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Spring Dance Concert
Auditions Jan 16th, 6pm

click here for more info
& to sign up in advance!

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Spring 2025
Student-Written Shows:

Virtual Auditions
Due Jan 16th

New Works

With short plays by Mary Hall, Claudia Hunn, Claire Lichty,
Amelia Russell-Milstein, and Julia Shuttleworth

performs February 27th – March 1st in the Helms Theatre
rehearses January 20th – February 26th
1 or 3 credits available through DRAM 4593 Special Topics: New Works Collaboration
 

Lab Series: I Am My Mother’s Daughter

by Mary Hall

rehearsals begin in early February
 

Overcranked Student Films

Schedules vary throughout the Spring semester

The scripts for New Works plays can be accessed via this link 
The script for I Am My Mother’s Daughter can be accessed via this link.

Steps to Audition: 

1. Find a monologue – Find and rehearse a 1-2 minute contemporary comedic or dramatic monologue or use this one. 
    
2. Sign up – Fill out an audition form paying special attention to the required rehearsal and performance dates. 
    
3. Self-tape your monologue – By Thursday, January 16th, record a video of you performing the monologue and upload a copy or a link to the streaming video at this link. Please say your name at the start of your self-tape.
   • Here’s some advice on how to record your monologue for a self-tape. 
      
4. Attend callback auditions: You’ll receive an email by Friday January 17th with a list of actors who should attend the callback auditions for New Works on Saturday, January 18th from 12-5pm.
   • Both Lab Series and Overcranked will be contacting students directly for the next step(s) in their casting process.

Questions? Please contact UVA Drama Artistic Director Dave Dalton: davedalton@virginia.edu

General audition policy information is provided below.

Department of Drama Audition and Casting Policy and Procedures

UVA Drama gives priority in casting to UVA students for Drama Mainstage and Development productions. Charlottesville community members and UVA faculty and staff are also encouraged to audition. When an appropriate student cannot be selected for a role due to requirements for the role, then community members, faculty, or staff may be cast in the role or recruited for a role.

Dance concert auditions are typically open only to UVA students.

Please see below for additional information on casting procedures.

Helms/Lab Series Auditions

Auditions for Virginia Players Lab Series shows will be conducted by the director of the production at his/her discretion. Actors will find audition notices for these productions posted on departmental bulletin boards. It is the actor’s responsibility to check for audition notices on a regular basis. We recommend at least once a week.

Mainstage Auditions

Audition Preparation for Mainstage Productions

Actors will be asked to perform a general audition consisting of no more than two short (one to two minutes) contrasting pieces. If a musical is being cast, the actor will also be required to sing a brief selection. Performance faculty may be consulted for selection of audition material.

Performers will be screened in these general auditions and selected for callbacks where readings from individual scripts will be the primary audition material. Some directors may also ask actors to improvise. Actors auditioning for musicals may be required to dance. Actors should arrive at least fifteen minutes before their scheduled audition time.

Audition Information Sheets

At the time of the general auditions, actors will be given an information sheet. It is important to read all the information detailed on this sheet very carefully including rehearsal dates and times; performance dates and times; special production requirements; and departmental casting policy.

Audition Schedule for Mainstage Season

Audition announcements are posted at least two weeks before scheduled audition dates on the Dept. of Drama main bulletin board in the office lobby adjacent to Room 201.