Student Auditions
Everyone who auditions must fill out an audition form prior to your audition day. You must also sign up for your audition time slot on Sign-up Genius. You will be directed to the Sign-up Genius link in the Audition form. Please fill out the form here:
Theater Emory will be holding auditions on September 7 & 8 for the FALL 2024 project below. This will be an ALL-STUDENT cast. All gender identities, ethnicities, body types, and abilities are encouraged to audition.
Audition Location: Rich Memorial Building, Room 210, 1602 Fisburne Dr., across from the Fishburne Parking Deck on Emory University Main Campus. (Parking is free on the weekends)
THE OTHER SHORE BY GAO XINGJIAN
Performances: 11/21/2024 - 11/24/2024
This production has a cast of all Emory students.
STUDENT PREPARATION: Prepare a contemporary monologue of one or two minutes in length. You may perform a monologue of your choice or access one at Theater Emory's online bank:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10638_73GBLwc6I-XUL84R_kiG8SDFpfE?usp=drive_link
Memorization is preferred but not required. If you do not have a monologue prepared, there will be monologues available to you at the auditions and in the Student Lounge in the Rich Memorial Building on the 2nd floor.
Join the Student Creative Team!
Students interested in joining The Other Shore production team can complete a form to indicate areas of interest here. If selected, students may receive course credit for participation:https://forms.office.com/r/cJWmXTn3AU
Theater Emory Course Credit for Emory Students: If cast in a Theater Emory show, students have the option to receive 2 credits for THE OTHER SHORE. If you choose to receive credit, we encourage you to remain in compliance with Emory's 19 credit hour maximum to avoid potentially overloading your course load. Please keep this in mind when auditioning and when accepting your role. You also have the option to not receive any credits and can still participate in Theater Emory's productions. Credit/enrollment must be confirmed before the end of the Add/Drop/Swap Deadline of Sept. 11, 2024.
A Note from the Director: The Other Shore is an abstract, absurdist play that requires a performance style unbounded by semantics and logic. It necessitates actors who can inhabit a state of readiness, responding and adapting to sudden and multiple shifts in character roles and environment, which are often illusory. Originally created as a training exercise for actors, the play allows for limitless possibilities in shaping the existentialist drama.
I'm seeking curious, intuitive, highly imaginative performers eager to collaborate and improvise. The process will invest in expressivity - utilizing a spectrum of expressive modes to convey its central themes, converging and synergizing to become essential to the storytelling. I'm interested in finding a balance between psychology, movement, and language, which, in The Other Shore, encompasses anything from poetical dialogue to disjointed, fragmentation of sentences and ungrammatical sound structures.
Have additional questions? Email: teauditions@gmail.com (PLEASE CHECK SPAM for incoming messages if you do not hear from us)
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.