Pittsburgh Savoyards

Audition to be a part of our fall 2026 production – Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Yeomen of the Guard, or: The Statutory Duel, running from October 9-18 2026 with music director Guy Russo and stage director Robert Hockenberry. We will be auditioning for lead and ensemble roles. Auditions are available in-person or via video submission through our online audition form (see below). Rehearsals are expected to begin the week of August 16.

Casting is at the discretion of the director(s). If an actor has to miss a performance, this may preclude them from being cast in the show.

We believe in and strive for inclusion, diversity, and representation in casting and encourage actors of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, ages, and body types to audition.

In-person auditions:

Wednesday, June 3rd from 7:00 to 9:00 pm, and
Thursday, June 4th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY (please see the form below)

Location:

The Pittsburgh Savoyards (Margaret Partee Performing Arts Center)
523 Lincoln Ave, Bellevue, PA 15202

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Before your audition:

Prepare no more than two minutes of a song that best showcases your voice. Opera (in English), Operetta, or more Traditional (not pop) Broadway recommended.

You may also be asked to do a cold reading.

Please fill out our digital audition form ahead of time and be sure to indicate which time slot or slots you are available. We will compile the responses into a final schedule and contact you about your scheduled audition time.

Please bring:

• Sheet music for our accompanist (and a second copy for yourself if not memorized).
• Resume and head-shot, if available.

Virtual auditions:

Prepare no more than two minutes of a song that best showcases your voice. Opera (in English), Operetta, or more Traditional (not pop) Broadway recommended. You can use an app like Appcompanist (available on iOS and Android) to assist you in your recording.

Please fill out our digital audition form. Time slot is not necessary for virtual auditions. Be sure to include:

• Your resume and head-shot, if available.
• Your audition video, submitted in one of the ways indicated on the form.

Available Roles

Sir Richard Cholmondeley, baritone — lieutenant of the tower and friend to Fairfax
Colonel Fairfax, tenor — an innocent but condemned man
Sergeant Meryll, baritone — head of the Yeomen of the Guard, father to Leonard and Phoebe
Leonard Meryll, tenor — his son
Jack Point, baritone — a strolling jester with an unrequited love for Elsie
Wilfred Shadbolt, baritone — head jailer of the Tower, in love with Phoebe who does not return his affections
The Headsman, non-singing — chief executioner
Elsie Maynard, soprano — a strolling singer, desperate for money to heal her mother
Phoebe Meryll, mezzo-soprano — Sergeant’s daughter, desperately in love with Fairfax
Dame Carothers, contralto — the meddling Housekeeper of the Tower
Kate, soprano — Dame Carothers’ niece
First Yeoman, tenor
Second Yeoman, baritone
First Citizen, non-singing
Second Citizen, non-singing
Ensemble

Contact

For questions about auditions, email auditions@pittsburghsavoyards.org or call: 412-734-8476 (voice mail).

Audition to be a part of our summer 2026 production – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and the Web of Deceit, running from July 10 to 25 2026 with director Robert Hockenberry. Auditions are available in-person through our online audition form (see below).

We believe in and strive for inclusion, diversity, and representation in casting and encourage actors of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, ages, and body types to audition.

Rehearsals are expected to begin the week of May 10.
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Audition to be a part of our Spring 2026 production – Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Grand Duke, or: The Statutory Duel, running from March 20-29 2026 with music director Guy Russo and stage director Olivia Hartle. We will be auditioning for lead and ensemble roles. Auditions are available in-person or via video submission through our online audition form (see below).

Casting is at the discretion of the director(s). If an actor has to miss a performance, this may preclude them from being cast in the show.

We believe in and strive for inclusion, diversity, and representation in casting and encourage actors of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, ages, and body types to audition.

In-person auditions:

Sunday, December 14th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm, and
Monday, December 15th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY (please see the form below)

Location:

The Pittsburgh Savoyards (Margaret Partee Performing Arts Center)
523 Lincoln Ave, Bellevue, PA 15202

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Before your audition:

Prepare no more than two minutes of a song that best showcases your voice. Opera (in English), Operetta, or more Traditional (not pop) Broadway recommended.

