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Upcoming Auditions

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Auditions July 20th & 21st
Starting at 6:00 pm

at Meadows Library, Gadsden State Community College

Please prepare a 60-90 second cut of a song (with a track) in the style of the show or reflecting the character you wish to audition for. Auditions are closed and you may bring your own speaker or one will be provided. You may also be asked to vocalize and or learn a few bars of music. If you would like to audition but cannot make the dates, please reach out to us via Facebook messenger.

​Doors open at 5:30 pm for registration.

Characters: 

Sweeney Tood: (Bass-Baritone, Baritone) The tormented protagonist a wrongfully imprisoned barber who returns to 19th century barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the men who ruined his life

Mrs. Nellie Lovett: (Alto, Mezzo-Soprano) An eccentric and entrepreneurial pie shop owners. She falls in love with Sweeney and turns his murderous habits into a profitable business venture by baking his victims into meat pies. 

Judge Turpin: (Bass-Baritone, Baritone) The corrupt, lecherous judge who lusted after Sweeney's wife, had Sweeney falsely imprisoned, and now keeps Sweeney's daughter as his sheltered ward with plans to marry her. 

Johanna: (Soprano) Sweeney's long lost, innocent daughter. She is kept captive by Judge Turpin and dreams of freedom. 

Anthony Hope: (Tenor) A naive, optimistic young sailor who rescues Sweeney at the start of the show. He falls deeply in love with Johanna and attempts to help her escape. 


Tobias "Toby" Ragg: (Tenor) A clever but simple-minded young boy. He is apprenticed to the con-man Pirelli before being taken under Mrs. Lovett's wing.


Beadle Bamford: (Tenor) Judge Turpin's cruel, pompous, and servile right-hand man who maintains law and order in London. 

Adolfo Pirelli: (Tenor) A flamboyant, boastful Italian rival barber and tooth-puller who is actually an Irish charlatan with a secret past. 

Beggar Woman: (Mezzo-Soprano) A deranged, foul mouthed street woman who wanders London. She arbors a dark, tragic secret regarding Sweeney's past. 

Jonas Fogg: (Non-singer) A sinister owner of Fogg's Asylum

The Bird Seller: (Non-singer) Sells Sweeney his first songbird in London. 

Ensemble: (All parts needed) The townspeople, lunatics, policemen, and customers. 



Please print/fill out our Audition Form
Blank forms will be available for any unable to print in advance.

theatre-of-gadsden-audition-form-rev021824.pdf
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Stay tuned for upcoming audition information...

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Auditions August 3rd & 4th


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Location


310 N 27th Street
Gadsden, AL  35904


Contact Us
(256) 547-7469

Mailing address:

PO Box 8035
Gadsden, AL 35902

[email protected]


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