"Ride the Cyclone" - by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell - Theatre Company of Saugus (Saugus, MA.) - AUDITIONS
Theatre Company of Saugus
Will Hold AUDITIONS for the Musical
"RIDE THE CYCLONE"
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell
Director/Choreographer Jason Hair-Wynn
Music Director Shawn Gelzleichter
Stage Manager Ally Lewis
Assistant Stage Manager Chelsea Callahans
AUDITION DATES:
June 16, 2025 from 7:00pm until 10:00pm
June 17, 2025 from 7:00pm until 10:00pm
June 18, 2025 from 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Callbacks: June 21, 2025 from 10:00am until 4:00pm
Offers to cast members will follow the callbacks during the next day Sunday, June 22nd.
Auditions are by appointment in ten-minute slots.
DETAILS:
All those auditioning must be 18 years or older.
Read-Thru will be Monday June 30th starting at 7:00pm.
The director would like a cast that reflects the diverse world we live in.
Roles are open to actors of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, and abilities.
Especially interested in seeing actors who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, or have disabilities.
Prepare two contrasting songs in the style of the show or from the show that showcases your vocal ability (32 bars/full song).
An accompanist will be provided.
If you only have one song, be sure it shows range. Songs from the show are welcomed.
See below with suggested audition preparation by character.
Video auditions are accepted, see details below.
There are short monologues provided for an acting component of your individual audition slots at the audition.
Please prepare the one that best matches the character(s) you are auditioning for.
Hard copies will be available.
If you are auditioning for more than one character, please choose contrasting styles that demonstrate elements from those characters.
Click here for the Audition Monologues.
Click here for a link to the Cast Album.
Click here for the complete Audition Packet.
PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A VIDEO AUDITION IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND CALLBACKS IN PERSON ON SATURDAY JUNE 21st, 2025.
Songs from the show are acceptable.
Submit a video audition which includes two songs and short monologue.
If submitting by video the deadline is no later than Friday, June 15th, 2025 by 12 noon.
Send to: jhairwynn@gmail.com
Prepare two contrasting songs in the style of the show that showcase your vocal ability (32 bars/full song okay).
Songs from the show are welcomed.
If auditioning for more than one character choose contrasting styles that demonstrate elements from those characters.
Please refer to the following as a guide:
JANE – One coloratura and one contemporary own choice ballad (soprano/mix belt focus)
OCEAN – One pop style and one musical theater style – please demonstrate pop techniques and mixed belt (mezzo focus)
CONSTANCE – One pop style and one musical theatre style -(alto/mezzo focus)
MISHA – One R&B/rap style, one musical theatre ballad (bari/tenor focus)
RICKY – One pop upbeat, one ballad (musical theatre or pop) please demonstrate ‘Bowie’ elements (tenor focus)
NOEL – One musical theatre upbeat & one jazz/pop musical theatre balad tenor/ high tenor elements, (tenor focus)
Please ensure you have accompaniment and audible voice in your recorded songs.
Tracks are acceptable.
There are monologues provided for the acting component of your individual audition; see the link above.
Please prepare the monologue(s) that match the character(s) you are auditioning for
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
CONSTANCE BLACKWOOD – Vocal Range: Mezzo (G3-E5) belt, with a rock edge. – Female presenting – 18+ to play late teens. Comic chops, a big heart, and a delightfully goofy and soulful way of seeing the world’s bittersweet wonder. Will do anything for Ocean’s friendship and allow herself to be used as a doormat. Self-deprecating, lots of pain under the pleaser façade. Dubbed “the nicest girl in town,” a title she secretly despises. *Actor should be able to move and harmonize well.
MISCHA BACHINSKI – Vocal Range: Baritone/Rap (A2 – G4) – Male-presenting – 18+ to play late teens. Adopted from Ukraine as a teenager. He has a thick Ukrainian dialect and a lot of rage. He is obsessed by ‘Gansgsta Rap’ (an enormous fan of the auto-tune phenomena). There is a hidden, soulful romantic side. Baritenor with the ability to sing lyrical Ukrainian folk music as well as rap. *Actor should be able to move and harmonize well. This character has intimate moments and kisses Noel.
RICKY POTTS – Vocal Range: Tenor (A2 – A4)- Male-presenting – 18+ to play late teens. Lives with a degenerative disease that has left him speechless and mostly immobile. He discovers at the beginning of the play that in this strange purgatory, he has regained all his abilities. He reveals a secret inner life in which he accesses Rockstar superpowers of charisma – think Prince or Bowie. Baritone rock voice. Basic accordion and/or tumbling a plus. *Actor should be able to move and harmonize well.
