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For 35 years, Phoenix Productions has been dedicated to the mission of providing quality theatrical experiences on both sides of the footlights. After three decades of performances at the Count Basie Center for the Arts, the organizations have merged, combining and solidifying their regional impact on the performing arts.

Together, Phoenix Productions and the Count Basie Center have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of talented people want to do their best work. The organizations’ continued pledge to deepen their commitment to cultural competency, racial equity, and social inclusion is at the heart of the Basie Center’s mission as a nonprofit.

Phoenix Productions and the Count Basie Center for the Arts selects its productions for the opportunities they provide to strengthen our commitment to locate and encourage performers of all ages, ethnicities, cultural heritages / backgrounds, body types, and gender expressions in celebration of the authors’ original intent.

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AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT:

LEGALLY BLONDE

Phoenix Productions is looking for performers ages 16+ for its August 2025 production of Legally Blonde: The Musical.

Legally Blonde is the fabulously fun, high-energy story of Elle Woods, who appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle ingeniously charms her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors, and her ex. With the support of her sorority sisters and some new friends, Elle quickly realizes her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.

Audition Dates:

- Saturday May 31 10AM – 1:30PM at Phoenix Productions (59 Chestnut St, Red Bank, NJ)
- Monday June 2 7PM – 9:30PM at Phoenix Productions (59 Chestnut St, Red Bank, NJ)
- Tuesday June 3 7PM – 9:30PM at New Brunswick PAC (9 Livingston St, New Brunswick, NJ 3rd Floor)

Some performers may be asked to a call-back on Saturday June 7th between 10:00AM and 3:30PM at Phoenix Productions.

See character descriptions below. All auditionees are asked to prepare the following:

16 bars of their best contemporary modern musical theatre or pop/rock music selection. Please bring your sheet music in the correct key in a notebook or published book for the accompanist.
There will be a mandatory short dance audition for all auditionees. Those wishing to be considered as Brooke Wyndham or the “Whip it into Shape” dancers will be asked to demonstrate their jump rope skills. Dance audition video links will be sent one week prior to auditions to all those who sign up.
If you are unable to attend auditions in person for any reason, please visit phoenixredbank.com/video for information about submitting a video audition (self-tape).

If you have one available, please bring a copy of your headshot and resume.

Performers of all races, gender expressions / preferences and body types are encouraged to audition. Though characters in this production may carry traditional cis names or gender expressions / preferences or historically be portrayed as a particular race, casting will be held with the mindset that any role can potentially be filled by any actor.

Rehearsal dates: June 10th (or there abouts) to July 31st typically 2-3 weekday evenings and one weekend day. We are hoping to lock in a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday evening and Saturday daytime rehearsal schedule. More rehearsal days will be required as the production opening approaches. Performers must be available every evening of tech week starting July 28th, no exceptions.

Performances at the Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank:

Friday August 1 @ 7:30PM
Saturday August 2 @ 7:30PM
Sunday August 3 @ 2:00PM

Director: Jarrod Scott
Choreographer: Natalie Hayes-Scott
Music Director: François Suhr
Production Manager: James Grausam

Character BREAKDOWN

Elle Woods
(Character age: 20-25)

Elle is the protagonist of the show – a cheerful, energetic, and fashion obsessed sorority girl who attends Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend but ends up discovering her true potential. Her primary songs include "Omigod You Guys," "What You Want," "Positive," "So Much Better," "Legally Blonde," and "Find My Way."

Actors of all ages, ethnicities, gender expressions, cultural heritage / background and body types are encouraged to audition for this role.

Emmett Forrest
(Character age: 25-30)

Emmett is a teaching assistant at Harvard Law School. He's intelligent, empathetic, modest, and becomes Elle's mentor and eventual love interest. His main songs include "Chip on My Shoulder," "Take It Like a Man," and "Legally Blonde."

Actors of all ages, ethnicities, gender expressions, cultural heritage / background and body types are encouraged to audition for this role.

