Theatre/Cinema Auditions
AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT
VT School of Performing Arts proudly presents
A Season of FRIENDS, FOES, & FAMILY:
"STUPID FUCKING BIRD"
A Sort-of-Adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic THE SEAGULL
By Aaron Posner
Directed by David R. Gammons
Aaron Posner’s hilarious and heartbreaking STUPID FUCKING BIRD takes Chekhov’s classic comedy of broken dreams and thwarted love THE SEAGULL and lovingly turns it inside-out. An aspiring young writer-director and his fame-fueled muse, an aging Hollywood star and her notorious novelist lover, and a mopey ukulele-playing fangirl who always wears black all seek emotional refuge and creative revolution on the shores of a mythical lake. The clash of familial obligation, artistic vision, and romantic aspiration finds fresh and foul-mouthed form in this provocative meta-theatrical romp.
Production Information:
+ THE CAST: Ensemble of 7 performers. Actors of all races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, and gender presentation / identities are highly encouraged to audition.
- NO EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED!
+ REHEARSALS will be held Tuesday, January 21 through Monday, February 24.
- Staging Rehearsals will be held in Theatre 101, Room 201 six days a week: 6-10 pm Monday-Friday and Saturdays 12-4
- Spacing and Technical Rehearsals will be on stage in the Studio Theatre in Squires Student Center beginning Monday, February 17 through Monday, February 24, 6-10 pm.
Note: Technical rehearsal on Saturday, February 22 is 11 am - 9 pm, and there is NO rehearsal on Sunday, February 23.
+ PERFORMANCES are Tuesday, February 25 – Saturday, March 1 in the Studio Theatre in Squires Student Center. There are six performances total: 7:30 pm each night and a matinee on Saturday, March 1 at 2:00 pm.
+ Course Credit will be available for performers cast in this production.
WHEN will AUDITIONS be held?
+ Auditions are TUESDAY, September 10, 6-10 pm.
IF we have overflow, additional auditions will be added on Wednesday, September 11, 6-10 pm.
+ Callbacks will be held THURSDAY, September 12, 6-10 pm.
WHERE will AUDITIONS be held?
+ Theatre 101, 200 College Avenue, Blacksburg.
WHAT do I need to prepare for my AUDITION?
+ For your audition, please prepare a one-to-two-minute contemporary monologue from any source.
- Choose material that reflects your individual creative sensibility and demonstrates your range.
- Please memorize and rehearse your monologue.
- You are encouraged to read the play. The script is available from Stacy Blackburn in the Production Office.
+ There will be songs performed in this production! The character of Mash will play the ukulele and sing. If you are interested in this role, please prepare a 1-2 minute song selection, performed a capella (or with backing music on your device). And if you have a ukulele and can play it, bring that!
+ Please come to your audition with your Headshot & Resume, stapled together.
- If you don’t have a Headshot, please find or take a photo that shows your face clearly and print it out. A black-and-white print on copy paper is acceptable.
- Your Resume should list your experience in theatre over the last five years.
This should include all roles played (at VT and elsewhere, on stage or screen), courses taken, and performance experience with drama, music, dance, movement, devising, improv, performance art, or stand-up.
Please include any other relevant artistic experience or training in drama: directing, design, dramaturgy, stage management, or playwriting, as well as any other interesting or unusual skills.
We warmly welcome auditions from those with little or NO previous stage experience!
HOW do I sign up to audition?
Click here to sign up to audition.
You will receive an email from the Stage Manager confirming your 5-minute audition time slot.