Auditions for Spring 2025!

that drive thru monterey, The Vagina Monologues, & The Prom

 

Sign Up Here: Spring 25 Audition Notice

 

WHEN: Monday, Dec 2 @ 5-9pm (please note that accompanist will only be available on Monday) & Tuesday, Dec 3 @ 5-9pm

WHERE: ASNMSU Center for the Arts (CFTA), 2nd Floor Rehearsal Hall

CALLBACKS: Wednesday, Dec 4 @ 5-9pm

  • If called back for THE PROM, come prepared to sing, dance, and read scenes/sides from the show. Be prepared to remain for the entire time. Sides will be provided for callbacks only.
  • If called back for THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES select sides from the script will be provided on that day.

 

WHAT TO PREPARE:

If you are auditioning for THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES only:

  • Prepared monologues are not required (no songs required) but are acceptable for those who are already auditioning for other productions. Those prepared audition pieces will be used as your audition in place of any sides. However, sides from the script will be available on that day for those individuals who are only being considered for The Vagina Monologues and not other spring 2025 shows. For those only auditioning for this show, it is recommended that you arrive at least 20 minutes early to review the sides prior to your audition time.

**Please remember that to be cast in The Vagina Monologues you must be a female-identifying individual but that includes all female identities (i.e. cis-women, transgender women, non-binary individuals). All ages, ethnicities and social experiences are welcome!

 

If you are auditioning for THAT DRIVE THRU MONTEREY only:

  • TWO contrasting 60-90 second monologues

 

If you are auditioning for THE PROM only:

  • 16-32 bar cut of a contemporary musical theatre song*
  • 60-second monologue

*NOTE FOR SINGERS: sheet music in the correct key as your audition is preferred. An accompanist will be provided on MONDAY ONLY. You may also use a backing track, but must bring your own amplification (such as a portable speaker or even your phone). No acapella auditions, please.

 

 

Copies of the plays are available to borrow from the front desk of the Theatre Department offices, on the 3rd floor of the ASNMSU Center for the Arts.  We strongly suggest reading the plays to prepare for your audition and to make sure you’d be excited to be a part of the production before you accept a role.

 

** NOTICE ABOUT CONTENT: It is your responsibility as a potential performer to read the full script PRIOR to auditions and determine your comfort level with the material. It is assumed for this production that if you are auditioning for this show, you are comfortable with all material as presented in the script. **

 

 

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES

Synopsis: THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES are based on interviews that were conducted with dozens of women by the playwright, V (formally known as Eve Ensler). V crafted these monologues to highlight unique, challenging, difficult, traumatic and yes, even funny topics that surround women, their lived experiences and their of course, their vaginas. An Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape, and a feminist happy to have found a man who "liked to look at it."

CHARACTER LIST

*The number of actors within this production is flexible and fluid. Some monologues are demographic specific so review the script for more information.

 

 

 

THAT DRIVE THRU MONTEREY

Synopsis:  The story of a Mexican-American woman in 1971 Los Angeles as she experiences a first, nerdy love. Throughout the courtship, she experiences mysterious premonitions of what lies ahead in her life and how the ever present machismo will ultimately bring her heartbreak as it gets passed down from fathers to sons; generation to generation.

CHARACTER LIST

monterey: mexican’american female; 20

maximilliano: mexican’american; 20

lydia: mexican’american female; mid’20s

lupe: mexican’american female; 40s

lazaro: mexican’american male; 20s

 

 

THE PROM

Synopsis:  This comical musical follows four Broadway actors lamenting their days of fame, as they travel to the conservative town of Edgewater, Indiana, to help a lesbian student banned from bringing her girlfriend to high school prom.  The final theme is one of acceptance and unity.  (Inspired by real events). Content Disclosure:  Much of the show is a parody:  a form of humor that spoofs — or satirizes — something.  For the prom that includes Broadway actors, the bible, LGBTQ issues, fashion, the PTA - all in good fun!

CHARACTER LIST

EMMA NOLAN: Teenager in Indiana. A reluctant poster child for LGBT youth. Very smart. A bit of a tomboy quality.

ALYSSA GREENE: A cheerleader and top student. Secretly Emma’s girlfriend. Faces constant pressure from her mother and friends.

HAWKINS: The straitlaced school principal. An ally to Emma and a long-time fan of Dee Dee.

MRS. GREENE: Alyssa’s intimidating, conservative, but ultimately loving mother. The head of the PTA.

SHELBY, KAYLEE, NICK, KEVIN: Other students at school who bully (but eventually learn to accept) Emma.

BARRY GLICKMAN: Flamboyant Broadway star. Completely politically incorrect and doesn’t know it. Longs to give Emma the prom he was unable to have as a teen.

DEE DEE ALLEN: Broadway diva. A huge ego to match her huge talent. Hilariously self-involved, but yearns to do something good for someone other than herself.

TRENT OLIVER: Pretentious Juilliard graduate recently cast in the nonEquity tour of Godspell. Loves to hear himself speak.

ANGIE DICKINSON:  An ensemble member in the Broadway production of Chicago. Jaded Fosse girl with a heart of gold.

SHELDON: A charismatic press agent.

ENSEMBLE:

Olivia Keating, Opening Night Party Attendees, Reporters,

High School Students, PTA Members, Motel Clerk, Cast of the

Non-Equity Tour of Godspell, Monster Truck Rally Audience,

Mrs. Greene’s Friend, LGBT Students

 

 

Sign Up Here: Spring 25 Audition Notice

 

ADVICE FROM THE DIRECTORS

  • Please choose contemporary material only (anything written after about 1960 should be fine, for both music and monologues).
  • When you choose material, look for pieces that you connect to, and that show off different sides of you as a performer (this could be comedic and dramatic, or just two very different characters).
  • You are also welcome to audition just for the practice! If you do not want to be considered for the shows but are still auditioning, please inform the directors upon arrival!

 

 

Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions!

 

  • Heather Striebel (Director of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES): striebel@nmsu.edu
  • Eva Cullen (Director of THAT DRIVE THRU MONTEREY): evaecull@nmsu.edu
  • Wil Kilroy (Director of THE PROM): wkilroy@nmsu.edu
  • Bobbi Masters (Production Stage Manager): masteb@nmsu.edu

 

 

BREAK A LEG!

Any questions you have, please email Bobbi Masters at masteb@nmsu.edu.