Auditions
Auditions - Fall 2024
Everyone is welcome - majors, non-majors, experienced, and new! If you have questions, reach out to Nelson (barre@roanoke.edu)
John Proctor is the Villain, Machinal, and How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them will audition at the same time on September 3-4 from 7-10pm in the Olin Theater with callbacks on September 5-6.
You can audition for all three shows during your one audition slot. You will have a space on the audition form to indicate your interest in each production.
No one will be cast in all three productions, because there will be overlap in rehearsal/performance schedules. But you can be in both John Proctor is the Villain and How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them OR John Proctor is the Villain and Machinal.
If you are a Theatre major/minor, you should also memorize a one-minute monologue. Non-majors/minors will be able to read from a one-minute monologue we provide or one of your choosing. There will be monologues appropriate for all three shows on the call board. We would suggest you avoid film monologues.
Please find below a list of monologues for the fall auditions:
John Proctor is the Villain
- Jo from Anatomy of a Suicide ("Hello... And then you say...")
- Squeeze from Our Dear Dead Drug Lord ("I just don't think this is working out...")
- Jamie from Antigone, presented by the girls of St. Catherine's ("I have a theory...")
Machinal
- Woman from Woman and Scarecrow ("I know as well as the next...")
- Stanislaus from Katie Roche ("Certain things have been said...")
- Mildred from The Hairy Ape ("Please do not mock my attempts...")
How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them
- Ashlee from Dance Nation ("I have a pretty face...")
- Kathleen from Gruesome Playground Injuries ("You can't marry that girl...")
There will be copies of these monologues on the call board outside of Olin Theater's backstage.
NOTE: If you need directions to any of these locations, please email Nelson (barre@roanoke.edu). He will personally give you a tour of the building!
AUDITION WORKSHOP and PLAY READINGS
Don't know what to prepare for your auditions? Never done this before? Want to brush up on your monologue and get feedback? Just want to see what this is all about? Our acting professor Danielle Barre will lead an audition workshop on Saturday, August 31 at 2:00pm in Olin Studio Theatre. Everyone is welcome for this event. Danielle will take you through everything you need to know and do to audition! And then you can sign up for the auditions right then and there. Get in touch with Danielle (dbarre@roanoke.edu) if you have any questions.
We will also host informal readings of the plays that we are producing this semester. Come to the Olin Green Room for the following readings:
Sunday, September 1 at 1:00pm for John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower
Sunday, September 1 at 3:30pm for Machinal by Sophie Treadwell
Sunday, September 1 at 7:30pm for How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them by Halley Feiffer
All are welcome at these events, whether you plan to audition or not! This is a chance just to hear the plays out loud so you know what you are auditioning for. It is not an audition. There will be snacks and drinks provided!
JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN
John Proctor is the Villain will be a full production on Friday through Saturday, September 27-28 at 7:30pm and Sunday, September 29 at 2:00pm in Olin Studio Theatre. The rehearsal process will be three weeks long to accommodate the timing of this production.
You should prepare a one-minute monologue from a contemporary play (either comedic or dramatic). That could include one that we provide (copies on the call board), or you may select your own.
Please sign up on the callboard or contact director Nelson Barre (barre@roanoke.edu) for a ten-minute audition slot. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions about the play or audition process.
MACHINAL
Machinal will be a full production of the Expressionist play with performances on Thursday, November 14 through Saturday, November 16 at 7:30pm in Olin Theater.
You should prepare a one-minute monologue from a play with stylized language (likely something from the late 19th or early 20th century). That could include one that we provide (copies on the call board), or you may select your own.
Please sign up on the call board or contact director Nelson Barre (barre@roanoke.edu) for a ten-minute audition slot. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions about the play or audition process.
HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND THEN KILL THEM
How to Make Friends and Then Kill Them will be a student-directed production with performances on Friday and Saturday, December 6 and 7 at 7:30pm and Saturday, December 7 at 2:00pm in Olin Studio Theatre.
You should prepare a one-minute monologue from a contemporary play (either comedic or dramatic). That could include one that we provide (copies on the call board), or you may select your own.
Please sign up on the call board or contact director Lizzie Clay (heclay@mail.roanoke.edu) for a ten-minute audition slot. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions about the play or audition process.