Auditions

Auditions for Spring productions Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Please take time to read the following info VERY CAREFULLY AND ENTIRELY.

Generals Auditions will be held:

Date: Tuesday, December 2^nd

Time: 6:00pm – 10:30pm

Location: Acting and Singing Auditions – Messick 206 (205 will be the check-in/holding room)

General Dance Call Sessions – McGinnis (McGinnis lobby will be check-in/holding room)

The following BFA Theatre Arts concentrations are required to audition:

-Acting

-Musical Theatre

-Theatre for Young Audiences

-Theatre Education (unless you are enrolled in Intern II this semester)

BA Students, Dance majors, and ED&P/SM concentrations are welcome to audition, but not required. If you are in one of these programs and choose to audition, please have a conversation with your faculty mentor on how being cast might affect your assignments, practicums, and needs in your main area of focus.

How to Sign Up for Auditions:

Choose and sign up for an Acting audition time slot here. These auditions will be held in Messick 206.

Choose and sign up for a Dance Call time slot here. Dance calls will be held in McGinnis.
1. Only Musical Theatre majors and anyone auditioning for Twelfth Night and You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown are required to sign up for the Dance Call. (If you are ONLY auditioning for Galileo, you can skip this step.)
2. If signing up for both a general audition time slot and a dance call time slot, please make sure that your two time slots do NOT overlap, and that you give yourself a reasonable amount of time between the two so that you can comfortably make it to your second holding room to check in before your second time slot starts.
Read the plays! This may seem like it doesn’t belong in the ‘how to sign up’ section, but reading the plays for which you are auditioning is an essential part of the audition process. And it is listed here, before completion of the audition form, because you will be asked on the audition form to affirm that you have read and understood all content and subject matter in the plays being produced this semester.
1. It is your responsibility to read the plays before auditioning. This is so you may fully understand the level of intimacy, combat, physicality, and subject matter you will be asked to portray if cast.
2. Digital copies of each play have been placed in a “Spring 2026 Scripts” module in each of the Theatre Performance, Dance, and ED&P/SM Canvas pages. Please do not skip this essential preparation step.
Fill out the audition form here. This form is VERY important for EVERYONE to fill out as our directors use this information to understand your schedule conflicts, comfort level with intimacy and fight choreography, and willingness to change your appearance. Filling out the audition form by the specified deadline allows stage management to collate everyone’s info into a spreadsheet that is printed and given to directors to aid in their casting choices. If we do not have the appropriate info from you beforehand, you run the risk of not being cast due to missing info, and/or holding up cast list decisions while directors reach out to you to obtain missing info on your conflicts, availability, and comfort level with intimacy, combat, and appearance changes. Please do not skip out on this form. Hard copies will NOT be available to fill out on the day of auditions. You are required to fill out the audition form by Tuesday, December 2^nd @ 9am.

To recap: ALL auditionees are required to complete steps 1, 3, and 4. If you are a Musical Theatre major or you wish to be considered for casting in Twelfth Night: The Musical or You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, you must also complete step 2.

A few notes on audition requirements:

*All theatre performance majors are required to audition unless otherwise told by your program head that you are excused. Please contact your faculty mentor immediately if you have concerns about being cast this semester.

*Non-musical theatre majors are not required to audition for the musical or attend the general dance call, but you are strongly encouraged to do so.

*Musical Theatre majors are required to audition with a musical piece as part of their material.

What to prepare?

*If you are auditioning for all shows and/or are an MT major, you should prepare 1 song cut of approximately 32 bars and a 45-second monologue. You will have a total of 1 minute and 30 seconds to complete your audition. Please print your cut of music and arrange it in a way that makes it easy for the accompanist to play from it. We do not accommodate digital accompaniment.

*If you are auditioning for the play ONLY (Galileo), please prepare 2 contrasting monologues, each about 45 seconds in length. You will have a total of 1 minute and 30 seconds to complete your audition. Remember, you are not required to attend the General Dance Call if you are ONLY auditioning for Galileo.

*For Everyone: Please note that you are only required to slate your name at the beginning of your audition. You do not have to give the name of the play or character from which your material is sourced. The timer will start after you slate your name. If you go over your allotted 1min, 30 second time limit, you will be cut off with a “Thank you!” by the stage manager. If this happens and you are still performing your material, you are expected to stop and give the stage to the next auditionee, regardless of how close you are to the end of your material.

Notes on Material Choice:

Don’t worry about choosing material that is show-specific. Use material that allows you to make clear, strong character choices and shows you off in the best capacity possible. Keep monologues within your age range (+/- 5 years). You do not have to choose material that fits the genre of the show. You can if you like, but it is not necessary—we’d rather you choose something that you feel good with. However, please DO NOT use material from the show(s) for which you are auditioning.

Who will be in the room?

In addition to the directors, musical director, and choreographer for the shows we are casting, all theatre performance faculty and stage management faculty will be present during auditions. Directors may choose to allow student Assistant Directors to be in the room as well. On the audition form, there is a question regarding feedback. If you would like to receive written feedback on your audition from performance faculty, you can check the box accordingly. Please note that feedback will be given by performance faculty who are NOT working in the capacity of director, music director, or choreographer for the shows being cast this semester. If you opt in to receiving feedback, you are responsible for scheduling and attending a 10-minute mentor meeting to receive your feedback within the first two weeks of auditions.

Call backs:

Requirements for each callback will be sent at a later date, but please note the callback schedule for the week (each night will run from 6:30-10:30pm):

Wednesday, December 3^rd – Twelfth Night: The Musical

Thursday, December 4^th – You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Friday, December 5^th – Galileo

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Show Information:

Please take a look at the dates for these shows to ensure that you are available and understand the depth of commitment we are asking of you if cast.

Twelfth Night: The Musical – Performed in McGinnis Theatre

Directed by Trent Blanton

Musical Director – Josiah Stocker

Choreographer – Tommi Galaska

Stage Manager – Amy Hartt

Rehearsal – January 12^th – February 10^th

Weekdays @ 7-10:30pm

Sun. @ 2-7pm

Tech & Dress Rehearsals – Feb. 11^th – 17^th

Performances – Feb. 18^th – 22^nd

Photo Call – Feb. 21^st

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Performed in Wright Auditorium

Directed by Kitt Lavoie

Stage Manager – Makeyla Allaria-Domecq

Rehearsal – March 2^nd – April 10^th

Weekdays @ 7-10:30

Sun. @ 2-7pm

Tech & Dress Rehearsals – April 12^th – 16^th

Performances – April 17^th (10am & 7pm)

Photo Call – April 17th (after first show)

Galileo – Performed in McGinnis

Directed by Austin Jones

Stage Manager – Alisonn Hartman

Rehearsal – February 24^th – April 15^th

Weekdays @ 7-10:30

Sun. @ 2-7pm

Tech & Dress Rehearsals – April 16^th – 21^st

Performances – April 22^nd – 26^th

Photo Call – April 25^th

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If you have questions about the sign-up form or the audition form, please email Courtney Rasor at rasorc19@ecu.edu.

If you have any other questions about auditions, please email Austin Jones at jonesmatt23@ecu.edu.

**** ‎Friendly disclaimer from Stage Management: If you have questions about the content of your audition material (Should I sing this song? Is this monologue too sweary? Can I do a piece that I wrote?), please reach out to your faculty mentor or to Austin Jones (email above).