Join us at The Brecksville Theatre to audition for The WHO's Tommy https://www.thebrecksvilletheatre.org/performances/auditions Wednesday June 26th 6:30PM – 9PM Thursday June 27th 6:30PM – 9PM Callbacks Sunday June 30th 3PM – 6PM Please be prepared to sing 16-24 bars in the style of the show (rock/pop). Dancing will take place at callbacks. Non Binary Casting Consideration for All Roles. If you are unable to attend auditions, please feel free to send a video submission to: admin@thebrecksvilletheatre.org mailto:admin@thebrecksvilletheatre.org Recommended 18+ for interested individuals. Any person under 18 will be required to obtain a parent signature (including those cast as young Tommy). Director/Asst. Choreographer: Kristin Pohlig Music Director: Dave Coxe Asst. Choreographer: Sarah Heffner Tommy Character Descriptions Tommy/Narrator: An embittered young genius stricken deaf, dumb, and blind after a childhood trauma. Tommy discovers that he is a natural master of pinball, and later becomes a cult-like hero figure to masses enthralled by his story. Captain Walker and Mrs. Walker's son. Vocal range top: B4, Vocal range bottom: Db3 Mrs. Walker: A weary middle-class woman. Mrs. Walker is tired and frustrated from trying to care for and cure Tommy. Tommy's mother and Captain Walker's wife. Vocal range top: D6, Vocal range bottom: G3 Captain Walker: A former soldier with lingering guilt. He murders his wife's lover after coming back from a POW camp, resulting in Tommy's trauma-induced blindness, deafness, and dumbness. Father to Tommy and husband to Mrs. Walker. Vocal range top: C#5, Vocal range bottom: F3 Uncle Ernie: A lecherous, drunken bachelor. Ernie molests a young Tommy and later runs a children's camp seeking to profit from Tommy's popularity. Mrs. Walker's brother and Tommy's uncle. Vocal range top: Bb4, Vocal range bottom: G2 Cousin Kevin: A bully with sadistic tendencies. Tortures his cousin, Tommy, when they're young and later seizes the opportunity to profit from Tommy's success. Vocal range top: B4, Vocal range bottom: Ab2 Acid Queen: A brazen drug dealer and prostitute. Tommy's parents bring him to the Gypsy to experiment with unusual cures. Vocal range top: F5, Vocal range bottom: G3 Tommy (Age 10 and Age 4): Young child portraying Tommy through storytelling as adult Tommy (narrates) – this role is mostly mute and will be double cast for both age ranges Ensemble Tracks: The ensemble will have a heavy involvement to portray Soldiers; Nurses; Harlots; Lads And Lasses; Guards; Reporters (Sally Simpson, The Specialist, Specialist’s Assistant will be cast and portrayed by members of the ensemble)