Theater StudiesFall 2024 Mainstage Auditions
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Angelisa Gillyard
August 22 & 24
127 Bryan Center Rehearsal Studio
Sign Up for Auditions and Find Link to Excerpts Here
Thursday, August 22
5 - 9 p.m.
Saturday, August 24
12 - 4 p.m.
Callbacks, if needed, will be announced.
About the Play
The play features roles for a diverse range of characters, whom Nottage describes as African-American, light-skinned African-American, brown, white, and "white." All Duke students are welcome to audition! Contact our Director of Theater, Thomas Quintas, if you'd like to read the script.
Audition Material
You may prepare a monologue 1 - 2 minutes in length in the style of the show. Excerpts from the play are available through the audition sign-up link. Reading from the script at the audition is also welcome!
Remote Audition Submissions
If you cannot make these times in person, you are welcome to submit videotaped auditions by email to Thomas Quintas thomas.quintas@duke.edu, Director of Theater.
Class Credit Opportunities
Undergraduate students cast in a mainstage production may enroll in THEATRST 350-1 Mainstage: Acting for credit. The course carries ALP, CCI, and R codes. Students can also learn about theater design and technology by working backstage on these productions and enrolling in THEATRST 226S World Building for the Theater. Enrollment in either class is voluntary. In Fall 2024, both classes are scheduled Wednesday evenings 7:30-10 p.m. on West Campus in the Bryan Center.