AUDITION NOTICE – Spring 2023

UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance

UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance welcomes ALL 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.

Audition Schedule:

  • Monday, 11/28: DanceWorks Dancer Audition #1 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. TH 132 Dance Studio (Student Choreographer Audition for dancers immediately following)
  • Tuesday, 11/29 – 6-9pm: She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers edition Audition
  • Wednesday, 11/30 – 6-9pm: She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers edition 
  • Thursday, 12/1: DanceWorks Dancer Audition #2 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. TH132 Dance Studio (Student Choreography Audition for dancers immediately following)
  • Monday, 10/5, 5-7pm: Combat call for She Kills Monsters

 

SPRING 2023 PRODUCTION INFORMATION

PRODUCTION #1

DANCEWORKS

Production Dates: March 3-5, 2023

Artistic Direction by Denise Carlson-Gardner

DanceWorks Audition:

  • Monday, 11/28: DanceWorks Dancer Audition #1 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. TH 132 Dance Studio (Student Choreographer Audition for dancers immediately following)
  • Thursday, 12/1: DanceWorks Dancer Audition #2 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. TH132 Dance Studio (Student Choreography Audition for dancers immediately following)
  • Audition forms can be found on the Dance Callboard, the Theatre Callboard, or in Theatre Hall room 331
  • Come to the audition with a completed audition form listing your full schedule, availability, and conflicts for the spring semester.  There will also be a “J” term availability section.
      • Rehearsals will be held M-F 5:00 – 9:00 as well as various times during the day depending on the availability of those cast.  Please be thorough in listing your availability.
  • Come to the audition wearing proper dance clothing and shoes.
  • You do not have to prepare anything yourself but will be taught varying choreography combinations.
  • You do not need to attend both audition sessions but are welcome to do so if you want to think about the combinations taught and audition again.

Students who wish to audition their own choreography pieces should contact me.  The audition process for a student choreography piece is separate from the dancer auditions on 11/28 and 12/1.

Denise Carlson-GardnerArtistic Director, DanceWorks

 

PRODUCTION #2

SHE KILLS MONSTERS: Young Adventurers edition

By Qui Nguyen 

Production Dates: April 20-22 and April 26

Directed by Alan Kopiscke

NOTE: The performance on April 26 is part of the Stage Door Series at The Weidner; this is a matinee performance and will require those auditioning to commit to touring the production to the Weidner with rehearsals on April 24 & 25

UWGB Theatre Department’s 2023 Spring production of She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen is inviting all interested students, including theatre majors, minors, and non-majors, to audition for director Alan Kopischke on Nov 29 with callbacks on Nov 30 and a combat call on Dec 5.

Rehearsals for SHE KILLS MONSTERS will start with a table reading sometime in December (TBD) with one-on-one rehearsals in January/February, with full cast rehearsals beginning in early March.

Actors will be asked to read one or two of the provided SKM scenes & monologues (link below) and may also present a prepared monologue from any play.

            SKM Audition Monologue_Scene options by Character

Please note that there are multiple instances of intimacy, combat, and dance involved. Each character’s description will note whether that character engages in those activities. All characters are teen high schoolers. This is a queer-friendly play.

CHARACTERS

AGNES is a HS Senior mourning the death of her parents and younger sister. She is traditional and naive. She is average but trying to transcend that.

      • Intimacy – Agnes may share some modest moments of intimacy with boyfriend, Miles
      • Combat – Agnes engages in significant combat
      • Dance – Agnes engages in some dance

TILLY is mostly seen as her D&D avatar character, Tillius the Paladin, a total badass warrior, who is defiant and impatient. Tilly herself is an insecure nerdy teen, who is bullied for her sexuality.

      • Intimacy – Tillius shares a passionate kiss with Lilith
      • Combat – Tillius engages in significant combat

VERA is Agnes’ best friend, a snarky HS Senior who works at the Gap. Vera also appears as Vera the Beholder.

MILES is Agnes’ football jock boyfriend, emotionally awkward but sincere. Miles also appears as Miles the Doppelganger.

      • Intimacy – Miles may share some modest moments of intimacy with his girlfriend, Agnes
      • Combat – Miles engages in minimal combat

CHUCK is a HS First Year geekster, D&D Dungeon Master. He’s big for his age and worried that he’s fat.

LILITH is a D&D Demon Warrior, a perfect combination of beauty & brawn, the devil’s daughter. Violence makes her hot. In this world, she is Lily, who was Tilly’s best friend and has unresolved feelings about Tilly.

      • Intimacy – Lilith shares a passionate kiss with Tillius
      • Combat – Lilith engages in significant combat

KALIOPE is a lean, athletic dark elf lacking in emotional awareness. She’s in the mood for danger. In this world, she is Kelly, a shy girl who uses forearm crutches because she has cerebral palsy.

      • Combat – Kaliope engages in significant combat

ORCUS is an over-sized red demon, the former overlord of the underworld, who has tired of being attacked by so-called adventurers and now prefers to watch TV. In this world, he is Ronny, a normal, TV-obsessed teen.

      • Combat – Orcus engages in significant combat
      • Dance – Agnes engages in some dance

STEVE is an awkward, aspiring mage/warrior who repeatedly dies ignominiously in combat. In this world, Steve is an awkward teen.

      • Combat – Steve engages in some combat

NARRATOR/FARAH/EVIL GABBI/EVIL TINA are roles under consideration for doubling.

NARRATOR is channeling her best Cate Blanchett in actively and engagingly introducing us to key elements of our story. She powerfully commands our attention and then slips away.

FARAH is a beautiful, dancing, singing fairy who kicks ass.

              • Combat – Farah engages in significant combat

EVIL GABBI/EVIL TINA are mean, homophobic bully cheerleaders. In this world, Gabbi/Tina are much the same, but better at putting a pleasant face on that.

              • Combat – Evil Gabbi/Evil Tina engage in significant combat
              • Dance – Evil Gabbi/Evil Tina engage in some kick-ass dancing

Bugbears/Wraiths/Cavalcade of Monsters/Tiamat Puppeteers are non-speaking roles that will engage in some combat. There may be some doubling of these folks with the above 4 roles and/or as deck crew.

 

TO AUDITION:

  1. Come to Theatre Hall room 331 to sign up for a time on Tuesday, November 29. You will be able to sign up for a 10-minute slot during the audition window. Time slots are available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
  2. Download, complete, and print the UW-Green Bay Audition Form as well as the Intimacy Disclosure Form (below) – these forms will be used for both productions. Please read them carefully and fill out completely. Bring the forms to your audition. (Extra copies of the forms will be available at the audition and can be picked up in Theatre Hall room 331).

Audition-Form-UWGB-TnDv.11.19.22

Intimacy Disclosure Form

If you are interested in auditioning but are unable to attend the DanceWorks audition sessions or the She Kills Monsters audition on Nov. 29, please contact Dr. Thomas Campbell (campbelt@uwgb.edu) as soon as possible. Every effort will be made to schedule an alternative time.

Perusal Scripts for She Kills Monsters are available for 24-hour check-out in Theatre Hall 331. You are strongly encouraged to read the script prior to auditioning,

Cast Lists will be posted on the THEATRE BLOG (here) and on the UWGB Theatre and Dance Facebook page as soon as they become available.

Rehearsals for SHE KILLS MONSTERS will start with a table reading sometime in December (TBD) with one-on-one rehearsals in January/February, with full cast rehearsals beginning in early March.

Students cast in Theatre season productions are required to register for Theatre 336, Production Practicum: Performance, 1 cr.

 

 

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