the cabin.
Fake Shemp: (Male, 18-50. Non-singing) This role is basically all of the small roles in the show - the severed hand, the headless body, etc.
Yippee Ki Yay Merry Christmas: A DIE HARD Musical Parody
Bruce McClane: (Male 25-45, Baritone) The reluctant hero. McClane is a New York City cop who gets invited to his wife's Christmas Party at Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles when the building she is in is under attack by terrorists led by Hans. McClane must stop his evil scheme before it's too late.
Hans Olo: (Male 35-50. Baritone) is the main antagonist. He is a cold and unpredictable radical from east Germany, who leads a gang of thieves who take over Nakatomi Plaza, imprisoning hostages as part of a scheme to heist $640 million dollars in bearer bonds from the building's vault.
Holly Generic: (Female, 25-45, Mezzo-Soprano) McClane's estranged wife. Holly works for the Nakatomi Corporation, a career that John thought she would fail, but he was proven wrong.
Carl Winslow: (African American Male 30-50. Baritone/Bass) A LAPD sergeant and desk cop who responds to McClane's distress call.
Terrorist Klaus/Tony: (Male or Female, 20-45. Baritone/Mezzo-Soprano) Klaus and Tony are brothers and terrorists working for Hans. Tony is the first of the terrorists to be killed by McClane, who unintentionally breaks his neck in a fight. Ideally must be able to tap.
Deputy Chief Dwayne: (Male, 35-55. Bass) A stubborn Deputy Chief of Police.
Willis: (Male or Female, 25-45. Baritone/Mezzo-Soprano) A sleazy, cocaine-using Nakatomi executive.
Nakatomi: (Male 25-45. Baritone) President of Nakatomi Trading and Vice-Chairman of Nakatomi Investment group.
Fabrique/Theo: (African American Male, 20-45. Baritone) Fabrique is the limousine driver sent to pick up McClane and take him to Nakatomi Plaza. Theo is Hans's technical expert whose job to crack open the locks on the vault. One of the groups only Americans. Theo is snarky and arrogant, often cracking jokes, even when others are killed.
FBI Johnson: (Male 30-55. Baritone) A FBI agent.
Arnold: (Male, 20-45. Baritone)