Current Auditions
Perusal Scripts
You are invited to read a copy of the script in advance of auditions. University Theatre provides perusal scripts, physical copies in large print binders, for your convenience in the lobby at Frank Thompson Hall. They will be located to the left as you enter the main lobby next to the women’s restroom. Scripts are available for in-building use only during regular business hours. No appointment necessary.
Audition Dates
Friday, Feb. 23 | 6pm – 9pm
Saturday, Feb. 24 | 1pm – 4pm
Sunday, Feb. 25 | 1pm – 4pm
General Audition Information
Please prepare a one to two-minute monologue. It is preferred that monologues reflect the realism and slightly spooky quality of the productions. No dialects please. You may be asked to modify your monologue delivery by the director, read a monologue from one of the plays, or explore some simple stage movement with a text.
Come prepared to play!
Roles are paid and open to all genders, races, ethnicities, and abilities, though casting will conform to the gender assigned by the playwright.
About the Shows
The Ghost of Splinter Cove Audition Information
A fun, lively and moving play for the courageous young person inside all of us.
When siblings Nate and Cora are forced to use Sim Camp: Wilderness 4.9, the latest update in a spectacular camping app, after their camping trip with their father falls apart. Their new friend Sydney, daughter of the psychic upstairs, and they “pretend camp” while banished to the basement. Imaginary friends, deceased relatives, and untold stories envelope the three while the adults sort out some mysteries of their own above.
The Ghost of Splinter Cove is a companion piece to The Great Beyond.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
CORA – 10-year old girl, played by an adult
NATE – 8-year old boy, brother to Cora, played by an adult
SYDNEY – 9-year old girl, a new friend, played by an adult
J – 40s, man, Cora and Nate’s imaginary friend
TOBIAS – 40s, man searching for his lost son
REX’S VOICE – prerecorded, actor from The Great Beyond
BOY – a non-speaking role
Performance Dates: June 14-16 and 21-23, 2024
Show Themes
Content Warning
For more information contact the show director, Mia Self.
The Great Beyond Audition Information
A comic drama about loss, hope and finding the power to believe.The Great Beyond reunites estranged sisters who have lost their father, the Captain, and whose contentious relationship remains unresolved. While the house is being packed away, Monica, Emily, and their partners decide to conduct a seance to contact the Captain. The seance produces the results that they hoped for in familiar and completely unexpected ways.
The Great Beyond is a companion piece to The Ghost of Splinter Cove.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
MONICA – 40s, daughter of the Captain, sister to Emily, mother to Cora and Nate
REX – 40s, Monica’s ex-husband, father to Cora and Nate
EMILY – 4 years younger than Monica, her sister
RENE – 40s, Emily’s partner, mother to Sydney
COACH MAYES – 40s, soccer coach
KID’S VOICES – prerecorded, actors from The Ghost of Splinter Cove
BOY – a non-speaking role
Performance Dates: May 30–June 16, 2024
Show Themes
Content Warning
For more information contact the show director, Mia Self.
Show is currently in production
Content Warning
Staged violence. Mild adult language.
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The following shows were produced previously and have now closed.
Auditions
Usha Bajpai
Director
For more information contact: Danica Jackson
Show has closed
Show Warnings
Show Themes
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PIT AUDITIONS
Content Warning
Staged violence. Mild adult language.
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Feb. 2 & 3 | 7pm
Content Warning
Adult language. Mild staged intimacy
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Feb. 2 & 3 | 7pm
Content Warning
Staged violence. Adult language. Staged intimacy
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Audition Dates
Friday and Saturday, March 24-25, 2023
General audition information
Each show will audition separately and require separate individual registrations. Holmes and Watson will operate on an 8-minute individual slot, [title of show] will operate on a 50-min group slot.
For those auditioning for both should plan to bring two resume’s and two headshots.
Holmes and Watson Audition Information
Auditions will be scheduled in the spring and held in slots of 8-minute increments. A current headshot and résumé is required. You may also be asked to read from one of the scripts. NC State students are encouraged to audition and/or apply for crew positions.
About Holmes and Watson — When a telegram arrives with tales of three men claiming to be the fallen hero, Dr. John Watson must journey to a remote asylum off the coast of Scotland to discover if one of the mad men is the real Sherlock Holmes in this intriguing mystery-thriller. Casting 6 Men, 1 Woman.
Performance Dates: June 1-4, 8-11, 2023
What to Prepare — A one-minute, memorized contemporary monologue, headshot and résumé.
Show Themes
Content Warning
For more information contact the show director, Mia Self.
[title of show] Audition Information
“a musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical”. A sincere and sincerely funny examination of the struggles of writing, collaborating, and working with friends and strangers to make something ‘original’!
Performance Dates: June 8-11, 15-18, 2023
What to prepare — A one-minute comedic monologue and up to 32 bars of memorized music. Provide sheet music marked and in the correct key for the accompanist, headshot and résumé.
Show Themes
Content Warning
For more information contact the show director, Danica Jackson.