Bonnie & Clyde
26 January 2025 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Creative Team: Director – Lucy Trewin
Musical Director – Serena Cann
Choreographer – Deborah Proeve
Marie Clark Musical Theatre is proud to present another South Australian premiere – the wildly thrilling Bonnie & Clyde!
At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to America’s most renowned folk heroes and Texas law enforcement’s worst nightmares. Fearless, shameless and alluring, the Tony-nominated Bonnie & Clyde, from the legendary Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, Civil War, Dracula) is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country.
When Bonnie and Clyde meet, their mutual cravings for excitement and fame immediately set them on a mission to chase their dreams. Their bold and reckless behaviour turns the young lovers’ thrilling adventure into a downward spiral, putting themselves and their loved ones in trouble with the law. Forced to stay on the run, the lovers resort to robbery and murder to survive. As the infamous duo’s fame grows bigger, their inevitable end draws nearer.
Bonnie & Clyde is a thrilling and sexy musical with a non-traditional score, combining blues, gospel and rockabilly music – an exciting opportunity to showcase strong contemporary singers and actors.
Music by Frank Wildhorn / Lyrics by Don Black / Book by Ivan Menchell
Performances 20 – 28 June 2025 at The Arts Theatre, Adelaide.
Audition Information: https://events.humanitix.com/bonnie-and-clyde-auditions
| Audition Information #:0 | |
| Date: | 26/01/2025 |
| Time From – Time to: | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Audition Information #:1 | |
| Date: | 27/01/2025 |
| Time From – Time to: | 15:45 – 17:45 |
| Character Descriptions #:0 | |
| Role Name: | Clyde Barrow |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | – Stage Age: early 20s – Vocal range top: C5 – Vocal range bottom: A2 – Dance experience preferredClyde is a small-town man in his early 20s, who has been getting into trouble with the law since he was a kid. Clyde harbors a deep hatred for ‘the law’ and authorities as he feels that even when he is doing the right thing, he gets blamed for crimes occurring anyway. After a traumatic jail stint, Clyde completely disregards efforts to live normally, and instead favours crime. From his youth, Clyde has idolised outlaws such as Billy the Kid and Al Capone and seeks to follow in their footsteps, and is an accomplished driver. |
| Character Descriptions #:1 | |
| Role Name: | Bonnie Parker |
| Gender: | Female |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | – Stage Age: early 20s – Vocal range top: F5 – Vocal range bottom: G3 – Dance experience preferredBonnie is a small-town girl dreaming of a bigger life, and has aspirations to become a movie star like her idol, Clara Bow. Bonnie is smart, and enjoys writing poetry, and gets married at the age of 15 but the marriage does not last. Bonnie falls in with Clyde Barrow, an escaped convict and falls in love. She is seduced by his disregard for authority, and grandiose ideas that align with her aspirations, and joins him in his crime spree. |
| Character Descriptions #:2 | |
| Role Name: | Marvin ‘Buck’ Barrow |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | – Stage Age: mid 20s to 30s – Vocal range top: G4 – Vocal range bottom: B2 – Confident moverBuck is Clyde’s older brother, and he idolises his sibling’s confidence and devil-may-care attitude. Buck is also an outlaw troubled by his wife’s distaste for his lifestyle. He is adventurous and loyal. Buck is killed in a shoot-out with authorities. |
| Character Descriptions #:3 | |
| Role Name: | Blanche Barrow |
| Gender: | Female |
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| Role Information: | – Stage Age: mid 20s to 30s – Vocal range top: Eb5 – Vocal range bottom: G3 – Confident moverBlanche is Buck’s wife, and a deeply religious woman to disapproves of the criminal lifestyle of her husband and his brother. She is honourable and righteous and strives to make an honest man out of Buck. She is disappointed that the life she shares with Buck isn’t enough for him, and that he aspires to the infamy of Clyde. |
| Character Descriptions #:4 | |
| Role Name: | Ted Hinton |
| Gender: | Male |
