Auditions

Audition Info for the 2026-27 Season

DATES

• Sunday, June 7 - 1:30-4:30pm
• Monday, June 8 - 7-9:30pm

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Productions and Available Roles

bobrauschenbergamerica

Winterlong

Ain’t No Mo’

LOCATION

Auditions will take place in Studio One at the Vern Riffe Center, 77 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio, 43215.

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Public parking is available in the Riffe Center Parking Garage, accessible from Front Street.

🅿️Please ignore signage for the Riffe Center Parking Garage that says “closed” or “full,” including any reserved signs on individual parking spaces. The garage is open and free to everyone after 6:00 pm, and during the day on weekends. If the gate is down, push the call button and say you are with the theatre.

PREPARE

• Please prepare a performance that is no more than two minutes long (you'll be timed). Monologues are encouraged, but this could also include songs, poetry, movement, magic, music, or other expressions of your creativity. Have fun!
• Don't have a monologue? No problem. Monologues from productions in the season will be available in the check-in area.
• Bringing a headshot and resumé is recommended but not required. If you would prefer to submit a digital copy, please email those to avltheatre at gmail dot com.
• Please be prepared to list your scheduling conflicts.
• If you would like to be considered for Winterlong, please be prepared to sing 30 seconds from a folk song of your choosing (a cappella or accompanied with your own instrument.) No accompanist will be provided.

AUDITION TIPS

• Don't mime.
• Contrast should be more than just humorous or not.
• If there's a time-limit, get under it.
• We can hear you when you're in the hall.
• Your audition should be one connected performance, not two disconnected pieces.
• Don't look the panel in the eye while you act.
• Have a headshot and resume.
• Show-up early.
• Warm-up.
• Don't sing a contemporary song unless the musical (and the part you want) is in that style. Sing something that shows-off your skills.
• Take a moment, ground yourself.
• If you are going to be still, really be still, own that space.
• Show us you can move with ease, do it in your performance.
• Rehearse. This is not the time to try out a brand-new monologue you don't know very well.
• We want you to do well. Take us along with you rather than act AT us.
• When you have fun, it shows. Have fun.
• Not only are we looking for talented actors, we are looking good human beings with whom to work. Don't be a jerk at the audition.
• Try your best to make it a good time. We want talented people, but we're also looking for people with whom we won't mind spending hours upon hours.