Lawton Community Theatre announces auditions for its upcoming production of Bat Boy: The Musical

Auditions Date/Time: Sunday & Monday January 26th and 27th, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., 2025. Please only people 18+ (at time of audition)

Performance Dates: April 4, 5, 6 and 10, 11, 12, 13, 2025
Performances will be held at The John Denney Playhouse
1316 NW Bell Avenue, Lawton, OK 73507

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

  • There will be a script reading and a choreography audition.
  • Please prepare a musical number or pop rock song to audition with, with a cut of no more than 30 seconds long and without any backtracks or vocals.
  • We ask auditioners to bring their phones to play the instrumental music for the vocal audition.
  • There will be no callbacks, only those two open audition nights.
  • We plan on posting the cast list no later than Friday, January 31st.
  • This production is 18+ and contains strong language, explicit scenes, scenes in which actors wear minimal clothing, and adult themes. Please be aware when auditioning for this production.

About Bat Boy: The Musical

Based on a story in The Weekly World News, BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL is a musical comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. For lack of a better solution, the local sheriff brings Bat Boy to the home of the town veterinarian, Dr. Parker, where he is eventually accepted as a member of the family and taught to act like a “normal” boy by the veterinarian’s wife, Meredith, and teenage daughter, Shelley. Bat Boy is happy with his new life, but when he naively tries to fit in with the narrow-minded people of Hope Falls, they turn on him, prodded by the machinations of Dr. Parker, who secretly despises Bat Boy. Shelley and Bat Boy, who have fallen in love, run away together from the ignorant townfolk and have a blissful coupling in the woods, but their happiness is shattered when Meredith arrives and reveals a secret. Soon the entire town arrives and hears the shocking story of Bat Boy’s unholy origin.


  • 8 roles + ensemble
  • 2 acts
  • Duration of 2 hours


Cautions:


  • Strong Language
  • Explicit Scenes
  • Adult Themes

CHARACTERS

Bat Boy
Meredith Parker
Wife
Dr. Thomas Parker
Husband
Shelley Parker
Their daughter
Sheriff Reynolds
Rick, Ron, and Ruthie Taylor
Three teenage spelunkers
Mrs. Taylor
Their mother
Lorraine
A rancher's wife
Maggie
Senior Representative, Hope Falls Town Council
Daisy
A schoolteacher
Mr. Dillon
A rancher
Bud
A rancher
Ned
A rancher
Roy
A townsman
Clem
A townsman
Reverend Billy Hightower
Pan
Various Animals
Young Meredith
Meredith's Father
Meredith's Mother
A Doctor
Institute Man
Ensemble