Date: April 12, 2025
ROLES – All Available!
Please note that, as a community theater company, we sing for love – which means we sing for free. Vocal roles are unpaid.
-
THE M’KADO, Emperor of Ja’Paan, a distant solar system wherein resides Planet Titipu and its unusual inhabitants (bass or bass-baritone)
-
NANKI-POO, his Son, disguised as a planet-hopping minstrel, in love with Yum-Yum (tenor)
-
KO-KO, Lord High Executioner of Planet Titipu, formerly a moisture farmer (comic baritone)
-
PISH-TUSH, Lord High Exposition (baritone)
-
POOH-BAH, Lord High Everything Else (baritone)
-
Three Sisters, Wards of Ko-Ko:
YUM-YUM, sweet, naive, somewhat self-involved (soprano)
PITTI-SING, sensitive, non-confrontational, eager to please (mezzo-soprano)
PEEP-BO, sassy, flippant, fearless (soprano or mezzo-soprano) -
KATISHA, an elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo (contralto)
-
Chorus of School-girls, Matrons, Nobles, Guards, and Commoners.
Everyone is welcome at The Empire Lyric Players: we cast capable performers regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, or anything else for that matter.
If you are unable to attend the auditions and still wish to participate, we invite you to send us a video submission. Video auditions are due no later that 5pm on Friday, April 11th. Please send your resume (or a write up of your theater experience), headshot, and a YouTube link to your audition video to auditions@elps.org.
AUDITION MATERIAL
Please prepare one of the character selections corresponding to your desired role, in addition to one of the chorus selections.
M’kado
Nanki-Poo
Ko-Ko
Pish-Tush
Pooh-Bah
Yum-Yum
Pitti-Sing / Peep-Bo
Katisha
Women’s chorus
Men’s chorus
Returning ELP choristers may consider themselves “called back.”
If you bring your own piece, we still prefer to hear music from Mikado, and you must provide music for the accompanist.
We ask that cast members under the age of 14 be accompanied by a parent to all rehearsals/performances. For the audition, our younger members are encouraged to sing any material that they choose. Or, if they’d prefer a non-singing spot in the cast, please email president@elps.org so we can plan accordingly.