Upcoming Audition

Willy Wonka

Location:
Danville Friends Church
45 North County Rd 200 E, Danville, IN 46122

Time: 
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Dates:
March 13, 14, 15, & 16

Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to chocolate-covered life.

Available Roles

Willy Wonka
The mysterious title character. He is charming, enigmatic, charismatic, and slightly
sinister. A chocolatier who guides children and their parents on a tour of his factory. He
is looking for someone new to take over his candy empire.
Gender: Male
Stage Age: 20 to 50
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: G2

Candy Man
A local candy vendor. He leads the children in praising the joys of candy.
Gender: Male
Stage Age: 20 to 50
Vocal range top: D4
Vocal range bottom: A2

Phineous Trout
A reporter covering the Golden Ticket story.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 50
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: B2

Charlie Bucket
Our story’s shy, earnest protagonist. From a modest home life, he is humble and
noncompetitive while maintaining a sense of wonder about the world. One of the Golden
Ticket winners whose honesty and general good nature win Wonka over.
Gender: Male
Stage Age: 9 to 12
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: G2

Mrs. Bucket
Charlie Bucket’s nurturing mother. She is always trying to maintain an energetic
positivity.
Gender: Female
Stage Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3

Mr. Bucket
Charlie Bucket’s nurturing father. He is always trying to maintain an energetic positivity.
Gender: Male
Stage Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: B2

Grandpa Joe
A caring, patient, and kindhearted man. Loving Grandfather to Charlie Bucket. He
accompanies Charlie to Willy Wonka’s factory and it gives him a new burst of youthful
vigor.
Gender: Male
Stage Age: 60 to 80
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2

Augustus Gloop
A gluttonous German boy. Cheerful and jolly, he defines himself by his ability to eat
mass quantities of food. One of the Golden Ticket winners whose constant overeating is
enabled and encouraged by Mrs. Gloop.
Gender: Male
Stage Age: 10 to 15
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: B2

Mrs. Gloop
A plump, jolly German woman with a bustling personality. Augustus Gloop’s
overindulgent mother.
Gender: Female
Stage Age: 35 to 45
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: B3

Veruca Salt
A wealthy, spoiled Brit. She is accustomed to having her father indulge her every whim
and desire. One of the Golden Ticket winners, she is subjected to the squirrels’ nut
chute.
Gender: Female
Stage Age: 10 to 15
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: G3

Mr. Salt
A wealthy British upperclassman who regularly flaunts his wealth and privilege. Father
to Veruca Salt who shamelessly spoils his daughter.
Gender: Male
Stage Age: 40 to 60
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: D3

Mike Teavee
An obnoxious, hyperactive child addicted to television, video games, and the internet.
One of the Golden Ticket winners and Ms. Teavee’s son.
Gender: Male
Stage Age: 9 to 12
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: G2

Ms. Teavee
An old-fashioned housewife. She is Mike Teavee’s permissive and clueless mother.
Gender: Female
Stage Age: 35 to 50
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: B3

Violet Beauregarde
A brassy girl with a competitive streak. Violet seizes every opportunity to show off. She
turns into a giant blueberry.
Gender: Female
Stage Age: 9 to 12
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: G3

Mrs. Beauregarde
Violet’s enthusiastic “helicopter parent” who focuses all her attention on her daughter.
She indulges Violet’s worst competitive impulses.
Gender: Female
Stage Age: 35 to 45
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: D4

Ensemble
Oompa Loompa 1
Stage age 6-18
Oompa Loompa 2
Stage age 6-18
Oompa Loompa 3
Stage age 6-18
Oompa Loompa 4
Stage age 6-18
Oompa Loompa 5
Stage age 6-18
Squirrels
Stage age 5-10
(May double as Oompa Loompas)
Chorus
Stage age: any

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