AUDITIONS AND CASTING NOTICES
CASTING CALL
Please mark your calendar for the audition dates listed below.
THE OUTSIDERS AUDITION DATES: August 18 and 19, 2025
THE MUSIC MAN AUDITION DATES: January 6 and 7, 2026
Sarasota High School Theatre is proud to announce the dates for our fall season auditions! Our 2025-2026 season theme is "Lost & Found: Journeys of Escape and Belonging". This season explores the human need to escape- whether into fantasy, rebellion, imagination, or deception- and the equally powerful drive to find connection, identity, and home. Each show follows characters who are outsiders in their own way, searching for meaning and belonging in a world that doesn't always understand them.
THE OUTSIDERS, October 23-25, 2025
Ponyboy Curtis is a teenager caught between two rival groups: the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers, including Ponyboy and his brothers, come from the working class, while the Socs are wealthy and privileged. After a violent encounter leads to tragic consequences, Ponyboy and his friend Johnny go on the run, forcing them to confront hard truths about class, loyalty, and identity. As tensions escalate and more lives are affected, Ponyboy struggles to make sense of the world and find his place in it. This coming-of-age story is a powerful exploration of friendship, loss, and the enduring hope for understanding across divides.
THE OUTSIDERS Audition dates are as follows:
Monday, August 18- Individual Auditions
Everyone must audition on this date. All performers are asked to prepare a short 1-3 minute monologue, and any performers who have previously worked with us must have their monologue memorized. Info on how to sign up for times can be found below, but please plan on joining us at the August Drama Guild meeting on Wednesday, August 13 from 2:20-2:40 for more info about the shows, auditions, and our program. (This is especially important if you have never auditioned with us before. NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY to audition, but this meeting will help you understand what auditions look like and prepare you for auditions week.)
Tuesday, August 19, 3:00-8pm- Callbacks
If you are called back for a specific role, you will be given sides before you leave on Monday. Please come prepared with clothing you can move in, comfortable shoes or sneakers, and a great attitude. Callbacks are from 4:30-8 pm and only those who are called back will need to stay.
THE MUSIC MAN, April 15-18, 2026
Get ready for toe-tapping tunes, heartfelt moments, and a whole lot of trouble—with a capital “T”! This beloved Broadway classic tells the story of fast-talking salesman Harold Hill, who arrives in River City, Iowa, with a plan to con the townspeople into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he has no intention of organizing. But things get complicated when he falls for the town’s sharp-witted librarian, Marian. Packed with unforgettable songs like “76 Trombones,” “Ya Got Trouble,” and “Till There Was You,” this charming and high-energy musical is fun for the whole family!
THE MUSIC MAN Audition dates are as follows:
Tuesday, January 6- Individual Auditions
Everyone must audition on this date. All performers are asked to prepare a short 1-3 minute monologue, as well as 16 bars of a song. Info on how to sign up for times can be found below, but please plan on joining us at the December Drama Guild meeting on Wednesday, December 17 from 2:20-2:40 for more info about the show, auditions, and our program. (This is especially important if you have never auditioned with us before. NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY to audition, but this meeting will help you understand what auditions look like and prepare you for auditions week.)
Wednesday, January 7, 3:00-8pm- Dance Call and Callbacks
If you are called back for a specific role, you will be given sides before you leave on Tuesday. Dance call is from 3:00-4:30 and everyone must attend. Please come prepared with clothing you can move in, dance shoes or sneakers, and a great attitude. Callbacks are from 4:30-8 pm and only those who are called back will need to stay.
INTERESTED? Here's how to audition:
1. Take a moment to scroll down and read through our auditions disclaimer and browse a past production contract below, that way you are familiar with the commitment we will be asking you to agree to. Look doable to you? Fabulous, now to the fun stuff!
2. Fill out the online audition application.
3. Sign up for your five minute audition time slot.
4. Choose a 1-3 minute monologue to share with us at your audition. This monologue should be memorized if possible, but it's okay if it is not. (If you have previously performed with us in the past, we expect it to be memorized.) For musicals, be prepared to sing 16 bars of a song of your choice- please bring your music clearly marked for our accompanist.
5. If you missed the information meetings and/or did not pick up an audition packet, please print it out below. There are forms to be filled out and returned on auditions day (a conflict form and a parent auditions disclaimer form). There is also a handy checklist for you to use as you prepare for auditions.
Please mark your calendar for the audition dates listed below.
THE OUTSIDERS AUDITION DATES: August 18 and 19, 2025
THE MUSIC MAN AUDITION DATES: January 6 and 7, 2026
Sarasota High School Theatre is proud to announce the dates for our fall season auditions! Our 2025-2026 season theme is "Lost & Found: Journeys of Escape and Belonging". This season explores the human need to escape- whether into fantasy, rebellion, imagination, or deception- and the equally powerful drive to find connection, identity, and home. Each show follows characters who are outsiders in their own way, searching for meaning and belonging in a world that doesn't always understand them.
