Upcoming Auditions
Hadestown: Teen Edition
ACADEMY TEEN PRODUCTIONS
Auditions: November 23-24, 2025. Callbacks November 25.
REHEARSAL/PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
Rehearsals: January 6-February 20, 2026 – 4:30-6:30 p.m., February 23-26, 2026 -4:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Performances: February 27-March 8, 2026
Synopsis: This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
Director: Madison Penzkover
Assistant Director: Sylvia Murphy
Music Director: Ashton Friedenberg
Choreographer: Ami Majeskie
Tuition: This is an audition-based, tuition-based Academy production. The tuition cost of $250 will be due after casting. Waukesha Civic Theatre maintains a strong commitment to making our Academy and Academy Productions programs accessible to all students – regardless of financial circumstances. Need-based financial aid is available to any student.
Auditions will consist of a vocal audition. Please prepare a 32-bar cut (about 1 minute) of a song and bring sheet music for the accompanist. Sign up for an audition slot below (walk-up auditions are not accepted).
If you have any questions about song selection, finding sheet music, etc., please contact Madison Penzkover (Director) at mpenzkover@waukeshacivictheatre.org and Ashton Friedenberg (Music Director) at ashton.friedenberg@gmail.com. We know that this process can be intimidating, so please do not hesitate to ask for help!
Virtual auditions: If you can’t attend in-person auditions, you can submit a virtual audition. Full instructions and the application can be found HERE.
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Sense & Sensibility
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
Auditions: December 9-10, 2025. Callbacks December 11.
Rehearsals: December 29-February 5, 2026
Performances: February 6-22, 2026
Synopsis: A playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters—sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne—after their father’s sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable. Set in gossipy late 18th-century England, with a fresh female voice, the play is full of humor, emotional depth, and bold theatricality.
Directors’ Vision: This vibrant new production of Sense & Sensibility reimagines Jane Austen’s beloved classic through a modern, inclusive lens—think Bridgerton meets Regency-era wit and emotion. Expect dynamic physicality underscored by a contemporary rhythm and diverse casting.
Directors: Ashley Levells-Riemer & Patrice Hood
Auditioners should prepare a one-minute monologue. Auditioners may also be asked to do a cold reading of scenes and should be prepared to stay beyond the signed-up audition time.
SIGN UP TO AUDITIONThe Prom
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
Auditions: January 6-8, 2026*
Rehearsals: January 19-March 12, 2026
Performances: March 13-29, 2026
Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue…and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the high school dance on the straight and narrow—but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny. On a mission to transform lives, Broadway’s brassiest join forces with a courageous girl and the town’s citizens and the result is love that brings them all together.
Director: Christopher Orth
More Info Coming Soon!
Give Me Moonlight
BLACK BOX NEW WORKS PRODUCTIONS
Auditions: February 17-18, 2026. Callbacks February 19.
Rehearsals: March 9-April 16, 2026
Performances: April 17-26, 2026
Stuck in the desert of a happily ever after that is nothing like they dreamed, Bessie, a chronic do-gooder, and Albert Johnson, a wishful Quixote, try anything to prop up the facade of their marriage. But when Bessie brings home a less-than-acceptable house guest, their lost dreams begin to consume their fragile reality. This surrealist play tells the fictionalized true story of Scotty’s Castle and the couple from 1910s Chicago who built a mansion for a con man in the middle of Death Valley, CA.
More Info Coming Soon!
Calendar Girls
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
Auditions: March 3-4, 2026. Callbacks March 5.
Rehearsals: March 23-April 30, 2026.
Performances: May 1-17, 2026.
When Annie’s husband John dies of leukemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow Women’s Institute members to pose nude with them for an “alternative” calendar, with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence. The news of the women’s charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie’s friendship is put to the test under the strain of their newfound fame.
Director: Kelly Goeller
More Info Coming Soon!
Native Gardens
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
Auditions: April 14-15, 2026. Callbacks April 16.
Rehearsals: April 27-June 4, 2026
Performances: June 5-21, 2026
Pablo, a high-powered lawyer, and doctoral candidate Tania, his very pregnant wife, are realizing the American dream when they purchase a house next door to community stalwarts Virginia and Frank. But a disagreement over a long-standing fence line soon spirals into an all-out war of taste, class, privilege, and entitlement. The hilarious results guarantee no one comes out smelling like a rose.
Director: Julie Ferris-Tillman
Dramaturg and Guest Fine Artist: Erico Ortiz