Colorful text reads: Auditions

The Theatre Department invites all students to audition for the 2025 fall semester productions

Friday, April 4 from 6 to 9 pm at Mahaney Arts Center, Room 232 


These Shining Lives

by Melanie Marnich

Directed by Michole Biancosino

4 performances: October 30-November 1 in Seeler Studio Theatre

These Shining Lives is based on the true story of four women who worked for the Radium Dial Company - a watch factory based in Ottawa, Illinois. This poetic and beautiful little play is a story of survival in its most transcendent sense, and a reminiscence on love, family and time. The play focuses on the women who refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits – and highlights their work to protect the lives of the generations who come after them. 

4women/2men/3 any gender

2-3 stage managers 

 

The Journey of the Saint

By César De María

Directed by Olga Sanchez Saltveit

3 performances: December 4-6 in Wright Memorial Theatre 

A rollicking adventure filled with deception and mystery, told by a traveling theatre troupe, of two artists fleeing the Spanish Inquisition while traversing the Atlantic and through the southern cone of Latin America in 1796 to deliver a holy relic to the revolutionaries for liberation! 

2 men + 4 folks of any gender

2-3 stage managers

 

Spring Student productions: TBD


Call Backs


These Shining Lives
During the weekend of April 5th-6th ‘25 (TBD)

The Journey of the Saint
During the weekend of April 5th-6th ‘25 (TBD)

 

For student directed productions: TBD

All Students will be contacted via email. Final cast lists will be posted on the Theatre bulletin board prior to registration.


Additional Information:

On April 4th, come to the Mahaney Arts Center lobby promptly at 5:45pm to sign up for a slot. We will hear people individually in the order they have signed up. All are requested to have a 45 - 60 second monologue, memorization and preparation are strongly preferred. Please choose a monologue that uses heightened language. The monologue can be either classical or contemporary.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are unable to attend auditions in person, please send a short video of your monologue to Professors Michole Biancosino and Olga Sanchez Saltveit. Videos received by Thursday April 3rd will be considered for the callbacks.


Need a Monologue?

You can bring your own or the Theatre Department has a few options available for you here (you must be signed in to Google with your Midd credentials). 


Interested in getting involved in productions not as a performer? 

Interested in being part of a production but not as a performer? There’s more to theatre than what the audience sees! You can enroll in THEA 0210 A or B as a stage manager or assistant stage manager (requires permission from director), or enroll in THEA 0119 A and create lighting, scenery, and props. Student shows need designers, stage managers and light and sound board operators.

Email Jim Dougherty at jdougher@middlebury.edu for more information!