HPCT is committed to giving opportunities to performers of all backgrounds and ethnicities. We strongly encourage BIPOC and Asian American actors to audition.
Friday, April 22 @ 7:00pm
Saturday, April 23 @ 12:00pm
Callbacks (by invitation) - Sunday, April 24 @ 6:00pm
Those unable to attend auditions in person may send a video audition to hpct.info@gmail.com by April 22 at 7:00pm.
In keeping with HPCT’s mission to Provide • Inspire • Educate, we must take the safety and well-being of all members of our HPCT family into consideration during this ongoing global pandemic. As an organization, we are committed to doing all we can to ensure the health and safety of everyone who participates in our programs including students, actors, and audience members.
To participate in our productions, we will require until further notice all actors, volunteers, and other participants ages 12 and over to show proof of full vaccination status/proof of being in the process of becoming fully vaccinated OR provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test each Monday during the rehearsal period and at the beginning of tech week.
Auditions are by appointment at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4EA5AB2DA0F49-hpct
Ages 12-19
Please prepare a 30-60 second, memorized musical selection in the style of the shows. An accompanist will be available so please provide your own sheet music in the correct key. A sound system will be available for those using a track, but it is not preferred. Acapella auditions are strongly discouraged.
There will also be cold readings and a general dance audition so please have comfortable clothing and appropriate footwear. If you tap, please bring your tap shoes. Choreo videos
We encourage you to bring your completed audition form, conflict calendar, and consent form to the audition.
Video auditions must be submitted to hpct.info@gmail.com by 7:00pm, Friday, April 22, 2022. Videos should include a 30-60 second vocal audition with accompaniment and the provided dance combination. Completed audition form, conflict calendar, and consent form must be included in your email.
Rehearsals:
Sundays 2-6pm (likely not every Sunday)
Mondays-Thursdays 7-9:30pm
Rehearsal Location: Centennial Station Arts Center (121 S Centennial St, High Point, 27260)
First company meeting - Tuesday, May 10
All performances at Centennial Station Arts Center (121 S Centennial St, High Point, 27260)
• Friday, June 24 @ 7:30 PM
• Saturday, June 25 @ 2:00 PM
• Saturday, June 25 @ 7:30 PM
• Sunday, June 26 @ 2:00 PM
Directed by Karen Hincher
Music Directed by Nick Helms
Choreographed by Audrey Weston
Stage Managed by Alexa Trotter
BOOK BY Richard Henry Morris & Dick Scanlan
NEW MUSIC BY Jeanine Tesori
NEW LYRICS BY Dick Scanlan
Original Story and Screenplay by Richard Morris for the Universal Pictures Filmoan
SUMMARY
Filled with fun flappers, dashing leading men, and a villainess audiences will love to hate, Thoroughly Modern Millie JR. is a clever adaptation of the six-time-Tony-Award-winning Best Musical and the Academy Award-winning film. Thoroughly Modern Millie JR. is the high-spirited musical romp that has all of New York dancing the Charleston!
It's 1922 in New York City and a young Millie Dillmount has just moved to the Big Apple in search of a new life. Her grand plan is to find a job as a secretary for a wealthy man and then marry him. However, her plan goes completely awry. Millie's wealthy boss is slow in proposing marriage and the man she actually falls in love with doesn't have a dime to his name -- or so he tells her. What's a small-town girl to do?
HPCT is committed to giving opportunities to performers of all backgrounds and ethnicities. We strongly encourage BIPOC and Asian American actors to audition.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Millie Dillmount
A spunky, modern woman trying to make it in New York City. She falls in love with Jimmy. Our story's protagonist.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: G#3
Jimmy
A suave city slicker who unexpectedly becomes the story's hero. He falls in love with Millie.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Mrs. Meers
A former actress turned human trafficker pretending to be a kindly chinese woman. She oversees the Hotel Priscilla where she secretly sells her tenants.
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: A3
Miss Dorothy
A naive, wealthy girl who has moved to New York to change her lifestyle. She becomes Millie's roommate and confidant.
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: F#4
Miss Flannery
An uptight, stern office manager. She runs the stenographer pool at Sincere Trust Insurance Company.
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: A4
Ching Ho
A Chinese immigrant working to bring his mother to the United States. Younger brother of Bun Foo and henchman to Mrs. Meers. Sings and speaks in Chinese.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Bun Foo
A Chinese immigrant working to bring his mother to the United States. Older brother of Ching Ho and henchman to Mrs. Meers. Sings and speaks in Chinese.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: D4
Trevor Graydon the Third
An executive at the Sincere Trust Insurance Company. He is sharp, ambitious, and secretly romantic.
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Mama
Mama is Ching Ho and Bun Foo's mother from China. No singing, no dancing involved.
Ensemble
Moderns; Stenographers; Hotel Priscilla Girls