Auditions – “Mary Poppins”

Cameron Mackintosh and Disney’s Mary Poppins

Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Book by Julian Fellowes
New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by Anthony Drewe and George Stiles
Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh
A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film

Production Team

Director:  Matt Beutner
Assistant Director:  Austin Bender-Davis
Music Director:  Hillary Rucker
Choreographers:  Lena Moralez and Makenna Noelle
Stage Manager:  Whitney Shearon
Assistant Stage Manager:  Leslie Clark

Performances

August 7 – September 6, 2026
Fridays at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 2pm and 7:30pm, Sundays at 2pm

Rehearsals

  • Rehearsals will begin Monday, June 29, 2026.
  • Typically, rehearsals will be Mondays-Thursdays from 7-10pm and Saturdays from 9am-12pm.
  • Tech Week rehearsals on August 2-6, 2026, will be Sunday-Thursday and will begin at 6pm.
  • There will be a Q2Q rehearsal on Sunday, August 2, 2026.

Benefits

  • Limited actor stipends are available for specific roles; stipends typically range from $100-$400 total.
  • An allotment of comp tickets is available for family and friends.
  • A limited amount of housing is available on weekends during performance run, upon request. Housing is not available during rehearsals.

Video Auditions

Performers of any ethnicity, race, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, body type and who are differently abled are welcomed and encouraged to audition.

Please complete this Google Form by Sunday, June 21, 2026, at 11:59pm.

https://forms.gle/nwDJJ4sAEcrrgdkV6

Please submit a single video file of you singing 32 bars from a song in the style of the show with track or accompaniment

You will need to upload a headshot and acting resume in addition to your video file.

Callbacks

If needed and by invitation only

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Granbury Opera House, 133 E. Pearl Street, Granbury, Texas 76048

PRODUCTION DESCRIPTION

​The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.”

CAMERON MACKINTOSH AND DISNEY’S MARY POPPINS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

CHARACTER LISTING

Mary Poppins – Jane and Michael Banks’s new nanny. She is extraordinary and strange, neat and tidy, delightfully vain yet particular, and sometimes a little frightening but always exciting. She is practically perfect in every way and always means what she says. A mezzo soprano with strong top notes, she should be able to move well. She can have a more traditional soprano sound, but precision and diction is the key.
Gender: female | Age: 20 to 45 | Vocal range top: C6 | Vocal range bottom: Gb3
 
Bert – The narrator of the story, is a good friend to Mary Poppins. An everyman, Bert has many occupations, including hurdy-gurdy player, sidewalk artist and chimney sweep. Bert watches over the children as well as the goings on in Cherry Tree Lane. He has charm, speaks with a Cockney accent and is a song-and-dance man.
Gender: male | Age: 25 to 45 | Vocal range top: F#4 | Vocal range bottom: B2
 
George Banks – The father to Jane and Michael Banks, is a banker to the very fiber of his being. Demanding “precision and order” in his household, he is a pipe-and-slippers man who doesn’t have much to do with his children and believes that he had the perfect upbringing by his nanny, the cruel Miss Andrew. His emotional armor, however, conceals a sensitive soul. A baritone, George may speak-sing as necessary.
Gender: male | Age: 40 to 55 | Vocal range top: Eb4 | Vocal range bottom: Bb2
 
Winifred Banks – George’s wife and Jane and Michael’s mother. A former actress, she is loving and distracted homemaker who is busy trying to live up to her husband’s desire to obnly associate with “the best people” as well as be the model wife and mother. She suffers from the conflicting feelings that she’s not up to the job of “being Mrs. Banks,” yet, she is, and more. She has great warmth and simplicity to her tone.
Gender: female | Age: 40 to 55 | Vocal range top: D5 | Vocal range bottom: A3
 
Jane – The high-spirited daughter of Mr. and Mr. Banks, is bright and precocious but can be willful and inclined to snobbishness.
Gender: female | Age: 10 to 16 | Vocal range top: F#5 | Vocal range bottom: A3
 
