Auditions
Fall 2025 Auditions
Important Note Regarding 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.
The Baltimore Waltz
Written by Paula Vogel
Directed by Jennifer Cleary, Assistant Professor
Auditions: Tuesday, November 4, 6:30-9:30 PM, Merrick Theater
Callbacks: Wednesday, November 5, 5:30-8:00 PM, Merrick Theater
Rehearsal info TBA.
Performances: January 30-February 1, 2026
All performers are eligible for 2 academic credits.
Sense and Sensibility
Written by Kate Hamill (based on the novel by Jane Austen)
Directed by Brendon Fox
Auditions & Callbacks: Saturday, November 15 - SAVE THE DATE
Performances: March 6-7, 2026
Audition details to follow soon!
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Auditions will take place Tuesday, November 4, 6:30-9:30 PM, in the Merrick Theater 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 Slot
Perusal Script
Students needed for callbacks, will be asked to attend the Callbacks 5:30-8:00 PM on Wednesday, November 5. Any issues with this schedule should be noted when registering for an audition slot.
Please prepare 1 contemporary monologue around 1 minute long. You may choose something from the play script if you wish.
You are required to fill out the Audition Form.
Audition Form
A giddy, fleeting fantasy based on the love and adventures of a brother and sister, one of whom has a fatal disease. In the opening scene, the brother is wearing pajamas, but it is his schoolteacher sister who’s diagnosed with a deadly virus that sends the two of them spinning off to Europe to find romance and a cure before the final crashing scenes where reality sets in.
Read the script
Actors of all backgrounds and experience asked to audition for the following roles:
Anna. 20s. Elementary School Teacher.
Carl. 20s. Children's Librarian.
Third Man/Doctor - Plays at least 10 other roles.
A Note about Intimacy: Anna and The Third Man have language/scenes of sexual intimacy that are comedic and stylized in nature and will be staged in collaboration with actors, intimacy director, and director. Anna & Carl are platonically intimate in their closeness as brother and sister and will have some physical contact (lying down together, hugging, holding hands, etc.). Please feel free to ask questions about any of this contact in the audition.
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.