Thank you for your interest in performing at CenterStage Theatre at the JCC!
CenterStage features Rochester area performers for all productions at our local professional theatre program.
Please come with a list of all rehearsal availabilities and conflicts. Headshot and resume are optional but appreciated.
Video and/or private auditions available for those unable to attend the scheduled dates.
Roles for SummerStage productions are not paid. Sorry, we do not provide housing, transportation, or per diems.
JCC SummerStage presents
Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, The Musical
ROCHESTER THEATRE PREMIERE!
Tony and Grammy Award-Winning Musical
Music by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard, Book by Diablo Cody
Auditions: Sunday, May 17 at 6pm
Callbacks: Tuesday, May 19
Performances: July 11–19
Inspired by Alanis Morissette’s world-changing music, this musical about a perfectly imperfect American family is brimming with joy, strength, love, courage and life.
Directed by Kerry Young
Music Direction by Ellice Amendolare McQuay
Choreography by Mandi Lynn Griffith
Stage Managed by Jess Ames
JCC SummerStage is an audition-based program for high school and college students, or recent graduates. This is not a camp. There are no fees to participate. Performers are not paid.
Rehearsals begin May 26 and will be evenings and weekends. Performances July 11–19. Please bring a list of all conflicts to the audition. Resumes and headshots helpful, but not required.
Please bring a 32-bar cut of a song in the style of the show. Provide clearly marked sheet music in the correct key. Please have an alternate song available. Auditions will start at 6pm with a dance call for all. Please come prepared to move. Vocal auditions will follow in the order auditioners arrive.
In-person auditions are preferred. Video auditions accepted for participants with conflicts. Upload your file to YouTube or another hosting site and email the link to arts@jccrochester.org. Video auditions must be received prior to the start of the open call auditions.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
Mary Jane Healy (Female, White)
- An affluent mother in CT, who is addicted to painkillers after a car crash and has a strained relationship with her husband, Steve. MJ also pressures her children to be perfect to maintain the family’s image in the community. Strong Pop/Rock belter F3-F5
Steve Healy (Male, White)
- Mary Jane’s husband, emotionally distant, the father of the family, struggling with his addiction to pornography. Strong Pop/Rock Singer A3-A5
Nick Healy (Male, White)
- The biological son of the family, a star Athlete finishing his Senior year of high school who has just been accepted to Harvard. Strong Pop/Rock Tenor D#4-A#5
Frankie Healy (Female, Black)
- The adopted Black daughter of the family, who is struggling to find her place in the community and deal with her racial identity. Frankie is also involved in a love triangle with her best friend, Jo, and a new boy at school, Phoenix. Strong pop/rock singer F#3-F#5
Jo (AFAB, any ethnicity)
- Frankie’s best friend and partner, who is queer and dealing with the restrictions of their religious upbringing. Jo is on a journey to explore their gender identity and queerness. This role is listed as assigned female at Birth in the script. Strong pop/rock belter E3-G5
Phoenix (Male, any ethnicity)
- Transfer student that becomes Frankie’s love interest. Strong pop/rock belter E4-Bb5
Bella (Female, any ethnicity)
- A free-spirited and outspoken student whose world is shaken after surviving sexual assault. Her story becomes central to the show’s emotional core. Strong Pop/rock singer F#3-A5
Ensemble/Narrator/ChorusÂ
- A diverse group that support the story through dance and song and play multiple roles. Tracks for all genders and races.