Michael – The cute and cheeky son of Mr. and Mrs. Banks. Excitable and naughty, he adores his father and tries to be like him. Both he and Jane misbehave in order to get the attention of their parents.
Gender: male | Age: 10 to 16 | Vocal range top: E5 | Vocal range bottom: A3
 
Katie Nanna – Jane and Micahel’s nanny at the beginning of the show. Overwhelmed and upset, she has absolutely had her fill of the Banks children.
Gender: female | Age: 30ish
 
Policeman – A neighborhood fixture who is respected by and observant of households on his beat.
Gender: male | Age: 30 to 40 
 
Miss Lark – The haughty next-door neighbor of the Banks family who treats her dog, Willoughby, as if her were child.
Gender: female | Age: 30 to 35
 
Admiral Boom – A retired Royal Navy man and neighbor of the Banks family. A physically large man with a loud and booming voice, he speaks in Navy jargon and has a soft spot for his neighbor, Miss Lark. Can be any vocal range as needed. If Admiral Bloom doubles as the Banks Chairman, he can be a baritone.
Gender: male | Age: 50ish
 
Mrs. Brill – The housekeeper and cook for the Banks family. Overworked and harrassed, she’s always complaining that the house is understaffed. Her intimidating exterior is a cover for the warmth underneath. Mrs. Brill doesn’t have a high opinion of nannies in general and Mary Poppins in particular. She does not have to be a strong singer.
Gender: female | Age: 50ish | Vocal range top: D#5 | Vocal range bottom: F#3
 
Robertson Ay – The houseboy to the Banks family. Lazy, sleepy and grumbling, he never gets things right and believes himself to be useless. He doesn’t do a lot of singing, but his “Spoonful” solo can be a fun surprise.
Gender: male | Age: 20ish | Vocal range top: G#4 | Vocal range bottom: F3
 
Park Keeper – Uniformed and officious, he makes sure no one breaks park regulations. His life is defined by rules, but he secretly hankers after his childhood.
Gender: male | Age: 40ish
 
Neleus – The statue of a young boy posed with a dolphin in the park. Neleus was separated from his father, Poseidon, and misses him very much. A small and lonely being, he is very happy to befriend Jane and Michael. This role is a wonderful opportunity to feature one of the strong dancers in your ensemble.
Gender: male | Age: 16ish
 
Queen Victoria – A statue in the park.
Gender: female | Age: 40ish
 
Bank Chairman – The head of the bank where Mr. Banks is employed, is an Edwardian stuffed-shirt. He can speak/sing his lines if necessary.
Gender: male | Age: 50 to 60 | Vocal range top: D4 | Vocal range bottom: C3
 
Miss Smythe – The Bank Chairman’s humorless secretary.
Gender: female | Age: 40ish
 
Ensemble – Annie, Fannie, Valentine, Teddy Bear, Mr. Punch, Doll, Chimney Sweeps, Toys, Parkgoers.
 
Von Hussler – A businessman seeking a loan from the bank for a shady business deal. He speaks with a German accent.
Gender: male | Age: 30ish
 
John Northbrook – An honest business man seeking a loan to build a factory for his community. He speaks with an accent from Northern England.
Gender: male | Age: 30ish
 
Bird Woman – Covered in a patchwork of old shawls, and her pockets are stuffed with bags of crumbs for the birds. She tries to sell her crumbs for the birds. She tries to sell her crumbs to passersby, who ignore her as if she doesn’t exist. Sings “Feed the Birds.” There can be a gruff, folksy quality to her voice that relfelcts the hardness of her life.
Gender: female | Age: 50ish | Vocal range top: C5 | Vocal range bottom: Gb3
 
Mrs. Corry – Owns a magical gingerbread shop. She is a mysterious woman of great age who speaks with a Caribbean accent (or any accent that would make her seem exotic).
Gender: female | Age: 40ish
 
Miss Andrew – George’s overbearing and scary nanny. With her bottle of nasty-tasting brimstone and treacle to keep naughty children in line, she is a bully who only knows one way of doing things – her way. A soprano with an alto belt, there can be some heaviness to her voice along with range.
Gender: female | Age: 40ish | Vocal range top: F5 | Vocal range bottom: Gb3