Broadway Rose Education Classes

2010 Summer Teen Theater Workshop July 12 – 31

Big River

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Directed by Isaac Lamb
Musical Direction by Mont Chris Hubbard
Choreographed by Amy Beth Frankel

This intensive 3-week training workshop is designed for students (age 12-18) who are serious about pursuing musical theater performance or tech work. Participants will get real-world experience by rehearsing and mounting a full-scale production of the Broadway hit Big River, winner of 7 Tony Awards!

Based on Mark Twain’s novel, this Tony Award-winning musical follows the adventures of one of America’s best-loved literary figures, Huck Finn, as he makes his way along the mighty Mississippi. Join the irrepressible Huck on a musical journey as he helps his friend Jim, a slave, escape to freedom. Big River is a hilarious, suspenseful and heartwarming celebration of pure Americana, with a jubilant score of Cajun, gospel, folk, country and blues by country music legend Roger Miller.

Workshop: Monday-Friday, July 12 – July 28 (Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Public Performances: July 28, 29, 30, & 31 at 2 p.m. & July 30 at 6 p.m.
Workshop and performances will be held at The Broadway Rose’s New Stage at 12850 SW Grant Avenue, Tigard.

Open to ages 12-18
Space is limited.
Tuition: $500 (a limited number of need-based full and partial scholarships are available. Some scholarship funds provided by Norb and Leah Murray.)

Download registration form (PDF document).

Audition Information
Auditions will be Monday, June 21, 10 am – 2 pm and Tuesday, June 22 from 10 am – 2 pm by appointment only at The Broadway Rose New Stage, 12850 SW Grant Avenue, Tigard.

Potential students will be auditioning in groups of 10-15 per hour. All ethnicities strongly encouraged to audition.

Auditions will be composed of group activities, games, and each auditioner will perform a 2 minute solo piece of their choice: consider a song (bring sheet music in your own key), a monologue, a dance, performance art, even stand-up comedy!

• Please bring your theatrical resume (or you can list your experience and training on the audition form).


• Bring a recent photo or headshot.


• Dress for easy movement and modesty. Please wear sturdy, closed-toed shoes, easy to move in. Athletic shoes are ideal. No high heels please.
• Bring your calendar to list conflicts.


• Arrive a couple of minutes before your appointment to give you time to complete your audition form.


• Limit your solo audition piece to 2 minutes only.

Auditions are to determine the enrollment of the workshop. Casting of specific roles will be determined once the workshop has begun. All workshop members will have a role in show.

To schedule an audition appointment contact Emma at 503-906-2378 or send email. For questions about the content or structure of the class, please email Isaac Lamb.

Big River Characters: (casting will be gender blind; all ethnicities encouraged to audition)
Huckleberry Finn: A rough and tumble near-orphan who was taken in and "civilized" by Widow Douglas. Prefers freedom to domestic life.
Widow Douglas: a strict but loving woman who takes Huck in and raises him. Aunt Sally: Huck’s Aunt.
Miss Watson: Widow Douglas' friend. A strict and traditional woman that helps to raise Huck.
Jim: Widow Douglas' slave. He is desperate to be free so he can buy back his wife and children.
The Duke: (Comic Role) a broken down actor turned con artist - conniving.
Tom Sawyer: Huck's friend. Clever, but often overly dramatic.
Ben, Hank, Jo Harper: Tom & Huck's schoolmates.
Pap Finn: Huck's no-good alcoholic father who abandoned him some time ago. Returns to collect on Huck's trust fund.
The King: an escaped convict and con artist.
Mary Jane Wilkes: The grieving and pretty eldest girl of the wealthy Peter Wilkes, who recently passed away.
Judge: A man with high respect for the letter of the law.
Young Fool: A young man who just loves to gossip.
Wilkes, Silas, Mark Twain, Doctor, Chorus and Smaller Roles

For a synopsis of Big River, click here.