• Auditions are open to everyone (from freshmen to Take 5 scholars and graduate students).
• Want to Stage Manage or work backstage? Come to auditions too and sign up for a stage management interview.
• No prior theatrical experience is necessary!
• The location for all auditions is Todd Theatre Lobby (in Todd Union) on River Campus.
• Get cast (or stage manage) and get credit! (All productions are worth a minimum of 4 credits).
• Want to have a better shot at being cast? Read the play before auditioning! (Copies are available on reserve at Rush Rhees Library and from the Theatre Program office in Todd Union, Room 107).
• Haven't got an audition piece or a monologue? Just show up at auditions and you'll still be eligible to be cast (though it always helps to prepare!)

Fall 2011

for An Absolute Turkey and for The The Colonel Bird:

Audition dates:
Friday, September 2 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, September 3 at 2:00 p.m.
Preparation: Please prepare any monologue (preferably comic) from any play of your choice.

for UR Performing¹⁰!:

Two exciting evenings of performance from some of UR's premiere performance groups!

Do you have a performance group and want to be a part of this event? Contact LaKiesha or Cassandra, or call 273-5159.

Spring 2012

for Adding Machine: a Musical:

*** MUSICAL/AUDITION INFO SESSION: Wednesday, December 14 in Todd Lobby at 5pm ***

Please Note: There are TWO sets of auditions for Adding Machine:
1. A general dance/movement call
and
2. Acting/Singing auditions

1. Dance/Movement call:
Saturday, January 21 at 10:00 a.m.

Preparation: There is no need to prepare anything. Note: you do not need to have dance training or prior dance experience to be cast!

2. Acting/Singing auditions:
Friday, January 20 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, January 21 at 12:00 p.m.

Preparation: Please prepare any short monologue from any play of your choice.
and
Please prepare any song of your choice. Note: Please bring sheet music with you. An accompanist will be provided.

for the Fourteenth Annual One-Act New Play Festival:

Audition Dates:
Friday, February 3 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 4 at 2 p.m.

Audition requirements: Just show up! (No need to prepare anything.) If a musical is selected and you wish to audition for it, prepare a short song to sing (a capella)!

Enter the Fourteenth Annual One-Act New Play Competition!

Interested in writing a one-act play? (Win a $100 prize for the best play!)

Write a short (no more than 20 minutes in length) one-act play on any subject.

Submission deadline: 5:00 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2011

Hand scripts in at Todd Union, Room 107. All submissions must be accompanied by a submission form.

Interested in directing a One-Act? (Win a $100 prize for the best production!)

Contact Nigel.