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Theatre Audition Information
Every semester, The Department of Theatre and Dance hosts auditions open to all MTSU Students.
Auditions for our Spring Theatre shows are scheduled to occur on campus on 11/9/2024. More information on these auditions are available below.
Spring Shows:
Our Town
Tomato Plant Girl
MTSU Theatre Audition Policy is available here
Spring 2025 Audition information
Our Town
Written by Thorton Wilder
Director:
Lauren Shouse – Lauren.Shouse@mtsu.edu
Stage Manager:
TBA
Performances - 2/27/25 - 3/2/25
Rehearsals begin November 18th
Rehearsals resume January 13th, 2025 (the week before Spring Semester classes start)
Tomato Plant Girl
Written by Wesley Middleton
Director:
Alicia Fuss – Alicia.Fuss@mtsu.edu
Stage Manager
TBA
Tomato Plant Girl - Performances - 4/3/25 - 4/6/25 & 4/10/25 - 4/13/25.
*Additional performances are being planned for off campus in April 2025.
*Cast and select crew will be required to enroll in THEA 4610 in the Spring Semester
(MW 2:20-3:45) and must keep Fridays 9 am- 5 pm clear of classes and work commitments
for rehearsal and touring.
Rehearsals start January 13th, 2025 (the week before Spring Semester classes start)
More information and synopsis of Spring 2025 productions are available at the bottom of this page. Please read all the information before auditioning.
Auditions will be held on campus, Saturday November 9th from 12:00pm – 5pm in BDA
215
Auditions are open to all MTSU Students. Please sign up for an audition time and fill
out the audition form below.
Audition time sign up – https://signup.com/go/mmPSctf
Audition form - https://forms.office.com/r/LmeXvEE6uG
For your audition
Please prepare the following:
- To be considered for a role in all shows:
- One contemporary monologue that is approximately 60-90 seconds in length.
- One pantomime 30-60 sec in length.
- The goal is to see you physicalize the sequence of actions it takes for a character to carry out a specific activity.
- Your pantomime does NOT have to tell a story with a beginning/middle/end, but rather show how you can use movement as expressive communication.
- Choose from one of the following actions: baking a cake, gardening, setting a big family dinner table
*If you are an MTSU Theatre Major, you must audition for all shows to be considered for any role. MTSU Casting Policy is available at MTSU Theatre | Auditions
Please use the audition form (https://forms.office.com/r/LmeXvEE6uG) to submit audition information. You may upload your headshot and resume directly
to this form. Once you have filled out the form, if auditioning in person, select
an audition slot time (https://signup.com/go/mmPSctf)
Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to your audition time to check in with stage
management at the audition desk outside of the Theatre and Dance Main office located
on the 2nd floor of the Boutwell Dramatic Arts Building.
A video audition including your monologue and pantomime may be considered in lieu of in person audition. If you would like to submit a video audition, please email John.Underwood@mtsu.edu for more information. Anyone being considered for a role may be required to attend in-person call backs. Video audition must be sent by 11/7/2024
Callbacks are scheduled to occur on campus on November 11th & 12th 6:00 pm – 10 pm. Callbacks may consist of scene work, cold reads, and devising with our Directors and other auditionees. The schedule of individual callbacks will be communicated and based on conflicts listed on the audition form. Additional callback requirements and questions specific to the show will be communicated prior to your callback session.
Participation
We understand not all students will have the same experience in auditioning for an
MTSU production. Faculty, staff, and students would love to connect and can provide
some insight on how the audition process may go. If you are new to this process and
would like to learn more, please reach out to Production Manager - John Underwood or Stage Management Faculty - Kate Goodwin.
Prospective participants have the right to ask about details pertaining to their participation,
including how cultural personhood or identities will be portrayed in the production.
Please email any questions to the director or reach out to faculty or administrative
staff in the department with any concerns. The wellbeing of our cast and crew is the
highest priority. If you have questions regarding your participation and safety, please
reach out directly to John Underwood, stage management team, and our directors.
Questions?
Feel free to contact us:
Directing Advisors - Lauren Shouse, Alicia Fuss
Stage Management advisor - Kate Goodwin
Acting Faculty - Kyle Kennedy
Production Manager - John Underwood
Show information:
Our Town
Written by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Lauren Shouse
Our Town is a window into the lives of everyday people living in a small, quintessential American town. The play explores human existence through the realities of daily life, love, marriage, death and loss. It was first produced in 1938 and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This production will include a physical theatre vocabulary in which students will devise movement together including stage lifts and partnered movement involving touch.
Cast List (All genders and ethnicities will be considered for the roles):
STAGE MANAGER
DR. GIBBS
JOE CROWELL
HOWIE NEWSOME
MRS. GIBBS
MRS. WEBB
GEORGE GIBBS
REBECCA GIBBS
WALLY WEBB
EMILY WEBB
PROFESSOR WILLARD
MR. WEBB
SIMON STIMSON
MRS. SOAMES
CONSTABLE WARREN
SI CROWELL
SAM CRAIG
JOE STODDARD
PEOPLE OF THE TOWN: including baseball players, Man in auditorium, Lady in the box,
etc
Tomato Plant Girl
Written by Wesley Middleton
Directed by Alicia Fuss
This powerful exploration of friendship delights young audiences with its sharp dialogue, physical action and playful, high-energy conflict. Little Girl is the new kid in Heretown. Good thing she's got her Bossy Best Friend! The girls share a garden where time moves to the rhythm of Bossy's commands until the day Little Girl can no longer obey. Bossy has forbidden Little Girl to touch her precious tomato plant. But if the plant doesn't get watered soon, it will die. When Bossy leaves to visit her grandma, Little Girl uproots the plant in a valiant rescue, and a messy girl-creature springs out of the earth, spitting up dirt and crying red tears. Soon, Little Girl is playing crazy new games with Tomato Plant Girl and teaching her to say "please." Maybe Little Girl has found a new Best Friend. But what will they do when Bossy returns? And what if Tomato Plant Girl won't stay? When her friendships collide and Little Girl has to choose, she discovers the power of making up her own rules.
CHARACTERS
Little Girl:
A small girl, about 10 years old. Recently moved to Heretown from Thereville. Loves
books and tomatoes
Bossy Best Friend:
Older, richer, and girlier than Little Girl. Has always lived in Heretown. Loves Barbies
and clothes
Tomato Plant Girl:
A tomato spirit who appears in Heretown in the shape of a girl. Does not understand
Heretown’s rules.
MTSU Theatre Audition Policy is available here
Perspective students do not have to audition to take theatre courses. Auditions are
only required to be cast in a production.
If you have any questions about the audition process or upcoming opportunities, please
email Director of Production and Technical Operations - John.Underwood@mtsu.edu.
Check back to this page periodically as information on upcoming auditions will be
available soon.
If you are interested in learning more about applying to work on the design or technical
side of production, you can learn more at Production Applications
