{"id":155842,"date":"2026-02-24T11:22:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=155842"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:22:07","slug":"theatre-oxford-sets-auditions-for-the-musical-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/theatre-oxford-sets-auditions-for-the-musical-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre Oxford Sets Auditions for the Musical “Working\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Based on Studs Terkel<\/strong>\u2019s best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working<\/em>\u00a0paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason and the housewife, just to name a few. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nominated for six Tony Awards, this classic has been updated for a modern age, featuring new songs by Tony Award<\/strong>-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda<\/strong>, as well as favorites by Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, James Taylor, Micki Grant<\/strong>, and more. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theatre Oxford<\/strong> will be casting between 6 and 12 singers and actors ages 18 and up. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHAT TO PREPARE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Prepare a one minute monologue (visit our website for examples)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Prepare 32 bars of a Broadway song (approximately 1-minute)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Bring your own backing track – we will have speakers you can use to link with your phone<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Fill out Theatre Oxford’s\u00a0Audition Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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