Join Our Company!
All students of any major or minor are welcome to be part of our vibrant community of student artists, both onstage and behind the scenes. Act, sing, or dance! Build the set, hang lights, run the sound board, create costumes, or join the running crew.
Standard rehearsal availability times for each show are Sunday 1-5PM, M-Th 6-10PM. Show rehearsal periods usually last 6-8 weeks.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED:
All events take place on the Pauline Theatre stage in the Hayworth Fine Arts Center, unless otherwise noted. First, come to Convocation to learn what you need to know.
CONVOCATION | TUE AUG 18, 5PM
This is the first event of the year, where you can meet everyone, get the details, and find out why so many people love our theater and dance community. Don’t miss it!
Immediately following at 6PM, we will have an audition workshop. So, if you have never auditioned before, no worries! We will show you how it all works.
AUDITIONS: FALL DANCE | WED AUG 19, 6PM
Check in and warm up any time after 5:15PM and be ready to start at 6PM. You will receive an email within 36 hours after your audition.
First rehearsal Sunday, August 23, 1-5PM, Pauline Theatre
Fall dance concert performance dates are October 22-24
You must fill out this form before auditions: Dance Audition Registration – Fill out form
Please try to fill it out no later than Tuesday, August 18 if possible.
AUDITIONS: FALL THEATER | THU AUG 20, 6PM
One minute contemporary monologue.
After auditions, sides for callbacks will be posted on the theater website.
You must fill out this form before auditions: Theater Auditions Fall 2026 – Fill out form
Please try to fill it out no later than Tuesday, August 18 if possible.
NEW! READ THIS! Character breakdown for The Iliad, The Odyssey, and all of Greek Mythology is at the bottom of this page! Please read it as the show has lots of characters divided among 8 players. There are things you will need to know about stage combat, dialect, movement, and performance style.
CALLBACKS: FALL THEATER | FRI AUG 21, 6PM
Callbacks will be posted on the audition webpage by noon on Friday, August 20.
Sides for callbacks will be posted online with instructions.
CASTING NOTIFICATIONS | SAT AUG 22, 3PM
Theater casting announcements will be posted on the audition page by 3PM.
First rehearsal for The Iliad, The Odyssey Sunday, August 23, 1-5PM, Empty Space Theatre
First rehearsal for Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley Sunday, September 13, 1PM, College Village Studio.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, and all of Greek Mythology performance dates are October 14-18
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley performance dates are November 18-22
See you soon!
Questions? Email us at [email protected]
The Iliad, The Odyssey, and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less
Character Breakdown
This fast-paced, ensemble-driven comedy tells the major stories of Greek mythology through rapid character changes, physical storytelling, heightened comedy, and direct engagement with the audience.
This production will be cast as eight ensemble tracks. Each performer will play multiple roles throughout the show, with one or more featured anchor roles and a variety of supporting, comic, mythic, and utility characters. Casting is gender-flexible, and actors may be considered for any track. Performers should be comfortable with broad comedy, quick transitions, stylized movement, and collaborative ensemble work.
Please note: Stage combat and physical contact/proximity may be required for any track. Dialects, accents, or heightened vocal choices may be explored in rehearsal. The show moves quickly and requires strong cue pickup, clear storytelling, and energetic ensemble focus.
M1: Sky Authority
- Archetype: Power / Order / Divine Hosting
- A commanding presence who often frames the action, holds authority, and embodies gods, kings, rulers, and mythic figures of status. This track balances grandiosity, comic seriousness, and moments of physical comedy.
- Featured roles may include:
Zeus, Poseidon, Menelaos, Achilles, Nestor, Perseus, Orpheus, Pygmalion
M2: Survivor / Strategist
- Archetype: Cunning / Endurance / Through-Line Hero
- A central storytelling track built around intelligence, adaptation, emotional drive, and survival. This performer carries much of the Odyssey material and several key mythic and heroic figures.
- Featured roles may include:
Odysseus, Hector, Hades, Apollo, Ares, Prometheus, Pyramus, Principal Thomas
M3: Engine / Trickster
- Archetype: Momentum / Transformation / Chaos
- The comic motor of the show. This track includes tricksters, monsters, warriors, narrators, fools, and chaotic forces who keep the pace moving and the world constantly shifting.
- Featured roles may include:
Hermes, Agamemnon, Paris, Diomedes, Jason, Hercules, Cyclops, Minotaur
W1: Moral Authority
- Archetype: Wisdom / Judgment / Conscience
- A track grounded in intelligence, clarity, and moral authority. This performer often serves as guide, commentator, truth-teller, or emotional counterweight to the chaos around them.
- Featured roles may include:
Athena, Demeter, Oracle, Ms. Henderson, Patroklos, Andromache, Medea, Medusa
W2: Love / Curiosity / Spark
- Archetype: Desire / Wonder / Disruption
- A bright, catalytic track centered on curiosity, beauty, desire, discovery, and disruption. These characters often change the course of events, sometimes accidentally and sometimes with full mythic force.
- Featured roles may include:
Aphrodite, Pandora, Artemis, Hestia, Helen, Iphigenia, Eurydice, Galatea
W3: Power & Volatility
- Archetype: Jealousy / Punishment / Uncomfortable Truth
- A high-impact character track filled with gods, challengers, provocateurs, truth-tellers, and forces of consequence. This performer brings friction, danger, and intensity into the comic world of the play.
- Featured roles may include:
Hera, Persephone, Ariadne, Sisyphus, Tantalus, Tiresias, Iris, Phaethon
W4: War & Honor
- Archetype: Glory / Rage / Iliad Spine
- A physically active track connected to the Trojan War, martial honor, and the heightened emotional world of the Iliad. This track carries several warrior figures and battlefield moments.
- Featured roles may include:
Achilles, Ajax, Menelaos, Greek Soldier, Trojan Commander, Trojan Guard, Trojan Soldier, Father
W5: Home / Return / Resolution
- Archetype: Loyalty / Homecoming / Emotional Payoff
- A track that helps bring the story toward resolution, especially through the Odyssey material. These roles provide heart, longing, transformation, and the emotional payoff of homecoming.
- Featured roles may include:
Penelope, Telemachus, Circe, Calypso, Thetis, King Priam/Priam, Queen, Odysseus’ Mother
Ensemble Expectations
All actors should be prepared for:
- Fast-paced farce and rapid character changes
- Physical comedy and stylized movement
- Possible stage combat
- Close physical proximity and ensemble staging
- Direct address and audience interaction
- Accents, dialects, or distinct vocal choices as developed in rehearsal
- Collaborative creation of clear, differentiated characters
- Strong cue pickup and precise timing
The show is prop-heavy and relies on quick, clear transformation from role to role, often using a small costume piece, prop, or physical/vocal choice to identify character shifts.