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| Role Information: | – Stage Age: 18 to 25 – Vocal range top: A4 – Vocal range bottom: C3 – Dance experienced not requiredTed is a local police officer struggling to separate his feelings from his duties. He is kind and honest, but develops a hatred for Clyde due to being madly in love with Bonnie. |
| Character Descriptions #:5 | |
| Role Name: | Preacher |
| Gender: | Male |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | – Stage Age: Any – 40+ preferred – Vocal range top: C5 – Vocal range bottom: A2The Preacher is the town’s evangelist. He is loud, passionate, boisterous and strives to provide religious advice to the townspeople as the Great Depression sets in and people are questioning their faith. |
| Character Descriptions #:6 | |
| Role Name: | Emma Parker |
| Gender: | Female |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | – Stage Age: 40 to 55 – Vocal range: any – Dance experienced not requiredEmma is Bonnie’s widowed mother. She is fragile, caring, sensitive and tries repeatedly to set Bonnie on the right path. |
| Character Descriptions #:7 | |
| Role Name: | Cumie Barrow |
| Gender: | Female |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | – Stage Age: 40 to 55 – Vocal range: any – Dance experienced not requiredCumie is Buck and Clyde’s mother. She is a kind woman among those suffering in the Depression. Loyal and selfless. |
| Character Descriptions #:8 | |
| Role Name: | Stella, Tricia and Eleanore |
| Gender: | Female |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | – Stage Age: 20 to 50 – Dance experience preferred/confident moversStella, Tricia and Eleanore are Blanche’s hairdressing customers. Stella and Tricia both have incarcerated husbands and tell Blanche and Buck all about the merits of absent husbands. They are featured in ‘You’re Goin’ Back To Jail.’ Each will need to be competent singers with mastered Texan accents. They should be able to blend well, and should be able to sing with a country lilt. |
| Character Descriptions #:9 | |
| Role Name: | Ensemble and Other Roles |
| Gender: | Undefined |
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| Role Information: | There are several other named roles in the show that will be cast from the ensemble. These include: Governor Miriam Ferguson (an enforcer of the law and Governor of Texas; tough and harsh), Captain Frank Hamer (a retired Texas Ranger who joins the hunt for Bonnie and Clyde), Bob Alcorn (the best sharpshooter in Texas. Recruited by Frank Hamer, he helps hunt down Bonnie and Clyde), Henry Barrow (Buck and Clyde’s father), Bud (a local police officer, shot by Clyde), John (attends the café Bonnie works at), Joe (Trish’s husband, prisoner), Judge, Police Officers, Prison Guards, Funeral Attendees, Church Goers, Shopkeepers and Assistants, Breadline customers |
| Character Descriptions #:10 | |
| Role Name: | Young Bonnie and Young Clyde |
| Gender: | Undefined |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | This production will require at least 4 Youth cast members to play the role of Young Bonnie and of Young Clyde. These roles will be dual cast, with each cast member performing alternate roles, with their ‘off shows’ performing in the Ensemble.
Youth auditions will take place on Saturday 15 February 2025 at Mitcham Cultural Village, bookings via this link: https://events.humanitix.com/bonnie-and-clyde-youth-auditions Due to the mature nature of this show, youth auditionees must be at least 11 years old by the time of auditions. |
More Information at: https://mcmt.net.au/audition-information-bonnie-and-clyde/
This booking link in this audition listing is expressly for the Adult roles in this show, scheduled for Sunday 26 and Monday 27 January 2025 at Hawthorn Community Centre (if required, callbacks will be held Tuesday 28 January 2025).
There will be a separate round of Youth Auditions for the roles of Young Bonnie and Young Clyde, to be held on Saturday 15 February 2025 at Mitcham Cultural Village.
Please note: while audition venues are in the metro south suburbs of Adelaide, rehearsals will be held in Holden Hill and Paradise (north east of Adelaide), commencing from early March 2025. Refer to the Show Info Pack for full information, including access to Audition Materials.
Contact: Rochelle Colon
president@marieclark.asn.au
