Student Auditions

AUDITION DATES: 

• ATLANTA CAMPUS: Sat., APRIL 11, 10 AM-5 PM, Rich Building, ROOM 210
• OXFORD CAMPUS students (those continuing to Atlanta campus in Fall 2026) and students currently STUDYING ABROAD during Spring 2026 are welcome to submit an audition video. Video auditions must be submitted along with your completed online audition form, NO LATER THAN  11:59 pm. on Friday, April 11. See the preparation section below for guidance on what to submit in your video.
• Oxford students are also welcome to audition in person on Saturday at the Atlanta campus if you have transportation.Check shuttle schedule!

Callbacks: Not everyone will be needed at callbacks. If needed, you will be informed by 8 pm. on Saturday, April 11.

• THIS GIRL LAUGHS...: Sunday, APRIL 12, 2 PM-5 PM.
• FOOL FOR LOVE: Sunday, APRIL 12, 10 AM-1 PM
• Those called back may not be needed for this entire time but will likely be needed for a 60-90 minute time slot.  

PREPARATION:   

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

• ACCOMMODATIONS: If you have any medical conditions, disabilities, or need special accommodations, please let us know before your audition. The directors are committed to working with you to create an accessible audition experience that honors your physical self.
• AUDITION SIGN-UP AND INFO. FORM: PLEASE FILL OUT THE GOOGLE AUDITION FORM PRIOR TO SIGNING UP FOR YOUR TIME SLOTS.
• SIGN UP FOR YOUR 8-MINUTE TIME SLOT THROUGH THIS SIGN-UP GENIUS LINK 
• PLEASE PREPARE A CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUE, no more than 1-2 minutes in length. Memorization is strongly preferred but not required.
  • If auditioning for This Girl Laughs...: if you can play any type of portable musical instrument, please bring it to auditions to play approx. 30 seconds of music (any style)
  • PLEASE REVIEW SCRIPTS FOR CONTENT. 
• For those studying abroad during Spring 2026 or for Oxford students transferring to Atlanta Campus in the Fall of 2026, please submit a video that includes the following: 
  • Please upload your headshot, your resume, and complete audition information online through the Audition Google Form: (insert link)
  • Please prepare a video submission with a slate (name, major, year) and which roles you most connect with followed by a 1-2 minute monologue. Memorization is strongly preferred but not required.
    • If auditioning for This Girl Laughs...: if you can play any type of portable musical instrument, please also play approx. 30 seconds of music (any style)
  • PLEASE REVIEW SCRIPTS FOR CONTENT. 
  • Oxford transfers: it would be most helpful if you could shuttle to campus on Sunday, April 12 for callbacks, if needed.

CASTING COORDINATOR: ROSALIND STAIB   

LOCATION FOR AUDITIONS AND CALLBACKS : 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.

Emory University Main Campus, Atlanta, GA 30322    

Have questions? Email: teauditions@gmail.com    

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PROJECT / CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS    

1. This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing by Finegan Kruckemeyer

Director:Samantha Provenzano  

First rehearsal: September 1, 2026, 6 PM  

Performances: Emory Performances: Oct. 1,2, 3 at 7:30 PM; Oct. 3 & 4 at 2:00 PM; plus 5 Tour dates with the Alliance Theatre. See below. 

• THIS SHOW WILL BE TOURING TO AREA SCHOOLS. Those cast must be available to perform ALL shows; no exceptions.
• Actors will be paid, but for the Alliance Touring performances only.You will have the option to receive course credit, as usual, for the Emory-based rehearsals and performances.
  • Production will require daytime tour performances during the week, requiring absence from class and/or rearranging of course schedule. This will also require remaining on campus/in town during Fall Break.
• Tour performances are currently scheduled for the following dates, in addition to the performances listed above:
• Friday, 10/ 2 - daytime tour to school, Time TBA (also evening show at Emory-see above)
• Friday, 10/9 - daytime tour to school, Time TBA 
• Monday, 10/12 (Fall Break) - daytime performance at Alliance Theatre’s Goizueta Stage, Time TBA
• Tuesday, 10/13 (Fall Break) - daytime tour to school, Time TBA
• Friday, 10/16 - daytime tour to school, Time TBA

Location/Venue: Theater Lab, Schwartz Center, 1700 North Decatur Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, Emory University campus 

Overview/Description:   
A modern, 75-minute fairy tale about triplet sisters abandoned in a forest by their father. They embark on separate 20-year journeys—one travels the world, one finds adventure, and one stays put—before reuniting as women, exploring themes of sisterhood, self-love, and individuality. 

