Theater Works Peoria Hosts Auditions For FOOTLOOSE 12/13

Auditions will be held for FOOTLOOSE on December 13th, 2010 (cold reads and vocal auditions)
5 p.m.

December 14th, 2010
(dance auditions)
5 p.m.

Auditions will consist of cold reads and cold vocal auditions (song will be provided). Actors auditioning will need to dress to move/dance. Footloose will be directed by Athena Hunting.

(Kids auditioning for Footloose may also audition for James and the Giant Peach)
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Casting Ages 8 - 18

Ren McCormack - teenage boy from Chicago

Ethel McCormack - his mother

Reverend Shaw Moore - the minister of Beaumont

Vi Moore - his wife

Ariel Moore - their teenage daughter

Lulu Warnicker - Ren's aunt

Wes Warnicker - her husband

Coach Roger Dunbar - the high school gym teacher

Eleanor Dunbar - his wife

Rusty - Ariel's best friend

Urleen - Ariel's friend

Wendy Jo - Ariel's friend

Chuck Cranston - Ariel's boyfriend

Lyle - Chuck's buddy

Travis - Chuck's buddy

A Cop

Betty Blast - the owner of The Burger Blast

Willard Hewitt - Ren's friend, a country boy

Principal Harry Clark

Jeter - Ren's friend

Bickle - Ren's friend

Garvin - Ren's friend

Cowboy Bob - the lead vocalist at the Bar-B-Que

Cowboy Bob's Band

Townspeople and High School Students

SHOW SYNOPSIS
One of the most explosive movie musicals in recent memory bursts onto the live stage with exhilarating results. When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. What he isn't prepared for are the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, determined to exercise the control over the town's youth that he cannot command in his own home. To the rockin' rhythm of its Oscar and Tony-nominated top 40 score with dynamic new songs for the stage musical, FOOTLOOSE celebrates the wisdom of listening to young people, guiding them with a warm heart and an open mind.