Step 1
Submit an AUDITION FORM prior to auditions
Step 2
Register for a TIME SLOT for the initial in-person audition
Audition Date
In-person auditions will take place via time slots at SALT's West Chester location (19 Hagerty Blvd, 19382) on the evenings of July 6 & 7, 2026. See above to register for a time slot. The callbacks take place if necessary and will be by invitation only. Callbacks will take place on the evening of July 9, at CPFA (211 Carter Dr, West Chester 19382). If you cannot attend an in-person audition time slot (though that is much preferred), you may submit a video audition to Lmccomas@saltpa.com by July 5. Please put "Oliver Audition" in the subject of your email.
Performances & Rehearsals
The Read Through will take place on the evening of July 19 and rehearsals continue mostly on Sundays, Mondays, & Wednesday evenings. A detailed list of our rehearsal/production schedule can be found here. Please be sure to list all your personal schedule conflicts on your audition form. Conflicts with tech and performances are not accepted.
Audition Format
Please prepare: Two song selections in the style of the show and/or from the show. 32 measures each. If you are auditioning for a specific role, please have at least one of your song selections be a song your character sings in the show (Oliver should sing a section of Where is Love, Nancy should sing the end of As Long As He Needs Me, Dodger should sing a section of Consider Yourself, and Fagan can do selections from either/both his songs). Please have your sheet music in a binder with cuts clearly marked for our live accompanist.
Additionally, we would love to hear you introduce yourself with a fun fact or two about you in a cockney accent. Just have fun & try your best! :)
Character Descriptions
This is a community theatre production. All cast members are unpaid and perform on a volunteer-basis for the love of it. All roles are open, and SALT encourages all performers to submit for any role regardless of type, gender, ability, race, ethnicity, sexuality, neurodiversity, and similarity to the source material or original Broadway cast.
We are seeking to cast the following roles:
Oliver Twist - innocent, a bit of a dreamer, longing to be loved and cared for *For this role we are specifically seeking a pure, choirboy style voice, not a traditional Broadway voice with vibrato. Stage Age: 8 to 12; Vocal range top: A3-E5
Fagin - weasel-like in his mannerisms, crafty, greedy, but also with a tender streak toward his young charges. Must be a good mover. Sleight-of-hand skills are a bonus! Stage Age: 40 to 70; Vocal range: A2-F4
The Artful Dodger - self assured, a leader among their peers, scrappy. Strong dance skills preferred. Stage Age: 14 to 21; Vocal range: A3-E5
Bill Sikes - menacing, a bully’s bully, always on the edge of becoming violent, seething. Stage Age: 30 to 45; Vocal range: A2-D4
Nancy - gritty, determined, with a strong motherly pull toward Oliver and Fagin’s kids. Stage Age: 25 to 35; Vocal Range: F3-E5
Mr. Bumble - Pompous, self-important, the textbook definition of hypocrisy. Stage Age: 40 to 60; Vocal range: C3 -Ab4
Widow Corney - domineering, sharp-tongued, looking for a relationship but only if it’s beneficial to her. Stage Age: 40 to 60; Vocal range: C4-F5
Bet - impressionable, sweet, wants to imitate Nancy. Stage Age: 15 to 20; Vocal Range: Ab3-G5
Mr. Sowerberry- very pinched in his expressions and vocalizations, subordinate to his wife. Stage Age: 40 to 60; Vocal range: C3-F4
Mrs. Sowerberry - bossy, irritable, snappish toward her husband but flirty with Bumble. Stage Age: 40 to 60; Vocal range: C4-F5
Charlotte Sowerberry - boy-crazy, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, flighty. Stage Age: 16 to 25
Noah Claypole - power hungry, arrogant, his intellect matches Charlotte’s. Stage Age: 18 to 25
Mr. Brownlow - the definition of kindness and compassion, intentional, really takes the time to “See” others. Stage Age: 50 to 70
Mrs. Bedwin - the Brownlow’s Housekeeper, nurturing, kind. Stage Age: 45 to 60
Dr. Grimwig- comes onto the scene when Oliver gets sick. Stage Age 30 to 50
Charley Bates- a loud-mouth boy in Fagin's establishment. Stage Age: 10 to 18
Ensemble- orphans (ages 8-12), workhouse assistants, bow street-runners, street vendors and crowd, etc.
Compensation
This is a community theatre production performed on a volunteer basis.