You may also be asked to do a cold reading.

Please fill out our digital audition form ahead of time and be sure to indicate which time slot or slots you are available. We will compile the responses into a final schedule and contact you about your scheduled audition time.

Please bring:

• Sheet music for our accompanist (and a second copy for yourself if not memorized).
• Resume and head-shot, if available.

Virtual auditions:

Prepare no more than two minutes of a song that best showcases your voice. Opera (in English), Operetta, or more Traditional (not pop) Broadway recommended. You can use an app like Appcompanist (available on iOS and Android) to assist you in your recording.

Please fill out our digital audition form. Time slot is not necessary for virtual auditions. Be sure to include:

• Your resume and head-shot, if available.
• Your audition video, submitted in one of the ways indicated on the form.

Available Roles

Julia Jellicoe — an English Comedienne (soprano)
Ernest Dummkopf — a Theatrical Manager (tenor)
Ludwig — Ernest’s Leading Comedian (baritone)
Lisa — a Soubrette (mezzo-soprano)
Rudolph — Grand Duke of Pfennig-Halbpfennig (comic baritone)
The Baroness von Krakenfeldt — betrothed to Rudolph (contralto)
Dr. Tannhäuser — a notary (high baritone)
Herald (baritone)
The Prince of Monte Carlo (baritone)
The Princess of Monte Carlo — betrothed to Rudolph (soprano)
Gretchen, Olga, Bertha — Members of Ernest Dummkopf’s Company (soprano or alto)
Ensemble

Contact

For questions about auditions, email auditions@pittsburghsavoyards.org or call: 412-734-8476 (voice mail).

Audition to be a part of our winter 2025 production – It’s a Wonderful Life, the play version, running from December 5 to 20 2025 with director Barbara Burgess-Lefebvre. Auditions are available in-person through our online audition form (see below).

We believe in and strive for inclusion, diversity, and representation in casting and encourage actors of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, ages, and body types to audition.

Adapted for the stage by James W. Rodgers. Based on the film by Frank Capra. It’s a Wonderful Life is based on the story The Greatest Gift by Phillip Van Doren Stern.

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Audition to be a part of our Fall 2025 production – Gilbert & Sullivan’s Utopia, Limited, or: The Flowers of Progress, running from October 10-19 2025 with music director Guy Russo and stage director Robert Hockenberry. We will be auditioning for lead and ensemble roles. Auditions are available in-person or via video submission through our online audition form (see below).

Casting is at the discretion of the director(s). If an actor has to miss a performance, this may preclude them from being cast in the show.

We believe in and strive for inclusion, diversity, and representation in casting and encourage actors of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, ages, and body types to audition.

In-person auditions:

Thursday, June 12th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm, and
Saturday, June 14th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY (please see the form below)

Location:

The Pittsburgh Savoyards (Margaret Partee Performing Arts Center)
523 Lincoln Ave, Bellevue, PA 15202

×

Before your audition:

Prepare no more than two minutes of a song that best showcases your voice. Opera (in English), Operetta, or more Traditional (not pop) Broadway recommended.

You may also be asked to do a cold reading.

Please fill out our digital audition form ahead of time and be sure to indicate which time slot or slots you are available. We will compile the responses into a final schedule and contact you about your scheduled audition time.

Please bring:

• Sheet music for our accompanist (and a second copy for yourself if not memorized).
• Resume and head-shot, if available.

Virtual auditions:

Prepare no more than two minutes of a song that best showcases your voice. Opera (in English), Operetta, or more Traditional (not pop) Broadway recommended. You can use an app like Appcompanist (available on iOS and Android) to assist you in your recording.

Please fill out our digital audition form. Time slot is not necessary for virtual auditions. Be sure to include:

• Your resume and head-shot, if available.
• Your audition video, submitted in one of the ways indicated on the form.

