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2025-2026 Audition Information

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All Oxy students are welcome to audition for our shows!

Children's Theater Auditions

PAID ACTING OPPORTUNITY!
 
Audition Details:
Sunday, March 29
Keck 208
10am - 1:00pm
 
Occidental Children's Theater will be holding auditions for the summer 2026 production on Sunday, March 29th at 10am in the Keck Theater Rehearsal Room (K208). Callbacks are TBA. 
 
All are welcome to audition! No prior experience necessary!
 
The audition form, detailed information about the audition and the Children's Theater schedule can be found online. You'll need to use your Oxy account to access these links.
 
THIS IS A PAID POSITION!
 
Occidental Children’s Theater is a thrilling hour of storytelling, full of movement, jokes and audience interaction. The cast of 6 are not just the characters in the three folk tales and one original title story, but they are the sets, props, and everything else! Actors also teach in the Summer Institute of Fun, an acting camp for children.
 
If you have questions, feel free to contact the Artistic Director, Jamie Angell (angelljk@oxy.edu)
 
We hope to see you there!

 

Spring Auditions

CALF SCRAMBLE

This Spring we are pleased to present Libby Carr's Calf Scramble, directed by Alana Dietze, and Head Over Heels by James Magruder and Jeff Whitty, directed by Professor Laural Meade with Music Driection by Professor Desiree LaVertu.

Auditions for Calf Scramble will take plane on Wednesday January 21 from 6pm - 10pm in Keck 208. Auditions are open to all Oxy students.

You may access the following pages using your Oxy account.

Calf Scramble callbacks will be held on Saturday Jan 24 in Keck 208. Please note, this is the same time as Head Over Heels callbacks. You may audition for both shows and if you are called back for both shows, Alana and Laural will make sure you are seen for both. 

NEW WORKS FESTIVAL

his year, we’re doing things a little differently. The first round of auditions will be submitted via self-tape.

Please read the New Works Festival Audition Information Sheet  for information on what to prepare. Then make sure to fill out the Audition Registration Form to upload your self-tape.

Audition Timeline & Details

  • Monday, January 19 at 12:00 PM
    Audition materials (monologues and scenes from the three plays) will be posted on the New Works Festival Audition Information Page. Please review and follow the instructions listed there.

  • Thursday, January 22 at 5:00 PM
    Self-taped auditions are due. Please upload your video through the Audition Registration Form linked below.

  • Saturday, January 24 at 2:00 PM
    Callback notifications will be sent out, including which actors are called back for which plays/roles.

  • Sunday, January 25 from 5:30–8:00 PM
    Callbacks will take place in Keck Theater.

HEAD OVER HEELS

Initial Auditions for Head Over Heels took place in the fall semester. If you have not been seen and would like to, please reach out to Laural Meade (lmeade@oxy.edu) and Morgan Scott (mscott2@oxy.edu) as soon as possible. More information on Head Over Heels is listed HERE.

 

Contact the Theater & Performance Studies Department
Keck Theater 202

Box Office: (323) 259-2922