Auditions
Our auditions are meant to be as easy as possible for people that are interested in auditioning. We do not require monologues for our auditions, instead we use sides from the current productions.
Please realize that we know some folks are not good at cold readings and always take that into account during the audition process.
Upcoming Auditions
Our Town Theatre is very excited to be having auditions for its first full length Shakespearean play in its over 25 year history! The theatre will hold auditions for the classic tragedy Romeo and Juliet on Sunday, January 26 & Monday, January 27 from 7pm- 9pm at the theatre.
Director Jennifer Virts is looking for a minimum of 15 actors to pull off this classic, but admits that this plays offers an opportunity for small and non-speaking roles for the many crowd scenes that take place throughout the story. “If you have always wanted to be a part of one of our shows, this is your chance!”, says Virts. “For our crowd scenes we could use actors of any age.”
Virts has chosen to set the infamous love story in the romantic time period of the Roaring ’20s. “Warring gangsters and speakeasies will be the backdrop of our retelling of the tragic tale.”
The show will be performed for the public over two weekends, April 2-13, 2025. Our Town Theatre invites you to come out and be a part of this Shakespearean classic!
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Synopsis from the Folger Shakespeare Library:
The prologue of Romeo and Juliet calls the title characters “star-crossed lovers”—and the stars do seem to conspire against these young lovers.
Romeo is a Montague, and Juliet a Capulet. Their families are enmeshed in a feud, but the moment they meet—when Romeo and his friends attend a party at Juliet’s house in disguise—the two fall in love and quickly decide that they want to be married.
A friar secretly marries them, hoping to end the feud. Romeo and his companions almost immediately encounter Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, who challenges Romeo. When Romeo refuses to fight, Romeo’s friend Mercutio accepts the challenge and is killed. Romeo then kills Tybalt and is banished. He spends that night with Juliet and then leaves for Mantua.
Juliet’s father forces her into a marriage with Count Paris. To avoid this marriage, Juliet takes a potion, given her by the friar, that makes her appear dead. The friar will send Romeo word to be at her family tomb when she awakes. The plan goes awry, and Romeo learns instead that she is dead. In the tomb, Romeo kills himself. Juliet wakes, sees his body, and commits suicide. Their deaths appear finally to end the feud.
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