Available Roles

King Paramount the first (baritone)
Princess Zara (soprano)
Leander — a supreme court judge (comic baritone)
Phobus — a supreme court judge (comic baritone)
Thanatos — the public exploder (comic baritone)
Cadmus — the Utopian Vice Chamberlain (speaking role)
Lord Dramaleigh — a British Lord Chamberlain (high baritone)
Captain Fitzbattleaxe — of the First Life Guards (tenor)
Captain Sir Edward Corcoran, KCB — of the Royal Navy (bass)
Mr. Goldberry— a Company Promoter (baritone)
Sir Bailey Barre, Q.C., MP — a lawyer (tenor)
Mr. Blushington — a councilman (baritone)
Princess Theta — twin of Leta (soprano)
Princess Leta — twin of Theta (mezzo)
Lady Sophy (contralto)
Anthea (speaking)
Melia (speaking)
Phylla (soprano)
Ensemble

Contact

For questions about auditions, email auditions@pittsburghsavoyards.org or call: 412-734-8476 (voice mail).

Audition to be a part of our summer 2025 production – Wilkie Collins’s classic Victorian mystery The Woman in White, running from July 11 to 26 2025 with director Alyssa Marchbank. Auditions are available in-person through our online audition form (see below).

We believe in and strive for inclusion, diversity, and representation in casting and encourage actors of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, ages, and body types to audition.

Auditions are open to those 18 and over.
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Audition to be a part of our Spring 2025 production – Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore, or: The Lass That Loved a Sailor, running from March 14-23 2025 with music director Guy Russo and stage director Melissa Grande. We will be auditioning for lead and ensemble roles. Auditions are available in-person or via video submission through our online audition form (see below).

Casting is at the discretion of the director(s). If an actor has to miss a performance, this may preclude them from being cast in the show.

We believe in and strive for inclusion, diversity, and representation in casting and encourage actors of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, ages, and body types to audition.

In-person auditions:

Thursday, November 14th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm, and
Saturday, November 16th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY (please see the form below)

Location:

The Pittsburgh Savoyards (Margaret Partee Performing Arts Center)
523 Lincoln Ave, Bellevue, PA 15202

×

Before your audition:

Prepare no more than two minutes of a song that best showcases your voice. Opera (in English), Operetta, or more Traditional (not pop) Broadway recommended.

You may also be asked to do a cold reading.

Please fill out our digital audition form ahead of time and be sure to indicate which time slot or slots you are available. We will compile the responses into a final schedule and contact you about your scheduled audition time.

Please bring:

• Sheet music for our accompanist (and a second copy for yourself if not memorized).
• Resume and head-shot, if available.

Virtual auditions:

Prepare no more than two minutes of a song that best showcases your voice. Opera (in English), Operetta, or more Traditional (not pop) Broadway recommended. You can use an app like Appcompanist (available on iOS and Android) to assist you in your recording.

Please fill out our digital audition form. Time slot is not necessary for virtual auditions. Be sure to include:

• Your resume and head-shot, if available.
• Your audition video, submitted in one of the ways indicated on the form.

Available Roles

Sir Joseph Porter, KCB — First Lord of the Admiralty (comic baritone)
Captain Corcoran — Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore (lyric baritone)
Ralph Rackstraw — an able seaman (tenor)
Dick Deadeye — an able seaman (bass-baritone)
Bill Bobstay — Boatswain’s Mate (baritone)
Bob Becket — Carpenter’s Mate (bass)
Josephine — the captain’s daughter (soprano)
Cousin Hebe — Sir Joseph’s first cousin (mezzo-soprano)
Mrs. Cripps (Little Buttercup) — A Portsmouth bumboat woman (contralto)
Chorus of First Lord’s sisters, his cousins, and his aunts and Sailors

Contact

For questions about auditions, email auditions@pittsburghsavoyards.org or call: 412-734-8476 (voice mail).