Warner Huntington III
(Character age: 20-25)

Warner is Elle's ex-boyfriend who enrolls at Harvard Law. He's handsome and privileged, but somewhat shallow, valuing status and image over substance. He's featured in "Serious," "Chip on My Shoulder," and "Legally Blonde Remix."

Actors of all ages, ethnicities, gender expressions, cultural heritage / background and body types are encouraged to audition for this role.

Vivienne Kensington
(Character age 25-30)

Vivienne is a serious, driven law student at Harvard and Warner's new girlfriend. She initially dislikes Elle, but they eventually develop mutual respect. She sings "Serious" and "Legally Blonde Remix."

Actors of all ages, ethnicities, gender expressions, cultural heritage / background and body types are encouraged to audition for this role.

Paulette
(Character age: 35-45)

Paulette is a warm-hearted, friendly, and slightly eccentric salon owner who becomes Elle's friend. Her main songs include "Ireland," "Bend and Snap," and "Legally Blonde Remix."

Actors of all ages, ethnicities, gender expressions, cultural heritage / background and body types are encouraged to audition for this role.

Professor Callahan
(Character age 45-60)

Callahan is a ruthless, prestigious law professor at Harvard who is more concerned with winning cases than with ethics. He sings in "Blood in the Water" and "There! Right There!"

Actors of all ages, ethnicities, gender expressions, cultural heritage / background and body types are encouraged to audition for this role.

Brooke Wyndham
(Character age: 25-35)

Brooke is a wealthy fitness guru and Elle's client, who's accused of murder. She's tough, charismatic, and refuses to take the easy way out. She leads the ensemble in "Whipped into Shape."

Actors of all ages, ethnicities, gender expressions, cultural heritage / background and body types are encouraged to audition for this role.

Enid Hoopes
(Character age 25-30)

Enid is a feminist, activist, and fellow law student at Harvard. She's outspoken and highly intelligent, often standing up for what she believes in. She is featured in various group numbers.

Actors of all ages, ethnicities, gender expressions, cultural heritage / background and body types are encouraged to audition for this role.

Serena, Margot, Pilar
(Character ages: 18-25)

Serena, Margot, and Pilar are Elle's best friends and sorority sisters. They provide comic relief, encouragement, and pop up in Elle's mind as a Greek Chorus. They're heavily featured in songs like "Omigod You Guys," "Positive," "Bend and Snap," and "Legally Blonde Remix."

Actors of all ages, ethnicities, gender expressions, cultural heritage / background and body types are encouraged to audition for this role.

Also seeking Chorus Parts and/or Specialties to play the following: Delta Nus, Courtney, Store Manager, Kate, Mother, Father, Grandmaster Chad, “What You Want” Dance Specialty, Winthrop, Pforzheimer, Lowell, Aaron, Padamadan, Dewey, Kyle, District Attorney, Nikos, Carlos, Whitney, Reporter, Judge, Stenographer, Chutney. Actors of all ages, ethnicities, gender expressions, cultural heritage / background and body types are encouraged to audition for these additional roles.

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Durante 35 años, Phoenix Productions se ha dedicado a la misión de brindar experiencias teatrales de calidad en ambos lados del escenario. Después de tres décadas de presentaciones en el Count Basie Center for the Arts, [Centro de Artes Count Basie] las organizaciones se han fusionado, combinando y consolidando su impacto regional en las artes escénicas.

Juntos, Phoenix Productions y el Count Basie Center tienen una visión clara: ser el lugar donde una mezcla diversa de personas talentosas quiera hacer su mejor trabajo. La promesa continua de las organizaciones de profundizar su compromiso con la competencia cultural, la equidad racial y la inclusión social está en el corazón de la misión del Basie Center como una organización sin fines de lucros

Phoenix Productions y el Count Basie Center for the Arts [Centro de Artes Count Basie] seleccionan sus producciones por las oportunidades que brindan para fortalecer nuestro compromiso de localizar y alentar a artistas de todas las edades, etnias, herencias culturales, tipos de cuerpo y expresiones de género, en celebración de la intención original de los autores.

