Auditions
Audition means "Opportunity!"
Willamette University Theatre proudly announces auditions for its upcoming spring productions, The Glass Door and Room of Forgotten Souls. We are looking for talented individuals passionate about theatre and are excited to be a part of Willamette's diverse productions.
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All Majors, Minors and Scholarship holders must fill out the Tech Position form, regardless of emphasis. This means Theatre students auditioning for the play will need to fill out both forms.
Note: The Audition Form and the Technical Form both must be filled out and signed by Tuesday, November 18. We will have paper copies available at the door if you are unable to submit the digital form in advance. Please also remember to bring a hard copy of your resume and headshot. Forms submitted late will not be considered and you will be assigned an open position. Production position preferences listed on this form will be considered but can't be guaranteed. Here is a list of descriptions for each role.
Before auditions, please read our Disclosure Forms regarding expectations and play content. It is important to be aware of what is required of each role. Once cast, you may not choose to decline a role. If you need to decline a production position, please contact the theatre management production team to work through conflicts or be reassigned.
DISCLOSURE FORM, "THE GLASS DOOR"
DISCLOSURE FORM, "ROOM OF FORGOTTEN SOULS"
Audition Information
Auditions will be held at the Pelton Theatre on the campus of Willamette University.
General auditions: Wednesday, November 19
- 5:45 pm: Arrive at Pelton Theatre. You will receive an individual audition timeslot.
- 6:00 pm: Auditions begin.
Callbacks
- Thursday, November 20 • 6:00 - 10:30 pm
Audition Requirements
Auditioners will each be assigned a 5-minute audition slot in which to share a prepared monologue and song. Auditioners will also be taught a short dance combination during a group dance call; please dress to move and bring a water bottle. Casting will be gender-blind, but actors will be portraying the character as the character's assigned gender.
The Glass Door: Please prepare a one-minute (60-second) monologue from the Modern period of Western Theatre Lit (approximately 1880 —1920). Examples include Strindberg, Ibsen, Chekhov. Pleasedo notpresent material from Ibsen'sHedda Gabler.
Room of Forgotten Souls: Please perform 30 seconds of your favorite poem (original material is acceptable), and be prepared to tell your favorite joke.
About the Plays
THE GLASS DOOR
BY: STEPHEN EVANS
Directed By: Susan Coromel
February 12 — March 1, 2026
The Glass Door reimagines Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler for a new audience, exploring the ambitions and struggles of a woman trapped in a society that denies her agency. As she seeks control in a world that resists her, she becomes entangled in a web of intrigue, seduction, and destruction.
ROOM OF FORGOTTEN SOULS
A DEVISED WORK
Directed By: Jonathan Cole
April 16 — April 25, 2026
Inspired by the haunting discovery of thousands of unclaimed remains at the Oregon State Hospital, this work will explore themes of memory, loss, and recognition. Created by the ensemble, Room of Forgotten Souls will investigate society's relationship with mental illness and the hospital's attempts to make uniform the canisters that stored the ashes. Due to water damage, the canisters began to change in unique ways, as if the people were fighting to be recognized as individuals.
Room of Forgotten Souls is a devised piece which is actively being created over the Fall and Spring semesters. Due to the experimental and collaborative nature of this production process, there is not yet a script or clearly defined intimacy/fight requirements. This is described in more detail in the disclosure.
Again, please fill out forms.
All Majors, Minors and Scholarship holders must fill out the Tech Position form, regardless of emphasis. This means Theatre students auditioning for the play will need to fill out both forms.
AUDITION FORM TECH POSITION FORM
About our casting
Willamette University Theatre is committed to providing equal opportunity and prohibits all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment based upon age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, military and veteran status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, including breastfeeding or medical condition relating to breastfeeding, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by law.
* Significant involvement in each main stage production each semester is required of all majors, minors, and scholarship students. If you received your scholarship based on an acting audition, you must audition for all main stage shows. If you interviewed as a design/tech student, you are welcome but not required to audition. Significant involvements include acting or a major contribution to technical aspects of the production. The faculty will assign students their production roles. It is the student's responsibility to check with the Production Stage Manager to confirm their assignments to crew positions.