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In its third year, the ATX Theatre Citywide Auditions bring producers/directors together with local talent in the spirit of Awareness, Belonging, and Collaboration — with no cost barrier to entry. 

Last year, approximately 200 actors were seen by 50 producers/directors. Actors can see the final list of producers/directors attending on the day of the audition on this page. The list will grow, but as of April 25, there are already 41 auditors signed up, and we're just getting started!

Assigned time slots will be posted below for actors who sign up for an appointment and upload a digital headshot/resume. These appointments will be assigned starting on May 1. Please check back that day to find out your time. Once assigned, we will email you a confirmation. PLEASE REPLY TO CONFIRM YOUR AUDITION TIME WHEN WE EMAIL YOU. If you do not confirm your appointment, your time will likely be given to another applicant. We will remove the sign-up options when slots fill. 

Actors DO NOT need to bring physical headshots/resumes to the audition — what you upload will be shared with the auditors digitally.*
 

2025 CITYWIDE MATERIAL/TIMING GUIDELINES​​

Each actor will have 90 seconds to audition.
It’s your 90 seconds. Leave whatever impression you’d like these directors to have of you. You have freedom of material choice as long as it is 90 seconds or less. Rehearse early and often with a timer so that the 90-second structure feels secure, not stressy.

When choosing your material, consider your casting goals and the productions that attending companies produce. Most importantly, choose material that suits your skill best.

ACTORS MAY PRESENT 90 SECONDS OR LESS OF MATERIAL:

• TWO contrasting monologues that both fit into the 90-second (or less) timeframe; or
• ONE 90-second (or less) monologue, or
• ONE song segment (16 bars is great) and ONE monologue that both fit in 90 seconds; or
• ONE 90-second song, but only choose this if your acting chops are clear in the song; or
• MORE than one song? Whatever floats your boat in 90 seconds or less; or
• A song & dance?! You will be remembered if you dance for sure! 90 seconds only.
• NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO ACCOMPANIST THIS YEAR. If you want to sing (or dance?), bring a track and your own device that is loud enough to serve as your accompaniment. Music should be cued up and ready to go. If a track is not an option, you may sing acapella. There will be a small table down stage right for your devices. Set them up while you introduce yourself. A one-hour time block one week before the audition will be provided when auditioners can check out the space, practice setting up devices on the table, and test the device volume level for the room.

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SUGGESTIONS FOR MATERIAL:
• Monologues from published plays (or produced screenplays) are strongly preferred.
• Avoid material choices that include an endless string of profanity or potentially offensive/upsetting subject matter (no animal cruelty or dead babies).
• Avoid getting uncomfortably close to the auditors. We’ll have spike tape on the floor in case you don’t have a natural sense of how close is too close. 
• If you exceed your 90-second time limit, you will be cut off politely at the stage manager’s discretion, so it’s smart to choose LESS than 90 seconds worth of material just in case.

HERE’S THE PLAN:

1.  Enter the room from downstage left when invited to do so.
 

2. Slate: Briefly, as YOU, please state your name (and OPTIONAL: a way we can remember your name) and introduce your material. Examples: “Hi, I'm Sharron with two Rs — and can roll those Rs if you want to. I bring you Madge from Magpies by Kim Jones and Viola from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.” or “Hello, my name’s Bob Quick as in fast-talking-Bob-can-do-the-job. I bring you I'm Calm from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and the Consider the Hand monologue from Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind by Greg Allen. Whew!”  Now. Actors. You can skip the how-to-remember-your-name bit if you prefer — but we’re interested if it might reveal your sense of self and/or humor. And we’re hoping this may help keep auditors on their toes after 87 auditions? PLEASE KEEP YOUR SLATE COMPACT and REHEARSE IT. Do NOT go on and on. Aim for 5 seconds, 10 max. Okay? Okay.
 

3. Rock your 90 seconds. The timer begins with the first word of your first monologue (or first note of a song).
 

4. Close with the usual thank you and exit downstage right — gathering your gear as you go if you used a device for a song.​​​