YOUTH AUDITION NOTICE: Hadestown Teen Edition - BG Performing Arts

Title: Hadestown: Teen Edition

Presented By: BG Performing Arts

Genre: Teen Musical Theatre Workshop

Synopsis: Blending folk, jazz and blues with poetic storytelling, Hadestown: Teen Edition retells the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, following a young musician who journeys to the underworld in an attempt to rescue the woman he loves. Set in a world of gods, workers and dreamers, the story explores love, hope and the courage to keep believing in dark times.

Audition Date: Sunday 7 June 2026

Audition Time: 12:30pm – 5:30pm

Audition Location and Address: BG Performing Arts Bowen Hills Studio, 12 Jamieson Street, Bowen Hills QLD 4006

Audition Self-Tape Due (if applicable): Online video submissions available by arrangement for those unable to attend in person.

Audition Requirements:

• Character/featured role auditions are optional.

• Attendees will participate in vocal, acting and dance sessions.

• Dance components will be taught on the day.

• Students are encouraged to learn songs off by heart and become familiar with the acting sides in advance.

• Wear comfortable clothing and enclosed shoes suitable for dancing.

• Bring water, snacks, appropriate shoes and a sweat towel.

Audition Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehofWn_JFLLGufwiSJrGiLajcl2eFMZVa7C-cKsNe2hlYpKg/viewform

Audition Pack: Try Out Pack available from Sunday 10 May via BG Performing Arts website.

Performance Dates: Saturday 11 July 2026

Performance Times:2:30pm & 7:00pm

Performance Location: The Star Theatre, Wynnum State High School, 5 Peel Street, Manly QLD 4178

Rehearsal Dates: Monday 6 July – Saturday 11 July 2026

Rehearsal Location:

Monday–Thursday: BG Performing Arts Bowen Hills Studio, 12 Jamieson Street, Bowen Hills

Friday–Saturday: The Star Theatre, Wynnum State High School, 5 Peel Street, Manly

Warnings: Themes include death, the underworld, poverty, exploitation and grief.

Performer Age:14–18 years. Participants must be at least 14 years old by the performance date.

Production Website: https://www.bgperformingarts.com/audition-information-hadestown

Other information:

• Workshop cost: $400

• Additional costume hire fee may apply once cast is finalised

• Workshop fee covers rights, royalties, insurance, technical/creative staff, set, props and venue hire

• Ticket price: $30 for ages 3+

• Email info@bgperformingarts.com for video submission enquiries

Available Roles/Character Breakdown:

• ORPHEUS: High Tenor with falsetto up to G#5. Orpheus is an optimist, an idealist, a counter-culturalist. Orpheus should feel unique and have the sensitive soul of an artist. Plays guitar.

• HADES: Bass. Lord of the Dead. Powerful, immortal and deeply in love with Persephone. Strong authoritative presence. Tyrannical and a bit menacing.

• PERSEPHONE: Alto/Mezzo. Goddess, playful, mercurial and fun. Persephone is not too feminine and lets her sharp edges show. She is the seasons and is cut from the same cloth as Orpheus. She must have a wryness and intelligence that she uses sharply for both entertainment and as a defense mechanism.

• HERMES: Tenor/Baritone. Hermes is the narrator/guide/emcee of the story. Charismatic, often mysterious, with a trickster-ish quality.

• EURYDICE: Alto/Soprano. A practical leading heroine with an extremely vulnerable underbelly, a haunted bird. She takes the leap to the underworld as a step towards something reliable. There is both toughness and delicacy in her being and her singing; she uses a belt for some songs, real subtlety for others.

• FATE 1, FATE 2, FATE 3: Powerful and dark. Operate as one of the “voices in the heads” of the other characters. Fates may play instruments of some kind and should be skilled with harmonies.

• WORKERS: The workers’ ensemble populates the world above and below ground, representing the spirit of both labor and community.