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Spring Show Auditions!

Auditions for NMSU Theatre's spring shows, MARICELA THE UNSTOPPABLE by Alexis Elisa Macedo and THE AMATEURS by Jordan Harrison, will be held

Monday, November 16,
with callbacks on Tuesday, November 17

in the 2nd Floor Rehearsal Hall of ASNMSU Center for the Arts (1000 E University Ave, on the corner of University Avenue and South Espina Street).

Callbacks will be held on Tuesday, November 17 from 4:30-9:30pm, and will include sides from the plays.

Copies of the plays are available on the 3rd floor of CFTA at Britney Stout-Bardey’s desk, so that you can read them in the building. Please read the plays before callbacks.

*If you don’t have two monologues prepared, please don’t let that stop you from auditioning; we’re happy for you to come in with just one. We want to get a sense of who you are and what excites you as an actor.

To sign up, click this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040D4AAEAA28A4FB6-66947092-auditions

Maricela The Unstoppable

by Alexis Elisa Macedo (performing March 5 - 14, 2027)

Coming from a long line of superheroes disguised as campesinos, Maricela dreams of the day she’ll have the superpowers her family has hidden. When Maricela is pulled from the fields into public school, her family fears their secret identities will be exposed as Maricela struggles to fight for what she believes is right in a world she doesn't understand.

The Characters (All performers in Maricela the Unstoppable must be Chicano/Latine. Actors may play multiple roles):

MARICELA - 10 years old. Loves her family, drawing, and dreams of becoming a superhero. Speaks Spanish. The only member of the family that speaks and can write in English.

ALBA - Maricela's Mama. Spanish is her first language. She keeps everyone's feet on the ground.

ABUELITA - Maricela's Abuela, and Ricardo's Mama. She's not going to lie to you. She is who she is and is proud of it. Cannot read or write. Spanish is her only language.

RICARDO - Maricela's Papa. A big goofy kid. Wears his emotions on his sleeve. Spanish is his first language.

MRS. HAM - 5th grade teacher. Has been teaching for decades. Everything she says bounces off of your ears and with a Snow White, sing-song whimsicality.

GUADALUPE - Maricela's first friend. Always says what's on her mind. Always has her hair done nice.

ARSENIO - Arsenio de la Cruz. Maricela's second friend. Future fútbol player. Chismoso.

BETSY - 6th grade girl. Her parents put her in gymnastics.

THE CAMPESINOS - The migrant farm workers responsible for the food on our tables.

LA MIGRA OFFICERS

The Amateurs

by Jordan Harrison (performing April 23 - May 2, 2027)

A 14th Century theatre troupe tries to outrun the plague, performing for their lives on their way to the Duke they hope will save them all. When one of the actors starts to question the “why” of it all, everything starts to break open – including the play – and the actors are left needing to improvise their own answers. With hilarity, hijinks, mystery, and human connection, The Amateurs looks at our capacity to weather storms we never thought we could, and asks what kinds of ingenuity and grace we might create when we stop looking for leaders or magic to come to the rescue.

The Characters:

Larking – the head of the troupe, also plays God and Lechery

Brom – the best actor in the troupe but would never claim that, also plays Noah, Pride, Mr. Goldsworthy and the Major Domo

Hollis – questioning the meaning of everything, also plays Noah’s Wife and Wrath

Rona – if they were performing a play with Adam and Eve she would play Eve, also plays Shem, Shem’s Wife, and Gluttony

Gregory – the set and props designer, also plays Sloth and the playwright

The Physic – starts as a stranger who knows how to make himself essential, also plays Henry’s Apparition

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Spring Show Auditions!

Maricela The Unstoppable

The Amateurs

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