Audition Information

Students who are enrolled in a CharacterWorks class or intensive for ages 8-18 are eligible to audition for one main-stage show during the corresponding session. Everyone who auditions will be required to use the CharacterWorks-provided accompanist, and they may pick a song from our audition song options or choose one themselves.

Audition Signups Through the CWorks Website
Sign up for auditions through the CWorks website! Here's how:
  1. Log in to your family account.
  2. Register for a class for students ages 8-18.
  3. In the registration process, you'll be prompted to sign up to audition for a show. Select the show and 45-minute time slot. Students can only audition for one show each session. 
  4. Finish the checkout process to secure your time slot.
If you aren't sure if you want to audition or don't know which show you want to audition for, you can sign up after registering for class using the following steps:
  1. Log in to your family account.
  2. On your dashboard, click "Members," then click the student who is auditioning.
  3. Select the "Auditions" tab.
  4. Click "Edit Audition Appointment" to sign up for an audition time slot or to edit or delete an existing signup. (Please note that this option won't appear unless the student is registered for a class in that session for students ages 8-18).
If you want to view, edit, or delete your audition appointment, follow steps 1-3 above. Please note that lists of what students are auditioning in a given audition slot or for a given show will not be visible.

Audition Process

Please note that students can only audition for one main stage show per class session.
  1. Sign up to audition through the CWorks website. You will be prompted to sign up while registering for a class for students ages 8-18, or can sign up by logging into your family account, selecting “Members” on the dashboard, selecting the student who wishes to audition, clicking the “Auditions” tab, and clicking the “New Audition Appointment” button.
  2. Choose an audition song that is roughly 60-seconds in length. You can either choose a CharacterWorks-provided song or choose your own song.
    • Choose a CharacterWorks-provided song: Song options by gender and age range are listed below. Both sheet music and accompaniment tracks to practice with can be found by clicking "View Audition Materials" below. Use the rehearsal track to practice for your audition.
    • Choose your own song: You can find and purchase downloadable sheet music online, at sites such as musicnotes.com.
  3. Print your sheet music and make sure it is clearly marked with a starting and ending point. It is also required that you put your sheet music in a 3-ring binder or mount it to the inside of a folder, which will make it easier for an accompanist to flip through and read. Music in a binder should be double-sided. If you would like to see an example of how to mark your music, check out the song options provided below.
  4. Practice, practice, practice! Rehearse your song until it is the best audition you can possibly perform.
  5. The audition team will send a choreography teaching video to auditioning students the week of auditions. Practice this choreography at home, and then you will perform it in a group at the end of your audition slot.
  6. Print and fill out the Audition Packet. On the day of auditions, arrive 15 minutes before your audition slot, and bring your sheet music (in a binder or mounted on a folder), completed audition form, costume form, and a $10 audition fee.
  7. When it is your turn to audition, you will hand the accompanist your sheet music and discuss your song. The accompanist is there to help you and make you look good. You should talk with the accompanist about the tempo for your song and have him or her play the first line with you at the piano to make sure you feel comfortable. Once you are ready, step forward, introduce yourself, and give the best performance you can!
  8. After your song audition there is a short dance audition. Students will perform the dance audition combo you learned at home (see point 5 above) in a group.
  9. The callback list will be posted on the CWorks website home page shortly after auditions. This list contains people that the artistic team needs to see again before making casting decisions. The cast list is posted on the show's page soon after callbacks (see the show's page for specifics on when the cast list will be posted).

Audition Song Recommendations

Girls 8-12
  1. Almost There - The Princess and the Frog
  2. Be Kind To Your Parents - Fanny
  3. Castle on a Cloud - Les Miserables
  4. Do-Re-Mi - The Sound of Music

Girls 13-15
  1. I Got the Sun in the Morning - Annie Get Your Gun
  2. I Know It's Today - Shrek the Musical
  3. My Favorite Things - The Sound of Music

Girls 16-19
  1. Crazier Than You - The Addams Family
  2. I Know It's Today - Shrek the Musical
  3. Journey to the Past - Anastasia
  4. The Life I Never Led - Sister Act
  5. My Favorite Things - The Sound of Music

Boys 8-12
  1. Bare Necessities - Disney's The Jungle Book
  2. Do Re Mi - The Sound of Music
  3. In the Big Blue World - Finding Nemo the Musical
  4. When Your Feet Don't Touch the Ground - Finding Neverland

Boys with Changing Voices
  1. Electricity - Billy Elliot
  2. In the Big Blue World - Finding Nemo the Musical 
 
Boys with Changed Voices
  1. Don't Let Me Go - Shrek the Musical
  2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Les Miserables
  3. Go the Distance - Hercules
  4. How Lucky You Are - Seussical the Musical
  5. Strangers Like Me - Tarzan

Frequently Asked Questions

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