Auditions

Information about the auditions for the fall musical Ride the Cyclone is shown below. Info about the summer 2025 Youth Theatre Workshop shows is on this page.

Ride the Cyclone – The Musical

TCS will present the musical Ride the Cyclone in mid-October 2025. Auditions are scheduled for June 2025. (See below the section on key dates.)

Ride the Cyclone is a Canadian musical written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell. It is a musical that follows the spirits of six teenagers from the St Cassian Chamber Choir who tragically died in a roller coaster accident. In limbo, they encounter a mechanical fortune teller who invites each of them to share their story in hopes of winning a chance to return to life. The narrative explores themes of death, grief, and the meaning of life as each character reveals their unique perspective and experiences. A funny and moving look at what makes life worth living and asks us whether we are living ours.

Some of the Team:

  • Director/Choreographer … Jason Hair-Wynn
  • Music Director … Shawn Gelzleichter
  • Stage Manager … Ally Lewis
  • Assistant Stage Manager … Chelsea Callahan

Audition Dates:

  • Monday 16 June 2025, 7 PM – 10 PM
  • Tuesday 17 June, 7 PM – 10 PM
  • Wednesday 18 June, 7 PM – 10 PM

Callbacks:

  • Saturday 21 June, 10 AM – 4 PM

Offers to cast members will follow the callbacks during the next day Sunday 22 June. The first rehearsal Read-Thru will be Monday 30 June starting at 7 PM.

Location:

The location of all auditions, rehearsals, and performances is the Theatre Company of Saugus home at the American Legion Post 210 / 44 Taylor Street / Saugus, MA 01906. The upstairs performance space is NOT wheelchair accessible.

Auditioning:

Auditions are by appointment in ten-minute slots. Click here to sign up.

  • All those auditioning must be 18 years or older.
  • The director would like a cast that reflects the diverse world we live in. Roles are open to actors of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, and abilities. Especially interested in seeing actors who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, or have disabilities.
  • Prepare two contrasting songs in the style of the show or from the show that showcases your vocal ability (32 bars/full song). If you only have one song, be sure it shows range.
  • Songs from the show are welcomed.
  • An accompanist will be provided.
  • See below with suggested audition preparation by character.
  • Video auditions are accepted, see details below.
  • There are short monologues provided for an acting component of your individual audition slots at the audition, linked below. Please prepare the one that best matches the character(s) you are auditioning for. Hard copies will be available.
  • If you are auditioning for more than one character, please choose contrasting styles that demonstrate elements from those characters.

Click here for the audition Monologues.

Click here for a link to the Cast Album.

Click here for the complete Audition Packet.

Role Descriptions

  • CONSTANCE BLACKWOOD. – Vocal Range: Mezzo (G3-E5) belt, with a rock edge. – Female presenting – 18+ to play late teens. Comic chops, a big heart, and a delightfully goofy and soulful way of seeing the world’s bittersweet wonder. Will do anything for Ocean’s friendship and allow herself to be used as a doormat. Self-deprecating, lots of pain under the pleaser façade. Dubbed “the nicest girl in town,” a title she secretly despises. *Actor should be able to move and harmonize well.
  • MISCHA BACHINSKI – Vocal Range: Baritone/Rap (A2 – G4) – Male-presenting – 18+ to play late teens. Adopted from Ukraine as a teenager. He has a thick Ukrainian dialect and a lot of rage. He is obsessed by ‘Gansgsta Rap’ (an enormous fan of the auto-tune phenomena). There is a hidden, soulful romantic side. Baritenor with the ability to sing lyrical Ukrainian folk music as well as rap. *Actor should be able to move and harmonize well. This character has intimate moments and kisses Noel.
  • RICKY POTTS – Vocal Range: Tenor (A2 – A4)- Male-presenting – 18+ to play late teens. Lives with a degenerative disease that has left him speechless and mostly immobile. He discovers at the beginning of the play that in this strange purgatory, he has regained all his abilities. He reveals a secret inner life in which he accesses Rockstar superpowers of charisma – think Prince or Bowie. Baritone rock voice. Basic accordion and/or tumbling a plus. *Actor should be able to move and harmonize well.
  • OCEAN O’CONNELL ROSENBERG – Vocal Range: Soprano (B3 – E5) High Broadway mix with pop quality, big range – Female-presenting – 18+ to play late teens. Alpha female. Ocean is the self-proclaimed leader of the group, relentlessly competitive. She starts out oriented to win at any cost, but ultimately her heart breaks open to seeing humanity in those she once saw as rivals. *Actor should be able to move and harmonize well.
  • NOEL GRUBER – Vocal Range: Baritone/Tenor (G2 – G4) with great falsetto, sings in style of French Chanteuse – Male Presenting – 18+ to play late teens. The only gay kid in Uranium. Never had a relationship. Obsessed by French New Wave cinema, he has fantasies of dying a tragic death, like a French prostitute. Intellectual, biting wit, but he doesn’t have enough hindsight or life experience to make him a snarky bitch. *Actor should be able to move and harmonize well. This character has intimate moments and kisses Mischa.
  • JANE DOE – Vocal Range: Soprano (C4 – E6) – Classically trained soprano with a flexible coloratura upper range with some grit in the lower register – Female -presenting – 18+ to play late teens. A mystery. Possibly the new girl at school who no one had gotten to know yet. She was decapitated in the accident, and no one claimed her body. Even though she isn’t headless (but often carries around a headless doll), the trauma of the accident leaves her discombobulated and removed. It’s like she’s learning about the world anew, with some weird references from a past life. *Actor must be comfortable with wearing a wig, contacts, being lifted while singing and move and harmonize well.
  • THE AMAZING KARNAK – A mechanical fortune-telling machine that has been set to “family fun mode”. *Please Note: This role has already been cast.

