Season 75 Auditions
2025-2026

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SWEENEY TODD • THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET book by Hugh Wheeler Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

AUDITIONS: 03/22/2026 (Sun) • 6:30pm-9:00pm & 03/23/2026 (Mon) • 7:00 PM-9:00pm at LTM • 915 S York St • Mechanicsburg PA

PERFORMANCES: 05/28/2026 (Fri) – 06/14/2026 (Sun), 2026

SUMMARY
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 … and the carnage has only just begun!

CAST SIZE
7 Men / 3 Women (+ Ensemble) | Cast Type: Trained Singers | Dance Requirements: None

Character Breakdown

Sweeney Todd – A wrongfully imprisoned barber seeking to right the wrongs committed against him. He is Johanna’s father, singularly focussed on taking bloody revenge. Our story’s tormented protagonist. | Gender: Male | Age: 40 to 55 | Vocal range top: Gb4 | Vocal range bottom: F2

Mrs. Lovett – An entrepreneurial and amoral meat pie shop owner. She falls in love with Todd and turns his desire for revenge into a profitable business venture. | Gender: Female | Age: 35 to 50 | Vocal range top: E5 | Vocal range bottom: G3

Anthony Hope – A naive and youthful sailor returning to London. He helps Todd return to London and unexpectedly falls in love with Johanna. | Gender: Male | Age: 20 to 30 | Vocal range top: F4 | Vocal range bottom: Bb2

Johanna – A spritely girl, full of innocence, constantly yearning for freedom. Todd’s long-lost daughter and Turpin’s ward. | Gender: Female | Age: 18 to 21 | Vocal range top: A5 | Vocal range bottom: Bb3

Tobias Ragg – A poor youngster apprenticed to Pirelli. He finds a surrogate family in Todd and Lovett. | Gender: Male | Age: 16+ | Vocal range top: Ab4 | Vocal range bottom: Bb2

Judge Turpin – A lecherous public official who portrays himself as a sanctimonious authoritarian. He takes advantage of his position in the city and is responsible for imprisoning Todd. | Gender: Male | Age: 50 to 65 | Vocal range top: Gb4 | Vocal range bottom: E2

The Beadle – A pompous public official. He is deeply loyal to the corrupt Turpin. | Gender: Male | Age: 40 to 55 | Vocal range top: D5 | Vocal range bottom: D3

Beggar Woman – A deranged and schizophrenic woman who harbors a dark, surprising secret. | Gender: Female | Age: 35 to 50 | Vocal range top: F5 | Vocal range bottom: Ab3

Adolfo Pirelli – A flamboyant Italian rival barber; a charlatan with a secret past. | Gender: Male | Age: 30 to 45 | Vocal range top: C5 | Vocal range bottom: B2

Jonas Fogg – The owner of Fogg’s Asylum. He sells the hair of madmen to wigmakers. | Gender: Male | Age: 35 to 60

Ensemble – Townspeople; Policemen; Lunatics

Full-Length Musical

AUDITION NOTES
Please prepare 16-32 bars of a Stephen Sondheim song for auditions. You may bring noted sheet music for a piano accompanist (whom will be provided) or you may bring a recorded track to sing to. Due to the vocal demand of the show, we may ask you to sing scales or vocal exercises.

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When you come to auditions, please have your schedule and conflicts ready.  As much as possible, we try to build a rehearsal schedule around conflicts of the cast and staff. Conflicts for some rehearsals are permitted, but not for Tech Week or performances. Conflicts can contribute to casting of the show. Actors of all backgrounds are able to play any part. Actors must be ages 16 and up. Rehearsal schedules are not finalized until after the cast has been chosen. The average rehearsal period is six to eight weeks before the show opens.

Some roles may require some level of physical intimacy/touch as multiple characters demonstrate physical comfort/affection with one another (such as an embrace or close proximity). Characters who engage in specific moments of physical intimacy and kissing are noted at auditions.

DIRECTED BY Tom Blaisse | Assistant Director: Brian Silva | Music Director: Elizabeth Earle Drinks

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