Auditions for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will take place the week of September 1st, with the following schedule. All auditions and callbacks will be held in the auditorium.
Tuesday, September 2nd
Thursday, September 4th
Auditions
Callbacks
6:00PM–9:00PM
6:00PM–9:00PM
PLEASE NOTE that you do not need to attend the entirety of Tuesday's auditions (e.g. arrive at 6:00PM, leave at 9:00PM). You only need to attend a specific 30-minute time-slot, which you can sign up for below.
The callback list will be posted here on Tuesday, September 2nd at 10:00PM.
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The cast list will be posted here on Sunday, September 7th at 10:00AM.
HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR AUDITIONS?
Auditions are open to all Turpin students who wish to participate. If you want to audition, please follow the below instructions.
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AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS​
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Sign up for an audition time, using the Audition Sign-up (link below).
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Fill out the Required Forms – Show Forms & Annual Forms (below).
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Prepare the necessary Audition Materials for your audition (listed in next section).
AUDITION LINKS
SHOW FORMS
ANNUAL FORMS
*These forms require a parent/guardian signature.
**If you completed these forms for the Fall Show, you do not need to complete them again
WHAT DO I NEED TO PREPARE & BRING TO AUDITIONS?

AUDITIONING FOR
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
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A comedic monologue, no longer than 1 minute, from a play, musical, or movie/TV show (preferably from a play or musical).
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16-32 bars (or roughly 30-90 seconds) of a song from a musical.
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Backing music (audio file or sheet music) for your song. We will have a speaker for digital backing tracks, and an accompanist on piano.
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Rehearsed dance audition choreography.
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Headshot
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Theatre Résumé
If you have any questions about auditioning, monologues, or songs,
please refer to the below Audition FAQs, or reach out to Mr. Loebker (JoeyLoebker@foresthills.edu).
HOW DO DANCE AUDITIONS WORK?
All performers who will be auditioning for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee are required to perform dance choreography as part of their audition.
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The process will be as follows:
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The audition dance choreography will be posted below.
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In the days prior to auditions, you need to learn this choreography and be ready to perform.
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On the day of auditions, at the start of your audition time-slot, you and everyone in your time-slot will be invited into the auditorium to perform this choreography together.
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Once this is complete, you will each be invited in individually to perform your monologue and song.
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