The Producers

Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks

May 21 – June 13, 2026
Musical
Mainstage | Thursday – Saturday | 

A down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with the perfect scheme to make millions: a sure-fire, box office bomb. Problem is the show turns out to be a massive hit. From comic genius Mel Brooks, this insanely funny story of friendship will make your face hurt from laughing.

Audition Info

Directed by Jamie Rocha Allan
Choreographed by Jessica Pace
Music Directed by Jonathan McDonald
Stage Managed by Caroline Cain

Vocal Auditions for The Producers will take place on February 21, 2026 from 10am-3:30pm, with dance auditions from 4-6pm.

• All auditioners must complete the online audition form. 
• Please prepare 32 bars (30 seconds to 1 minute) of a song in the style of the show.
• Actors are welcome to use tracks. If you wish to use an accompanist, one will be available and sheet music would be required.
• A current resume and headshot are required.

Dance Auditions for The Producers will take place on February 21, 2026 from 4pm-6pm. There will be two time slots, the first from 4-5pm and the second from 5-6pm. Please select only one of these times.

Please sign up for both a vocal and a dance audition time slot below:

Auditions will be held in the Facilities and Arts Annex (far southeast corner of the parking lot) of Salt Lake Community College’s South City Campus, 1610 South 250 East, Salt Lake City, 84115.

Parking is available at no charge in the southeast parking lot off of 1700 South.

After Auditions

• Callbacks are by invitation only

Schedule:

• Rehearsals: April 4 – May 9, 2026 M-F 6pm-10pm, Sa: 10am-4pm
• Technical Rehearsals: May 11- May 20, 2026 M-F 6pm-11pm, Sa: 11am-6pm
• Performances: May 21 – June 13, 2026 (Thursday – Saturdays)
• Performance pick-up rehearsals: May 27, June 3, June 10, 2026 6:30pm-9:00pm

All hired actors are paid via a stipend. The Grand Theatre is committed to diverse, inclusive casting. We welcome all qualified performers, without regard to disability, race, color, gender, national origin or any other basis, unless otherwise specifically indicated.

Background Check Notice:
As part of the new SLCC requirements, we will conduct a background check on all contracted individuals. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this matter.

Please note: Marketing photos & video may be taken during auditions/callbacks.

Character Breakdown

A note about casting: All roles will be cast genderblind.

Max Bialystock — Arrogant, self-righteous, menacing, artful, loving, rude, shiftless, thoughtful, obnoxious, and only interested in making money. Though this is later proven untrue, Max’s outspoken and grumpy nature can be very imposing. He is willing to do anything to make money. Vocal range: A2 – F#4

Leopold “Leo” Bloom — A timid, shy and mild-mannered accountant, prone to panic attacks. Vocal range: A2 – F4

Ulla Inga Hansen Benson Yansen Tallen Hallen Svaden Swanson — A young Swedish actress looking for a part in Max and Leo’s production Springtime for Hitler. She is a stereotypical Swedish woman: tall and beautiful with lovely blonde hair. While the casting isn’t to start for quite a while, Max and Leo hire her as their secretary/receptionist. Following the unwanted success of the musical, she and Leo flee to Rio de Janeiro where they marry. Her maiden name is never mentioned, but by the end of the play she is Ulla Inga Hansen-Bensen-Yanson-Tallen-Hallen-Svaden-Swanson Bloom. Vocal range: A3 – G5

Roger Elizabeth De Bris — A flamboyantly gay theatre director, described by Max Bialystock as the worst director to have ever lived, and was chosen by Bialystock in an attempt to ensure that Springtime for Hitler would flop. He lives with his equally flamboyant partner Carmen Ghia and his production crew in a house described as an Upper East Side town house in New York. Vocal range: G#2 – G4

Carmen Ghia — The partner of Roger De Bris. Equally as flamboyant, he looks like Rasputin and behaves like Marilyn Monroe. Vocal range: C3 – A4

Franz Liebkind — A former Nazi who has penned an admiring musical tribute to Adolf Hitler, titled Springtime for Hitler. Liebkind is easily angered and emotionally unstable. The only background to his character is that he is a Nazi, carrier pigeon keeper (he named his favorite pigeon Adolf), and playwright who continues to worship Hitler. Vocal range: F2 – G4

Ensemble — Numerous other parts that will be played by the ensemble.