Hairspray
About The Show
Big hair, big dreams, all the right moves, and you’ve got one of the biggest Broadway hits of our time — Hairspray. Winner of eight Tony Awards and four Laurence Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical, this feel good musical is back-by-popular demand!
You asked for it and we delivered in a brand new, bigger-than-ever production. Break out your bobby socks, because Tracy Turnblad won’t stop until she gets her shot at fame dancing on The Corny Collins Show.
But TV stardom is just the beginning. Tracy’s world is about to get a whole lot bigger. Hairspray is back and You Can’t Stop the Beat!
Positions
Dancers
Seeking strong, professional, and versatile dancers 18+ with styles that include Contemporary, Jazz, Theater Dance, Showgirl, and Hip Hop.
Dancers should have strong stage presence including a wide range of physical and emotional expression, performance quality, and the ability to command the stage.
Singers
Strong singers, with professional performance background (i.e. theater, concert, etc.).
Versatile vocalists able to harmonize and perform a wide variety of contemporary music genres, including Pop/Rock, R&B/Soul, Gospel, Contemporary Musical Theater/Broadway, and Jazz. Movement or dance background and strong acting ability a plus.
Female Presenting (All Ethnicities)
- Strong, controlled belt/mix to F5 legit to C6.
Male Presenting (All Ethnicities)
- Tenors and Bari-tenors with strong falsetto extension. Must be able to comfortably sing and sustain up to A4. Falsetto to F5.
Vocalists
Seeking Vocalists:
Strong singers with professional performance background (i.e. theater, concert, etc.). Versatile vocalists able to harmonize and
perform a wide variety of contemporary music genres, including Pop/Rock, R&B/Soul, Gospel, Contemporary Musical Theater/Broadway,
and Jazz. Movement or dance background and strong acting ability a plus.
Candidates must be available and willing to travel internationally aboard our ships.
FEMALE PRESENTING: (Any ethnicity)
Strong, controlled belt/mix to F5 legit to C6.
MALE PRESENTING: (Any ethnicity)
Tenors and Bari-tenors with strong falsetto extension. Must be able to comfortably sing and sustain up to A4. Falsetto to F5.
Roles
Amber Von Tussle
Lead Vocalist
Bratty, spoiled princess who gets her way – popular at school. Tracy’s nemesis. Must be an excellent dancer with solid technical training. Mezzo Soprano.
Corny Collins
Featured Singer
Host of The Corny Collins Show. Handsome, charming, engaging, smooth. Young Dick Clark type. Strong pop singer, movement a plus. High Baritone.
Edna Turnblad
Featured Actor
A mother – sincere and honest. 60’s Baltimore housewife, larger-than-life character actor with strong singing ability.
Exceptional acting and comic timing a must. Simple dance/movement required. Bass-Baritone.
Female Ensemble
Dancer/Vocalist
Excellent dancer/singer/actors who may be required to understudy leading roles.
Link Larkin
Featured Singer
Handsome, sexy, clean-cut, goodhearted, down-to-earth. The heartthrob of The Corny Collins Show. Strong pop singer and excellent mover. High Bari-Tenor with strong falsetto.
Little Inez
Lead Vocalist
Spunky, tough, streetwise and outgoing. Seaweed’s lovable little sister. Must be able to move/dance well – does dancer choreography.
Dynamites understudy. Soulful voice with strong belt mix. Mezzo Soprano.
Male Ensemble
Dancer/Vocalist
Excellent dancer/singer/actors who may be required to understudy leading roles.
Motormouth Maybelle
Featured Singer
Seaweed and Little Inez’s mother. Queen of Baltimore Soul, a radio DJ. Powerful and inspiring, with an infectious, brassy personality. Soulful, gospel/pop singer. 60’s cool and hip.
Liberal, part of the civil rights movement. Strong actress with ability to convey depth and light-heartedness. Minimal movement required. Alto with high belt.
Pearl
Featured Singer
An exceptional R&B and soulful pop singer. Must be able to sing tight harmonies and move very well – part of the ensemble.
Understudies Motormouth. Mezzo Soprano with strong belt mix up to high A.
Penny Pingleton
Featured Singer
Spacey, ditzy, devoted best friend of Tracy. Good sense of comedic timing. Strong high belt, contemporary theatre/pop voice.
Good movement/dance skills a plus. Mezzo Soprano.
Prudy Pingleton
Featured Actor
Exceptional comedic actress to play various zany roles including Penny Pingleton’s uptight and small-minded mother.
Also portrays a sadistic high school gym teacher who must be a sharp, funny, inventive character.
Minimal-singing role. Simple dance movement required. Mezzo Soprano.
Seaweed J. Stubbs
Featured Singer
Cool, sexy, street smart, goodhearted. Penny’s boyfriend. Great actor with strong young masculine presence. Excellent, soulful, pop singer and great mover. Tenor to A with strong falsetto.
Tracy Turnblad
Featured Singer
Plus-size teen with aspirations to change the world. She is outgoing, unstoppable, and goodhearted with a vibrant, lovable, spirited personality.
Loves to dance. Mezzo-Soprano with a strong theatre/pop belt. Great mover/dancer.
Velma Von Tussle
Featured Actor
Former beauty queen, Amber’s mother. Upscale, attractive, and prejudiced snob who always wants her daughter in the spotlight. Big fish in a small pond – domineering. Has poise and good body awareness, with excellent vocals. Mezzo Soprano with strong belt mix.
Wilbur Turnblad
Featured Actor
Working-class inventor. Tracy’s Father. Sweet, goofy, childlike personality. Excellent comedic timing.
Also portrays various roles including a flamboyant fashion boutique owner and a condescending high school principal.
Must be an inventive character actor. Simple dance movement required. Baritone.
