Sign-Up to Audition for Disaster!(May 22 – June 14, 2025)
By Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick
Director/Music Director: Dr. Shane Jensen
Choreographer: Darryl Pilate
Production Manager: Lin Whetzel
Stage Manager: Jessica Padgett
Disaster! is a new musical straight from Broadway, featuring some of the most unforgettable songs of the ’70s. “Knock on Wood,” “Hooked on a Feeling,” “Sky High,” “I Am Woman” and “Hot Stuff” are just a few of the scintillating hits in this hilarious musical comedy with a book by three-time Emmy Award nominee and SiriusXM Broadway host, Seth Rudetsky, and Jack Plotnick. It’s 1979, and New York’s hottest A-listers are lining up for the opening of a floating casino and discotheque. Also attending is a faded disco star, a sexy nightclub singer with her eleven-year-old twins, a disaster expert, a feminist reporter, an older couple with a secret, a pair of young guys who are looking for ladies, an untrustworthy businessman and a nun with a gambling addiction. What begins as a night of boogie fever quickly changes to panic as the ship succumbs to multiple disasters, such as earthquakes, tidal waves and infernos. As the night turns into day, everyone struggles to survive and, quite possibly, repair the love that they’ve lost… or at least escape the killer rats.
Dates/Locations:
Auditions for ASGT’s production of Disaster! will be held at Anne Arundel Community College Anne Arundel Community College (CADE 124) on:
- Sunday, January 12, 2025 from 4:00-8:00 pm
- Monday, January 13, 2025 from 7:00-9:00 pm
Please arrive 15 to 30 minutes prior to your audition, if possible. Video auditions will be accepted if you are unable to audition in-person. See additional details below.
Callbacks (by request) Thursday, January 16, 2025 starting at 7:00pm – Anne Arundel Community College (CADE 124)
Sign-up today!
In-Person Audition Request and Form: https://forms.gle/YuiUcyHyS7J2C7gC8
Please come prepared with 32 bars (in the style of the show – select your best 70’s song) – an accompanist will be provided.
Character Descriptions
All roles are unpaid and non-equity. ASGT is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Actors of all sizes, body types, races, ethnicities, gender identities, abilities, and experience levels are encouraged to audition. No roles are precast, all roles are available. Age ranges are not literal, but what actors can convincingly play on stage.
- Chad: Age: 35-43. He is handsome and winning. Pretends to be a player, but is really still heartbroken over the loss of his first love. Tenor with a great rock and pop voice. Vocal range top: B4
- Scott: Age: 30-40. He is Goofy. A nerd who wants to be cool. Tenor with a sweet voice. Vocal range top: B4
- Ted: Age: 40-50. He is a disaster expert. Non-emotional. Dry. A serious, professorial type. Vocal range top: G4
- Marianne: Age: 33-40. Pristine and focused journalist. Insecure underneath it all. Great, high pop belt. Vocal range top: F#5
- Tony: Age: 35-50. He is a very unscrupulous but attractive and (sometimes) charming middle-aged schemer. Vocal range top: Ab4
- Jackie: Age: 32-42. An aging but still sexy showgirl and now lounge singer. Dumb but honest. Goldie Hawn-esque. Vocal range top: D5
- Ben/Lisa: (Played by an adult 18+). Smart boy and girl twins played by the same actor. Honest and direct. Jackie’s son and daughter. Amazing pop voice. Belt to a high D. With vibrato! A young Michael Jackson/Andrea McArdle. Vocal range top: D5
- Sister Mary Downey: Age: 30-50. Awkward, judgmental nun with a gambling addiction. Great high pop belt. Vocal range top: B5
- Shirley: Age: 50-65. She is lovable and jolly Jewish. Maury’s wife. Tap dancing a plus. Great comedic actress. Vocal range top: B4
- Maury: Age: 50-65. Lovable and jolly. Shirley’s dedicated husband. Vocal range top: G4
- Levora Verona: Age: 30-50. A flamboyant and glamorous faded disco diva. Pushy and sassy but in love with her sweet dog. Great pop belt. Vocal range top: E5
- Ensemble: Ages: 18+. Able to play various glamorous party guests/character roles. Great comedic chops, good dance ability and great voices needed. Age: 30 to 40
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All roles are open. Housing and stipends will not be provided.
If you are unable to attend the in-person auditions (preferred), please reach out to our production director, Lin Wetzel at [email protected] to explore virtual audition options.
ASGT Audition policies: https://summergarden.com/get-involved/auditions/#item5
Event Venue
Anne Arundel Community College Rd, Arnold, MD 21012, United States
