2024 Auditions

Singers, Dancers, Musicians

Join the greatest show in the west – The Medora Musical – in a high-energy, country-western variety show performed under the beautiful badlands sunset.

We are looking for featured singers and singer/dancers to join the Burning Hills Singers, as well as high-energy folk, bluegrass, and country musicians to become part of the Coal Diggers Band.

Event Info

Tennessee

North Dakota

Online

Burning Hills Singers

Pigeon Forge, TN

Thursday, March 7

Elizabeth Williams School of Dance

126 Kilby St, Sevierville, TN 37862

Fargo, ND

Saturday, March 9

North Dakota Academy of Dance

3575 41st St S, Fargo, ND 58104

Bismarck, ND

Monday, March 11

North Plains Dance

1416 E Front Ave, Bismarck, ND 58504

Online Submission

Ongoing

Audition Information

Singers should prepare two contrasting 32-bar cuts of a country and or contemporary pop/rock vocal selections. Please also bring a headshot and resume stapled back-to-back. Contemporary music theater selections also permitted. Must provide sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided.

Rehearsals begin early May, in Medora, North Dakota and the contract runs through September 8, 2024.

Performers are paid a weekly salary, as well as room and board and meals. Transportation is provided.

Coal Diggers Band

Fargo, ND

Saturday, March 9

North Dakota Academy of Dance

3575 41st St S, Fargo, ND 58104

Online Submission

Ongoing

Audition Information

Seeking Keys/Music Director, Bass Guitar, Drum set, Electric Guitar, Banjo/Acoustic Guitar, Fiddle

Musicians will be featured on-stage for nightly live performances of the Medora Musical.

Musicians should be able to read chord charts and have a good ear, with the ability to pick up musical parts quickly.

Rehearsals begin early May, in Medora, North Dakota and the contract runs through September 8.

Performers are paid a weekly salary, as well as room and board and meals. Transportation is provided.

a wild

west boom

Medora began as a military cantonment called Little Missouri. It was officially named Medora in 1883 by the Marquis de Mores, an entrepreneurial French nobleman with a big dream for a meat-packing empire. He named the town after his wife, Medora von Hoffman.

That same year, a young Theodore Roosevelt made his first visit to Medora — where he would later find solace and strength after the death of his wife. Many years after that, he would tell an audience in Fargo: “I never would have been President had it not been for my time in North Dakota.”

cowboy businessman

In the 1950s, Harold Schafer—North Dakota-born businessman and owner of the Gold Seal Company—took an interest in a worn-out cowtown called Medora.

He purchased and revitalized the historic but run-down Rough Riders Hotel. He acquired an amphitheatre built into the side of a butte and helped create the Medora Musical. Then, in 1986, he retired from business and donated the entirety of his Medora properties to establish the non-profit Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation.

Medora is now North Dakota’s #1 tourist destination—thanks to the passion and generosity of Harold Schafer, the cowboy businessman.

more to explore than ever!

Harold Schafer’s investment in Medora kick-started a revival of this historic town. And that revival continues today!

Medora’s official population is just over 100. Each summer, that population more than quadruples as a workforce of over 300 seasonal employees arrives to serve the traveling public.

Now, in 2024 we expect to entertain over 120,000 guests at the 60th edition of the Medora Musical.

Technicians

Stage technicians, theater operations, and character roles are also needed for the 2024 Medora Musical season.

LITTLE PICTURES. BIG MOMENTS.

The Medora Musical is owned and operated by

For over 50 years, we’ve believed Medora is a special place. It’s our mission to preserve this place for generations and to connect people to Medora for positive, life-changing experiences. Learn more and give at foundation.medora.com.