Mainstage Production Auditions

GENERAL AUDITIONS for Fall 2008 Mainstage Productions

When:

April 23 , 6:30-10:30 pm

April 24 , 6:30-10:30 pm

Where:

Winship Drama Building room 1.134

What to prepare:

• A memorized one-minute contemporary monologue
• Please have another one-minute monologue ready
• 5 copies of your performance and training resume
• 5 copies of your headshot or recent photo
• Please also bring your Fall 2008 schedule/conflicts with you to the audition

Please sign up for a slot on the callboard outside of WIN 1.148 beginning Monday, April 7.

Callbacks will take place the week following general auditions.

Productions you are auditioning for and roles available:

The Other Side of the Closet

By Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig (Michener Playwright)

Directed by Charlie Otte

Roles Available:

Seventeen* - seventeen, male, Asian American

Twenty-One* - twenty-one, female, Asian American

The Monkey King* - nineteen to forty, male

The Goddess of Mercy* - twenty to forty, female

*Looking for actors wth movement background (dance, Tai-chi, gymnastics, sports, yoga, etc.)

Summer People

By Jenny Connell (MFA Playwright)

Directed by Marie Brown

Roles Available:

Kate - mid-forties, female

Laura - almost sixteen, female

Sam - nine, female

Young Iraqi Woman - early twenties, female

Scotty - mid-fifties, male

54 - early twenties, male

Paul - early twenties, male

Still Life with Iris

By Steven Dietz

Directed by Wendy Bable

Roles Available:

Iris - ten, female

Mr. Matternot/Dad - mid to late-thirties, male

Mom/Miss Overlook - thirty to thirty-five, female

Hazel - twelve, female

Elmer - nine, male

Leaf Monitor - mid-twenties to mid-thirties, female or male

Bolt Bender - fifty to sixty, female or male

Flower Painter - forties, female or male

Mr. Himtoo - forty to fifty, male

Gretta Good - forties, female

Grotto Good - forties, male

Annabel Lee - twelve to fourteen, female

Mozart - nine or ten, male

Mr. Otherguy - thirty-five to forty-five, male

Memory Mender - non specific

Our Lady of 121st Street

By Stephen Adly Guirgis

Directed by MFA in Directing Candidate

Roles Available:

Victor - male, early fifties, Italian-American

Balthazar - male, mid-thirties, Latino

Rooftop - male, mid-forties, African-American

Father Lux - male, mid-seventies, white

Flip - male, thirty-seven, African-American

Gail - male, thirty-seven, white

Inez - female, late thirties, African-American

Norca - female, late thirties, Latina

Edwin - male, late thirties, Latino

Pinky - male, late thirties Latino

Marcia - female, mid-thirties, white

Sonia - female, early thirties, white

Any currently enrolled UT student may audition for the Department of Theatre and Dance mainstage productions.

Non-majors are allowed to audition for Departmental productions; however, casting preference will be given to Theatre and Dance Majors. If a non-major is cast in a production, that person will need to register for the appropriate performance course number.

Auditions for mainstage productions typically take place in the middle of the semester before the production is to be produced. For example, auditions for all shows scheduled for the Spring 2009 will take place in October 2008.

If you have any questions about general audtions, please contact the Department's Producing Director, Denise Martel, at denise.martel@mail.utexas.edu.