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Director: William C. Gelinas
Auditions: Monday, July 7th & Tuesday, July 8th at 6:00 pm. Callbacks Thursday, July 10th at 6:00 pm.
MUSIC AND LYRICS
Steven Cheslik-deMeyer
LYRICS, BOOK, AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
Tim Maner
MUSIC AND ADDITIONAL LYRICS
Alan Stevens Hewitt
Rage! Sex! Betrayal! Bloody murder!
In the heat of late summer 1892, Andrew Borden and his wife are found murdered in their house. The main suspect in the murders is Andrew’s youngest daughter from a previous marriage, Lizzie Borden. Using a searing rock score, and based on the historical record, LIZZIE explores the heady and heated days leading up to the murder and Lizzie’s controversial acquittal of all charges and the creation of a new American myth.
Rehearsals begin on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025, and will be every Tuesday/Thursday/Sunday evenings from 6-9 pm
Tech Week will run Sunday, October 12, 2025 – Thursday, October 16th, 2025.
Performance dates include:
October 17, 2025 @ 7:30 PM
October 18, 2025 @ 7:30 PM
October 19, 2025 @ 2 PM
Attendance is required for all tech week dates and performance dates set forth. For more information, contact Amanda Menard at amanda@stadiumtheatre.com.
Stadium Theatre & Conservatory is dedicated to celebrating and cultivating a culturally diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We acknowledge that this process is a journey and that our commitment is essential and ongoing. Actors of all abilities, ages, ethnicities, genders, races, and sexual orientations are welcome to audition for any role that they are interested in playing.
Please be advised in order to enter the Theatre during auditions all individuals over 18 must provide a license or ID. Individuals under 18 must provide a license, school ID or parent's license. For all individuals entering the building bags will be checked by security.
Auditions will be held at the Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre, located at 28 Monument Square in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on Monday, July 7th, 2025 & Tuesday, July 8th, 2025 at 6:00 pm, with callbacks on Thursday, July 10th, 2025 at 6:00 pm if needed.
Please register to audition no later than Thursday, July 3rd, 2025. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email.
Please bring an actor resume and headshot to be submitted to the production crew. All those auditioning should prepare a cut of 16-32 measures from a song of your choosing. There will be a dance call at the initial auditions. Please review the Character Breakdown for specific age ranges for certain characters.
Character Breakdown
Lizzie
(Female Lead Age 18+)
High belt: F#3-F#5 (belt to A5 if possible.)
The titular character. Rock mezzo with a strong high belt and head voice; the younger daughter of the Borden household, accused of her father and stepmother's axe murders; damaged and twisted, can turn on a dime from fragile, broken, meek and obedient to conniving, sinister, furious, and terrifying.
Alice
(Female Supporting. Age 18 to 30 | Vocal Part: Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano.)
High mezzo lyric/mix/belt: G3 (w/F#3 pick-up/ghost-notes in one number) – A5 (legit soprano)
Lizzie's neighbor. Pop/rock soprano with a strong mix; Lizzie's next door neighbor who visits frequently; seductive and secretive, with an almost maternal tenderness in her affections for Lizzie.
Emma
(Female Supporting. Age 18 to 35)
Alto/mezzo belt: F#3-D5
Lizzie's older sister. Rock alto/mezzo belt; Lizzie's older sister; resentful of her father's marriage to his second wife and his financial support of her family; protective, outspoken, and commanding; furious, but also desperately sad.
Bridge
(Female Supporting. Age 18+)
Contralto/low alto: F3 (w/E3 pick-up/ghost-notes in one number) – Eb5 (E5 option in one ad lib)
The family's Irish maid. Rock mezzo; the Borden family maid of several years and occasional show narrator; Irish; speaks and sings in dialect; clever with a dry and dark sense of humor; a rock and roll nihilist; not much gets past her.