
Audition Information
AUDITION DATES:
Monday, August 4, 2025 at 7:00PM
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 7:00PM
NOTE: Those auditioning only need to come to one (1) audition night above.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Be at least 16 years old
- Prepare 16 bars of a song of your choice, not from the show, which reflects the style of the show and/or highlights your skills. This portion of the audition will be a cappella.
- Read from the script at the Director’s discretion
LOCATION:
Stewart Theater (114 N. Wilson Avenue, Dunn, NC 28334)
CALLBACKS:
Callbacks will take place on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 7:00 PM. Not receiving an invitation to callbacks does not mean that you will not be cast. It only means that we need a second look at certain actors together, in order to make final decisions. Actors invited to callbacks may be asked to dance, read and sing a selection for the character for which they are being called back, as indicated below:
- Shrek – “Big Bright Beautiful World”
- Fiona – “I Know It’s Today”
- Donkey – “Don’t Let Me Go”
- Lord Farquaad – “Ballad of Farquaad”
- Dragon – “Forever”
- Pinocchio – “Story of My Life”
Please note that applicable selections will be emailed to invited actors prior to the callback date. Actors invited to callbacks are welcome to perform on book. Additional reading from sides and other portions of script will occur during callbacks.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
- Friday, September 19, 2025, at 7:00 PM
- Saturday, September 20, 2025, at 7:00 PM
- Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 2:30PM
- Friday, September 26, 2025, at 7:00 PM
- Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 7:00 PM
- Sunday, September 28, at 2:30 PM
LOCATION:
Stewart Theater (114 N. Wilson Avenue, Dunn, NC 28334
- Director: Jacob Godwin
- Musical Director: Jerrod Godwin and Marie Spidale
Show Synopsis
Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek The Musical is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure, featuring all new songs from Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie; Caroline, or Change) and a sidesplitting book by David Lindsay-Abaire. Shrek brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage and proves there’s more to the story than meets the ears.
“Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek….” And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand… and his name is Shrek.
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