Sweeney Todd has become a bloody, worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony Awards (including Best Musical), for its Broadway premiere and has now been adapted for high school performers in Sweeney Todd School Edition. Stephen Sondheim's and Hugh Wheeler's (A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures) tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed and delighted audiences across the world.

This special School Edition has been masterfully adapted, working directly with Mr. Sondheim to retain the dark wit and grand scope of the original work, with a few lyric and key changes to facilitate high school productions. At the show's core is a challenging score of epic proportion with two tasty tour-de-force roles in Sweeney and his comic female accomplice, Mrs. Lovett.  RCT’s  first production of Sweeney Todd School Edition is sure to be an epic retelling of the modern classic. An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth-century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!

Auditions will be on 

Sunday, September 22, 5pm - 7pm  

and  Monday, September 23, 6:30-8pm 

with Callbacks on Tuesday October 1st

You must sign up below to receive an audition slot

Exact times, time slots and audition materials will be sent out to your email below 

Rehearsals will begin on Sunday October 13th 

Rehearsal will be every Sunday Afternoon 2-6pm, 

                                           Tuesday Evenings 6-8pm 

                                 and Thursday Evenings 6:30-8pm (small group rehearsals). 

Additional times will be posted once we determine if we are having one or two casts.

Tech Week -  January 11th - January 16th

Performances - January 17th(TBD) 18th 19th 20th

Tuition/Responsibilities for our Sweeney Todd Production

Is $495 per actor* + a $100 Playbill Ad commitment and a mandatory volunteer sign up.

 The tuition fees cover all of the expenses associated with the production, including the costume fee.  Tuition also includes a professional video of the final show.  

Scholarships are available for families with financial needs. 

** Please note- If you are currently doing another production or sport, or planning to participate or audition for another production or team, please post in conflicts on your sign up form. All Conflicts or potential conflicts must be submitted prior to or at the auditions

Send Questions to: Derek@riverdaletheatre.org