Our all-ages musical is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! It will be Directed by JC Kovac, with Music Direction by Jessica Wells, Choreography by Haizy Kovac and Assistant Director Joey Whelan

 

We will be casting 20+ ALL-AGES performers, ages 8 through adult.

 

Audition Information:

• Fill-out the audition registration form by clicking the blue button above

• Please sign up for one 5-minute slot on Saturday, April 5th between 9am and 12:00pm.  This time is for your vocal audition.

• Please send your theater resume & headshot (optional) to info@starlightcommunitytheater.com

• Actors should prepare 2 contrasting songs of 16-32 bars or 30-60 seconds, each. Please have recorded accompaniment loaded to play on your phone/tablet. No acapella.

• Video Audition Submissions will be accepted until 8:00 pm on Friday, April 4th, 2025. Submissions after this date/time will not be considered. Please note that IN-PERSON auditions are preferred. Please send a video to info@starlightcommunitytheater.com. If video is too large to email, send a link for a google drive or YouTube. Make the link public since multiple people need to review. Your video should include a slate of your name and the name of the song. We will still need an audition form and resume/headshot (optional)

• CALLBACKS by invitation will be in person on Sunday, April 6th, starting at 5:00pm. Choreography will be taught at this time. All Actors will be notified by April 5th at 11:59pm by email if they are needed for callbacks. 

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Rehearsals and Performances:

PERFORMANCES and REHEARSALS will be in person at Starlight Community Theater, 1611 W. Whispering Wind Dr. Suite #9, Phoenix, AZ 85085.  Some rehearsals will be held on Zoom.  A tentative rehearsal schedule is on the Starlight webpage calendar (https://www.starlightcommunitytheater.com/calendar).

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Rehearsals begin April 15th.  Performances are June 6-22, 2025.

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The Story:

The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory…but only to a lucky few. Young Charlie Bucket and four other golden ticket winners will embark on a life-changing journey through Wonka’s world of pure imagination including chocolate waterfalls, nutty squirrels and the great glass elevator, all to be revealed by Wonka's army of curious Oompa-Loompas.

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Casting:

Performers of ALL ethnicities, physical abilities, and gender identities are encouraged to audition.  All ages are “stage ages” and flexible. 

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• Willy Wonka: The sly, charming star of the show. Lithe, eccentric. His larger than life persona can go from charming and comical, to magically mysterious and dark.

• Charlie Bucket:  Sweet, smart, hopeful and loving. A boy with wonderful innocence and vulnerability.

• Grandpa Joe:  Impish. He is Charlie's imaginative, fun, kind and loving grandfather. After many years being confined to a bed, his childish energy returns when Charlie finds the Golden Ticket.

• Mrs. Bucket:  Charlie's warm and kind-hearted mother. Worrier. Generous and loving.

• Grandma Josephine and Grandma Georgina and Grandpa George:  Bed-ridden caring grandparents.  Will have singing roles.

• Mrs. Gloop:  Augustus's German, moronic, Wagnerian mother. Mirthlessly smiles as though it were affixed to the front of her face.

• Augustus Gloop:  Rampantly over-active.

• Mr. Salt:  Veruca's goofy, eccentric, distracted, hilarious father. Finds it impossible to say no, giving in to every ridiculous demand his daughter makes.

• Veruca Salt:  Vicious and determined.  Strong ballet dancer needed.

• Mr. Beauregarde:  Violet's ineffectual father. Ignores his back-talking, insult-hurling daughter.

• Violet Beauregarde:  Confident, forward, and full of attitude.  Strong dancer needed

• Mike Teavee:  A fireplug with a ridiculous amount of energy.

• Mrs. Teavee:  She needs amphetamines to get through the day and deal with her outrageous son. Tense, extreme, and hilarious.

• Mrs. Green, Jerry and Cherry:  Character actors and ability to move.

• Ensemble