ANUNCIO DE AUDICIÓNES

LEGALLY BLONDE

Phoenix Productions está buscando artistas de 16 años para su producción de Agosto de 2025 de Legally Blonde: El musical.

Legally Blonde es la fabulosamente divertida historia de Elle Woods, que parece tenerlo todo. Su vida se pone patas arriba cuando su novio Warner la abandona para poder asistir a Harvard Law. Decidida a recuperarlo, Elle encandila ingeniosamente su camino en la prestigiosa escuela de derecho. Hasta que está, ella lucha con compañeros, profesores y su ex. Con el apoyo de sus hermanas hermaneras y algunos nuevos amigos, Elle rápidamente se da cuenta de su potencial y se propone probar al mundo.

Fechas de audición:

Sábado 31 de mayo: 1:30PM en Phoenix Productions (59 Chestnut St, Red Bank, NJ)
Lunes 2 de junio 7PM 9:30PM en Phoenix Productions (59 Chestnut St, Red Bank, NJ)
Martes 3 de junio 7PM 9:30PM en New Brunswick PAC (9 Livingston St, New Brunswick, NJ 3rd piso)

A algunos intérpretes se les puede pedir una llamada de vuelta el sábado 7deentre las 10:00 a.m. y las 3:30PM en Phoenix Productions.

Verscripciones de caracteres de a continuación. Todos los audicionados se les pide que prepararn lo siguiente:

16 descalzos de su mejor teatro musical moderno contemporáneo o selección de música pop/rock. Por favor, traiga su partitura en la tecla correcta en un cuaderno o libro publicado para el acompañante.
Una audición de baile cortocoratorio para todos los audicionados. A los que se espera como Brooke Wyndham o los bailarines de Shape se les pedirá a los bailarines que se muestran sus habilidades de cuerda de salo. Los enlaces de video de la audición de baile se emitieron una semana antes de las audiciones a aquellos a aquellos a todos que se inscriban.
Si no puede asistir a las audiciones en persona motivo por cualquier visita, visitaphoenixredbank.com/videopara obtener información sobre el Envío de una audición en video (auto-cinta).

Si tiene una disponible, por favor traiga una copia de su foto y carta.

Se anima a audicionar a los artistas de todas las razas, expresiones de género / preferencias y tipos de cuerpo audicionar. Aunque los personajes de esta producción pueden llevar nombres tradicionales cis o expresiones/preferencias de género o históricomente ser retratados como una raza particular, el casting se celebra con la mentalidad de que cualquier papel puede ser ocupado por cualquier actor.

Fechas de ensayo: 10 de junio (o alrededor de) a 31 de juliocallecorrespondientemente 2-3 días laborables por la noche y un día de fin de semana. Esperamos cerrar sesión en un martes, miércoles, jueves por la noche y programa de ensayo diurno. Se requiere más días de ensayo a medida que selle la apertura de la producción. Los artistas deben estar disponible todas las noches de la semana de la tecnología a partir del 28 de julioel, pecado.

Actuaciones en el Cono Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank:

Viernes 1 de agosto
Sábado Agosto 2 - 19:30
Domingo 3 de agosto 2:00PM

Director: Jarrod Scott
Coreógrafo: Natalie Hayes-Scott
Director de musica: Francois Suhr
Jefe de producción: James Grausam

REGÍSTRATE AHORA

Desglose de Personajes:

Elle Woods
(Edad de caracteres: 20 a 25)

Elle es la protagonista del espectáculo, una chica de hermandad alegre, enérgica y obsesionada con la moda que asiste a la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard para recuperar a su exnovio, pero termina descubriendo su potencial. Sus principales canciones incluyen "Omigod You Guys", "What You Want", Positive, "So Much Better", "Legally Blonde", y encuentra mi manera.