Number the Stars
Community Education Program
2026 Number the Stars Audition notice
We are excited to announce auditions for our annual production of Number the Stars on February 22nd from 6:30PM to 8:30PM and Tuesday February 24th from 7PM to 9PM.
Please email tami@haddonfieldplayers.com with both your headshot and resume, and please let us know if there is a night and/or time of auditions you would prefer. We will reach back out to you confirming a date and time.
For your audition, please prepare 16-32 bars of a song that best shows your vocal range and acting ability. Please bring an accompaniment track on your phone or personal device to sing along with. We will have a Bluetooth speaker for you to use. If this poses an issue, please let us know in your initial email.
If you plan on auditioning for a German Soldier, please be prepared to do a cold reading from the script. You may sing if you wish, but you do not have to.
THE CAST
Annemarie Johansen - 11-14, main character, Ellen’s best friend
Ellen Rosen - 11-14, Annemarie’s best friend
Kirsti Johansen - 7-10, Annemarie’s younger sister, full of spunk
Lise Johansen - 16-19, Annemarie’s older sister, killed 2 weeks before her wedding.
Mama Johansen - adult female, Johansen girls’ mother
Mrs. Rosen - adult female, Ellen’s mother
Peter - 17-20, tenor, Lise’s fiancé and a revolutionary
Papa Johansen - adult male, Johansen girls’ father
German Soldiers (2) - adult male (non-singing)
Ensemble/Understudies - male and female, 10-50, small sung solos included
*Please note that the role of Uncle Henrik has already been cast*
PERFORMANCE DATES
April 15th and 16th @ 10AM
Scottish Rite Auditorium
315 White Horse Pike
West Collingswood, NJ
Director: Will Reid
Music Director: Susan Eley
Program Director: Tami Funkhouser
Interim Artistic Director: Al Fuchs
*Please note Number the Stars tech week falls in line with our Stage Kidz tech week for High School Musical Jr. While we love when our Stage Kidz take part in Number the Stars, any Stage Kidz currently in High School Musical Jr. will not be able to participate.
Supporting Holocaust Awareness & Education
Although Lois Lowry’s classic novel, Number The Stars, is a work of historical fiction, it presents many very important truths about the Holocaust in a way that is accessible to young audience members. Now more than ever, it is vital that we bear witness to the atrocities committed during The Holocaust and tell the stories of the survivors to future generations.
Haddonfield Plays & Players’ continues more than 21 years of our groundbreaking Number the Stars program in raising Holocaust awareness in schools through theater.
Number the Stars program
Haddonfield Plays & Players provides educational resources to teachers and schools participating in the program, including:
Introductory PowerPoint: a presentation so teachers can introduce students to the history and themes present in Number the Stars, providing background information about The Holocaust and the Nazi occupation of Denmark.
Anticipation Guide: Students will evaluate a series of statements that are tied to the major themes in Number The Stars before and after the performance to see how their views may have shifted. This questionnaire can be used to initiate meaningful discussion.
Suggested Reading & Viewing List: We will provide a list of additional materials for reading or viewing, should your students wish to expand further upon the material discussed in Number The Stars.
Education Program Partners
The Esther Raab Holocaust Museum & Goodwin Education Center has been a program partner since 1999.
Special thanks to our sponsor Camden County College.
