Back to the 80’s Audition Information for MALES
At auditions, you will be expected to:
-Learn and perform a short dance.
-Learn and sing a short excerpt from a song.
-Perform one of the monologues of your choice from the reverse of this sheet.
-Read a scene (or more, as requested) with others who are auditioning. These scenes will be given at
auditions.
You and a parent must attend the cast and parent meeting on Monday, September 9th. We will begin at 6:30PM. If
you still need to watch the co-curricular code, it will be shown at 6:00PM.
See below for list of MALE characters:
ALF BUELLER
One of Corey Junior's best friends. A likeable teenager just coming out of childhood and beginning
adulthood.
15-18 yrs old. Bb2 - Bb4. Songs: Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Come on Eileen
BILLY ARNOLD
A popular, athletic guy who appears tough and is revered yet has little backbone without Michael.
15-18 yrs old. Range: A3 - A4. Songs: Never Gonna Give You Up, Footloose (Backup)
COREY PALMER
(Junior)
The hero of the musical. He is an ordinary, likeable senior in high school that is dealing with typical
issues including his love for Tiffany Houston.
15-18 yrs old. Range: Bb2 - D5. Songs: Believe it or Not, I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), Love Shack, Total
Eclipse of the Heart, Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Come on Eileen, (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life
COREY PALMER
(Senior)
The narrator of the show. He is the older version of Corey, now living in the year 2000 and reminiscing
about his high school days in the 1980s.
25-30 yrs old. Range: G3 - F4. Songs: You Give Love A Bad Name
FEARGAL McFERRIN The sensitive school nerd. He is supremely intelligent, but his visions of life in the new millennium are
always mocked.
15-18 yrs old. Range: E3 - B4. Songs: Video Killed the Radio Star, (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life
KIRK KEATON
One of the "nice" boys who is naive and has difficulty with girls. Friends with Alf and Corey Jr.
15-18 yrs old. Range: Bb2 - F4. Songs: Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Come on Eileen
LIONEL ASTLEY
He is a follower and not quite as cool as the other guys in his posse, but is tolerated by the girls.
15-18 yrs old. Range: Bb2 - G4. Songs: Love Shack, Footloose (Backup)
MICHAEL FELDMAN
The coolest guy in the school who has the attention of all the girls. When the girls are not around, he is a
mean manipulative oaf who picks on smaller kids.
15-18 yrs old. Range: D3 - B4. Songs: Footloose, Michael’s Election Rap, I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), Get
Outta My Dreams (Get Into My Car)
MR. STEVIE COCKER The Deputy Principal and math teacher at William Ocean High School who has strong feelings for Sheena
Brannigan, another teacher.
30-45 yrs old. Range: D3 - A4. Songs: You Give Love A Bad Name (Reprise), Man in the Mirror,
Centerfold, (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life
HUEY JACKSON One of Michael Feldman’s posse. He is completely wrapped up in 80’s trends.
Featured vocalists on the following songs: Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Male Monologues
***Choose one of the following to perform at auditions.***
Corey Senior (spoken as he surveys the graduating class {frozen on stage} and reminisces):
Ladies and gentlemen, my graduating class from William Ocean High School. And that little dude…well
that’s me – Corey Palmer. Voted “the boy most likely to be married by the age of 21”. Those two…they were my
best friends…Kirk Keaton and Alf Bueller. Look at us…I mean, those were the days when Max Headroom was cool –
and the Atari was cutting edge technology. I can still remember it like it was yesterday. Sure, over the last decade,
some of the names have become a little vague…and I haven’t seen some of those faces since graduation. But when I
look at the school photos, I can still recall what every one of them was like…and can’t help wonder where some of
them are now.
Michael Feldman (spoken as he addresses the school):
My fellow seniors, this is going to be an awesome year! Let me introduce you to the only team worthy of
being your Student Leaders. Just in case you have been living under a rock for the last five years, my name is
Michael Feldman. My deputies will be Billy Arnold, Tiffany Houston, and Cyndi Gibson, who I’m sure needs no
introduction, right guys? At rally day, you will see your full proposal. Oh, and guys – you had better be
there…because there will be cheerleaders. That is my election promise to you. Let me leave you with this my
friends. If you elect me as president, I guarantee that William Ocean will rock We are seniors, dudes. Let’s make
this the most radical year of our lives!
SHOW SYNOPSIS
Set in the USA, Back to the 80’s tells the story of the senior class of William Ocean High School that graduated in the
1980’s, as remembered and seen through the eyes of Corey Palmer, who is now 30-something.
The then 17-year-old Corey is madly in love with his next door neighbor, Tiffany Houston, one of the coolest girls in
school. However, she barely notices this, as she is too busy mooning over Michael Feldman, the hottest guy around.
Michael and his friends are athletic and good-looking – the kind of guys that Corey and his two best friends (Alf
Bueller and Kirk Keaton) dream of being. However, while they may not be the coolest guys in school, they are still
on up on Feargal McFerrin III, whose best friend is his computer, and who believes the crazy notion that one day
CD’s will replace cassette tapes.
During the year, several new students arrive at the school – Mel and Kim Easton (the all-singing, all-dancing twin
cheerleaders) and Eileen Reagan, whose life becomes a nightmare when Michael and his gang start to send her fake
love letters.
Meanwhile the teachers are having issues of their own. Mr. Cocker, after being in a relationship for two years with
the apparently conservative Miss Brannigan, confiscates an old swimsuit catalogue only to discover that his
girlfriend is the centerfold.
Throw in a Star Wars dream sequence, high-energy dance routines, the obligatory 80’s party scene, blue
eyeshadow, and some of the most popular songs ever written, and the result is a musical that will delight and
amuse an audience of any age!