Video Submissions Accepted

  • Songs from the show are acceptable
  • Submit a video audition which includes two songs and short monologue.
  • If submitting by video the deadline is no later than Friday 13 June 2025 at 12 noon.
  • PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A VIDEO AUDITION IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND CALLBACKS IN PERSON ON SATURDAY 21 JUNE 2025.
  • Send to: jhairwynn@gmail.com

Prepare two contrasting songs in the style of the show that showcase your vocal ability (32 bars/full song okay). Songs from the show are welcomed. If auditioning for more than one character choose contrasting styles that demonstrate elements from those characters. Please refer to the following as a guide:

  • Jane – One coloratura and one contemporary own choice ballad (soprano/mix belt focus)
  • Ocean – One pop style and one musical theater style – please demonstrate pop techniques and mixed belt (mezzo focus)
  • Constance – One pop style and one musical theatre style -(alto/mezzo focus)
  • Misha – One R&B/rap style, one musical theatre ballad (bari/tenor focus)
  • Ricky – One pop upbeat, one ballad (musical theatre or pop) please demonstrate ‘Bowie’ elements (tenor focus)
  • Noel – One musical theatre upbeat & one jazz/pop musical theatre balad tenor/ high tenor elements, (tenor focus)

Please ensure you have accompaniment and audible voice in your recorded songs. Tracks are acceptable.
There are monologues provided for the acting component of your individual audition; see the link above. Please prepare the monologue(s) that match the character(s) you are auditioning for.

Key Dates

  • Friday, June 13th at 12PM – DEADLINE TO VIDEO SUBMIT
  • Monday, June 16th 7PM-10PM – AUDITIONS
  • Tuesday, June 17th 7PM-10PM – AUDITIONS
  • Wednesday, June 18th 7PM-10PM – AUDITIONS
  • Saturday, June 21st 10AM-4/5PM – CALLBACKS
  • Sunday, June 22nd – OFFERS BY PHONE
  • Monday, June 30th – 7PM – READ THROUGH
  • Wednesday, July 2nd 7PM – REHEARSAL
  • There will be promotional filming and photography shoots that all will be required to attend based off of availability of cast as well as set build days. Dates to be determined
  • Sunday, October 12th – TECH WEEK BEGINS
  • Friday, October 17th – OPENING NIGHT
  • Saturday, October 18th – Evening Show
  • Sunday, October 19th – Matinee
  • Thursday, October 23rd – Evening Show
  • Friday, October 24th – Evening Show
  • Saturday, October 25th – Evening Show
  • Sunday, October 26th – Matinee CLOSING

Rehearsals

Not everyone will be called to all rehearsals, but note that this is an ensemble driven piece which primarily requires all to be present.

  • SUNDAYS – 1 PM – 6 PM (released as needed)
  • MONDAYS – 7 PM – 10 PM
  • WEDNESDAYS – 7 PM – 10 PM