*World Premiere*
Book, Lyrics, and DIrection by Derek Adams
Music and Music Direction by Jonathan Sparks
Auditions October 7 & 8, 2024
Performances December 6-15, 2024
Everyone dreams of attending a school for wizards. But what if you made it in and just…weren’t very good at magic? Winter is damaged, determined, haunted, and terrible at making friends. Can she figure it all out in one single night and make a spell that will put her on the map? Or at least keep her from utter embarrassment???
Audition Information
A SPELL FOR WINTER is an original musical written by local Athens artists. This production will be its world premiere. It is a holiday musical from another world. Auditions are Monday, October 7 and Tuesday, October 8 starting at 7 pm. Please complete our online audition form [LINK].
SHOW DATES: December 6th, 7th, 8th — 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
REHEARSALS : Monday-Friday 6:30p – 9:30p (Occasional weekend rehearsals as needed)
GENERAL AUDITIONS
Prepare a vocal piece of less than one minute that you are comfortable singing acapella.
Dress for movement and dance.
Bring a COMPLETE calendar with all conflicts between now and December 15th.
SYNOPSIS
Winter is attending the Solacer Wynd School of Technical Magic and Tavern Management, and she has a problem. It’s one of the least impressive schools in town, and she is one night away from flunking out completely. Unlike every other wizard attending, she cannot cast a single spell. Before the night is over, she must face her past, a ghost, her idiot classmates, her obsequious familiar, and the power of the night itself. It’s Fifth Turn, the solstice, the night when magic flows and sings with more power than any other night. If she can’t cast a spell tonight, she never will.
LEADS
Winter – main character. Actor must provoke empathy from the audience while being unlikable.
Kilometer Fox – Winter’s familiar. Actor must be deeply annoying but an excellent dancer.
The Ghost – A specter from the past with an agenda.
Wizard Students
Helona – delightfully mean
Marwick – hopelessly stupid
Casimir – desperately sweet
Venn – upsettingly normal
Professor Zed Mandrake – a figure of immense dignity and inebriation
ENSEMBLE
Other Wizard Students with solo spoken and sung lines
TANIS – deeply mysterious
ARC – abundantly heroic
BOGLORD – it’s pronounced ‘bahg-lurd’
NATALIE – mystically forgettable
All characters are available to any identity.
For more information please contact:
Director : Derek Adams – gderekadams@gmail.com
Musical Director : Jonathan Sparks – jumplittlejon@gmail.com
Script available upon request.