Welcome to the ISU Fall 2022 Theater Auditions Scheduling Page
Thank you for your interest in auditioning for theater productions at Indiana State University. We welcome all students at Indiana State University to audition. You do not need to be a theater major or minor to audition. However, YOU MUST BE A CURRENT ISU STUDENT TO AUDITION. Both Undergraduate and Graduate students are welcome to audition.
Auditions will be live, in-person
at the New Theater Building
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
from 6:00-9:00 PM
Callbacks are on Thursday, August 18th, 6:00 PM - ... and location TBD.
WE ARE HOLDING AUDITIONS FOR:
I AND YOU
by Lauren Gunderson
directed by Julie Dixon
THE TEMPEST
by William Shakespeare
directed by Chris Berchild
WHAT TO PREPARE
A memorized, one-minute contemporary monologue,
A memorized, one-minute Shakespearean comic monologue, and
A memorized song (to be sung a capella).
Feel free to use a monologue previously prepared for class or production.
No monologue? No problem! If you don't have a monologue, one will be provided to you at auditions.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING
Rehearsals for I AND YOU begin on Monday, August 22, 2022. Rehearsals will be held evenings, with specific nights to be determined depending on the schedules of the cast/crew. Performances will be September 29 - October 3, 2022.
Rehearsals for THE TEMPEST begin on Sunday, September 11, 2022. Rehearsals will be held Sunday-Thursday evenings, from 7:00-10:00 PM. Performances will be November 10-13, 2022.
Recipients of the Department’s C&P Scholarship who consider themselves primarily actor are required to audition (if not involved in either production in another capacity).
If you have any questions, please email Julie Dixon at julie.dixon@indstate.edu.
ACADEMIC CREDIT
If you want academic credit for your participation in the show in which you are cast, you will be given this option immediately after casting. Please contact Julie Dixon (julie.dixon@indstate.edu) with any questions.
ABOUT THE PLAYS I AND YOU by Lauren Gunderson
Description: One afternoon, Anthony arrives unexpectedly at classmate Caroline's door bearing a beat-up copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, an urgent assignment from their English teacher. Homebound due to illness, Caroline hasn't been to school in months, but she is as quick and sardonic as Anthony is athletic, sensitive, and popular. As these two let down their guards and share their secrets, this seemingly mundane poetry project unlocks a much deeper mystery that has brought them together. I and You is an ode to youth, life, love, and the strange beauty of human connectedness.
Genre: Drama
Content Disclosure: This play contains adult language.
THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare
Description: Prospero, the former ruler of Milan, has spent many embittered years stranded on an island after being usurped by his ruthless brother. Now, twelve years later, providence is leading this treacherous villain and the rest of his sailing party right toward that very isle and into Prospero’s powerful clutches. Prospero commands the elements to wash his enemies’ ship ashore his enchanted island, where he plans to alter the fate of all. Have these evil usurpers finally met their match? Old scores are settled, plots are thwarted, romance blooms, comedy ensues, and magic reigns supreme in a land where magic and humanity collide.
Genre: Comedy/Tragicomedy
