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Performance Auditions

2026-2027

People from An Enemy of the People standing around a destk

For additional information about performance auditions email snowcollege.theatre@snow.edu

 

Badgers in a Bathtub (Snow Improvisation Team)

Badgers in a Bathtub is a comedy improvisation tour troupe.  The intention of this class is to develop and strengthen skills in improvisation as well as having performances on-campus and off-campus. This is a class and will require registration after auditions.  Please make sure you have room in your schedule.

Any Current Snow College students are welcome to audition.

Auditions

  • Date:  Thursday, August 27
  • Time:  9:30am
  • Place:  Haslam Black Box Theatre

For those cast, class will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-10:45am  

Performances will take place Select Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00pm (Notice for all performances will be given)  Additional performances will take place remotely throughout the semester.  Excuse letters will be provided if these performances interfere with class time.   

For questions and more information, contact Jason at jason.west@snow.edu

 

fall productions: Auditions

A Year with Frog and Toad -October 6-10

Romeo and Juliet -November 12-14 & 19-21

A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder  (Opera Workshop) -December 10-11

Auditions

  • Date:  Monday, August 31
  • Time:  6:00 - 10:00pm
  • Place:  Eccles Center Kim Christison Theatre

What to Prepare

  • Physical copy of your headshot and resume
  • 1-minute Shakespearian style monologue
  • 32 bars of a golden age musical or legit song.

An accompanist will be provided, please do not sing to a track or acapella. If you wish to only be considered for specific productions (rather than all productions), you will be able to indicate so on your audition form. Please sign up for an audition slot on the sign-up sheet, which is located on the Call Board in the Theater Department.

You will check in for your audition at the Stage Management table, located in the lobby of the Kim Christison Theater. Make sure to arrive at least 20 minutes before your audition slot so you have adequate time to check in, warm up, and be ready to enter the audition space. Please note; audition timing tends to ebb and flow, sometimes we get ahead, sometimes we run behind. So long as you are present and prepared for the time slot you signed up for; you will be ok. Showing up late or unprepared will affect your castability. 

CallBacks

Date:  Tuesday, September 1
Time:  6:00 - 10:00pm
Place: Eccles Center Kim Christison Theatre

A more detailed Callback schedule will be released to participants at the time the callback list is posted. Ideally, the list will be posted the morning of September 1st.

Anyone cast in A Year with Frog and Toad may be called to a first rehearsal on Wednesday, September 2nd, 6 - 10 pm. Stage Management will communicate that call with the cast at the time the cast list is posted.

Character Descriptions

Romeo and Juliet 

**The Director reserves the right to adjust or changes to the roles listed based on need and audition outcomes**


• Romeo Montague – Son of Lord and Lady Montague. Romeo is emotional, romantic, and impulsive. He falls deeply in love with Juliet even though their families are enemies.
• Juliet Capulet – Daughter of Lady Capulet. Juliet is intelligent, loyal, and courageous. She falls in love with Romeo and is willing to go against her family to be with him.
• Mercutio – Mercutio will be gender swapped in our production. A relative of the Prince and Paris, she is close friends with Benvolio and Romeo even though she has a past romantic history with Tybalt. She is witty, energetic, and often makes jokes. Her death during a fight with Tybalt becomes a major turning point in the play.
• Benvolio – Romeo’s cousin and friend. He is peaceful and reasonable and often tries to stop conflicts between the Montagues and Capulets.
• Tybalt Capulet – Juliet’s cousin. He is aggressive, hot-tempered, and extremely loyal to the Capulet family. He hates the Montagues and frequently looks for opportunities to fight them.
• The Nurse – Juliet’s caretaker and one of the people closest to her. She is talkative, caring, and humorous. At first, she helps Juliet communicate with Romeo and supports their relationship.
• Friar Laurence – A priest and trusted adviser to Romeo and Juliet. He secretly marries them because he hopes their marriage will end the feud between their families. He later creates the risky plan involving Juliet’s sleeping potion. Could be cast male or female.
• Lady Capulet – The roles of Lord and Lady Capulet have been merged together in our production. Juliet’s mother and head of the Capulet family. She loves Juliet but can be controlling and quick-tempered. She wants Juliet to marry Paris.
• Lord Montague – The roles of Lord and Lady Monague have been merged together in our production. Romeo’s father and head of the Montague family. He is involved in the long-running feud with the Capulets but is concerned about Romeo’s happiness. He cares deeply about Romeo and worries about his involvement in the family conflict.
• Paris – A kinsman of the Prince and Mercutio who wants to marry Juliet. Lady Capulet approves of him, but Juliet does not love him because she is already secretly married to Romeo.
• Prince Escalus – The ruler of Verona. He tries to keep peace between the Montagues and Capulets and punishes those who continue the violence. Paris and Mercutio are his kinsman.
• Friar John – A fellow friar who is supposed to deliver an important message to Romeo explaining Juliet’s fake death. He is unable to deliver it, which contributes to the tragic ending.
• Gregory – Servant of the Capulet family who appear at the beginning of the play. Their argument with Montague servants helps show how deeply the family feud affects everyone around them.
• Abram Balthasar – The characters Abram and Balthasar have been combined into one person in this production. Romeo’s servant. He is part of the skirmish at the top of the show and also goes with Romeo when he is banished. He tells Romeo that Juliet appears to be dead, not knowing that her death has been faked. This causes Romeo to return to Verona and make a tragic decision.
• Peter Sampson – The characters Peter and Sampson have have been combined into one person in this production. Servant of the Capulet family who appears at the beginning in the play. Their argument with Montague servants helps show how deeply the family feud affects everyone around them. He is also the escort of the Nurse from time to time. He is more bark than bit.
• Apothecary – The fated apothecary who relucent provides Romeo with the poison that will end his life.

