Auditions

Auditions for film and theatre productions are held at the beginning of each semester and are open to all SJSU students, regardless of major.

Students cast must enroll in TA 117 - Practice in Acting or Directing to participate.

Theatre productions also provide opportunities for students to work as crew members (e.g., lighting, sound, wardrobe, make-up, etc.) to earn required/elective units for TA 191 - Activity Projects in Theatre Production.

Fall 2024 Productions

 

CABARET

Directed by Theatre Arts Lecturer Janie Scott
Music by: John Kander, Lyrics by: Fred Ebb, Book by: Joe Masteroff
Based on the Play by: John Van Druten and Stories by: Christopher Isherwood

Co-Production with the School of Music

Performed in the Hammer Theatre:

  • November 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 at 7:30 pm
  • November 24 at 2:00 pm
  • November 20 at 10:00 am

Audition Information

Auditions and Dance Call will be held in Hugh Gillis Halls' University Theatre (UT) on August 27 and 28 from 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Auditions will be from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm & 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Dance call will be from 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm

Participation in the dance call is MANDATORY UNLESS you are interested in being considered ONLY for the roles of: Cliff, Fraulein Schneider, Herr Schultz, Ernst Ludwig, or Fraulein Kost. For these specific role considerations, the dance call will be OPTIONAL and you may choose to opt-out.

Audition Materials

  • One Contemporary Monologue should be no longer than 2 minutes
  • One 32 bar song (~1.5 min) that showcases your singing and acting abilities
    Piano accompanist will be present, printed sheet music in your key is highly recommended (no backing tracks)

AUDITION SLOT SIGN UP FOR CABARET

CABARET AUDITION FORM (Completed Before Audition Day)

Callbacks will be held in the UT on September 3rd and 4th at 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm.

About the Production

Willkommen. Bienvenue. Welcome to the Kit Kat Club. Home to an intimate and electrifying new production of CABARET. Experience this groundbreaking musical like never before.

The denizens of the Kit Kat Club have created a decadent sanctuary inside San José's Hammer Theatre, where artists and performers, misfits and outsiders rule the night. Step inside their world. This is Berlin. Relax. Loosen up. Be yourself.

THE THANKSGIVING PLAY

Directed by Theatre Arts Lecturer Jeffrey Lo
Written by Larissa Fasthorse

Performed in the Hal Todd Theatre:

  • October: 10, 11, 12 at 7:30 pm
  • October 11 at 1:00 pm

(The play runs 90 minutes with no intermission)

Audition Information

Auditions will be held in Hugh Gillis Halls' University Theatre (UT) on August 27 and 28 at 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm.

Audition Materials

  • One Contemporary Monologue, should be no longer than 2 minutes

AUDITION SLOT SIGN UP FOR THE THANKSKSGIVING PLAY

THANKSGIVING PLAY AUDITION FORM (Completed Before Audition Day)

Callbacks will be held in the Hal Todd Theatre (HGH 103) on September 3rd from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

About the Production

The Thanksgiving Play by MacArthur genius grant recipient, Larissa Fasthorse (Sicangu Lakota) shows when good intentions collide with absurd assumptions.

In this wickedly funny satire, a troupe of terminally woke teaching artists are tasked with devising an elementary school pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month. The Thanksgiving Play puts our traditional American origin story in the comedy-crosshairs with hilarious and uncomfortable results.