Audition Information

Music by Michael Gore

Lyrics by Dean Pitchford

Book by Lawrence D. Cohen

Based on the novel by Stephen King

Director and Music Director: Michael Macri
Producer: Joe Harrison

Consulting Producer: Dana Wainstein

If you have any questions, please email the production team: bspteenshows@gmail.com

Synopsis:

Carrie White is a teenage outcast who longs to fit in. At school, she’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she’s dominated by her loving but cruelly controlling mother. What none of them know is that Carrie’s just discovered she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it.

Content Warning: This show contains language, and themes of abuse, bullying, death, mental health, and neglect. Please consider your comfortability with these themes and situations, before auditioning.

Teen Workshop: Join us at our Teen Audition Workshop on April 11, 2025 RSVP HERE.

Audition Dates/Times:

Sunday, April 27, 2025 - 7 pm

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 6:30 pm

Auditionees only need to attend ONE night of auditions.

Thursday, May 1, 2025 - 6:30 pm - Callbacks by invitation only

Audition Location:

810 North Whitford, Lionville, PA 19353

Parking is available only at Marsh Creek Community Church (101 Crump Rd, Exton, PA 19341) down the street. Auditionees with mobility issues may park in the small lot behind the theater.

Rehearsal Dates: Sundays 7pm-10pm, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 6:30pm to 9:30pm or 10pm

Set Building - Saturdays June 28, July 5 - 10am – ?? (must attend at least one)

Tech week will be Sunday-Wednesday July 6 - 9 – 6pm until finished

Performance Dates:

Friday, 7/11 7pm, Saturday 7/12 7pm, Sunday 7/13 2pm, Thursday 7/17 7pm, Friday 7/18 7pm, Saturday 7/19 7pm, Sunday 7/20 2pm

Audition Information:

All roles are open. The Barley Sheaf Players encourage anyone who is interested to audition and is always eager to welcome new faces and fresh talent to its stage. We invite members of diverse backgrounds and abilities to audition for our productions. Resumes and headshots are welcomed but not required. 

The Barley Sheaf Players is a volunteer non-profit community theater. All production staff, cast, and crew are volunteers.

Please RSVP using this link. This is very helpful for planning purposes.

Auditioners should arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled audition time to complete audition forms or fill out and bring the audition form (Click here) with them. Conflicts will be submitted on the audition form.

What’s expected at Auditions:

- Auditionees should plan on staying for the entirety of the audition (approximately 2 hours) or until dismissed by the director.

- Please come to the audition prepared with 16-32 measures of a song in the style of the show (pop/rock) or from the show itself. This does NOT have to be strictly musical theater songs but please keep in mind that the show is musical pop/rock and not Top 40 pop/rock.

- Auditionees will read sides in groups as well as individually.

Character Descriptions from Concord Theatricals:

CARRIE WHITE – A painfully shy outsider who, in spite of her best efforts to belong, has been the victim of her classmates' cruel jokes since childhood, as well as her mother's strict, biblically-oriented control at home. She transforms from ugly duckling into graceful – and then vengeful – swan. Vocally, she must be capable of lyrical sweetness as well as fierce power.

MARGARET WHITE – A woman of cisceral extremes, she balances her fervent religious convictions with equally sincere true-believer spirituality and tender, maternal love for Carrie. Like Carrie, with whom she shares several duets, her voice must range fromexpressive and melodic to ferocious and frightening.

SUE SNELL – A straight-A student who's been popular her entire life, she's remarkably level headed for her age. Her unthinking participation in a cruel act of bullying causes a crisis of conscience that leads her on a journey to try to right things. Vocally, she has a pop ballad voice that delivers sweet sincerity and strength.

TOMMY ROSS – Popular star athlete, valedictorian, and all around stand-out, he's the boy that all the girls want to be with, and all the boys want to be. Yet he also has unexpected, quirky sensitivity and is just starting to mine his personal life and feelings – a budding poet. His voice should have an effortless pop quality.

CHRIS HARGENSEN – Rich, spoiled-rotten, and wickedly funny, Chris is a popular beauty whose arrogant self-assurance makes her believe that the rules don't apply to her. Loaded with sexual dynamite, she has serious daddy issues and anger-management issues. Her voice is pop-rock percussive and powerful.

BILLY NOLAN – Now in his sixth year in high school, Billy's a sexy, stupid-like-a-fox bad boy whose wise mouth troublemaking has led him to spend more time in detention than in class. All these qualities make it easy for his girlfriend Chris to manipulate him to do her bidding. His voice is that of a wailing rocker.

MISS LYNN GARDNER – Mid-30s, this girls' P.E. teacher can be a strict disciplinarian if necessary, but when Carrie arouses her maternal instinct, she surprises herself by also revealing a protective "fairy godmother" side. Her voice is warm and strong, just like the woman.

There is a group of other students at school that will serve as ensemble members. The team is hoping to cast between 20 and 30 teens total.

Eligibility: Our annual summer Teen Show is a great experience for middle- and high-school students (must be at least 13 years old at the time of auditions to participate; those who graduated from high school prior to the year in which auditions are held are not eligible). Teens are invited to audition for acting parts or to sign up for production staff if they aren't interested in being on stage or if they aren't cast in a role. As well as being on stage, teens have served as stage managers, stage crew, costumers, choreographers, musical accompanists, assistant directors, assistant producers, and more.

NOTE: To increase the safety of the youth members of our community as well as those working with them, clearances are required for all cast and crew members who are 18 years of age and older if minors are a part of the show. The two clearances required are the Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearanceand the Pennsylvania Criminal Background Check. Both are free for volunteers and need to be handed in at auditions or at the latest during the read through; those over 18 will not be able to rehearse at rehearsals with youth until they are received. Typically, these are returned to the requester within days of the request to the linked agencies.  More details about the handling of clearances will be shared at auditions but if you have any urgent questions contact the Membership Chair at membership@barleysheaf.org.