Audition Information
Auditions are open to all registered students in the Vanderbilt community. Directors requirements for auditions will be posted here. You may stop by the Theatre's office in Neely Auditorium to read a copy of the script in the days before the audition. You may also contact the office with any additional questions or to set up an appointment to speak with a director personally.
VUT also welcomes the participation of any student on crews for scenery, lighting, costume, makeup, properties, sound, stage management, and house management. Contact us to see what opportunities are available.
Auditions take place on the main floor of Neely Auditorium. Dress so that you can move comfortably and relax - we usually try to have some fun.
Content Warning: The content of our productions may be emotionally challenging and potentially traumatic. Please read the description of a script prior to consuming the content. Copies of each script are available in the Theatre Department Office (Neely 103) for check-out free of cost. Please email lina.a.millsap@vanderbilt.edu to arrange a check-out.
Spring 2024 Auditions
FAILURE: A LOVE STORY by Philip Dawkins
Directed by Dr. Leah Lowe
Auditions:
Come audition for FAILURE on Jan. 10th from 6-9. Please prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue for the auditions. If you like to sing, please prepare 16 bars that you can sing acapella. If you don’t have a monologue, sides will be available to read. Questions? Contact the director, Dr. Leah Lowe at leah.lowe@vanderbilt.edu
Schedule:
Rehearsals: Rehearsals are tentatively scheduled to start January 14, more info coming soon. Note: Not all actors will be called for every rehearsal in the beginning of the process.
Tech Week: Conflicts during tech week (February 18-22) will not be accommodated. Cast and crew must be available from 6-11 PM. The Department can provide an email for evening classes to inform professors.
Production Dates and Times: February 23, 24, 29, March 1, 2 at 7:30 PM. February 25 at 2:00 PM.
Reading the play:
Please email Mrs. Millsap-Brezina to check out a copy of the play. To begin this process with healthy transparency and mindfulness, actors are required to familiarize themselves with the play prior to auditioning.
Plot Summary:
Nelly was the first of the Fail Girls to die,
followed soonafter by her sisters, Jenny June
and Gerty Fail
in that order.
Cause of death were
Blunt Object
Disappearance
And Consumption
also in that order.
So begins FAILURE: A LOVE STORY by Philip Dawkins. A wildly imaginative meditation on connection, love, and loss, FAILURE follows the stories of Nelly, Jenny June, and Gerty as they live out their lives above the family clock repair shop near the Chicago River. Set in 1928, this magical, musical fable features a whimsical chorus, a dog, a snake, a pioneering veterinarian, and a man unlucky in love in addition to the three Fail sisters. Read the play
AVAILABLE ROLES:
Nelly Fail, the youngest
Jenny June Fail, the middlest
Gerty Fail, the oldest
John N. Fail, the brother
Mortimor Mortimor, the lover
The Chorus
Note: Actors may be cast in more than one role and the Chorus will likely consist of more than one person.
Just because something ends doesn’t mean it wasn’t a great success!
Love is the Greater Labyrinth by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Directed by Professor René Millán
Auditions:
Info coming soon.
Schedule:
Rehearsals: Rehearsals are tentatively scheduled to start February 11, more info coming soon. Note: Not all actors will be called for every rehearsal in the beginning of the process.
Tech Week: Conflicts during tech week (April 1-4) will not be accommodated. Cast and crew must be available from 6-11 PM. The Department can provide an email for evening classes to inform professors.
Production Dates and Times: April 5, 6, 11, 12 at 7:30 PM.
April 7 and 13 at 2:00 PM.
Reading the play:
Please email Mrs. Millsap-Brezina to check out a copy of the play. To begin this process with healthy transparency and mindfulness, actors are required to familiarize themselves with the play prior to auditioning.
Plot Summary:
Love is the Greater Labyrinth is a madcap take on Greek mythology by famous Mexican author Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. A swashbuckling adventure, romantic farce, and morality tale all rolled into one, the play follows Teseo (Theseus) as he goes to meet his fate in the jaws of the monstrous Minotaur. Little does he know that his greatest test will come when he escapes one labyrinth and heads straight into the even more disorienting complications of love. Princesses Fedra and Ariadna pull him in two different directions—which path will he choose?
AVAILABLE ROLES:
Minos-(any gender) Tyrannical ruler of Crete.
Teseo- (male presenting) Prince of Athens, is selected as one of the tributes, chosen by lots. He is taken to Crete as a prisoner to be sacrificed to the Minotaur.
Tuna- (any gender) Teseo’s servant, interpreter of the action on the stage to the audience.
Licas- (any gender) Athenian ambassador.
Fedra- (female presenting) Princess of Crete. Falls in love with Teseo. Vows to save him. Teseo falls in love with her.
Ariadna- (female presenting) Princess of Crete and sister of Fedra. Falls in love with Teseo. Finds out he is in love with her sister, so she decides to save him first to change his mind.
Baco- (male presenting) Prince of Thebes and courting Ariadna. He overhears that she is in love with "a man that is courting her sister (TesCo)" and assumes it's....
Lidoro- (male presenting) Prince of Epirus. He has been unsuccessfully courting Fedra.
Vinny- (any gender) Baco’s servant who suggests he pretend to court Fedra to make Ariadna jealous. Often intoxicated.
Laura- (any gender) Fedra’s servant.
Cintia- (any gender) Ariadna’s servant.
Teandro- (any gender) Captain of the guards.