 

Spring productions: Auditions

The Odd Couple - February 11 -13 and February 18 - 20

Oklahoma! - March 18 - 20 and March 25 - 27

 

Dance Call Workshop - Oklahoma only

  • Monday, November 23
  • 6:00pm – 8:00pm
  • Kim Christison Theatre
  • This workshop can count as your official dance audition if you choose.
  • Wear clothes you can move in

Dance Call Audition - oklahoma only

  • Monday, November 30
  • 5:00pm – 7:00pm
  • Kim Christiston Theatre
  • Wear clothes you can move in

Oklahoma Audition:

  • Monday, November 30
  • 7:00pm – 10:30pm
  • Haslam Black Box Theatre
  • Bring a headshot and resume (if you don’t have those, don’t let it stop you from auditioning)
  • Prepare a 32 bar cut (about a minute long) of a song in the style of the show.

Oklahoma Callbacks:

  • Tuesday, December 1
  • 6:00pm – 10:00pm
  • Haslam Black Box Theatre
  • Sides will be provided.


Odd Couple Audition:  

  • Thursday, December 3
  • 6:00pm -10:00pm
  • Haslam Black Box Theatre
  • 5-minute time slots  
  • Bring HS/Resume if you have them, not required.  
  • Info: 1–2-minute contemporary comedic monologue
  • A joke: Don’t overthink it! I’m more interested in how you tell the joke, than whether or not it’s a “good” joke.  
  • Optional Special Skill: Can you juggle? Tap dance? Play an instrument? Do impressions? Wiggle your ears? Show me! Not required. 

Note: Male presenting auditioners, both male parts in Odd Couple show speak with a Castilian Spanish accent. Please incorporate this accent into your monologue. If you are not comfortable with the accent, don’t let that stop you from auditioning! 

Odd Couple Callbacks:

  • Saturday, December 5
  • 3:00pm-7:00pm
  • Haslam Black Box Theatre

There will be a read through at 6:00pm Wednesday, December 9  
This will not include designer presentations.

 

Digital Submissions:

 We are accepting digital submission for both productions. Material can be submitted starting on November 24th. Materials required are the same as if you were auditioning live.
Deadline for Oklahoma: November 29, 11:59pm
Deadline for Odd Couple: December 3, 6:00pm 

Upload your audition video to YouTube as an unlisted video, then send the link in an email to both: gavin.douglas@snow.edu & jason.west@snow.edu

You will still need to attend callbacks in person to be considered for a role

 

odd couple CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

Olive: A divorced professional, vibrant, active, quick-witted, big-hearted, but also relentlessly sloppy and careless when it comes to the routine concerns of her personal life. She is very much at home in running shorts and a t-shirt, and still looks smashing in a cocktail dress. 
Florence: A homemaker/housewife and very recently separated from her husband, extremely "pulled together" (obsessively so), pathologically organized and neat, even sanitizes the telephone cord. Her personality is the complete antithesis of Olive's personality.  
Mickey: A gritty New York City policewoman. An organizer and problem solver. Down-to-earth, plain talking, and has a good understanding of people.  
Vera: A bit literal-minded and a bit slow to get a point that everyone else gets instantly, always seems "a few beats behind the conductor." very sweet, very nice, somewhat spacey, and, although quite smart, is often a step or two behind her friends; she’s very funny, but doesn't realize it. 
Sylvie: Highly energized, a wise-cracker. Desperately trying to stop smoking, and so sucks on lollipops or chews gum; she can get irritated with her friends, but has a good sense of humor. 
Renee: A character who is critical of Olive's lifestyle. She contributes a voice of reason and health consciousness among the group.  
*Manolo: Very well groomed and proper. He is every woman’s dream date and showers both Olive and Flo with attention. He is sensitive and appreciates Florence’s sensitivity. 
*Jesus: Jesus is Manolo’s younger brother.  He is also very well-groomed, has excellent posture, is very romantic, and he also gets very emotional. 
*Note: Both male parts speak with a Castilian Spanish accent. 

For questions and more information, contact Gavin @ gavin.douglas@snow.edu