SWEENEY TODD
The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler
An UP IN ONE PRODUCTION Produced by Diana di Grandi
DATES: Saturday, July 19th at 1:00 pm; Sunday. 20th at 7:00 pm
CALLBACKS: Tuesday, July 22nd at 7 pm (by invitation only)
PLACE: The Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck, NY (downstairs)
DIRECTOR: Peter Risafi
CHOREOGRAPHER: Cedric James
MUSIC DIRECTORS: Paul & JoAnne Schubert
STAGE MANAGER: Brian Cordella, ASM: Jackie Gleason
PREPARE:
(a) 16 - 32 measures of a song in the style of the show or from the show.
Bring your sheet music for the piano accompanist or recorded tracks.
(b) prepare a monologue from our Audition Packet that best suits the character
you wish to play; or you may prepare a monologue of your choice..
BE PREPARED TO LIST YOUR CONFLICTS. We cannot cast those with multiple conflicts, or conflicts during tech week through performance dates. General rehearsal and Performance Calendar is included in Audition Packet (link below).
PERFORMANCE DATES: October 10 – 26, 2025, Fridays & Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 3 PM for a total of 9 performances. The Saturday, 10/25 performance will be at 3 PM.
SEEKING: Actors and singers aged 16 - 65. While there are no dance requirements for the show, we will include some choreographed, basic movement.
All ethnicities, gender expressions, cultural heritage / background and body types are encouraged to audition. Casting will be approached with no regard to an actor’s gender expression, race, or ethnicity. Women, persons of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals are strongly encouraged to audition. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in all areas of our work.
OVERVIEW
Sweeney Todd has become a worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony's, (including Best Musical), for its Broadway premiere. Stephen Sondheim's and Hugh Wheeler's tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed and delighted audiences across the world. An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN, SCHEDULE, AND AUDITION SIDES CAN BE FOUND IN THE AUDITION PACKET.
For questions contact Up In One Productions at upinoneprod@gmail.com