Our Town Audition Notice

Our Town 

Written by Thornton Wilder

Directed by Linda Sutherland

December 7^th (Sunday) 6:00 – 9:00 PM 

(All auditioners are asked to arrive at 6 PM NO TIME SLOTS SIGN UP)

Gaige Auditorium

CALL-BACKS: December 10^th  (Wednesday) at 7:30 – 10:00 PM

Gaige Auditorium

READ-THRU: December 15th (Monday) at 7:30 – 10:00 PM

Little Theatre

Audition Details (Must Be A RIC Student)

• 17 men, 7 women – The Stage Manager could be played by a man or a woman;
• Actors & Actresses for Townspeople, Choir, Eternal Souls; 
• Actors should prepare TWO contemporary, “CONTRASTING” monologues—one dramatic and one comedic.  Please memorize your monologues.  Total running time for both monologues should not exceed FOUR minutes;
• Scripts will be available upstairs in the main office of the Department of Music, Theatre, & Dance with Sue DuBois, Administrative Assistant;
• Call-Backs will be on Wednesday, Dec. 10^th at 7:00 PM in the Little Theatre;
• Call-Backs will be posted by 2 PM, Monday, Dec. 8th in the main office of the Department of Music, Theatre, & Dance, and call-back monologues and scenes will be available on that Monday below the call-back posting sign;
• Call-Back auditioners should READ THE ENTIRE PLAY;
• FIRST READ-THRU/TABLE TALK: Monday, Dec. 15^th at 7:00 PM in the Little Theatre.  Since the #3 slot production has only 4 weeks of rehearsal before production week, the tentative rehearsal schedule will be Saturday and Sunday (Noon – 6 pm with actors called ONLY as needed) and Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30–10:30 pm during January;  
• Blocking Rehearsals  begin – Monday – Thursday, January 12 - 15
• Rehearsals will be scheduled during the week of the KCACTF Region 1 Festival on Tuesday, Jan. 27^th – Sunday, Feb. 1^st with time TBD;  
• Off-book date and rehearsal are Monday, January 26, so please use your holiday time to memorize your lines;  
• Rehearsals will be every day in February except Monday, Feb. 9;
• SHOW DATES: February 18^th – February 22^nd, Wednesday thru Sunday;
• Questions? Please contact the director: Linda Sutherland at 401-441-0006 (cell) 

or by email: linda_sutherland@emerson.edu