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Fall 2024 Production Auditions

Auditions are open to all majors. First-year students are eligible to audition for any shows. Students do not need to be a theatre major to participate.

Date / Time Production Location

Aug. 28, 6:30 PM

First-Year Student Play Auditions:

"The Shady Lady: A Robust Blend of Privilege, Influence, and White-Collar Crime” (Studio Theater)

First-year students only

General auditions:

“A Fall Evening of One-Acts” (Mary Linn Auditorium)

Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts:

Studio Theater & Mary Linn Auditorium

Aug. 30, 2024

Times listed under audition

General Auditions:

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”

(5:30 p.m., Mary Linn Auditorium)

Callbacks:

"The Shady Lady: A Robust Blend of Privilege, Influence, and White-Collar Crime” (7 p.m., Studio Theater)

Callbacks:

“A Fall Evening of One-Acts” (7:15 p.m., Mary Linn Auditorium)

Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts:

Studio Theater & Mary Linn Auditorium

Aug. 31, 11 a.m.

Callbacks:

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”

(Studio Theater)

Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts:

Studio Theater

Additional Audition Information

Auditions for First-Year Student Play

Auditions for First-Year Student Play

“The Shady Lady: A Robust Blend of Privilege, Influence, and White-Collar Crime”

   by Kara Poe Atnip and Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

  • All first-year students are eligible and encouraged to audition for any Theatre Northwest productions. 
  • Each year, Theatre Northwest produces a play, especially for its first-year students. Auditions for this year are at 6:30 PM, August 28, in the Studio Theater, Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts. The title of this year's play is “The Shady Lady: A Robust Blend of Privilege, Influence, and White-Collar Crime” by Kara Poe Atnip and Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend.
  • Tips for preparation to participate in the first-year show:
  • Please arrive by 6:15 PM to complete an audition form.
  • If you have a resume, please bring one copy with you to submit to the director.
  • Auditions for an acting role consist of your presenting two contrasting monologues of about one minute each. If you do not have any prepared, come anyway. Some will be provided for you. 
  • Rehearsals will begin Monday, September 2, and typically run from 6:30 - 9:30 PM, Monday through Friday.  The show runs October 3-6, 2024.
  • Those interested in technical participation should email Dr. Joe Kreizinger (jkreizi@nwmissouri.edu), and describe your interest and experience. 
  • Any other questions, please contact Dr. Kreizinger. 

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