Auditions
Auditions - Spring 2025
Everyone is welcome - majors, non-majors, experienced, and new! If you have questions, reach out to Nelson (barre@roanoke.edu)
The Grown-Ups, A Monster Calls, and POTUS will audition at the same time on December 2-3 from 7-10pm in Olin Hall, room 230, with callbacks on December 4-5.
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.
While being cast in more than one production is possible, our aim is always to give the most people opportunities as possible. There will not be overlap between productions, so you could conceivably be cast in all three shows. However, it is highly unlikely that this will happen.
Non-majors/minors should come to their audition slot prepared to read a monologue and take direction. You may read a one-minute monologue that we provide (see below) or one of your choosing. You do not need to memorize the monologue; we will provide a physical copy to hold while you perform. If you want to audition for multiple shows, please select a monologue for each genre (drama, comedy).
If you are a Theatre major/minor, you should also memorize a one-minute monologue. 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 monologue options for the spring auditions:
The Grown-Ups
- Becca from The Grown-Ups ("And why would you do that...")
- Aidan from The Grown-Ups ("Sorry. What'd I miss...")
A Monster Calls
- Conor from A Monster Calls ("I can't stand it any more...")
- Monster from A Monster Calls ("Who am I...")
- Mum from A Monster Calls ("It's ok that you're angry...")
- Miss Godfrey from A Monster Calls ("I don't even know what to say...")
POTUS
- Harriet from POTUS ("Literally, I've bullied 200 feminists...")
- Jean from POTUS ("WANT to know?...")
- Chris from POTUS ("DON'T. YOU. DARE...")
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 SUPPORT 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 can help you out! 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 next semester. Come to the Olin Green Room for the following readings:
Wednesday, November 20 at 7:00pm for A Monster Calls adapted by Sally Cookson and Adam Peck from the novel by Patrick Ness
Thursday, November 21 at 7:00pm for POTUS, or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive by Selina Fillinger
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!
THE GROWN-UPS
The Grown-Ups will be a staged reading on Saturday, January 25 at 4:00pm on the Sutton Terrace (behind Colket). The process will include three rehearsals and no memorization for this script-in-hand reading.
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 Danielle Barre (dbarre@roanoke.edu) for a ten-minute audition slot. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions about the play or audition process.
A MONSTER CALLS
A Monster Calls will be a full production of the adaptation with performances on Thursday, February 20 through Saturday, February 22 at 7:30pm in Olin Theater with possible student matinees on Thursday and Friday of that same week.
You should prepare a one-minute dramatic monologue from a contemporary play. 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 Danielle Barre (dbarre@roanoke.edu) for a ten-minute audition slot. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions about the play or audition process.
POTUS, or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
POTUS will be a full production led by guest director Mya Brown with performances on Thursday, April 10 through Saturday, April 12 at 7:30pm in Olin Theater.
You should prepare a one-minute comedic monologue from a contemporary play. 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 Mya Brown (msbrown4@uncg.edu) for a ten-minute audition slot. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions about the play or audition process.