Audition Information

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• Interested in being part of the College of the Canyons Theatre Department productions?
  • Our productions are courses, and all participants must be students enrolled in the course.
  • Auditions are open to everyone. If you are cast, you will be required to register for the course.
  • Auditions are typically either a monologue, a song, or both. For specific audition information, please see AUDITION INFORMATION listed below.  
  • Complete the ONLINE AUDITION FORM. Auditions are on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • If you are auditioning for a musical, or for a play with singing, please prepare 16-32 bars of music.
  • It is helpful to be familiar with the plays before audition.
  • Please note that there are many wonderful supporting roles. If you will only accept certain roles in a play, please be clear on your audition form. 
  • Keep up-to-date on auditions, productions, classes, and special events on our Facebook page.

 

FALL 2024 Auditions

AUDITION SUBMISSION DEADLINES

 

Initial Auditions due by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, August 28th

 

The College of the Canyons Theatre Department is committed to our students' continued academic advancement and training, and as such we are committed to creating innovative performance and technical opportunities for our students during this time.

For the academic year 2024-2025 all Theatre Department productions are planned to be in-person, live performances (pending College of the Canyons safety protocols and in accordance with LACDPH guidelines).  However, our auditions this semester will be conducted electronically. Actors and interested technical students should complete the  ONLINE AUDITION FORM. To audition for this production, prepare a 1-minute monologue.  The prepared audition will need to be self-recorded and uploaded after filling out the ONLINE AUDITION FORM.

For more information about the technical and performance opportunities, please read the information below.

• Audition Information

  Audition Information

  GENERAL INFORMATION FOR AUDITIONS

  Currently, all auditions are conducted virtually.  

  • Complete the ONLINE AUDITION FORM 
  • At the end of the audition form is a link to submit your recorded audition.  You must upload the video submission by the deadline. 
  • After the director views all video submissions, you may be asked to participate in callbacks for casting. These callbacks may require either a pre-recorded video submission or live zoom meeting. A member of the production team will contact you with specific information. 
  • Initial Audition Materials must be submitted by 5:00 PM on August 28th. 
  • Some roles may be cast from the initial audition, with no call-back required. 
  • Callback requests (if needed) will be emailed on September 1st.
  • Callbacks will be in person on September 10th and 11th.
  • If you are cast in a production, you must register for the appropriate course by 5:00 PM on September 15th.
  • Rehearsals begin on September 17th. 
  • Steudent with registration conflicts will not be able to register for the production, please contact the department chair David Stears for further information: david.stears@canyons.edu.

  SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR AUDITIONS

  
  CONSIDER: It is highly recommended that you audition for all the roles. It keeps you open to the widest available casting opportunities. 
  Below are the specific requirements for the production this semester. 
  Please submit as early as possible to avoid last-minute upload issues.
  Videos will be reviewed in the order they arrive. Early submissions benefit from early viewing. 

  If you are interested in being considered for a role that sings, please also prepare 32 bars of a song (about 60 seconds).  The prepared audition will need to be self-recorded and uploaded after filling out the ONLINE AUDITION FORM. 

  GENERAL INFORMATION ON RECORDING YOUR AUDITION

  SLATE before you begin: This means to say your name and piece(s) you are performing.
  Example: "Hello, my name is Steve Zahn and I will be performing Richard’s monologue from Ah Wilderness and the song Killer Instinct from the musical Bring It On." 
  Monologues should be 1 minute in length. Songs should be 32 bars (approx. 60 seconds).  
  All material should be memorized. 
  VIDEO RECORDING: Record yourself doing your Slate, then your monolog, then song performance. Your complete audition should be one file. Do not submit multiple files.
  LABEL your video file with the same name as you list on your Audition Form.
  UPLOAD the file to the link provided in the email you receive after completing the  ONLINE AUDITION FORM 

 

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Audition FAQs

• General Audition Information
  • Our productions are course, and all participants are students enrolled in the course.
  • Auditions are open to everyone. If you are cast, you will be required to register for the course.
  • To audition, please prepare a one minute monologue. If you​ don't have a monologue, there will be sides available for reading.
  • Show up at one of the audition dates & times. Auditions are on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • If you are auditioning for a musical, or for a play with singing, please prepare 16-32 bars of music.
  • It is helpful to be familiar with the plays before audition.
  • It is also helpful to read the specific audition information listed on this page.
  • Please note that there are many wonderful supporting roles. If you will only accept certain roles in a play, please be clear on your audition form and in person. It saves time for everyone.​​
  • Keep up-to-date on auditions, productions, classes, and special events on our Facebook page.
• ​Casting Policy

  Casting Policy For College of the Canyons Theatre Department

  Department productions, whether presented in the PAC, STCN-130 or other venue on or off campus are both classes, with educational goals, and productions offered to audiences of our community.

  The educational goals of the productions are to extend the classroom experience and bring together acting and technical students to put the classroom theory and laboratory practice into a fully integrated production in front of an audience.  Putting a show in front of an audience -- especially an audience that was not part of the rehearsal and development process -- gives students a chance to learn what parts of their process/choices/interpretations work for an audience and those that do not.  Additionally, college productions create a safer space where feedback can be deeply integrated into the process.   

  Directors are encouraged to cast students who will be able to grow into their roles over the course of the rehearsal period.  It is always the intention of the department to cast a student in a role that they will be able to successfully perform before an audience.

  Additionally, the California Community College System and College of the Canyons places a high emphasis on the completion of an Academic Program. Casting decisions are always a complex matrix of the needs and goals of the production; the ability and skills of each performer; and the matching of those skills with others in the casting pool.  Productions are selected by the department to provide a variety of dramatic styles.  Aside from serving the needs to those students in the productions as cast or crew, the productions provide opportunities to see live theatre for theatre students at College of the Canyons.

  When making casting decisions for the production, directors will consider the above stated educational goals, and the below casting priorities to best serve the production and the students.

  • Students who have currently declared one of the majors in the theatre department.

  • Students registered for other theatre classes (beyond the productions) the semester the show is to be performed or at least one of the two previous semesters (including winter and summer sessions).

  • Students who have declared other majors in the School of Visual and Performing Arts

  • Students enrolled in other College of the Canyons classes the semester the show is to be performed or at least one of the two previous semesters (including winter and summer sessions)

  • Students who are eligible to enroll in the appropriate section of a production class based on their casting in the production.

  NOTE For the musical, music majors, and music classes may be substituted for theatre majors and theatre classes in the above list. 

  Unless there has been prior approval by the Dean of Visual and Performing Arts and the Theatre Department Chair, all roles are required to be filled by a student enrolled in an appropriate production class.   Guest artists (those who fall outside the above parameters) must be approved in advance of any casting announcement.

  Only students who can successfully enroll in the correct production class for a specific production will be considered.  Once cast, students are required to promptly enroll in the appropriate production class to participate in the production.  Failure to do so will result in the student’s role being recast. 

  The department strongly supports diversity in casting.   Unless specified otherwise in the script, roles are open to all students without regard to any protected class.  The department actively welcomes and encourages all the diverse members of our college community to audition for any role. 

  Before announcing casting, directors will share the proposed cast list with the Theatre Department’s full-time faculty and the Dean of Visual and Performing Arts for comments and review for compliance with this policy.

• ​Q. Do I have to be a student, or can anyone audition for the plays?
  A. Each of our productions are a class. Anyone can audition for our productions. If you are cast, you MUST register for the course in order to participate.
• Q. Is there a prerequisite, or do I need any experience?
  A. There are no prerequisites to audition, except that, if cast, you must be able to register for the appropriate course

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