AUDITION NOTICE: Spring Awakening - Gold Coast Little Theatre

Title: Spring Awakening

Presented By: Gold Coast Little Theatre

Genre: Rock Musical / Coming-of-Age Drama

Synopsis: Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with poignancy and passion. This electrifying, Tony Award-winning musical fuses morality, sexuality, and rock and roll in a daring celebration of youth, rebellion, and self-discovery. Based on Frank Wedekind’s play, the story follows a group of late 19th-century German students as they navigate teenage self-discovery and coming-of-age anxieties, confronting themes of abuse, sexuality, love, and tragedy.

Audition Date: Saturday 27 September 2025 (from 10am)

Audition Location and Address: Gold Coast Little Theatre, 21A Scarborough St, Southport QLD

Audition Requirements:

• Teenage roles: Prepare two contrasting songs (90 seconds each) showcasing vocal/acting/character ability. Bring backing track (USB or Bluetooth/Aux).

• Adult roles: Prepare two contrasting monologues showcasing acting/character ability.

• All performers must be 18+ and use an American accent.

• Callbacks: Monday 29 September 2025.

Audition Registration: Register here

Audition Pack: Download audition pack

Performance Dates: 30 January – 21 February 2026

Performance Location: Gold Coast Little Theatre

Rehearsal Dates: Starting Sunday 5 October 2025

Rehearsal Times: Tuesdays & Thursdays 7–10pm; Sundays

Warnings: Contains depictions and themes of abuse, sexual assault, rape, suicide, and partial nudity. An intimacy coordinator is involved to ensure performer safety.

Performer Age: 18+

Creative Team:

• Director: Nathan French

• Musical Director: Taylor Holmes

Production Website: GCLT Auditions

Available Roles/Character Breakdown:

Wendla

• Playing Age: 18–30

• Voice: Female, E3–E5

• Innocent, curious, and sheltered; fascinated by the world and her changing body. Vulnerable yet eager to learn, she explores newfound sexuality with Melchior.

• Intimacy: Requires simulated sex scene and staged abuse with Melchior, plus partial nudity (intimacy coordinator provided).

Melchior

• Playing Age: 18–30

• Voice: Male, G2–B4

• Intelligent, headstrong, atheist, and rebellious. Struggles with passion and radical ideas while falling in love with Wendla.

• Intimacy: Simulated sex scene and staged abuse with Wendla, partial nudity (intimacy coordinator provided).

Moritz

• Playing Age: 18–30

• Voice: Male, C3–A4

• Anxious and awkward, desperate to please but plagued by failure. Haunted by erotic dreams and crushed by academic pressure, leading to despair and eventual suicide. Must portray onstage suicide with a gun.

Ilse

• Playing Age: 18–30

• Voice: Female, E3–E5

• Martha’s sister. Escaped abuse to live freely in an artists’ colony. Bohemian, outwardly carefree, but deeply scarred.

Martha

• Playing Age: 18–30

• Voice: Female, E3–E5

• Quiet schoolgirl who endures physical abuse from her father. Holds a secret crush on Moritz. Sensitive, bruised, but resilient.

Hanschen

• Playing Age: 18–30

• Voice: Male, Ab2–D5

• Narcissistic, witty, and self-assured in his sexuality. Uses charm and intellect to seduce Ernst. Doubling as Rupert.

• Intimacy: Requires onstage kiss with Ernst.

Ernst

• Playing Age: 18–30

• Voice: Male, Ab2–A4

• Naïve, romantic, and vulnerable. Falls earnestly in love with Hanschen, forming a sincere connection. Doubling as Reinhold.

• Intimacy: Requires onstage kiss with Hanschen.

Thea

• Playing Age: 18–30

• Voice: Female, E3–E5

• Wendla’s dreamy, innocent best friend. Optimistic, girlish, and idealistic.

Anna

• Playing Age: 18–30

• Voice: Female, E3–C5

• Martha’s optimistic, naïve friend. Struggles to grasp the severity of Martha’s abuse. Cheerful, loyal, and innocent.

Georg

• Playing Age: 18–30

• Voice: Male, Ab2–D5

• Clumsy and comic. Infatuated with his piano teacher, often played for laughs. Doubling as Dieter.

Otto

• Playing Age: 18–30

• Voice: Male, Ab2–D5

• Classmate of Melchior. Struggles with repressed, “inappropriate” desires. Doubling as Ulbrecht.

Adult Woman

• Playing Age: 40–50

• Voice: Female, D3–A4

• Plays all adult female roles: Frau Bergman (Wendla’s mother), Frau Bessel (Martha’s mother), Frau Gabor, and teachers like Fraulein Knuppeldick and Fraulein Grossebustenhalter.

Adult Man

• Playing Age: 40–50

• Voice: Male, D3–F4

• Plays all adult male roles: Herr Sonnenstitch (teacher), Headmaster Knochenbruch, Herr Steifel (Moritz’s father), Herr Neumann (Ilse’s father), Herr Rilow (Hanschen’s father), Father Kaulbach, Doctor von Brausepulver, Herr Gabor (Melchior’s father), Schmidt, and others.