• Book by Book by Hugh Wheeler
• Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
• Directed by Skip Fenker
• Music Direction by Darin Art
• Based on a version of Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond

Just in time for Halloween comes this Tony Award winning show written by Stephen Sondheim, the composer of GYPSY, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, and FOLLIES.

This musical thriller tells Sweeney Todd's story of revenge as he and his neighbor, Mrs. Lovett, embark on a plot to slice their way through London's upper crust.

Justice is served—along with lush melody, audacious humor and hair-raising excitement.

Join us for this stage version of the musical that inspired the Johnny Depp and Tim Burton film.

Auditions

• The Footlighters Inc. will hold auditions for their fall show SWEENEY TODD at The Stained Glass Theater (802 York Street, Newport).
• Please prepare 32 bars of a musical theater song that best shows your vocal range. Sondheim songs are acceptable but please no selections from SWEENEY TODD. Please bring sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided.
• You will be asked to read from the script.
• Please bring a resume and headshot.
• Appointments are not necessary but please arrive before 9:00 pm in order to ensure there will be enough time for you to sing and read.

Cast requirements

• Sweeney Todd/Benjamin Barker (Bass/Baritone, 40s): A man consumed by revenge after his wife is kidnapped and raped, and he is wrongly convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Darkly cynical.
• Mrs. Nellie Lovett (Alto/Mezzo, Cockney Accent, moves well, 40s): An amoral, pragmatic seller of meat pies
• Joanna Barker (Soprano, 18): Benjamin Barker's daughter, a ward of Judge Turpin she is beautiful and pure-hearted
• Anthony Hope (Tenor, 20s): A good natured, optimistic and naive young sailor
• Begger Woman/Lucy Barker (Soprano): Barker's wife who he believes to be dead; schizophrenic personality, ranging from pathetic to crudely suggestive.
• Judge Turpin (Bass/Baritone): A lustful, immoral, power hungry man
• Beadle Bamford (Tenor): Judge Turpin's partner in crime
• Adolfo Pirelli (Tenor): a phony mountebank who claims to be "the king of the barbers, the barber of kings"; a very high tenor role that can also be played by a soprano in drag
• Tobias (Tenor, teens): Pirelli's young, simple, but kind-hearted drum-beating assistant.
• Gravediggers, Chorus: the director anticipates casting 12-16 ensemble members