THE OUTSIDERS, October 23-25, 2025
Ponyboy Curtis is a teenager caught between two rival groups: the Greasers and the Socs. The Greasers, including Ponyboy and his brothers, come from the working class, while the Socs are wealthy and privileged. After a violent encounter leads to tragic consequences, Ponyboy and his friend Johnny go on the run, forcing them to confront hard truths about class, loyalty, and identity. As tensions escalate and more lives are affected, Ponyboy struggles to make sense of the world and find his place in it. This coming-of-age story is a powerful exploration of friendship, loss, and the enduring hope for understanding across divides.
THE OUTSIDERS Audition dates are as follows:
Monday, August 18- Individual Auditions
Everyone must audition on this date. All performers are asked to prepare a short 1-3 minute monologue, and any performers who have previously worked with us must have their monologue memorized. Info on how to sign up for times can be found below, but please plan on joining us at the August Drama Guild meeting on Wednesday, August 13 from 2:20-2:40 for more info about the shows, auditions, and our program. (This is especially important if you have never auditioned with us before. NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY to audition, but this meeting will help you understand what auditions look like and prepare you for auditions week.)
Tuesday, August 19, 3:00-8pm- Callbacks
If you are called back for a specific role, you will be given sides before you leave on Monday. Please come prepared with clothing you can move in, comfortable shoes or sneakers, and a great attitude. Callbacks are from 4:30-8 pm and only those who are called back will need to stay.
THE MUSIC MAN, April 15-18, 2026
Get ready for toe-tapping tunes, heartfelt moments, and a whole lot of trouble—with a capital “T”! This beloved Broadway classic tells the story of fast-talking salesman Harold Hill, who arrives in River City, Iowa, with a plan to con the townspeople into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he has no intention of organizing. But things get complicated when he falls for the town’s sharp-witted librarian, Marian. Packed with unforgettable songs like “76 Trombones,” “Ya Got Trouble,” and “Till There Was You,” this charming and high-energy musical is fun for the whole family!
THE MUSIC MAN Audition dates are as follows:
Tuesday, January 6- Individual Auditions
Everyone must audition on this date. All performers are asked to prepare a short 1-3 minute monologue, as well as 16 bars of a song. Info on how to sign up for times can be found below, but please plan on joining us at the December Drama Guild meeting on Wednesday, December 17 from 2:20-2:40 for more info about the show, auditions, and our program. (This is especially important if you have never auditioned with us before. NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY to audition, but this meeting will help you understand what auditions look like and prepare you for auditions week.)
Wednesday, January 7, 3:00-8pm- Dance Call and Callbacks
If you are called back for a specific role, you will be given sides before you leave on Tuesday. Dance call is from 3:00-4:30 and everyone must attend. Please come prepared with clothing you can move in, dance shoes or sneakers, and a great attitude. Callbacks are from 4:30-8 pm and only those who are called back will need to stay.
INTERESTED? Here's how to audition:
1. Take a moment to scroll down and read through our auditions disclaimer and browse a past production contract below, that way you are familiar with the commitment we will be asking you to agree to. Look doable to you? Fabulous, now to the fun stuff!
2. Fill out the online audition application.
3. Sign up for your five minute audition time slot.
4. Choose a 1-3 minute monologue to share with us at your audition. This monologue should be memorized if possible, but it's okay if it is not. (If you have previously performed with us in the past, we expect it to be memorized.) For musicals, be prepared to sing 16 bars of a song of your choice- please bring your music clearly marked for our accompanist.
5. If you missed the information meetings and/or did not pick up an audition packet, please print it out below. There are forms to be filled out and returned on auditions day (a conflict form and a parent auditions disclaimer form). There is also a handy checklist for you to use as you prepare for auditions.
Audition packet (you will need to bring the auditions disclaimer and conflict sheet to the first day of auditions):
Click below to fill out an audition application:
To sign up for a five minute audition time slot, click below:
Callback sides, click below:
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+++ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/NOTES REGARDING AUDITIONS
-Please understand that auditioning for a show here at SHS indicates that you are willing to put in a significant amount of time and effort with our program. Most shows rehearse at least four days a week, and that bumps up to every day during tech weeks (the last two weeks before a show goes up). Some nights/weekends are required as well.
-We use a large panel of judges and include teachers and alumni, as well as community members, to be sure the casting process is fair and equitable. Other factors considered during casting are: past production etiquette and behavior, grades, time needed off for other commitments outside of theatre, reliability, class behavior and etiquette, teacher recommendations, professionalism related to previous casting experiences, as well as countless other factors that parents and students are not aware of due to the sensitivity of subjects. We are proud of our casting choices over the years, and stand by them with pride and integrity.
-Other requirements may include: Production fees, shop hours, mandatory fundraising, etc.
-All cast and crew are required to stay and strike the set closing night of the show.
Below is an example of the casting contract from our last production. Feel free to peruse it in order to become more familiar with what you are signing up for.