Spring 2025 Season General Auditions
Audition Details:
- Season General Auditions include: As You Like It a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy, and Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps a fast-paced whodunit comedy.
- Monday, November 25th, 2024 at 5pm in the NVC Performing Arts Center (bldg. 100), MainStage
- Please check in at the lobby, auditioners will be seen on a first come first serve basis.
- There is a limited number of audition spots. Upon arrival, please sign in for the next available time slot. Sign in sheet will be “closed” at 6pm.
- Auditions are open to actors 16+.
- An accompanist will be provided. Bring a double-sided, clean, and legible copy of your sheet music in a 3-ring binder. Auditioners may not sing with recordings.
- If you are auditioning for The 39 Steps please prepare a short joke.
- If you have a current headshot and acting resume, please attach it to the provided audition form.
- If cast, you will be required to enroll in the corresponding Theater and Music courses.
- If you are interested in auditioning and cannot make the audition date please email the production director: Jennifer King (As You Like It Director): jking@napavalley.edu ; Olivia Cowell (The 39 Steps Director): olivia.cowell@napavalley.edu
About As You Like It:
Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery’s rollicking and poignant musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a dream-like tale of faithful friends, feuding families and lovers in disguise, featuring an original folk-pop score. Forced from their homes, Orlando, Duke Senior, his daughter Rosalind, and niece Celia escape to the Forest of Arden, a fantastical place of transformation, where all are welcomed and embraced. Lost amidst the trees, the refugees find community and acceptance under the stars.
Directed by Jennifer King, Music Direction by Dr. Christina Howell. Cast members will participate in a Festival Napa Valley sponsored mini-residency with Broadway guest choreographer, Kim Craven.
Rehearsals M-Th | 4:00-7:30 (subject to change) | Performances March 21-30, MainStage
As You Like It Callbacks will be held on Tuesday, November 26th from 4pm-6pm in the NVC PAC Actor’s Lab (Room 137)
About The 39 Steps:
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit. This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance! Winner! Two 2008 Tony Awards, Winner! 2008 Drama Desk Award, Unique Theatrical Experience, Winner! 2007 Laurence Olivier Award, Best New Comedy.
Directed by Olivia Cowell.
The 5-week rehearsal period calls for experienced actors, who can bring a level of elevated focus to this hilarious comedy.
Rehearsals M-Th | 6:30-9:00pm | Performances May 2-11, Studio Theater
The 39 Steps Callbacks will be held in January 2025 date and time TBD.
Questions?
If you have specific questions, please reach out to:
- Jennifer King (As You Like It Director): jking@napavalley.edu
- Dr. Christina Howell (As You Like It Music Director): christina.howell@napavalley.edu
- Olivia Cowell (The 39 Steps Director): olivia.cowell@napavalley.edu