AUDITIONS AND CASTING NOTICES
CASTING CALL
Please mark your calendar for the audition dates listed below.
FALL SEASON AUDITION DATES: August 19, 20
Sarasota High School Theatre is proud to announce the dates for our spring season auditions! Our 2023-2024 season is all about literary heroes, and we are excited to offer our audiences shows that have made a big impact on our lives as young readers.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, December 5-7 2024
Ebenezer Scrooge is a prosperous curmudgeon who believes that personal wealth is far more valuable than the happiness and comfort of others. With an infuriated "Bah! Humbug!" Scrooge summates his feelings of Christmas tidings and charitable giving, but he's forced to face his selfish ways when three ghosts on Christmas Eve lead him through his Past, Present and Future. Thanks to their guidance, Scrooge recognizes his faults and greets Christmas morning with a cheerful "Happy Christmas" before spending the day reconnecting and sharing love with those that mean the most to him.
Audition dates are as follows:
Monday, August 19- 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 August Drama Guild meeting on Wednesday, August 14 from 2:30-3:00 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 20, 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 Monday. 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.
FALL SEASON AUDITION DATES: August 19, 20
Sarasota High School Theatre is proud to announce the dates for our spring season auditions! Our 2023-2024 season is all about literary heroes, and we are excited to offer our audiences shows that have made a big impact on our lives as young readers.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, December 5-7 2024
Ebenezer Scrooge is a prosperous curmudgeon who believes that personal wealth is far more valuable than the happiness and comfort of others. With an infuriated "Bah! Humbug!" Scrooge summates his feelings of Christmas tidings and charitable giving, but he's forced to face his selfish ways when three ghosts on Christmas Eve lead him through his Past, Present and Future. Thanks to their guidance, Scrooge recognizes his faults and greets Christmas morning with a cheerful "Happy Christmas" before spending the day reconnecting and sharing love with those that mean the most to him.
Audition dates are as follows:
Monday, August 19- 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 August Drama Guild meeting on Wednesday, August 14 from 2:30-3:00 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 20, 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 Monday. 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.
Click below to fill out an audition application:
To sign up for a five minute audition time slot, click below:
Audition monologues and music, click below:
Music and tracks- You will sing with tracks WITHOUT vocals at the audition. I have included tracks with the vocal just for reference.
+++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.