Footloose The Musical

AUDITIONS WIL BE HELD AT
MANDURAH SENIOR COLLEGE (Mandurah Little Theatre)
EDUCATION DRIVE, off Gordon.
NEXT TO PEEL TAFE
INFO: 95359396 or 0407089793 karenjanefrancis@yahoo.com.au

AUDITION DATE/TIME 19th September 9am

AUDIION SONGS: TBA

This information is provided to allow you to prepare for your audition, and will be updated further within the next month.

Production will take place in FEB / MARCH 2011
Venue: Koorliny Arts Centre Amphitheatre
Rehearsals commence: October 2010, and will be held at Mandurah Senior College (Mandurah Little Theatre)

Producer: Koorliny Arts Centre
Director: Karen Francis
Vocal Director: Carole Dhu
Musical Director: TBA
Choreographer: TBA

Footloose Synopsis

Chicago. A group of young people have gathered at their favorite dance club to unwind and say goodbye to Ren McCormack. Ren's father has walked out, so he and his mother are forced to move in with her sister's family in a small town nobody has ever heard of - Beaumont.

Ren soon finds himself at odds with the repressive atmosphere in Beaumont, where the spiritual life of the community is overseen by the power local minister Reverend Moore. Ren is stunned to learn that dancing is not allowed anywhere within the town limits of Beaumont. His new friends explain that this law dates back five years to a car accident that claimed the lives of four Beaumont teenagers. In the flood of grief and guilt that followed that tragedy, Rev Moore managed to convince the town council to ban dancing. The only person seemingly unfazed by Rev Moore's iron-fisted control is his daughter Ariel.

Following a bout with her jealous boyfriend, Ren walks Ariel home and they find they have a lot in common. But Rev Moore forbids Ariel to see Ren again, citing him as a troublemaker, despite his wife's pleas. Annoyed, the minister walks away.

The next day, frustrated by his new stifling environment, Ren vows to "take on this town" and incites a revolution by his classmates to throw a dance.

Ren drives Ariel and their friends 100 miles outside Beaumont to a dance hall where they party into the night and teach Willard how to dance. When Ariel finally arrives home, her defiance infuriates Rev Moore, who denies that he has become too severe since the death of his son - one of the teenagers killed in the fateful car accident. Angered, he walks away again.

At the long awaited town council meeting, Ren makes his case for a dance with Ariel's help. When the motion is defeated, he is devastated, but his mother convinces him that Rev Moore "fixed" the vote, and urges him to try again by speaking privately with the minister.

Ren goes to the church, but after a brief discussion in which Rev Moore is unable to share his fears and motivation for continuing the ban, he asks Ren to leave and turns away. Appalled by his own actions, it is only then that the minister realizes how musch the pain of his son's death has overshadowed his life, and the lives of everyone in Beaumont. After a struggle with his conscience, he announces to his parishioners that he has had a change of heart - that in fact a dance might be a good idea.

And so, for the first time in years, the young people of Beaumont are able to dance freely, and as everyone joins in, the evening becomes not only a celebration, but finally as ecstatic expression of healing. They dared to dance and "Everybody Cut Footloose!"

Please check below for character list and vocal range.

Footloose Musical Numbers (characters and range below)

Footloose - Ren and Company
On Any Sunday - Rev Moore, Choir, and Parishioners
The Girl Gets Around - Chuck, Ariel, Travis, and Lyle
I Can't Stand Still - Ren
Somebody's Eyes - Rusty, Urleen, Wendy Jo, and Company
Learning To Be Silent - Vi and Ethel
Holding Out For A Hero - Ariel, Rusty, Wendy Jo, and Urleen
Heaven Help Me - Rev Moore
I'm Free/Heaven Help Me - Ren, Rev Moore, and Company
Let's Make Believe We're In Love - Irene and Her Country Kickers
Let's Hear It For The Boy - Rusty and Company
Can You Find It In Your Heart - Vi
Mama Says - Willard, Bickle, Garvin, Jeter, and Ren
Almost Paradise - Ren and Ariel
Dancing Is Not A Crime - Ren, Willard, Bickle, Garvin, and Jeter
I Confess - Rev Moore
Can You Find It In Your Heart (Reprise) - Rev Moore
Footloose (Finale) - Company

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS and VOCAL RANGE
AGES VARY

Ren McCormack - A teenage boy from Chicago (tenor)

Ethel McCormack - His mother (mezzo)

Reverend Shaw Moore - The minister of Beaumont (baritone)

Vi Moore - His wife (mezzo)

Ariel Moore - Their daughter (mezzo)

Lulu Warnicker - Ren's aunt

Wes Warnicker - Her husband

Coach Roger Dunbar - The high school gym teacher

Eleanor Dunbar - His wife

Rusty - Ariel's best friend (mezzo)

Urleen - Ariel's friend (mezzo)

Wendy Jo - Ariel's friend (meezo)

Chuck Cranston - Ariel's boyfriend (tenor)

Lyle - Chuck's buddy (tenor)

Travis - Chuck's buddy (baritone)

A Cop

Betty Blast - owner of the Burger Blast

Willard Hewitt - Ren's friend, a country boy (baritone/tenor)

Principal Harry Clark - Principal of the high school

Jeter - Ren's friend (tenor)

Bickle - Ren's friend (tenor)

Garvin - Ren's friend (baritone)

Irene - Lead singer for her band, the Country Kickers (mezzo)

Cowboy Bob - A cowboy in a country western dance hall

Cowboy #1 - A cowboy in a country western dance hall

Cowboy #2 - A cowboy in a country western dance hall

Choir, Parishioners, Townspeople, High School Students, and Country Western Couples