The Lightning Thief - A Percy Jackson Musical


Lightning Thief - Audition Flyer

About the Show

The Lightning Thief began as a one-hour musical in 2014 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre off-Broadway. Following a successful national tour, an expanded version of the show returned to the same theater in 2017, drawing even more fans to Percy Jackson’s mythological world. Percy Jackson, a half-blood son of a Greek god, discovers powers he can’t control and a destiny he never wanted. When Zeus’s master lightning bolt is stolen, Percy becomes the prime suspect and must recover it to prove his innocence and prevent a war among the gods. Along the way, he faces a mythology textbook’s worth of monsters, journeys to the Underworld and back, solves the Oracle’s riddle warning of betrayal by a friend, and confronts the truth about his absent father. 

2026 Performances

  • Public Performances:
    • Thursday, March 19, 7 p.m. 
    • Friday, March 20, 7 p.m. 
    • Saturday, March 21, 1 p.m. 
    • Saturday, March 21, 7 p.m. 
    • Sunday, March 22, 1 p.m. 
    • Sunday, March 22, 7 p.m. 
  • School Performances (for field trip groups):
    • Thursday, March 19, 10 a.m.
    • Friday, March 20, 10 a.m.

Location

All performances are at the Milpitas Community Center, 457 E. Calaveras Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035.

Characters 

Percy Jackson: Son of Poseidon, a good kid with a teenage temper

Annabeth: Daughter of Athena, smarter than you 

Grover: A happy-go-lucky satyr, like a hippie kid with hooves.  

Luke: Son of Hermes, cool camp counselor 

Sally Jackson: Percy’s hard-working mother 

Mr. Brunner aka Chiron: Wise centaur, part-time Latin teacher 

Clarisse: Tough jock girl, daughter of Ares 

Ensemble

Mrs. Dodds: A Fury posing as a substitute algebra teacher 

Gabe Ugliano: Percy’s foul stepfather 

Minotaur: Half-man, half-bull 

Poseidon: God of the sea, salty beach bum 

Mr. D, aka Dionysus: God of wine, snarky camp director 

Silena Beauregard: Daughter of Aphrodite 

Katie Gardener: Daughter of Demeter 

The Oracle: a hippie mummy 

Greyhound passenger 1 

Greyhound passenger 2 

Squirrelaunty em, aka Medusa: Avid sculptor 

Train conductor 

Echidna: Mother of monsters 

Newscaster 

Farmer 

Ares: God of war, rock star in leather pants  

Bianca: A mysterious girl in 1930’s clothes 

Kronos: A voice in a pit 

Thalia: Daughter of Zeus, tough 

Charon: Ferryperson to the Underworld 

James Brown 

Woldgang Amadeus Mozart 

Kurt Cobain 

Janis Joplin 

DJ Cerberus 

Hades: God of the dead, aging rock star type