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Professional Auditions

NON-UNION PROFESSIONAL AUDITIONS 

Theater Emory 2025-2026 Spring Auditions

Brave New WorksTHEATER EMORY   
NON-UNION PRO AUDITIONSFOR  
SPRING 2026 READING SERIES 
BRAVE NEW WORKS 

If cast in Brave New Works, total time commitment is only one week! You would be cast in one play in either week one or week two:

WEEK ONE: Jan. 27-February 1, 2026 

  • Where Pathways Meet by a.k. payne, directed by Lydia Fort 

WEEK TWO: APRIL 14-19, 2026 

  • Love and Abolition by Phanésia Pharel, director TBA  

Venue: Schwartz Center, Theater Lab 

AUDITION DATES: 

  • Sat., NOV. 1, 10 AM-5 PM, Rich Building (Emory students and Non-union Pros) 

*All gender identities, ethnicities, body types, and abilities encouraged to audition   

PREPARATION (PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY):      

  • FILL OUT AUDITION FORM:  
    • PLEASE FILL OUT THE GOOGLE AUDITION FORM (LINK ABOVE) PRIOR TO SIGNING UP FOR YOUR TIME SLOTS. EVERYONE MUST FILL OUT A FORM. 
    • Within the form it instructs you to upload a headshot or a good selfie. You may also bring a printed photo and a resume stapled together, but online submission is preferred. 

 SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: 

  • ACCOMMODATIONS: If you have any medical conditions, disabilities, or need special accommodation, please let us know before your audition. The director is committed to working with you to create an accessible audition experience that honors your physical self.
     
  • VIDEO SUBMISSIONS: 
    • Video submissions for Pro actors are not accepted without prior approval from Casting Coordinator and only under special circumstances. 
    • If you need to be considered for a video audition/submission, please email rstaib@emory.edu.  

CASTING COORDINATOR: ROSALIND STAIB    

LOCATION FOR AUDITIONS   
Rich Memorial Building, Room 210    

Located at 1602 Fishburne Dr., across from the Fishburne Parking Deck (Park in Visitors’ Parking at Fishburne Deck. Parking is free on weekends.)  For more information on parking and visiting our Emory Campus, click here: https://theater.emory.edu/stage/plan-your-visit.html   

Emory University Main Campus, Atlanta, GA 30322    

Have questions? Email: teauditions@gmail.com    

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PROJECT/CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:    

1. Where Pathways Meetby a.k. payne

Overview/Description:   
Minnie and Dwight live in a world on fire. And so they take off from 'earth' with dreams of starting anew on a planet all their own. What happens to the tongues and rhythms of the once colonized and enslaved when they first taste true freedom? What happens when Minnie & Dwight's dreams and visions wither and diverge? Who remembers and who forgets? 

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: 

CAST SIZE: 5 (Students considered for all roles, however, we anticipate 1-2 Non-union Pro actors to join the cast). 

  • DWIGHT: a Black man, any age  
  • MINNIE: a Black woman the same age as DWIGHT  
  • JACKSON: a Black person of any gender, late twenties  
  • SGT.: a Black person of any gender and any age  
  • BETTS: a Black person of any gender, mid-late twenties   

 2. LOVE AND ABOLITION by Phanésia Pharel

Overview/Description:   
Love and Abolition is a completion of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel, The Brothers. It is the only novel in which Jane Austen introduced a black character, and in this adaptation, by a black woman we pay homage to Austens singular formula while asking - what does it mean to be an abolitionist? 

Content warning: Alcoholism, Racism, Slavery 

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: 

CAST SIZE: 5-9 total in cast. The following roles are being considered for non-union pros: 

  • HEYWOOD PA: The father of both Charlotte and Poppy. Doubles with Surgeon. 
  • OLD TOWN GOSSIP: Middle Aged. Meddling as a profession. Single woman with a relentless and insatiable appetite for attention. In other plays she might be the greek chorus but she is formidable all by her lonesome. Doubles with Lady Denham. 
  • JONATHAN PARKER: Middle Aged. Business man. Well meaning.  

THEATER EMORY REHEARSALS DURING BRAVE NEW WORKS:   

BRAVE NEW WORKS typically rehearses during one week for 16-20 hours, which includes one staged reading at the end of the week, either on the Saturday or Sunday. Rehearsals can happen Tuesday-Friday, between 6 pm.-10 pm., and Saturdays from 10 am.-7 pm. We schedule rehearsals around your class/work conflicts as much as possible, however, since this is a one-week project, it is expected that students will be called for most rehearsals during that week.   

Theater Emory is the producing affiliate of Theater Studies within the Department of Theater and Dance at Emory University. Theater Emory, offering performances during the academic school years since the late 1980s, primarily utilizes and showcases student actors in its Fall and Spring productions. However, non-union acting professionals are invited to audition for certain roles where appropriate.    

Emory is tobacco-free.  Smoking is prohibited indoors & out throughout the campus.