Name: Music Man Auditions
Start: 2026-01-18T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-18T19:01:00-05:00
Location: Hayswood Theatre

🎺 AUDITIONS: The Music Man 🎶
Hayswood Theatre
Hayswood Theatre is excited to announce auditions for Meredith Willson’s beloved musical The Music Man—and we can’t wait to welcome new and familiar faces to the stage.
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📅 WHEN
January 18 & 19 at 7:00 PM
📌 Callbacks (if needed) will be scheduled at a later date and time.
✨ Families are encouraged to attend auditions together!
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🎭 WHO SHOULD AUDITION
Hayswood Theatre is proud to welcome performers of all ages—from school-age students through retirees. Whether this is your first audition or your fiftieth, if you love telling stories onstage, there’s a place for you here.
Experienced and first-time performers who enjoy singing, dancing, and acting are encouraged to audition. Roles for young performers may be doubled.
Unless strictly and specifically mandated by the playwright, all roles are open regardless of race, ethnicity, or body type.
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🎶 WHAT TO PREPARE
• Photo and résumé encouraged but not required
• You will complete a brief audition form at auditions
Please be prepared to:
• Sing 16–32 bars of a musical theatre song of your choice
• You must sing with a provided Bluetooth device, or you may bring your own accompaniment device.
• No a cappella auditions will be accepted
• Participate in a dance/movement audition taught by the show choreographer
• Please dress appropriately to move
• Read from provided sides (monologue/dialogue from the script)
• Complete a conflict sheet (please be as specific as possible)
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📆 REHEARSALS & COMMITMENT
• Rehearsals will be held 3–4 times per week, scheduled based on cast conflicts
• Not all performers will be called to every rehearsal, especially during the first two weeks
• Every effort will be made to release children and teens at a reasonable hour
• Tech week will take place the week prior to opening
• No absences will be accepted during tech week or performances
Please make sure you can fully commit to the rehearsal period and performance schedule before auditioning.
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🎟 PERFORMANCE DATES
• Thu, Apr 9, 2026 – 7:30 PM
• Fri, Apr 10, 2026 – 7:30 PM
• Sat, Apr 11, 2026 – 7:30 PM
• Sun, Apr 12, 2026 – 2:00 PM
• Fri, Apr 17, 2026 – 7:30 PM
• Sat, Apr 18, 2026 – 2:00 PM
• Sat, Apr 18, 2026 – 7:30 PM
• Sun, Apr 19, 2026 – 2:00 PM
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🎭 ROLES AVAILABLE
(ages in parentheses are for reference. Persons older or younger than age stated in parentheses who feel they can play that age range are encouraged to audition.)
Harold Hill – Charismatic traveling salesman (30s to 50s)
Vocal Range: Ab2–F4
Marian Paroo – Stuffy librarian and music teacher (25-40)
Vocal Range: G3–A5
Mrs. Paroo – Cheerful, plotting Irish widow(45+)
Vocal Range: Ab3–Eb5
Winthrop Paroo – Shy younger brother with a lisp
Vocal Range: C4–Eb5 (child)
Marcellus Washburn – Harold’s friend
Vocal Range: G2–A4 (age can vary)
Mayor Shinn – Blustery, self-important politician (age can vary)
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn – Mayor’s gossipy wife
Vocal Range: D4–D5 (age can vary)
Zaneeta Shinn – Sweet and daffy (teen)
Charlie Cowell – Traveling salesman on to Harold Hill’s scheme (age can vary)
Tommy Djilas – Young man from the wrong side of town (teen)
Amaryllis – Piano student
Vocal Range: C4–E5 (child)
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🎼 THE QUARTET
• Ewart Dunlop (Tenor) – F3–F5
• Oliver Hix (Baritone) – B2–F4
• Jacey Squires (Tenor) – C3–C5
• Olin Britt (Bass) – F2–C4
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👒 “PICK-A-LITTLE” LADIES
Alma Hix • Maud Dunlop • Ethel Toffelmier • Mrs. Squires
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🎭 ENSEMBLE & SWINGS
Constable Locke, Newspaper Readers, River City Townspeople, Traveling Salesmen
Swings will learn multiple ensemble and principal tracks and step into roles as needed.
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📖 ABOUT THE SHOW
The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill, who convinces the people of River City, Iowa, to buy instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he promises to organize—despite knowing very little about music. His plan to skip town unravels when he falls for Marian Paroo, the town librarian, and discovers the power of community, honesty, and unexpected love.