Month: November 2024

Dance Auditions for Spring Production

Initial auditions for the Spring Dance Showcase will be held on the evening of

Tuesday, November 19th.

The time slots are as follows: 6:00pm, 6:45pm, 7:30pm, 8:15pm.

Auditions will be held in the Dance Studio (TH132)

Callbacks will be held the following evening:

Wednesday, November 20th from 6:00pm-9:00pm.

Specific times will be communicated after the initial audition based on necessity. The callbacks will be piece specific and you will be notified of your callback following the general audition on Tuesday.

In order to be cast in any dance piece, you must be available for each performance on March 6th, 7th, and 8th.

Additionally, all dancers must commit to attending on:

February 26th-28th from 6:00pm-9:00pm

March 1st from 10:00am-7:00pm, and

March 3rd-6th from 5:00pm-10:00pm

As well as Strike (day/time TBD)

Except for technical & dress rehearsals, students will be excused from a rehearsal if there is a University class conflict.

How to Prepare:

Students should dress in clothing they are comfortable moving in. Jazz shoes, contemporary footwear, or socks are required—no street shoes or bare feet. Students are welcome to complete an audition form prior to their arrival (linked below), but we will have copies available beforehand as well. Those auditioning should be familiar with their current (Fall ’24) class schedule for rehearsal purposes.

No prior dance experience required.

Intimacy Disclosure Form – Dance

Audition Form – Dance

If you are interested in auditioning but are unable to attend on the 19th, please contact Autumn Rettke (rettkea@uwgb.edu) as soon as possible. Every effort will be made to schedule an alternative time.

 

NOTE: Auditioning does not guarantee a role, but we are committed to making space for everyone who is interested in participating. Also note that we will be holding auditions for our other spring production, An Angel Next Door, on Nov. 21st, so cast lists may not be available until the Monday following auditions.

 

Any student cast in UW-Green Bay Theatre & Dance productions are required to register for Theatre 336 (Production Practicum: Performance) for 1 credit hour.

 

Interested in crew? Visit the Design Suite (TH171) for more information!

AUDITION NOTICE: Spring 2025

AUDITIONS FOR

The Angel Next Door by Paul Slade Smith

WHEN: Thursday, November 21, 2024 

UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance welcomes ANY current UWGB students to participate in all aspects of production work. Theatre & Dance majors and minors are expected to work on at least one production each semester to further the techniques and methods being taught in their coursework. 

All roles will be cast with an open eye regarding the gender identity of the actor, but the gender presentation of the role must be as written.

There are no scenes of intimacy, but there may be some playfully flirtatious interactions (including some touch) between them as well as moments of casual physical touch.

As a farce, this is a physically active play demanding full commitment to physical energy and precision throughout. 

Please consider all of the above as you prepare to audition.

At auditions, comic monologues from other plays will be available to read.

You give yourself the best chance at securing a role if you come prepared with:

    • a memorized comic monologue or a memorized comic scene with a partner (Best)
    • a prepared, unmemorized comic monologue (next best)
    • a cold reading of a comic monologue (good)

The above is the hierarchy of what is likely to be most effective, but all are encouraged to audition and will be given a full opportunity to secure a role.

ABOUT THE PLAY:

The Setting: Newport, Rhode Island 1948

The Characters:

CHARLOTTE SANDERS, a successful Broadway playwright smart, resourceful, optimistic female, 50’s to 60’s

OLIVER WILLIAMS, a young novelist handsome, full of promise, still unsure of himself male, early- to mid-20’s

ARTHUR SANDERS, Charlotte’s husband and co-playwright a pessimist to her optimist, delighted to be her foil male, 50’s to 60’s

OLGA, the Housekeeper a nebulous Eastern European accent – from the Old Country a proudly unhelpful servant, intimidating, a little frightening female, 40’s to 70’s

MARGOT BELL, a Broadway singer and actress should be a singer easily cast as the beautiful ingenue, but realizing she’s wiser and stronger than the characters she plays female, mid-20’s to early 30’s

VICTOR PRATT, a Broadway leading man – and an idiot impressively self-involved and – in his mind – the handsomest, sexiest, manliest man on Broadway. Always a beat behind. male, mid-30’s to 40’s

AUDITION DETAILS:

Thursday, November 21: Open Auditions – 6:00pm-9:00pm in University Theatre 

Please visit the following link to select a 5-minute audition slot: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BA9A92DAAF4C43-53286764-angel

If you have trouble with the website or have any questions, please contact Sera Shearer to schedule by email.

Audition forms and intimacy disclosures may be sent in electronic form to Sera Shearer, or may be turned in upon check-in for your chosen audition time. Extra forms will be available on audition day. 

FORMS:

Audition-Form-UWGB-FALL24 (2)

Intimacy Disclosure Form Fall 24

MONOLOGUES FOR AUDITIONS – Feel free to use as needed for your auditon:

MALE:

Willum – The Nerd – Larry Shue

Becky’s New Car Steve Monologue

Bo – Bus Stop – William Inge

FEMALE:

Roxanne – The Understudy – Theresa Rebeck

Sally – Valhalla – Paul Rudnick

 

If you are interested in auditioning but are unable to attend the open audition, please contact Production Manager Sera Shearer (shearers@uwgb.edu) as soon as possible. Every effort will be made to schedule an alternative time. 

 Perusal Scripts can be requested by emailing Dr. Thomas Campbell (campbelt@uwgb.edu) or Prof. Alan Kopischke (kopischa@uwgb.edu).

You are strongly encouraged to read the script prior to auditioning.  

 It is our intention to post a complete cast and crew list on the Theatre Hall callboard by Monday, November 25th. If you are not cast and indicate an interest in crew, you will be assigned to that crew pending availability. If the crew you are interested in is full, you will be contacted by the Production Manager to select a new crew role. 

 Students cast in UW-Green Bay Theatre & Dance productions are required to register for Theatre 336 – Production Practicum: Performance for 1 credit hour. 

 Interested in crew? Visit the Design Suite (TH172) for more information!