First General Fall Undergraduate Auditions 2025
Please fill out your form by Saturday, August 23rd by 5:00pm.
Your official audition time will be emailed to you Sunday evening.
Please try to arrive 15 minutes ahead of your audition time.
Auditions will be held Monday, August 25th from 5-8:30pm
Prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues
(each piece no more than one minute)
Locations:
Check-in: MDA Lobby | Live Auditions: MDA 135 | Filmed Auditions: Studio Theatre |
Headshots: MDA 125
Callbacks will be held Tuesday, August 26th from 5-10pm in the Studio Theatre
Lab Show:
'night Mother by Marsha Norman, directed by Heather Isaacks
World Builders by Johnna Adams, directed by Rowan Jalso
I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire by Samantha Hurley, directed by Ricardo Mendoza
Mainstage:
The Courtship of Winifred Edwards by Maggie Smith, directed by Gleason Bauer
Film your auditions to be included in our virtual Casting Database for casting in
future projects in and outside of the department. Students will receive a link to
their Actor Profile in the Casting Database following auditions. This will give you
complete access to headshots and videos you may want to use for other opportunities.
Have your FREE HEADSHOT taken!
Use the following link to sign up for an audition: https://lsu.formstack.com/forms/first_fall_general_audition_2025
By submitting this audition form, actors confirm their availability for
ALL general rehearsal and performance days and times for the productions selected.
Lab Season
'night Mother by Marsha Norman, directed by Heather Isaacks
October 7 - 12, 2025; Studio Theatre
Rehearsal period: Tuesday, September 2 - Monday, October 6
Synopsis: The scene is the living room/kitchen of a small house on an isolated country
road, which is shared by Jessie and her mother. Jessie’s father is dead; her loveless
marriage ended in divorce; her absent son is a petty thief and ne’er-do-well; her
last job didn’t work out and, in general, her life is stale and unprofitable. As the
play begins Jessie asks for her father’s service revolver and calmly announces that
she intends to kill herself. At first her mother refuses to take her seriously, but
as Jessie sets about tidying the house and making lists of things to be looked after,
her sense of desperate helplessness begins to build. In the end, with the inexorability
of genuine tragedy, she can only stand by, stunned and unbelieving, as Jessie quietly
closes and locks her bedroom door and ends her profound unhappiness in one fatal,
stunning and deeply disturbing moment—a moment never to be forgotten by those who
have witnessed, and come to understand, her plight. - Dramatists Play Service
Character Breakdown:
JESSIE CATES - Jessie is in her late thirties or early forties, pale and vaguely unsteady,
physically. It is only in the last year that Jessie has gained control of her mind
and body, and tonight, she is determined to hold onto that control. She wears pants
and a long black sweater with deep pockets one of which contains a notepad and there
may be a pencil behind her ear or a pen clipped to one of the pockets of the sweater.
As a rule, Jessie doesn't feel much like talking. Other people have rarely found her
quirky sense of humor amusing. She has a peaceful energy on this night, a sense of
purpose, but is clearly aware of the time passing moment by moment. Oddly enough,
Jessie has never been as communicative or as enjoyable as she is on this evening,
but we must know she has not always been this way. There is a familiarity between
these two women that comes from having lived together for a long time. There is a
shorthand to the talk and a sense of routine comfort to the way they relate to each
other physically. Naturally, there are also routine aggravations.
THELMA CATES - Thelma is Jessie's mother, in her late fifties or early sixties. She
has begun to feel her age and so takes it easy when she can, or when it serves her
purposes to let someone help her. But she speaks quickly and enjoys talking. She believes
that things are what she says they are. Her sturdiness is more a mental quality than
a physical one, finally. She is chatty and nosy and this is her house.
World Builders by Johnna Adams, directed by Rowan Jalso
October 28 - November 2, 2025; Studio Theatre
Rehearsal period: Tuesday, September 23 - Monday, October 27
Synopsis: Max and Whitney both have personality disorders that cause them to retreat
into imaginary worlds. When participating in a clinical drug trial that aims to rid
them of their delusions, they fall in love. As the pills take effect and the fantasies
subside, Max and Whitney must decide if romance is worth leaving their worlds behind.
From Dramatists Play Service
Character Breakdown:
WHITNEY - 30s, outgoing and awkward, has a schizoid personality disorder, but you
might not suspect it.
MAX - 30s, withdrawn and depressed, also has a schizoid personality disorder. You
probably would suspect it.
I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire by Samantha Hurley, directed by Ricardo Mendoza
November 18 – 23, 2025; Studio Theatre
Rehearsal Period: Monday, October 13 - Monday, November 17
Synopsis: It’s 2004, and 14-year-old Shelby Hinkley has kidnapped Tobey Maguire, at
the height of his career, to force him into marrying her. Samantha Hurley’s laugh-out-loud
dark comedy, steeped in Y2K nostalgia, explodes our para-social relationships and
the obsessions that detonate them. – Concord Theatricals
Character Breakdown:
SHELBY HINKLEY - (14, F) Awkward, intense. President of the Tobey Maguire Fan Club.
The girl in middle school who eats lunch by herself in the bathroom. Probably some
orthodontic work going on.
TOBEY MAGUIRE - (28-29, M) The famous actor. In the height of his Spiderman fame.
Nasty alcoholic and drug addict. Also plays SHELBY’S FATHER.
A third actor (any gender) plays the roles of:
BRENDA DEE CANKLES - (40s-50s) Real estate agent, cornhole enthusiast, silly woman.
TOBEY MAGUIRE POSTERS - From Tiger Beat Magazine. They appear in the imagination of
Shelby and Tobey, each to their own design. To Shelby, the posters are her teenage
dreamboat boyfriend who only has eyes for her. To Tobey, the posters are his worst
nightmare, the manufactured Hollywood version of himself he aspires to run away from.
SHELBY’S MOM - (30s-40s) Glued to her loveseat, perpetually watching daytime TV and
eating yogurt.
PAPARAZZI - Buzzing, blaring voices of the toxic photographers of early 2000’s Hollywood.
CROWD
TOBEY’S MANAGER
REPORTER
Mainstage
The Courtship of Winifred Edwards by Maggie Smith, directed by Gleason Bauer
October 2 - 12, 2025; Shaver Theatre
Rehearsal Period: Tuesday, August 26 - Wednesday, October 1
We are looking for performers to fill two non-speaking ensemble roles to fill out
our cast. Questions regarding disclosures of sensitive material can be directed toward
Vastine at stabler1@lsu.edu.
Use the following link to sign up for an audition: https://lsu.formstack.com/forms/first_fall_general_audition_2025
LAB SHOWS THIS FALL
● Night, Mother by Marsha Norman, directed by Heather Isaacks, October 7 – 12, Studio Theatre
● World Builders by Johnna Adams, directed by Rowan Jalso, October 28 – November 2, Studio Theatre
● I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire by Samantha Hurley, directed by Ricardo Mendoza, November 18 – 23, Studio Theatre