Image: UGA Theatre and Film Studies will be holding auditions and callbacks for our Spring Semester productions of Sweat, The Wolves, and A Little Night Music on October 20-23 in person at the Fine Arts Building on Baldwin Street. General auditions will be held Oct. 20 and 21 while callbacks will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22 and Sunday Oct. 23. Callback lists will be posted on the evening of Oct. 21 (Friday) at drama.uga.edu. Location: Room 115. To secure an audition appointment students will need to: Fill out the online audition form here: Audition Information Form Select a time slot during which you would like to audition here: Time Slot Signup Callback Sides can be found on this website here: Callback Sides for Spring 2023 REQUIREMENTS Students must prepare two contemporary, contrasting monologues. These monologues should not exceed 2 minutes total. Please bring three copies of your headshot to the initial audition. Students auditioning for the musical will also move to a second room to repeat one monologue, sing 16-32 bars (30 seconds to a minute) of a song, and run scales. Students must bring their own sheet music with cuts clearly marked for the provided accompanist. NOTE: If a student has questions about cuts and appropriate markings, the may reach out to Professor Hadary at mhadary@uga.edu before October 18. Please note that the weekend callbacks will contain additional work with the directors. You should come in dressed to move. You may be asked to sing, read from script pages, work with movement, improvisation, dance, etc. All students are welcome to audition regardless of area of study or major. UGA Department of Theatre and Film Studies encourages all students to audition for any role they can fully embody and we welcome performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and abilities. Rehearsal Expectations Rehearsals for departmental productions are nightly on weekday evenings and one day each weekend. SWEAT rehearsals begin Jan. 10 through show close on February 26. Guest director Marlon Burnley. Performances in the Cellar Theatre. THE WOLVES rehearsals begin Feb. 5th through show close on March 26. MFA Candidates in Performance Sofia Ruiz (sofia.ruizcarrera@uga.edu) and Fiona Schirmer (Fiona.Schirmer@uga.edu) co-directing. Performances in the Cellar Theatre. A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC rehearsals begin Feb. 8 through show close April 23. Daniel Ellis (ellisd@uga.edu) of the School of Music/Theatre and Film Studies will direct. Performances in The Fine Arts Theatre. Contact the directors with specific questions on audition requirements. For general questions about auditions email Tina Hantula (hantula@uga.edu) NOTE: Always use your UGA email to ask questions or contact directors, SMs, or instructors. About the Shows Sweat by Lynn Nottage (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2017, Obie Award, Tony Award-nominated). The play is set in a blue collar neighborhood bar frequented by a group of friends who work at the steel mill in poverty-stricken Reading, PA. The play moves between 2000 and 2008 and explores the growing tensions between the friends when the changing economy, union politics, and layoffs create mistrust and fear. Issues of race, immigration, and fear of the deterioration of middle class life tear at long-time friendships in a new economy. 9 roles— range of character ages. The Wolves - During their pregame warmups, a girls’ soccer team contends with life’s big (and small) questions - with topics ranging from international social conflicts to sex to their coach’s obvious hangovers. These aspiring athletes navigate the realities of their changing worlds - and the world at large - all while awaiting the rapidly-approaching uncertainty of a post-high school future. Sarah DeLappe’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play is a fast-paced slice of reality that is equal parts funny and enigmatic, offering a beautifully nuanced portrait of nine girls attempting to make sense of an overwhelming world. 10 roles— young women. This play includes soccer drills and the physical action of prepping for and playing soccer. A Little Night Music by Sondheim creates a stunning tour de force when he takes Ingmar Bergman's comedy of manners, Smiles of a Summer Night, and turns it into a musical where confusion rules, jealousies flair and sexual passions reign. Winner of four Tony Awards, A Little Night Music explores the tangled web of affairs centered around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik's town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles. This strikes a flurry of jealousy and suspicion between Desirée; Fredrik; Fredrick's wife, Anne; Desirée's current lover, the Count; and the Count's wife, Charlotte. Both men – as well as their jealous wives – agree to join Desirée and her family for a weekend in the country at Desirée's mother's estate. With everyone in one place, infinite possibilities of new romances and second chances bring endless surprises. This dramatic musical is a celebration of love full of hilariously witty and heartbreakingly moving moments of adoration, regret and desire. Please note: This production involves both kissing and some simulated sexual activities with no nudity. Some of the roles could appear on stage in period undergarments in different states of undress. An intimacy director will be employed by the department in the staging of these scenes. All roles are open except for the role of Desire and Henrik. We are seeking actors and understudies to play 18 roles. For a detailed breakdown of characters, click here: A Little Night Music Character Breakdown Tags: auditions
