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Spring 2025 Auditions forÌýCorduroyÌýandÌýThe Tempest
January 14 and 15
Location: University Theatre Lobby
Begins at 7:00 p.m.
How to Audition
- Step One:ÌýÌýComplete audition form .
- Step Two:ÌýÌýChoose your date. Sign up for January 14 or 15 .
- Step Three:ÌýPrepare– there are two separate auditions see instructions below.
What to Expect:
- Everyone will audition first (individually) forÌýThe Tempest, then be sent to audition forÌýCorduroyÌýin groups of five people. You are encouraged to audition for both shows, but may choose to only audition for one.
- CorduroyÌýauditions will require you to MOVE - wear comfortable clothing for rolling and scrambling on the floor, please!
Corduroy Auditions (in groups)
For the audition, nothing needs to be memorized, just come prepared to move – meaning you will be on the ground, climbing and rolling around. We are not looking for Olympic-style gymnastics – we want to see what YOUR body can do.ÌýHowever, if you do have special skills, don’t be shy - let us know!!Ìý
Show Description:ÌýCorduroy, based on the 1969 classic book, is the story of Lisa, who knew just what a little stuffed bear needs - a friend. ¾«¶«â€™s production of Corduroy is based around classical European clowning techniques.Ìý
Please watch the videos below for examples of clowning style. While not exactly what we’ll be doing, you’ll get the idea of the sort of specifics clowning takes.ÌýÌý
- Also check out a trailer for the show by Chicago Shakespeare:Ìý
The Tempest Auditions
Show Description:ÌýTheÌýTempestÌýoffersÌýa large variety of roles, from young lovers and islandÌýspirits to monsters and comics. We are looking for actors of all skillsÌýandÌýlevels of experience!
For the audition, memorizeÌýoneÌýof the monologues below. Both are spoken by Caliban in the play, but you can create any character and situation of your imagination thatÌýworks for theÌýtext. What matters is that you decide who you are talking to andÌýwhy, so thatÌýyou are not simply reciting.Ìý Don't worry about getting ShakespeareÌýrightÌý(there is no such thing), just make it yours.ÌýÌý
Chose one of the following monologues:
Option A:
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open and show riches
Ready to drop upon me that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
Option B:
This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother,
Which thou takest from me. When thou camest first,
Thou strokedst me and madest much of me, wouldst give me
Water with berries in't, and teach me how
To name the bigger light, and how the less,
That burn by day and night: and then I loved thee
And show'd thee all the qualities o' the isle,
The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile:
Cursed be I that did so! All the charms
Of Sycorax, toads, beetles, bats, light on you!
Corduroy Auditions (in groups)
For the audition, nothing needs to be memorized, just come prepared to move – meaning you will be on the ground, climbing and rolling around. We are not looking for Olympic-style gymnastics – we want to see what YOUR body can do.ÌýHowever, if you do have special skills, don’t be shy - let us know!!Ìý
Show Description:ÌýCorduroy, based on the 1969 classic book, is the story of Lisa, who knew just what a little stuffed bear needs - a friend. ¾«¶«â€™s production of Corduroy is based around classical European clowning techniques.Ìý
Please watch the videos below for examples of clowning style. While not exactly what we’ll be doing, you’ll get the idea of the sort of specifics clowning takes.ÌýÌý
- Also check out a trailer for the show by Chicago Shakespeare:Ìý
The Tempest Auditions
Show Description:ÌýTheÌýTempestÌýoffersÌýa large variety of roles, from young lovers and islandÌýspirits to monsters and comics. We are looking for actors of all skillsÌýandÌýlevels of experience!
For the audition, memorizeÌýoneÌýof the monologues below. Both are spoken by Caliban in the play, but you can create any character and situation of your imagination thatÌýworks for theÌýtext. What matters is that you decide who you are talking to andÌýwhy, so thatÌýyou are not simply reciting.Ìý Don't worry about getting ShakespeareÌýrightÌý(there is no such thing), just make it yours.ÌýÌý
Chose one of the following monologues:
Option A:
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open and show riches
Ready to drop upon me that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
Option B:
This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother,
Which thou takest from me. When thou camest first,
Thou strokedst me and madest much of me, wouldst give me
Water with berries in't, and teach me how
To name the bigger light, and how the less,
That burn by day and night: and then I loved thee
And show'd thee all the qualities o' the isle,
The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile:
Cursed be I that did so! All the charms
Of Sycorax, toads, beetles, bats, light on you!