Early Fall 2024 AUDITIONS
Hello! Welcome to the Northwestern Auditions Website. This will be your home for all Wirtz audition information.
Thank you to everyone who participated in Wirtz Early Fall Auditions!
Have questions about Wirtz casting? Please don’t hesitate to contact:
Gianna Carter, Production Coordinator (gianna.carter@northwestern.edu)
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Early Fall Cast Lists
View Them Here!
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PRODUCTION INFO SHEETS:
Plays
THE WONG KIDS IN THE SECRET OF SPACE CHUPACABRA, GO!
By Lloyd Suh
Directed by Jamal Howard
Ethel M. Barber Theater
October 24 – November 3
*Please note that the first rehearsal date would be Tuesday, September 17. Also, there will be Friday daytime performances on Friday, Oct. 25, and Nov. 1, with a time frame of 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The Class schedule would need to accommodate this.
By Sophocles (Translated by Anne Carson)
Directed by Tae-Heum Yeon
Josephine Louis Theater
November 15-24
*Please note that there is a possible two show day on Sat. Nov. 16th; 2 and 7 pm.
By Theresa Reback
Directed by Mariana Molinares
Hal & Martha Hyer Wallis Theater
November 22-24
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**The Wirtz Center is strongly committed to diversity. We believe that the growth and vitality of theatre is dependent upon the inclusion of many voices. We urge all directors to challenge preconceived notions of casting, and we encourage people of all ages, ethnicities, colors, cultures, genders, sexual orientations, and physical abilities to audition for all productions.**
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LOOKING FOR WIRTZ CASTING POLICIES?
If you would like to read all existing Wirtz Casting Policies, please view them on the Policies Page
found HERE.
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UNDERSTUDY INFORMATION
In the interest of transparency, we can offer this information on expectations for understudies and the support they will be offered. Info sheets will also list understudy guidelines.
- Required Attendances:
- 1st Rehearsal
- Stumble-through
- Designer run
- All Technical Rehearsals
- Any rehearsals when the intimacy director is present, unless the specified role is not included in the rehearsing scene
- Additional put-in rehearsals as needed
- During rehearsals or tech, understudies may be called to step into their role as an understudy due to illness or emergency.
- For performances, understudies must be available by phone two hours before curtain until the show begins, and be within 20 minutes travel time from the theater. Understudies will not be put-in after a performance begins.
- Understudies are encouraged and able to attend as many rehearsals as possible. In the professional world, understudies attend as many rehearsals as necessary to prepare. Understudies are invited to all rehearsals, design/dramaturgy presentations, and meet and greets.
For more information on understudying at Northwestern, please see the “What is an Understudy?” document.
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Please be aware that in seeking permission from Northwestern University to participate in a Wirtz Center Production you will be waiving all claims for injuries you might sustain arising out of your participation. Upon being cast in a production, you will be asked to sign a LIABILITY WAIVER AND RELEASE FORM before you may participate in the production. Please understand that participation as an actor or performer in any Wirtz production is entirely voluntary and at your own discretion and judgement.
The full text of the WAIVER is available HERE.
Resource for Non-Binary Actors seeking out good audition monologues: Non-Binary Monologues
Also consider visiting the Kilroy List, a survey of excellent new plays by women, trans, and non-binary playwrights.
Have questions?
Contact Wirtz Production Coordinator, Gianna Carter at gianna.carter@northwesern.edu