Auditions for the 69th Old Fashioned Melodrama

Cast Auditions
Monday, May 26th &
Tuesday, May 27
What to expect:

Cold readings from the script. You will be given pages from multiple scenes in our script with the opportunity to read for a multitude of characters. Be loose, fun and ready for fun!

Olio Auditions
Wednesday, May 28th
What to expect:
Olio Act. 

Please prepare an audition that is UNDER 3 minutes. This act can consist of singing, dancing, magic, comedy, or anything else creative you can think of

Can Can Auditions.
Wednesday, May 28th

Dress comfortably with comfortable shoes.  You will be learning a short excerpt from the Can Can dance and asked to perform it in a group setting. 

MC, Sheriff, Card Person Auditions. 
Wednesday, May 28th

Cold readings. 

You will be asked to read from a prepared speech in the various roles of the MC, the Sheriff, and the Card Person. Improvisation is encouraged within reason! You will be performing this in a group setting. 

Performance dates: July 10 - Aug 3, 2025

Audition dates are
May 26th Cast
May 27th Cast and
May 28th Olios, MC’s Card Girls & Sheriffs
6:30 p.m. at the Atlas Theatre, 211 W. Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY

Characters:

Granny Wilder: A widow who has lost both husband and son, she supports her granddaughter

and herself with the best chicken pot pie West of the Mississippi, and most places East of it, too.

She runs the Wilder West Restaurant with her chicken pot pie as the star attraction, and

frequently wins awards for it.

Rose Wilder: Granny’s beloved granddaughter, waitress at the Wilder West Restaurant, and set

to inherit Granny’s recipe and her restaurant after Granny’s death.

Gene McQueen: The local sheriff, and Rose’s betrothed. A truly good man with a heart of gold

and a stomach of iron.

Meemaw: The elderly HBIC (Head Baker in Charge) of Meemaw’s Cordial Pie Company.

Underneath her sweet crust, her filling is as sour as sucking on a lemon.

Meemaw’s children can be anywhere between 15 and 50. At least Jack should be an adult.

Jack (male): Meemaw’s oldest and wisest child (though that isn’t a high achievement) Without

his mother’s charisma, he comes off more Snidely Whiplash than Muffin Man.

Morgan: (can be played by any gender) Meemaw’s often forgotten middle child. Literally,

Meemaw forgets that Morgan is around.

Charlie: (can be played by any gender) Meemaw’s youngest, sometimes actually sweet and

therefore the disappointment of the family. Not too smart, so it’s good that they’re cute.