The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition
Based on the series by Stephen Hillenburg
Book by Kyle Jarrow
Musical Production Conceived by Tina Landau
Original Songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I.
And Songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny & Andy Paley
Additional Lyrics by Jonathan Coulton | Additional Music by Tom Kitt
Performances: May 17 – June 2, 2024
Directed by Brett McCardle
Vocal Direction by Ryan Leinbach
Choreography by Harli Meech & Christian Aragon
Our hapless everyman er – sponge, SpongeBob, wakes to the sunshiney undersea world of Bikini Bottom, where spontaneous songs and jellyfish hunting are equally likely to happen on any given day. Today, he and his closest friends, Patrick and Sandy will face off against angry townsfish, self-doubt, and an angry volcano using the combined powers of science and friendship! All the while, the rest of the crew including Squidward, Mr. Krab, Pearl, and a heaping pile of other familiar fish-eyed faces will work together to save the town, from the volcano and the nefarious machinations of the one-celled mastermind, Plankton!
Auditions: 3/25 & 3/27
Rehearsals: 4/7 – 5/16, Sundays: 12pm – 3pm, Monday – Thursday 5:30pm – 8pm
Set Build: 4/13
Tech: 5/4
If you are interested in auditioning for The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition please fill out the AUDITION FORM, specifying a date/time that works for you. You only need to attend one day of auditions. Please review the REHEARSAL SCHEDULE and note all conflicts on your form.
Auditions are closed to the public, only actors auditioning for the show and the production team (director, vocal director, choreographer, etc.) will be allowed inside the auditorium. Friends and family will not be able to sit in the auditorium during auditions, but they are welcome to wait on the lanai or in the lobby.
Character List
EUGENE KRABS – The money-hungry owner of the Krusty Krab, the most popular restaurant in Bikini Bottom. Has a pirate accent so presumably, he’s avasted a hearties or two on occasion.
PEARL KRABS – The teenage daughter of Eugene Krabs, she is going through it, between hormones, loving rock-stars, and mood swings. Also, she’s a whale.
PATRICK STAR – The dim-witted friend of Spongebob, always ready to join in the fun and have adventures
SANDY CHEEKS – A squirrel out of Texas with some mega- brains and mighty kung-fu skills living at the bottom of the ocean by a tree in a dome.
SHELDON J. PLANKTON – The owner of the unpopular restaurant, the Chum Bucket, and a single-celled organism with grand ambitions. One day, it’s to steal the secret recipe for Krabby Patties from his enemy, Mr. Krab, the next day, it’s world domination. No matter what the plan, it’s always evil!
KAREN THE COMPUTER – Karen is the wife of PLANKTON and a computer as well, she assists him in
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (Range: C3-B4) Energetic, caring, adventurous, easily excitable, loud. Spongebob flips a mean Krabby patty at the Krusty Krab and spends his off- hours living his best life with his friends, Patrick and Sandy
SQUIDWARD Q. TENTACLES (Range: A2-F#4) The clarinet playing, Krabby patty selling, neighbor living between Spongebob and Patrick. He likes art, music and above all peace and quiet. He is annoyed most of the time because between Spongebob and Patrick, he never gets to have any.
THE MAYOR OF BIKINI BOTTOM (Range: F#4-B5) – The grand pooh-bah of all the townfolk, holds meetings, organizes focus groups, manages nothing really, a true politician
MRS. PUFF – A townfolk, gets excited or scared and she puffs up, teaches young minnows how to drive boats
OLD MAN JENKINS – Another townfolk, he’s old, cranky, cantankerous and quick to vilify someone when it’s needed
THE FRENCH NARRATOR – The calm voice clueing us into the undersea mysteries that we can only imagine. He/ she makes sure we are on the up and up as to what’s going down and down
THE ELECTRIC SKATES 1, 2, 3 – They are, like, totally rad, dudes dude, unless you play clarinet that is.
PERCH PERKINGS – A news anchor that is about to land one of the biggest disaster pieces of his/ her journalistic life
LARRY THE LOBSTER – A muscle-covered crustation that loves to pump iron and get those gains!
SARDINES 1, 2, 3 – The sardines in this show are easily impressionable and not super-bright. Here, they begin to think the answer to their prayers lies in the form of a Sea Star, and the power of “if I don’t think about a problem, it will probably go away”.
GARY – Spongebob’s pet snail, it meows, this is a puppet but could be an actor with the right set of skills/ if we don’t end up building a cool enough puppet. Can be the same actor as another role unless they are in the same scene together
ENSEMBLE CHARACTERS – There will be an ensemble in the show that will be assorted townsfish, sea anemones, sardines, sponges, jellyfish, singers, and dancers
AUDITION SIDES & SONGS
Coming soon!