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AUDITIONS FOR DEPT. STAGE PRODUCTIONS

Auditions – Spring 2025

All auditioners must complete THIS FORM prior to auditioning.

Auditions will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 22 in The Minor Latham Playhouse (118 Milbank Hall) with a group meeting. Individual auditions will begin shortly thereafter. See below for information on our Fall 2024 productions, what to prepare for your audition, and the callback process. Everyone who auditions must complete the Google Form linked above. 

The productions for the Spring semester are: 

Fox Toss

by Zuzanna Szadkowski

Directed by Alice Reagan

March 6-8, 2025

 

Senior Thesis Festival I

April 24-26, 2025

 

Antigone

By Sophocles, translated by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Lewis Galantière

Directed by Mikayla Gold Benson

 

365 Days / 365 Plays

by Suzan-Lori Parks

Directed by Sahmaya Busby

 

A People

by LM Feldman

Directed by Is Perlman

Choose an audition piece, and read the entire play it’s taken from before the audition. Work on the audition piece in advance; waiting until the night before the audition is highly discouraged. The audition monologue is limited to 60 seconds.

If a production in a given semester is a musical or features music, you may be asked to sing. In such cases, we ask that you prepare 16 bars of music (under a minute) to perform a cappella. Further details will be provided on the audition form if the director has specific instructions on this front. 

Some basic questions to consider when preparing your audition piece:

  • Who am I?
  • Where am I (what is the time, weather and place)?
  • Who am I talking to?
  • Why am I saying this now, or what makes it important to say this now?
  • What am I hoping to achieve by saying this? Or, how do I hope things will change because I say this?

Callbacks will be posted the next morning and held that same evening Thursday, January 23. Cast lists will be posted Friday, January 24. If you are cast, you must register for the following course:

  • THTR UN2022 Practicum Performance Show 1: Fox Toss, directed by Alice Reagan
  • THTR UN2024.001 Thesis Practicum Show 1: Antigone, directed by Mikayla Gold Benson
  • THTR UN2024.002 Thesis Practicum Show 2: 365 Days / 365 Plays, directed by Sahmaya Busby
  • THTR UN2024.003 Thesis Practicum Show 3: A People, directed by Is Perlman