Upcoming Audition
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SEUSSICAL
Book by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty​
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Co-Conceived by Eric Idle
Based on the works of Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
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“SEUSSICAL" is presented by arrangement with Musical Theatre International.
Directed by Bryan Rife
Music Directed by Christina Littlejohn
Audition Dates:
By appointment/time slot
Monday, December 8, 2025
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Please do not sign up for more than one date.
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Production Dates:
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays: Feb. 20 - March 1, 2026
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
This show requires 10+ actors of all ages, race, genders, identity, capability, and/or experience. The casting team is looking for a diverse group of performers across the board. This production is rated G/family friendly.
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Age Range: Actors age 5+. Strong readers are needed for large roles. Company roles available for non-readers.​
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Beginning with the 2025-2026 season, ALL auditions will move to 30-minute time slots of ten people or less. Performers are asked to arrive 10 minutes before their time slot.
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Auditions are closed, which means only those auditioning may be in the house. Anyone who is not signed up for the audition in that particular time slot is to remain in the lobby until the audition process is finished, including parents, grandparents, siblings, and/or legal guardians.
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Auditions are appointment only; you must schedule your appointment below to finalize this audition form and secure your spot.
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Mandatory Dates: Feb. 14 & 15 (Q2Q), Feb 16-19 (Tech Week), Feb. 20-March 1 (Show Dates/Pick Up). Availability throughout the rehearsal process may affect casting.
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Location: 238 S. Clay Street, Gastonia NC, 28052. Parking is adjacent to the building and limited parking on the street. Please do not block cars in.
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WHAT TO BRING:
Monologue: Please check the audition packet below.
Dance: Please check the audition packet below.
Music: Please check the audition packet below.
AVAILABLE ROLES & CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS: ​
All roles are available to be cast. CAT IN THE HAT: Male or Female presenting. The narrator with a strong voice and presence Age Range: Any age. Must be a strong reader with a larger than life presence. Vocal Range: Tenor/Alto Dance Ability: Standard-Experienced JOJO: Male presenting. The Mayor of Whoville's son. Age Range: Reads 7-14 (young child/preteen). Must be a strong reader with childlike wonder. Vocal Range: High Tenor/Alto/Mezzo Dance Ability: Standard-Experienced HORTON THE ELEPHANT: Male presenting. The most protective and loyal creature in the entire jungle. Age Range: Reads 20s-40s. Must be a strong reader with a soft and lovable presence. Vocal Range: Tenor Dance Ability: Standard-Experienced GERTRUDE MCFUZZ: Feale presenting. The self-conscious, one-feathered bird. Age Range: Reads 18-30s. Must be a strong reader that comes off as shy and timid. Vocal Range: Soprano Dance Ability: Standard-Experienced MAYZIE LaBIRD: Female presenting. The loud, self-centered, most beautiful bird in the jungle. Age Range: Reads 20s-40s. Must be a strong reader with a larger than life personality. Vocal Range: Mezzo/Soprano Dance Ability: Experienced SOUR KANGAROO - Female presenting. Loud, bossy and stubborn. Age Range: Reads 25-45. Must be a strong reader with a soulful attitude. Vocal Range: Alto/Mezzo Dance Ability: Standard-Experienced MR. MAYOR - Male presenting. Age Range: Reads 30+ Vocal Range: Tenor/Baritone Dance Ability: Standard MRS. MAYOR - Female presenting. Age Range: Reads 30+ Vocal Range: Mezz/Soprano Dance Ability: Standard THE WICKERSHAM BROTHERS - Male presenting. Crazy, funny, out-of-control. Age Range: Any Vocal Range: Any Dance Ability: Standard-Experienced. Tumbling/gymanstic experience a plus. JUDGE YERTLE THE TURTLE - Male presenting. Age Range: Reads 30+ Vocal Range: Baritone Dance Ability: Standard ENSEMBLE ROLES (Age/Vocal Ranges: ALL; Dance Ability: Standard+) THE GRINCH - Male presenting VLAD VLADIKOFF - Male presenting GENERAL SCHMITZ - Male presenting BIRD GIRLS - Female presenting THE WHOS- Male and Female presenting
Please sign up before coming to the audition. The sign up form may have additional information not outlined above.
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Please arrive at the theater 10-15 minutes prior to your audition time in order to fill out your audition paperwork. Please be quiet and remain in the lobby until called.
Audition Questions? Check out our FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS section!
2025-2026 SEASON AUDITIONS
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
As part of Little Theater of Gastonia's mission of offering highly quality, pre-professional productions that showcases and spotlights all parts of our diverse community within Greater Gaston County and surrounding areas, we strive to be transparent with all of our audition calls for upcoming productions.
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Our volunteer production staff always outlines requirements and expectations of each individual audition in advance. All of our auditions are open call and never pre-cast, unless explicitly stated beforehand. We encourage all community members regardless of age, race, gender, orientation, capability, and/or experience to audition in any and all appropriate productions.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO AUDITION?
