Theater Arts Productions

AUDITIONS

Sunday, September 22
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

sign up for an audition slot!

All those auditioning should prepare 1 contemporary monologue.

• If able to do a British dialect, please try in audition.

• There will be some monologue options available at the audition if you do not have one prepared, but please prepare one if possible. 

Perusal scripts are available for 24 hour check-out by contacting shelbyart@brandeis.edu

You are expected to read the entire script before accepting any role in a mainstage production, and preferably before the auditions themselves. You should only accept a role if you know what the show entails and that you are comfortable performing all content indicated in the script. Though the director may make adjustments, you are accepting the role and plot as written by the playwright.

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons is a play for two actors that explores how a couple communicate, along with ideas about censorship, oppression and free speech.

The play comprises a series of generally short scenes, presented non-chronologically, between Bernadette and Oliver, who first meet in a cat cemetery and soon move in together. Oliver's past relationship with the unseen Julie arouses feelings of jealousy and inadequacy in Bernadette, while the latter’s job as a divorce lawyer presents problems for Oliver. But things become more complicated when the government introduces a draconian hush law giving everyone a daily limit of just 140 words each. For a while the two of them come up with ways to communicate with each other within the constraints of the law, but they soon find that without words and the freedom to use them, they're powerless.

Department Information & 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.