Auditions

Audition And Performance Dates:

Mainstage Show	Audition Dates	Callbacks	Performance Dates	Director
The Wizard Of Oz Unplugged	Call For Information	TBD	March 30 to April 3, 2012	Patty Chones
Miss Saigon	February 13-14, 2012	February 15 or 16, 2012	May 4 to 20, 2012	Mark E. Schuster
Busybody	April 2-3, 2012	April 4, 2012	June 8 to 24, 2012	Dustin Martin
(Audition Dates Are Subject To Change)

ACT Live!

ACT’s Annual Sketch Comedy Show

This program is a unique opportunity for young performers ages 9-19 to collaborate on writing, producing, and performing a sketch comedy show. Students will develop, rehearse and perform short scenes as part of a live sketch comedy show. This process will not only challenge students’ focus and creativity, but it will provide them with firsthand experience of what it takes to put together an entire show. It is an exhilarating and incredibly rewarding experience.

ACT Live Dates:
1/3/12 Tuesday 4:15-6:15pm
1/9/12--1/20/12 Monday thru Friday 4:15-6:15pm
1/21/12 Saturday 10am and 1pm performances (Open to General Pubic during Waukesha JanBoree)

Miss Saigon

Book by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
Music By Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics By Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.

Open auditions for Waukesha Civic Theatre’s production of Miss Saigon will be held Monday and Tuesday, February 13th and 14th, 2012 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Callbacks, if needed, will be on Wednesday and Thursday, February 15th and 16th, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. No appointment is necessary. Auditions will be held at the Waukesha Civic Theatre Building at 264 West Main Street, Waukesha.

It’s a Friday night in Saigon in April 1975, in the midst of the Vietnam War. At Dreamland, an after-hours club popular with American G.I.s, everyone dreams of a better future in America. Kim, a 17-year-old Vietnamese orphan, pins her hopes on her lover Chris, an American Marine. He and his best friend John are at the club for an evening of fun as a break from the danger of the approaching Viet Cong.

Available roles include:
30 or more roles for Men, Women, Boys, and Girls Ages 16 to Adult, and one Boy Age 4

Those auditioning will be asked to prepare 32 bars of music and read from the script. Miss Saigon will run weekends, May 4th through May 20th, 2012. Mark E. Schuster is directing.

For more information, call the Waukesha Civic Theatre Business Office at 262-547-4911

Busybody

By Jack Popplewell

Open auditions for Waukesha Civic Theatre’s production of Busybody will be held Monday and Tuesday, April 2nd and 3rd, 2012 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Callbacks, if needed, will be on Wednesday , April 4th, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. No appointment is necessary. Auditions will be held at the Waukesha Civic Theatre Building at 264 West Main Street, Waukesha.

The mystery begins with a very busy body – or two! Office cleaner Mrs. Piper discovers a dead body, and calls the police. But before they can arrive, it moves. Or did it? Detective Superintendent Harry Baxter is tired, cranky, sick with a cold, and unhappy to hear about a missing corpse. But Mrs. Piper insists she saw her boss’s body – until he walks into the room.

Available roles include:
4 men ages 20 to 60 and 4 women ages 20 to 60

Those auditioning will be asked to read from the script. Busybody will run weekends, June 8th through 24th, 2012. Dustin Martin is directing.

For more information, call the Waukesha Civic Theatre Business Office at 262-547-4911

WCT Casting Policy and Procedure:

Everyone is welcome to audition for any WCT production. Roles are not pre-cast. Only one time in over 50 years did WCT pre-cast a role and that was a special occurrence as part of the 50th year celebration with full support of the Board of Directors. Auditions are open calls for two to four nights and/or afternoons, with one night of callbacks if the director of the production feels it is necessary to hold them.

Every person that auditions will be notified of the casting choices. The method and time frame of notification varies depending on the preferences of the director and the number of people that audition. The method can be one, or a combination of more than one, of the following communication methods: phone, e-mail, web site, mail, or posting at the theatre. The process can take several days of decision making, individual contact, waiting for response, more individual contact, etc. It can take up to seven days after the final audition to complete all of the notices, so we ask all auctioneers to be patient with the process. You are always free to call the theatre to check on the status of the casting or for feedback on your audition.

WCT’s auditions are NEVER cancelled due to weather. If you are unable to attend an audition due to weather conditions, please contact us. At the director’s discretion, additional auditions or special auditions may be scheduled.