YOUTH AUDITION NOTICE: The Prom: School Edition - BG Performing Arts
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Title: The Prom: School Edition
Presented By: BG Performing Arts
Genre: Teen Musical / Musical Theatre
Synopsis: The Prom: School Edition follows four eccentric Broadway stars whose careers have stalled and who are desperate for a new cause to revive their public profiles. When they discover that a student in a small Indiana town simply wants to attend prom with her girlfriend, they travel to the town to support her. Their arrival turns the local prom upside down and brings the community together in an uplifting story about acceptance, equality, friendship and being true to yourself.
Audition Date: Sunday August 30th, 2026
Audition Time: 12:30PM - 5:30PM
Audition Location and Address: 12 Jamieson Street, Bowen Hills QLD 4006
Audition Requirements:
Please familiarise yourself with all the dance, vocal and acting materials provided in the Dropbox link.
You have the choice to participate in the intermediate or advanced dance call. A demonstration video for both calls are available and we strongly encourage learning the choreography prior.
Please bring any necessary acting/vocal materials, appropriate shoes, sufficient water, sweat towel, snacks and anything else you may need.
Audition Registration: Register for The Prom auditions here
Audition Pack: The Prom Audition Pack
Performance Dates: Saturday September 26th, 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 September 21st – Saturday September 26th, 2026
Rehearsal Times:
Mon - Thurs - 9AM - 5PM
Fri - 9AM - 8:30PM
Sat - 10AM - 9:30PM
Rehearsal Location:
Mon - Thurs - Bowen Hills Studio, 12 Jamieson Street, Bowen Hills QLD 4006
Fri & Sat - The Star Theatre, Wynnum SHS, 5 Peel Street, Manly QLD 4178
Performer Age: 14 – 18 years
Creative Team:
Director - Sam Caruna
Choreographer - Bella Gordon
Musical Director - Kate Baxter
Production Website: BG Performing Arts – The Prom: School Edition
Other information:
This is a school holiday musical theatre workshop and performance program rather than a conventional auditioned mainstage production.
Workshop dates are Monday 21 September–Saturday 26 September 2026.
The program is designed for performers aged 14–18.
Workshop cost: $400.
The final performance will be presented twice on Saturday 26 September.
Tickets are $35 for ages 3+.
BG Performing Arts describes itself as a Brisbane youth performing arts school providing professional training in musical theatre, dance and related performance disciplines.
Available Roles/Character Breakdown:
Emma Nolan | Teenager in Indiana. A reluctant poster child for LGBT youth. Very smart. A bit of a tomboy quality.
Alyssa Greene | A cheerleader and top student. Secretly Emma's girlfriend. Faces constant pressure from her mother and friends.
Tom Hawkins | The straitlaced school principal. An ally to Emma and a long-time fan of Dee Dee.
Mrs Greene | Alyssa's intimidating, conservative, but ultimately loving mother. The head of the PTA.
Shelby, Kaylee, Nick, Kevin | Other students at school who bully (but who eventually learn to accept) Emma.
Barry Glickman | Flamboyant Broadway star. Completely politically incorrect and doesn't know it. Longs to give Emma the prom he was unable to have as a teen.
Dee Dee Allen | Broadway diva. A huge ego to match her huge talent. Hilariously self-involved, but yearns to do something goof for someone other than herself.
Trent Oliver | Pretentious Juilliard graduate recently cast in the non-Equity tour of Godspell. Loves to hear himself speak.
Angie Dickinson | An ensemble member in the Broadway production of Chicago. Jaded Fosse girl with a heart of gold.
Sheldon Saperstein | A charismatic press agent.
Ensemble | Olivia Keating, Opening night party attendees, Reporters, High school students, PTA members, Motel Clerk, Cast of the non-equity tour of Godspell, Monster truck rally audience, Mrs Greene's friend, LGBT Students.
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