Content Notice: Reference to mother’s death; discussions of war and death.  

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: 

Cast Size: 5 (all students); 3 female, 2 any gender; each may play multiple parts 

• Two Narrators– Guide the audience through the story.
• Albienne – The first sister. Strong and passionate.
• Beatrix – The second sister. Energetic and curious.
• Carmen– The third sister. Quiet and thoughtful.

Performances: Nov. 12-22, 2026 

• Week One: Nov. 12, 13, 14 at 7:30 pm., Nov. 15 at 2:00 pm
• Week Two: Nov. 18, 19, 20, & 21 at 7:30 pm; Nov. 22 at 2:00 pm.

Director: Mary Lynn Owen  

First rehearsal: October 14, 2026, 6 pm. 

Performances: Location/Venue: Mary Gray Munroe Theater, AMUC, Emory Campus  
630 Means Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322 

Overview/Description:   
Through searing truth and dark humor, this one-act play shows the story of two people who just can't live without each other whether they like it or not. May is hiding out at an old motel in the Mojave Desert. Eddie, an old flame and childhood friend, finds her there and threatens to drag her back into the life from which she had fled. Reality and dream; truth and lies; past and present mingle in an explosive, emotional experience. 

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:

Cast Size: 4 (3 students, 1 pro) 

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

• Eddie: A rugged rodeo cowboy in his late thirties. He is impulsive, volatile, violent, sure of himself, a charmer, and beneath it all deeply sensitive. He has been unfaithful to May yet is still desperately attached to her.
• May: A woman in her early thirties struggling to rebuild her life. She is fiery, desperate, wounded and ready to wound right back. She has a "hard-luck" appearance and is torn between her love for Eddie and the need to escape their toxic cycle.
• Old Man: He exists only in the minds of May and Eddie, even though they might talk to him directly and acknowledge his physical presence. He is always present and knows more about May and Eddie than they know about themselves. A weathered storyteller, a drinker, a truth-teller.
• Martin: Gentle and unsuspecting, a complete contrast to Eddie’s bravado. He is unsuspecting, trusting, and completely bewildered by May and Eddie’s chaos.

Incidences of violence and/or intimacy in the Fool for Love script: Fool for Love includes scenes of intimacy and violence that will be choreographed and supervised by a professional intimacy choreographer. All moments of simulated intimacy and stage violence will be discussed and rehearsed in accordance with the safest industry practices. 

• Physical aggression / emotional violence: May initially clings to Eddie and then begins hitting him in the chest repeatedly after he asks her to let go.
• Intimacy/violent shift: May kisses Eddie passionately, then knees him in the groin, leaving him on the floor.
• Physical struggle / restraint: Eddie attempts to physically stop May from leaving the room, grabbing or holding her during their argument
• Threats of violence: May threatens to kill Eddie’s lover (“the Countess”) and then Eddie during a jealous outburst.
• Aggressive intimidation: Eddie returns with a shotgun and tequila, escalating the confrontation as he insists on meeting May’s date.
• Sexualized intimidation: May changes into a provocative red dress in front of Eddie as part of their psychological battle.
• Confrontation: Eddie humiliates Martin and asserts sexual possession of May through stories of their past.
• Physical fight / confrontation: Martin attempts to intervene in Eddie and May’s conflict, resulting in a brief physical confrontation.
• Intimacy: Eddie and May embrace as they discuss their past and family history and finally reveal their incestuous relationship.
• Final embrace: After exhausting their conflict, Eddie and May collapse into another embrace, suggesting their cycle will repeat.   

THEATER EMORY REHEARSALS:   

Theater Emory productions typically rehearse a 5-day week with Sundays and Mondays off (but Sundays are used during tech and performance). Rehearsals can happen Tuesday-Friday, between 6 pm.-10 pm., and Saturdays from 10 am.-7 pm., however actors will not be called for every rehearsal, and each production will have different days and rehearsal hours within those times listed above based on the needs of the production. We schedule rehearsals around your class/work conflicts as much as possible however, as we near performance dates there is little flexibility and actors must make themselves fully available to rehearse.   

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.    

Any member of the Emory community is welcome to audition for Theater Emory productions. A major or minor in Theater Studies is not required.

Performers of all abilities, gender identities, ages, ethnic and racial histories, and socio-economic backgrounds are encouraged to attend.