Unified Auditions
Noon–5 p.m., January 8, King Theatre, Stuart Hall School
These auditions will be used to cast both thesis presentations (to be performed February 5 and 6 at the Blackfriars Playhouse) and MFA directing projects. Please note that each presenter's name (or play title, in case of full productions) is linked to the audition side required.
2012 Thesis Project Festival presenters
MLitt Thesis
Jarom Brown: Casting for his thesis presentation scene(s) will be based on auditionees’ short prepared pieces, and on watching them work with other sides, during each audition hour.
James “Bobby” Byers
Jared Fair
Jonathan Haas
Maria Hart
Dori Koogler
Angelina LaBarre
Kim Lenz
Elizabeth Lodato: Elizabeth Rentfro will not be providing any specific sides as preparation for casting actors for her thesis presentation. She plans to cast from watching students audition using the pieces they have learned, and sides for other projects.
Jessi Malicki
Kim Maurice
Brian Maxwell
Rachel Gabel Ratkowski: For auditions, actors should be able to both sing and dance therefore, the director would like to hear a few verses of song from actors.
Elizabeth Rentfro
Andrew “A.J.” Sclafani
Monica Tedder
Stephanie Tschetter
Michael Wagoner
Jamie Weaver
MFA Dramaturgy Thesis
David B. Ashton
Amy L. Bolis
Clara Giebel
Full Productions
- The Byron Project
This project is the MFA Acting project for this year, and the script is a conflation of two Chapman plays: The Conspiracy of Charles, Duke of Byron and The Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron
- The Old Wives Tale
- All’s Well that Ends Well
- The Chekhov Project (Uncle Vanya or The Cherry Orchard)
Directed by Riley Steiner. Rehearsal beginning at the end of May Term, performance dates mid to late July
- Sides will be available at auditions