Auditions
May 20, 2022
Registration: 6:30 pm
Auditions: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
May 21, 2022
Registration: 12:30 pm
Auditions: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location:
2nd St. Performing Arts Center
1123 2nd. St, Wyandotte, MI 48192
Downriver Actors Guild is excited to announce auditions for Disney's Descendants - The Musical. Based on the popular Disney Channel Original Movies, Disney's Descendants: The Musical is a brand-new musical jam-packed with comedy, adventure, Disney characters, and hit songs from the films!
Auditions are open to all performers ages 12 to adult. Please come prepared for the following:
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Please prepare at least 16 bars of a song of your choice. Please have your accompaniment on a phone or tablet as a pianist will not be available. Accompaniment tracks must be instrumental and cannot contain vocals. Please have your music teed up prior to being called to audition.
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Please be prepared to perform a dance audition. We suggest wearing appropriate attire which will allow you to move freely and comfortably.
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Readings from the script will be required.
We suggest completing your audition form online and submit prior to attending auditions. The link to the audition form can be found above.
Dance Audition Videos
Instructional dance videos have been provided for Disney's Descendants auditions. There are 2 videos available. One video provides step by step breakdown of the dance audition. The other video is the dance routine. These videos can be downloaded.
Character Descriptions
Mal
Our hero and Maleficent’s daughter. Under her hardened, sarcastic exterior, she has a sense of justice and a heart of gold.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Evie
The Evil Queen Grimhilde’s daughter. She hides her brilliance behind a superficial, image-obsessed attitude.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Jay
Jafar’s son—an outwardly arrogant thief. He conceals a strategic, collaborative nature.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: Eb3
Carlos
Cruella de Vil’s son. Despite a fear of dogs and just about everything else, he has the capacity to be brave and kind.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: Eb3
Maleficent
The infamous evil fairy. She is a profoundly selfish absentee parent with an unquenchable taste for vengeance.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Grimhilde
Snow White’s wicked adversary. An aging beauty queen, she is still desperate to be the fairest of them all.
Gender: Female
Jafar
Aladdin’s nemesis. He is a slimy, washed-up crime lord desperate for a way back to the top.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Cruella de Vil
A Dalmatian-loving dog-snatcher. She is an obsessive, eccentric, and overbearing helicopter mom
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: B3
Ben
Son of the Beast and Belle. He is a classically regal, optimistic kid who bears the weight of soon becoming King of Auradon.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: Bb4
Vocal range bottom: Ab2
King Beast
Ben’s father and King of Auradon. Royal and rule-driven, he knows a bit about being marginalized.
Gender: Male
Queen Belle
Ben’s mother and Queen of Auradon. Warm, but cautious, she doesn’t understand her son’s generation.
Gender: Female
Fairy Godmother
Headmistress of Auradon Prep. Busy and bubbly, she’ll do anything to keep the school afloat.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: D4
Jane
Fairy Godmother’s daughter. Meek and mousy, but hungry for attention, she’s looking for her moment to shine.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: E4
Chad
Cinderella and Prince Charming’s son. An arrogant and spoiled blockhead, he’s never wanted for anything.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: D4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Audrey
Sleeping Beauty’s daughter. The malicious queen bee of Auradon Prep, she has her eye on the throne.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: A3
Doug
Dopey’s son. Nerdy and sweet, he does all the work that his fellow students don’t want to do.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: C4
Royal Page
Auradonian messenge, enormously nervous.
Royal Guard
Museum employee, less than vigilant.
Maurice
Chemistry teacher and Belle’s father. He is kooky and stuck in his ways.
Gender: Male
Coach
Tourney coach, resigned to the team’s mediocrity until meeting a surprise star player.
Snow White
Red carpet reporter. She is the voice of the masses.
Gender: Female
Ensemble
Roles include: Isle Ensemble (including Smitten Kids 1 & 2), Auradonians (including Auradonians 1 & 2), Coronation Crowd (including Crowd Members 1, 2 & 3), Auradonian Choir