University Theatre Fall 2018 Audition Notice
Colossal | Cat in the Hat | The Wolves | Musical Theatre Ensemble: Hair (Concert Version)
General Auditions: Tuesday, August 28
7:30-10:30 p.m. | By appointment only— sign-up sheet is located in CA 116 | Gaede Stage
Call-Back Auditions: Wednesday, August 29
6:30-11 p.m.
Note: Each show will be holding call-backs. There will be multiple rooms assigned and potentially multiple nights. Please pay attention to your call-back notice.
*Rehearsals for Colossal begin Thursday, August 30
Audition Requirements:
- One 30-second contemporary/serious monologue
- One 30-second contemporary comedic monologue – geared toward children’s theatre
- Two short selections from HAIR – an up tempo and ballad; music and rehearsal accompaniment will be made available prior to the audition
Note: Everyone is required to do the entire audition package. A reminder that it is mandatory that all BA and BFA students in Acting and Musical Theatre audition.
Should you have any questions regarding the information in this notice, or anything else pertaining to auditioning, please contact Craig at craig.ellingson@mnstate.edu
Information about the shows
Colossal
Performed in four fifteen-minute quarters with a half-time show, featuring a dance company, a drum corps, and a fully-padded cast, Colossal is an epic event that simultaneously celebrates and attacks our nation’s most popular form of theatre: football.
A star football player — a pro prospect, one of the most graceful runners in the world, and a man in love with a teammate — struggles to move forward in the wake of a catastrophic spinal cord injury. With full-contact choreography, this play about love, ability, and extraordinary feats of strength tackles definitions of masculinity and the male body as vehicles for language, violence, and silent expression through dance, football, and disability.
Cat in the Hat
From the moment his tall, red-and-white-striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that The Cat in the Hat is the funniest, most mischievous cat that they have ever met. With the trickiest of tricks and the craziest of ideas, he is certainly loads of fun. He turns a rainy afternoon into an amazing adventure… but what will mum find when she gets home…?
The Wolves
Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals. Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals.
Hair
HAIR celebrates the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, long-haired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory. To an infectiously energetic rock beat, the show wows audiences with songs like “Aquarius,” “Good Morning, Starshine,” “Hair,” “I Got Life,” and “Let The Sun Shine.” Exploring ideas of identity, community, global responsibility and peace, HAIR remains relevant as ever as it examines what it means to be a young person in a changing world.