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2026-2027 Season Auditions

Storybook Musical Theatre is actively seeking Non-Union professional actors/singers for our upcoming  2025-2026 season.

All character types, genders, and ethnic backgrounds are encouraged to audition. Daytime availability is required for performances and rehearsalsPay is $55/performance, $16/rehearsal hour. Performances are held at the Mandell Campus Theater (formerly Gratz College Theater) in Melrose Park, PA.  The theatre is accessible by public transit and has free parking.

AUDITION DATES and LOCATION

Saturday October 3, 2026:

10:00am - 2:00pm

Monday October 5, 2026:

4:00pm - 8:00pm

 

Giant Community Rooms, 315 York Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090

APPOINTMENTS

Audition appointments will be scheduled at a later time via Sign Up Genius. Please check our social media or here for updates. 

Please do not call the office.  Questions can be emailed to our Artistic Director, Aileen Cairns.

PREPARATION

Prepare a short song, 16 to 32 bars, to show your acting & vocal range, and two of sides of your choosing.

Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. An accompanist will be provided.

OTHER

Storybook Musical Theatre highly values diversity in the workplace and is committed to being an inclusive and anti-racist organization. We are seeking to increase diversity and encourage submissions from all who are interested in performing with the company.

Storybook 2026-2027 Season

Emperor's New Clothes : Rehearses December 11-16, 2026.  Runs December 17 - 30, 2026  (No shows 12/20, 12/24-12/26)

  • Emperor: 30-60. Male. A vain, narcissistic, yet charming and enthusiastic ruler.  Not necessarily the smartest, but thinks he is.  Spends money like it's water. Baritone

  • Sid: 20s-40s. Male.  A cunning, clever, comedic, witty, con-artist.  Best friends with Sam, and the leader of the two thieves.  Speaks in rhyme all the time.  Must have great comic timing and physicality. Bari-tenor

  • Sam:  20s-40s. Any gender. Comedic sidekick and best friend to Sid.  Goes along with Sid's con-artist schemes, but is more anxious. Speaks in rhyme all the time. Must have great comic timing and physicality. Baritenor/Mezzo.

  • Pennymister: 30s+  Female.  The emperor's treasurer.  Constantly worried about the Emperor's extravagant spending habits.  Soprano

  • Minimister: 30s+ Male.  The Emperor's right hand man.  A people pleaser.  Doesn't want to get on the Emperor's bad side.  Tenor/Baritenor

  • Townsperson Husband: 20s+ Male.  Admires the emperor, but tired of the Emperor's frivolous ways. Baritone.

  • Townsperson Wife: 20s+ Female.  Overworked and underpaid.  Fed up with how the townsfolk are being treated.  Mezzo Soprano

Puss in Boots: Rehearses March 3 - 8, 2027. Runs March 9 - 20, 2027. (No show 3/15)

  •  Youngest Brother/Marquis de Carabass: 20s-30s. Male. Best friends with Puss, his family's cat. Innocent, charming.  Tenor

  •  Middle Brother/King: 30s-40s. Male.  Middle Brother: stereotypical middle brother who fools around with his siblings.  King: noble, is charmed by the Marquis. baritone

  • Oldest Brother/Old Man/Ogre: 30s-40s Male.  Oldest Brother: stereotypical older brother, in charge.  Old Man; comedic, wise, good mover.  Ogre: not the sharpest tool in the shed, bumbling, fooled by Puss.  baritone

  • Puss: 20s+. Any Gender.  A clever, cunning cat who comes up with numerous plans to benefit his master, Younger Brother.  Mezzo belter

  • Old Woman/Princess: 20s-30s. Female.  Old Woman: comedic, physical, knowledgeable.  Princess: kind, beautiful, falls in love with the Marquis.  Mezzo Soprano

Little Red Riding Hood: Rehearses April 28 - May 3, 2027. Runs May 4 - 16 and July 13 - 24, 2026. (no shows May 9 or 10 or July 18 or 19)

  • Woodsman: 30s-40s. Male. Our narrator.  Typically played with a German accent.  Personable.  Has a crush on Little Red's Mother.  Baritone

  • Ruthie (Little Red): early 20s to play teens.  Female. Spunky, energetic, youthful, fun loving, and independent teenager.  Mezzo Belter

  • Mother: late 30s-40s. female. A loving, concerned tired mother who cares deeply for her daughter and her own mother.  Soprano

  • Granny Fanny: 50s+.  Female. Sick and tired of being sick and tired.  Once used to be the life of the party and is now stuck in bed.  Sassy, but doesn't see or hear very well anymore.  Mezzo soprano

  • Reginald Von Wolfington, the Wolf : 20s+ Male.  A 50s Greaser.  He's just a poor lonely wolf.  Hungry.  Conniving.  Flirtatious. Tenor/Baritenor

(Though roles are written in binary pronouns, Storybook is open to any and all gender identities auditioning for whatever roles they feel most appropriate for in our season.  All gender identities and ethic backgrounds are encouraged to audition.)

Storybook Musical Theatre

PO Box 473
Abington, PA 19001
215-659-8550
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Storybook Musical Theatre is dedicated to the cultural enrichment and education of children and their families. We will introduce and help them to develop a lifelong appreciation for theater through adaptations of folk tales and children's literature. We strive to stimulate young imaginations as the stories are being brought to life on stage.

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