Auditions
TexARTS, located in Lakeway, TX, is a professional theatre company.
Working for TexARTS is a large commitment, and auditioners must be available for all scheduled rehearsals and performances. The professional productions perform four to five shows per week. Shows rehearse for 2 and a half weeks with typically 3 – 4 weeks of performances.
Rehearsal times are decided prior to the first day of rehearsal.
TexARTS welcomes video submissions for the upcoming production of The Last Five Years. Local, nonunion performers who are 18 or older are encouraged to audition. TexARTS is committed to non-traditional casting and values diversity in all of its forms. We greatly encourage actors of all ethnicities, gender identities, as well as performers with disabilities to audition.
Executive Producer: Sandy Cox
Director: Kasey RT Graham
Music Director: Lyn Koenning
Rehearsal and Performance Schedule:
First Rehearsals start on January 16, 2021.
Performances: February 10 – February 26, 2022. Eleven performances are scheduled. Shows at 7:30pm on Thursdays – Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays.
Rehearsals will be held weekdays during the evenings and during the daytime on weekends at TexARTS in Lakeway. The show will perform indoors and in-person at the TexARTS Kam and James Morris Theatre, 2300 Lohman’s Spur, STE 160, Austin, TX 78734
TexARTS will be operating as a ‘fully vaccinated workplace’ for the foreseeable future. If you have any questions please reach out to us at admin@tex-arts.org.
Contract:
All roles are paid.
Role
Catherine Hiatt (25 – 35)
Cathy arcs from an ambitious, fresh-faced woman in a new relationship to one stunned by a betrayal and a divorce that she is only beginning to understand.
Vocal range top: D#5
Vocal range bottom: F3
Jamie Wellerstein (25 – 35)
Jamie arcs from an ambitious guy with a dazzling career on a promising first date to someone who is blinded by success and ego. He is lovable yet makes choices that sabotage his own happiness.
Vocal range top: Bb4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Submission Information:
Please prepare an excerpt of a song from the show that is one to two minutes (around 32 bars) in length.
Please film your audition, beginning with a slate, in front of a simple background, with no backlighting, and little ambient noise. If possible, use a secondary audio source to play the accompaniment music so that it is audible in the tape.
Email a shareable link of your video via Google Drive or YouTube, headshot, and resume to employment@tex-arts.org with subject line: “LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, The Last Five Years.”Please only send one email request. Due to the volume of submissions, confirmation emails may take several business days.
Announced on October 21, 2022