Auditions

Home » The Arts » Theater » Auditions

Auditions for First Presbyterian Theater’s 2013–2014 season

Fox on the Fairway by Ken Ludwig

direction by Christopher J. Murphy
AUDITION: Monday, June 10 at 7 pm
PREPARE TO: read from the script
REHEARSALS: July 8-September 4
PERFORMS: September 5-21, 2013
NEEDED: 3 men, 3 women

Mrs. Packard by Emily Mann

direction by Thom Hofrichter
AUDITION: Tuesday, August 6 at 7 pm
PREPARE TO: read from the script
REHEARSALS: August 19-October 23
PERFORMS: Oct 24-Nov. 9, 2013
NEEDED: minimum of 5 men/6 women to play about 30 roles

FPT Christmas Revue by Jack Cantey, Thom Hofrichter, Jim Mergenthal

direction by Thom Hofrichter; musical direction by Jim Mergenthal; choreography by Sara Black
AUDITION: Monday, August 5 at 7 pm
PREPARE TO: 16-32 bars of music (bring sheet music in correct key), read from script, and do a movement audition
REHEARSALS: October 6–December 4
PERFORMS: December 5- 22, 2013
NEEDED: 2 tenors/2 bass/2 sopranos/2 altos—must sing, move and act
Auditions for Children’s roles currently TBA

Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhlry

direction by Thom Hofrichter
AUDITION: Wednesday, August 7 at 7 pm
PREPARE TO: read from the script
REHEARSALS: October 12-January 8 (with lots of breaks in the schedule)
PERFORMS: January 9- 25, 201
NEEDED: 1 African American Man/1 white man (role of Daisy is cast)

Othello by William Shakespeare

direction by Thom Hofrichter
AUDITION: Saturday, November 2, 1 pm or 2 pm (sign up for a one hour slot)
CALLBACK: Saturday, November 9 at 1 pm (read material handed out Nov. 2)
REHEARSALS: January 13-March 5
PERFORMS: March 6-22, 2014
NEEDED: 12 men and 3 women

Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw

direction by Thom Hofrichter
AUDITION: Saturday, February 15 at 1 pm
PREPARE TO: read from the script
REHEARSALS: March 10-April 30
PERFORMS: May 1-18, 2014
NEEDED: 6 men, 3 women

WHAT YOU NEED FOR AUDITIONS

For plays we do readings from the script at auditions. So to prepare, read the script at least once before the audition date. Unless the script is widely available at the library or used book stores scripts can be borrowed from the theater. For musicals and Shakespeare we handle the audition a bit differently, call the church office at 426-7421 during normal business hours to sign up for an audition time, and to find out what to prepare.

NEED A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE BEFORE AUDITIONING?

Email Thom Hofrichter (thomhof@juno.com) and request one.  If you don’t have email, (why not?) you can call Thom at the Theater (422-6329), and he will mail you one. These schedules are tentative, we schedule every possible date knowing that we will lose some to conflicts.

HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN AUDITION

For plays we read from the script at auditions.  So to prepare, read the script at least once before the audition date.  Unless the script is widely available at the library or used book stores scripts can be borrowed from the theater.

PLEASE DON’T DISCOUNT YOUR CHANCES FOR A ROLE

Actors can be their own worst enemies by not showing up to an audition because they’ve decided they are “not right” for a role.  Let the director be the judge.  Many times someone has told me they didn’t show up because they knew they weren’t right, and had they shown up I would have cast them.