Little Theater of Gastonia does not charge any type of audition fee, casting fee, or any other type of participation fee for any mainstage productions. The only costs that associate with our mainstage productions would be voluntary with very few exceptions such as: 1. SCRIPT FEES: any production that has rented materials does require a $50 script fee. This fee is held until the rented material is returned and then that fee is released back to the performer (or parent of the performer if that performer is under the age of 18). 2. SHOES: performers will be expected to provide their own shoes - including dance and/or character shoes - as need per performance. The exception would be if the shoes are show specific (example: Dorothy's ruby slippers, Lola's boots, etc.). 3. UNDERGARMENTS: All performers will be expected to provide their own undergarments, including but not excluding: underwear, bras, undershirts, compression garments, nudies, hosiery, and/or socks. 4. MAKE UP & HAIR PRODUCTS: all performers will be expected to provide their own make up and hair products for their personal hair. The exception would be if it was show specific, such as stage make up (ie: Shrek & Fiona's green face paint) or wigs. NOTE: Some productions may ask performers to bring certain costume pieces from their personal closet, especially modern shows. However, if the performer does not own those pieces organically, we will never require the performer to provide their own costume pieces unless that performer wishes to purchase those items and keep them after the show closes for their own personal closet.
WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING TO AUDITIONS?
As of the 2025-2026 season, audition packets are provided at the same time as audition slots are opened up.
WHO CAN AUDITION FOR LTG PRODUCTIONS?
We encourage all community members interested in performing to audition for our productions! Our productions are never pre-cast and are open call to all person regardless of age, race, identity, and/or capability. When we put on productions that DO have role and/or show requirements and/or limitations, we are always transparent about those and outline them in the audition call. We strive to put together well-rounded seasons with productions that has at least one show to spotlight and celebrate all within the diverse community we are part of, for patrons and performers alike.
HOW MUCH ARE PERFORMERS PAID?
Little Theater of Gastonia is pre-professional, amateur, almost 100% volunteer-run organization. At this time, everyone involved within our productions are volunteer, including production staff, crew, and our casts.
CAN I SEND IN A VIDEO AUDITION SUBMISSION?
In an effort to promote fair auditions, at this time, we are no longer accepting video auditions. If this changes at a later date, we will update the protocols regarding submitting videos!
WHAT IS THE REHEARSAL PROCESS LIKE IF I AM CAST?
In maintaining a community-led and diverse production team, we employ several different production crews and creative teams within our seasons, each with their own rehearsal processes. Tentative calendars for rehearsals will be available at auditions. In most cases, production staff is able to be flexible with schedules of performers, with exceptions of mandatory dates - such as show dates, tech week, and certain special events - but the amount of rehearsal time a potential performer may miss can impact casting decisions.
WHAT IS A "CALL BACK"?
A "Call Back" is sometimes, but not always, used within the auditioning process to ask certain performers to come back for an additional audition, often to read, sing, and/or dance with other performers. Call Backs are not in any way indicative of whether or not a performer will be cast in a particular role or within the production altogether, but a tool utilized by some directors to help make certain decisions.
ARE AUDITIONS OPEN OR CLOSED?
As of the 2025-2026 season, all auditions are closed. Audition slots are open for 5-10 persons a group, depending on the show. Only persons auditioning are allowed into the house. Guests, parents, friends, and other family members will need to remain in the lobby until the end of the audition!
WHEN WILL I FIND OUT IF I HAVE BEEN CAST?
All auditions will have an audition form to fill out before the audition begins. We ask that you legibily put both your email address and phone number on that form, so production staff can reach you during the audition process. Those forms of communications will be the only way we will contact you to possibly schedule a call back, offer you a role, or receive clarification on things regarding the production, such as availability. If we cannot reach you because the information is illegible or incorrect, we cannot move forward with casting you in that particular production. In all productions, the creative team will reach out to every single auditionee before the final casting decision is publicly revealed to let them know if they have been cast or not. Production staff will give a timeline to all auditionees to let them know when to expect a call or email. Please do not reach out to the theater or the individuals within the production team during that timeframe, as casting can take up to a week, depending on the number of auditionees. If an individual constantly reaches out to staff, it may disqualify them from being cast in that production. However, if the alotted timeframe has passed without hearing from the production staff, then we do encourage you to reach out, as that means we were unable to reach you with the information provided (or not provided) on your audition form.
HOW ARE CASTING DECISIONS MADE?
Casting is one of the most difficult and challenging part of every production! We are always so astounded by the immense talent that we have within our community every production and more often than not, each production could be cast several different ways and still be amazing. Casting is decided by a panel of production team members, including the Production Director, Executive Director, Board Representative, Music Director (if applicable), and Choreographer (if applicable). However, in almost every case, the Production Director will have final say in casting. There are many factors that go into whether an individual is cast or not, and no performer should feel discouraged if they are not cast in a particular production. Not being cast in a role is almost never indicative of someone's abilities or talents and we implore performers to continue to audition for productions, both within our theater and in surrounding theaters, as we are enriched with many exceptional theatre companies in our area!
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT HASN'T BEEN ANSWERED!
We understand that this process can be confusing and overwhelming to some and you may have additional questions regarding this process. Please send any questions you may have that have not been answered above to ltgastonia@gmail.com. We highly discourage any persons, even if they are familiar with staff and creative team members, to message individuals directly looking for confirmation and/or clarification regarding auditions, casting, and/or rehearsals. We highly discourage production team members to answer individuals who reach out to them personally, as well. Please respect the private lives of all of our staff, creative team members, crews, and/or past cast members who volunteer their time to the theater and have jobs, families, and lives outside of productions.