Disney World Seeks Performers for Maleficent Role in Upcoming 'Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After' Show

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Posted: Thursday January 23, 2025 9:11am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney Live Entertainment has opened another round of casting submissions for the role of Maleficent in their upcoming production "Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After" at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World Resort.


The new show, set to open in summer 2025, will transform Sunset Showcase into the Magic Mirror's realm, featuring live performances by Disney's iconic villains, including Cruella de Vil and Captain Hook alongside Maleficent.

For the role of Maleficent, Disney seeks female-identifying performers between 5'10" and 6'1" who can embody the animated character's commanding presence. The non-singing role requires strong acting abilities to portray the self-proclaimed "mistress of all evil."

Local performers can submit video auditions through February 1, 2025. The submission process requires actors to perform a provided monologue and complete an online check-in. Selected candidates will be notified by February 5 for potential in-person callbacks in Orlando on February 13.

The role falls under Disney World's agreement with Actors' Equity Association. Interested performers can find submission details at Checkin.DisneyAuditions.com.

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Gusey1 hour ago

Just noticed in this video that the Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy logo and the Cruz Ramirez meet and greet are still there

gerarar6 hours ago

The most recent show Disney Live Entertainment produced was the Holidays in Hollywood show for Jollywood Nights next door at the Theater of the Stars. When it first debuted it was at 27 mins. The following year they cleaned things up and cut out fluff bringing the time down to 25 mins, which did make the show flow smoother & overall better. I'd imagine the new Villians show would be around that of 25 mins, especially since there's probably gonna be 5-6 showings per day with the equity cast. It's also probably gonna stack on top of the existing BATB and Indiana Jones shows. Currently the first show of the day for both start at the same time, but then after that IJ starts 15-30 mins after a BATB show starts. Add Villians to that mix and they will all stack and rotate to help ease and pull guests.

lazyboy97o6 hours ago

That should have already been established as part of the concept design that got the project approved. They should also already have such data from all of the other things they’ve done in the past. It would be a huge problem if this something they were testing. It would mean they committed to a massive project without knowing the very basics.

Agent H7 hours ago

Depends what exactly you mean by that

Jedi147 hours ago

Probably overall tone and mood for Villains land. Possibly to also decide which villains are more in the forefront of the land and which are more background.

dennis-in-ct7 hours ago

Great. Now I miss Hunchback. Another show that was a must see. Why? The live singing was phenomenal. Felt like Broadway. Sooooo good. Back on Villains, can we have the Villains’s candy shop back? I broke my “Evil Queen” mug. Need another one ☕️

ToTBellHop8 hours ago

How much more will people pay for LLMP if Hades is on offer?

lazyboy97o8 hours ago

To test what though?

gerarar8 hours ago

TTA9411 hours ago

Lol yeah. Well Dreamlights I think is around 20 ish. Hopefully it’s more Spectro in length than FoF.

jrhwdw11 hours ago

What Shows????? I don't recall any. Granted I didn't see Nemo..... I believe Hunchback at MGM was 32 Min....

ToTBellHop11 hours ago

Oddly, the nighttime spectaculars have gotten longer, though.

jrhwdw11 hours ago

TDEP Dreamlights is not even 40 Min in 1 Spot!

Captain Barbossa11 hours ago

40 minutes-ish shows used to be the norm at WDW. Those days are long gone. They’ve started to become shorter over the last 10-15 years. If this turns out to be even 30 mins, I’ll be shocked. 20-25 mins would be my guess, but even 25 mins seems like wishful thinking. We shall see.