Auditions
Fall 2025 Auditions
Important Note Regarding Auditions and Casting: Students are encouraged to audition for both plays if they wish. However, they may only be cast in one play due to rehearsal overlap.
All performers are eligible for 2 academic credits.
If you have an audition conflict, please email JB Barricklo at jbbarricklo@brandeis.edu.
Sense and Sensibility
Written by Kate Hamill (based on the novel by Jane Austen)
Directed by Brendon Fox
Auditions & Callbacks: Saturday, November 15 -
Auditions: Saturday, November 15 from 11:00pm – 2:00pm
Callbacks: Saturday, November 15 from 3:30pm – 5:30pm
Performances: March 6-7, 2026
If you have an audition conflict, please email JB Barricklo at jbbarricklo@brandeis.edu.
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Auditions will take place Saturday, November 15, 11:00am - 2:00pm, and Callbacks will take place Saturday, November 15, 3:30pm - 5:30pm in Rehearsal Room 206 in the Spingold Building. All those interested in auditioning should: reserve an audition slot on our Eventbrite page, read the entire script, and prepare the appropriate materials.
RESERVE YOUR AUDITION SPOT
PERUSAL SCRIPT
In addition to reading the script, please prepare:
1 of the GOSSIP sides
and
1 or 2 of the other remaining character sides, either gender.
The sides do not need to be memorized.
AUDITION FORM
A playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters—sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne—after their father’s sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable. Set in gossipy late 18th-century England, with a fresh female voice, the play is full of humor, emotional depth, and bold theatricality.
READ THE SCRIPT
Actors of all backgrounds and experience asked to audition for the following roles.
Casting note: we are casting an ensemble that may or may not play multiple parts (potentially cross-gendered).
ELINOR DASHWOOD - the eldest Dashwood sister; sensible.
MARIANNE DASHWOOD - the middle Dashwood sister; sensitive.
MARGARET DASHWOOD - the youngest Dashwood sister; 10-13
years old.
MRS. DASHWOOD - mother to the Dashwood sisters.
JOHN DASHWOOD - half-brother to the Dashwood sisters (from their father's side; no blood relation to Mrs. Dashwood).
EDWARD FERRARS - a gentleman; a bachelor.
FANNY (FERRARS) DASHWOOD - wife to John Dashwood and sister to Edward; nasty.
COLONEL BRANDON - an older bachelor; over 45 years old.
JOHN WILLOUGHBY - an unusually handsome young man.
SIR JOHN MIDDLETON - a country gentleman; distant relation to Mrs. Dashwood.
MRS. JENNINGS - a good-natured, boisterous woman; mother-inlaw to Sir John and a terror to the countryside.
LADY MIDDLETON - an over-bred lady.
LUCY STEELE - a young girl from no fortune.
ANNE STEELE - Lucy's sister; indiscreet.
ROBERT FERRARS - a callow young man; Edward Ferrars' younger brother.
Also, to be doubled with the cast:
GOSSIPS 1-5-a chorus of high-society creatures.
SERVANTS-including THOMAS.
DOCTOR
Department Information and Conflict Acknowledgement
In consultation with the Center for Spiritual Life at Brandeis, the Department of Theater Arts has updated its auditions and casting with regards to religious observance and our production season. The Department invites and encourages all students to audition, including students who have religious observances which may have previously prevented them from participating as actors in our productions. Requests for religious observances will not adversely affect casting decisions. Please know that accommodations for religious observances – such as but not limited to Shabbat observance, religious services and prayer times, private spaces for prayer, private bathroom space, clothing/costume adjustments, and dressing room assignments – will be made to the best of our abilities. In a situation where additional expertise is needed about a student’s request for a religious accommodation, the Department will consult with the Center for Spiritual Life.
Conflict Policy
Students cast in a production with the Department of Theater Arts are expected to attend all rehearsals unless they have an academic conflict or an accommodation as detailed above. In general, rehearsals are held weekday evenings and weekend days. Cast members are expected to arrive on time to all rehearsals and performances. At the beginning of the rehearsal process, all academic conflicts must be communicated to the Stage Manager. Should other conflicts arise, the Stage Manager and the Director have the discretion to decide upon conflict approval on a case-by-case basis, based on the size of the actor’s role, nature of the conflict, and timing in regards to the rehearsal schedule. Tech Week conflicts, other than academic or accommodation-related, are not permitted. While it may be that a weekly schedule is utilized, the Daily Call (your daily specific schedule) will be sent out each night with 24 hours’ notice.
Any questions or concerns regarding the conflict decisions of the Stage Manager and Director should be brought to Cameron Anderson, Chair of the department.