Auditions for Northeast Drama Playhouse

Find audition information for upcoming productions at the Northeast Drama Playhouse.

Spring 2025 Productions

Dates and Times for Spring Auditions on Northeast Campus

  • Dates: Monday, January 27 and Tuesday, January 28
  • Callbacks: Wednesday, January 29
  • Time: 4–7 p.m.
  • Location: Theatre NFAB 1205 (Sign up for a time slot through Sign Up Genius.)

Please note that it is possible to be cast in both shows, as the rehearsal schedules do not overlap.

You will be asked to provide your schedule and all conflicts during the rehearsal/performance time. Conflicts need to be determined in advance for production staff so a rehearsal schedule can be adhered to. 

The Laramie Project

By Moisés Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theater Project

Directed by Jakie Cabe

Auditions

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

For information on scripts and sides, contact Jakie Cabe, jacob.cabe@tccd.edu.

Rehearsals

Production will not call actors to rehearsal unless they will be used.

  • Dates: February 3–March 4
  • Times: Afternoons and evenings, along with some Saturdays
Performances
  • Dates and times:
    • March 5–7: 7 p.m.
    • March 8: 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Synopsis of Play

In October 1998, a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised, and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay.

Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half, in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. Some people interviewed were directly connected to the case, while others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of the reactions to the crime is fascinating. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences in Laramie. 

Roles to be cast

There are approximately 60 roles. The Laramie Project is an ensemble play. Many actors will play multiple roles, and while some roles are larger than others, every actor in the play has an important part in the telling of the story. Everyone in the cast will get stage time.

Something's Afoot

Book, Music and Lyris by James McDonald, David Vos, & Robert Gerlach

Additional Music by Ed Linderman

Directed by Lizz Bashore

Music Direction by Hans Grim

Auditions

Please prepare a 16–32 bar cutting in the style of the show. You may also use a cutting from the show itself.

Callbacks will include cuttings from the script and score.

For information on scripts, score and sides, contact Lizz Bashore, ashlee.bashore@tccd.edu.

Rehearsals
  • Dates: February 25–27, March 10–April 15
  • Days and Times: 
    • Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: 5–9 p.m.
    • Tuesdays and Thursdays: 3:30–6:15 p.m.
    • Saturdays: 12–8 p.m.
Performances
  • Dates and times:
    • April 16–18: 7 p.m.
    • April 19:  2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Synopsis of Play

A zany, entertaining musical that takes a satirical poke at Agatha Christie mysteries and musical styles of the English music halls of the 1930s.

Ten people are stranded in an isolated English country house during a raging thunderstorm. One by one they're picked off by cleverly fiendish devices. As the bodies pile up in the library, the survivors frantically race to uncover the identity and motivation of the cunning culprit.

Characters

Lettie: "The saucy maid"—Mezzo-Soprano

Flint: "The caretaker"—Tenor

Clive: "The fussy butler"—Baritone

Hope Langdon: "The Ingenue"—Soprano

Dr. Grayburn: "The family doctor"—Baritone

Nigel Rancour: "The black sheep nephew"—Tenor

Lady Grace Manley-Prowe: "The Grande Dame"—Mezzo-Soprano

Colonel Gillweather: "The old army man"—Baritone

Miss Tweed: "The tweedy, elderly amateur detective"—Mezzo-Soprano

Geoffrey: "The juvenile; the uninvited guest"—Tenor

Contact

For questions, contact neplayhouse@tccd.edu

Updated December 09, 2024