OCEAN O’CONNELL ROSENBERG – Vocal Range: Soprano (B3 – E5) High Broadway mix with pop quality, big range – Female-presenting – 18+ to play late teens. Alpha female. Ocean is the self-proclaimed leader of the group, relentlessly competitive. She starts out oriented to win at any cost, but ultimately her heart breaks open to seeing humanity in those she once saw as rivals. *Actor should be able to move and harmonize well.
NOEL GRUBER – Vocal Range: Baritone/Tenor (G2 – G4) with great falsetto, sings in style of French Chanteuse – Male Presenting – 18+ to play late teens. The only gay kid in Uranium. Never had a relationship. Obsessed by French New Wave cinema, he has fantasies of dying a tragic death, like a French prostitute. Intellectual, biting wit, but he doesn’t have enough hindsight or life experience to make him a snarky bitch. *Actor should be able to move and harmonize well. This character has intimate moments and kisses Mischa.
JANE DOE – Vocal Range: Soprano (C4 – E6) – Classically trained soprano with a flexible coloratura upper range with some grit in the lower register – Female -presenting – 18+ to play late teens. A mystery. Possibly the new girl at school who no one had gotten to know yet. She was decapitated in the accident, and no one claimed her body. Even though she isn’t headless (but often carries around a headless doll), the trauma of the accident leaves her discombobulated and removed. It’s like she’s learning about the world anew, with some weird references from a past life. *Actor must be comfortable with wearing a wig, contacts, being lifted while singing and move and harmonize well.
THE AMAZING KARNAK – A mechanical fortune-telling machine that has been set to “family fun mode”. *Please Note: This role has already been cast.
REHEARSALS:
Not everyone will be called to all rehearsals, but note that this is an ensemble driven piece which primarily requires all to be present.
Sundays 1:00pm until 6:00pm (released as needed)
Mondays and Wednesdays 7:00pm until 10:00pm
TECH WEEK BEGINS Sunday, October 12th.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
There will be promotional filming and photography shoots that all will be required to attend based off of availability of cast as well as set build days. Dates to be determined.
Performances:
October 17, 2025 through October 26, 2025
(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)
The location of all auditions, rehearsals, and performances is the Theatre Company of Saugus home at the American Legion Post 210, 44 Taylor Street, Saugus, MA. 01906.
(Note: The upstairs performance space is NOT wheelchair accessible.)
TICKETS:
For more information or tickets, phone # 781-816-7019 or email tcsaugus@gmail.com or visit www.tcsaugus.org
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ABOUT THE SHOW
"RIDE THE CYCLONE" is a Canadian musical written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell.
In a dilapidated warehouse at an abandoned amusement park, an aging mechanical fortune-teller called "The Amazing Karnak" comes to life, and brings with him a ghostly choir of five deceased high-schoolers - all members of the Saint Cassian Chamber Choir, who were tragically killed on the park’s "CYCLONE" roller coaster.
Now, Karnak has the power to return one of these youths to life - but they must all decide among themselves who is the most worthy of a second chance to "RIDE THE CYCLONE" that is life.
"RIDE THE CYCLONE" is a fanciful one-act musical featuring a diverse cast of uniquely Canadian characters and has charmed audiences across North America.
With songs in vocal styles ranging from ballads to rap, "RIDE THE CYCLONE" has been called 'probably the most uproarious and outrageous piece of musical theatre Canada has ever produced' (STAGEAGENT).
ABOUT THE THEATRE COMPANY OF SAUGUS (TCS)
THE THEATRE COMPANY OF SAUGUS (TCS) is the community theatre group serving Saugus, Massachusetts and surrounding communities. Founded in 1968 as the “Town-Criers”, TCS incorporated in 1990 as a not-for-profit corporation. TCS mission statement is “To foster and promote an appreciation of the theatre arts and to stimulate production of living theatre for the entertainment and cultural enrichment of the community.” TCS currently has about 100 members and do 3-5 productions each year. TCS is a member of the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres (EMACT). TCS has at times been a member of the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT), and the New England Theatre Conference (NETC). TCS is a member of StageSource. TCS is a registered non-profit organization with tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) status.
THE THEATRE COMPANY OF SAUGUS (TCS)
P.O. Box # 1058
Saugus, MA. 01906
# 781-816-7019
