Auditions

First Presbyterian Theater—2011-2012 Auditions

You Can’t Take It With You—by Kaufman & Hart—directed by Thom Hofrichter
AUDITION:   Saturday, December 10 at 1 pm—readings from the script
REHEARSALS START:   January 16
PERFORMS:   March 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17
NEEDED:   12 men (ages 16-80)—7 women (age 16-70)
This laugh-out-loud comedy has been delighting audiences since 1936 when it won the Pulitzer Prize. Kaufman and Hart’s most well-known work celebrates non-conformity in our society which demands we fit in. This screwball family proves the only sane way to live your life is to pursue your passions and treat everyone around you with love, respect, and acceptance.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?—by Edward Albee—directed by John O’Connell
AUDITION: Saturday, February 18 at 1 pm—readings from the script
REHEARSALS START: March 19
PERFORMS: May 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20
NEEDED: 1 man (age 25-30)—role of George is cast—2 women (age 22-25, and 50ish),
N.Y. American Journal called it “a scorching, scalding, revealing and completely engrossing drama.” During a booze-infused all-night party, George and Martha’s battle to the death strips bare the stories we make up about ourselves and the pretense with which we live our lives. IPFW theatre chair John O’Connell directs FPT Director Thom Hofrichter in this powerful play. Rated R for adult content.

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.

For As You Like It the audition is a 2-step process, at the first date you will be given a handout that has the materials we will read the following week.  There will also be a quick, “How to attack Shakespeare’s text” seminar. 

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.