Combined Auditions and Theater Conferences

UPTA (United Professional Theatre auditions) www.upta.org

Where: Memphis TN
When: Feb 7, 2020
How: Register online
What: You get 90 seconds not including your slate. You must include some portion of a monologue and
you may do with the rest as you wish. Specifics for callbacks given at that time.

These auditions are done in February for current professionals, those who have already graduated or for
those current seniors looking for work after graduation. So, to audition for UPTA’s “pre-professional”
auditions, you must be a graduating in the spring after your audition. One of their criteria is that you “must
be available for year-round work.” Between 80 and 100 theaters, theme parks and cruise ships participate
yearly in UPTA and all are required to offer either paid year-round employment, paid job-in employment,
or paid internships.

Theaters involved in the 2019 conference:

Alaska Cabin Nite Dinner Theatre Denali National Park, AK

American Shakespeare Center Staunton, VA

American Stage St Petersburg, FL

Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre Little Rock, AR

Barter Theatre Abingdon, VA

Bigfork Summer Playhouse Bigfork, MT

Blue Gate Musicals Franklin, TN

Bright Star Touring Theatre Arden, NC

Camden Shakespeare Festival Camden , ME

Cedar Point Live Entertainment Sandusky, OH

Celebrity Cruises North Miami, FL

Charleston Stage Charleston, SC

Chattanooga Theatre Centre Chattanooga, TN

CLIMB Theatre Inc, Inver Grove Heights, MN

Collingwood Learning Holmfirth, UK

Contemporary American Theater Festival Shepherdstown, WV

Crane River Theater Kearney, NE

Cumberland County Playhouse Crossville, TN

Disney Parks Live Entertainment Lake Buena Vista, FL

Dollywood Entertainment PIGEON FORGE, TN

Ensemble Stage Banner Elk, NC

Florida Studio Theatre Sarasota, FL

Gamut Theatre Harrisburg, PA

G​eorgia Ensemble Theatre Roswell, GA

Ghostlight Theatricals LLC BLOOMINGTON, IN

Great Plains Theatre Abilene, KS

Greenville Theatre Greenville , SC

Hampstead Stage Company Center Barnstead, NH

Hope Summer Repertory Theatre Holland, MI

Houston Shakespeare Festival Houston, TX

Lagniappe Productions Keller, TX

LaZoom Tours Asheville, NC

Lees-McRae Summer Theatre BANNER ELK, NC

Lexington Children's Theatre LEXINGTON, KY

Liberty Mountain - The Revolutionary Drama Kings Mountain, NC

Like the Dickens A cappella Quartets MARIETTA, GA

Little Pyramid Productions Princess/Holland America Port Ludlow, WA

Madcap Puppets Cincinnati, OH

Maples Repertory Theatre Macon, MO

McLeod Summer Playhouse Carbondale, IL

Merry-Go-Round Playhouse Youth Theatre Auburn, NY

Missoula Children's Theatre Missoula, MT

Mountain Repertory Theatre Cripple Creek, CO

National Players - Olney Theatre Olney, MD

Nettle Creek Players Hagerstown, IN

New Stage Theatre Jackson, MS

Norwegian Creative Studios Riverview, FL

Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival Durant, OK

Old Creamery Theatre Amana, IA

Ozark Actors Theatre Rolla, MO

Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts Pagosa Springs, CO

Palace Theater Wisconsin Dells, WI

Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire Manheim, PA

Playhouse on the Square Memphis, TN

Prairie Fire Children's Theatre Barrett, MN

Prather Productions Ft Myers, FL

Princess Cruise Lines Santa Clarita, CA

Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre Grand Lake, CO

Roxy Regional Theatre Clarksville, TN

Royal Caribbean Productions North Miami, FL

RWS Entertainment Group New York, NY

Show Palace Dinner Theatre & Midtown Arts Center Hudson, FL

Sight & Sound Theatres Strasburg, PA

Springer Opera House Columbus, GA

Stages Repertory Theatre Houston, TX

Sterling Renaissance Festival Sterling, NY

TECUMSEH! / The Scioto Society, Inc. Chillicothe, OH

Tent Theatre Springfield, MO

Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation Canyon, TX

Texas Shakespeare Festival / Kilgore College Kilgore, TX

The Commonweal Theatre Company Lanesboro, MN

The National Theatre for Children Golden Valley, MN

The Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres Nappanee, IN

Theater Under The Stars Chelan, WA

TheatreSquared Fayetteville, AR

Tibbits Summer Theatre Coldwater, MI

Timber Lake Playhouse Mount Carroll, IL

Top Hat Productions Marshall, MI

Totem Pole Playhouse Fayetteville, PA

Troupe America, Inc. Minneapolis, MN

Tuacahn Center for the Arts Ivins, UT

Tweetsie Railroad Blowing Rock, NC

Unto These Hills Cherokee, NC

Virginia Repertory Theatre Richmond, VA

VStar Entertainment Group Minneapolis, MN

Windish Music & Productions West Chester, PA

NETC (New England Theatre Conference) ​www.netconline.org

Where: Natick, MA
When: March (2020 date is TBA)
How: Apply and register online
What: Present two contrasting selections. Singers should prepare one song and one brief monologue or
two musical numbers. You have a total of 2 minutes not including your slate.

Open to professionals and students alike, NETCs provide a service whereby producers and directors of
New England and other theatres from throughout the country meet in a group to audition and interview
candidates for positions in summer and year-round professional theatres as performers. These theatres
offer both job-in and full-season employment, as well as apprentice and intern positions and Equity
Membership Candidacy Programs. An average of 35 companies are represented at these auditions
annually, including summer and year-round theatres (Equity and non-Equity), college-based summer
theatres, repertory companies, Shakespearean and Renaissance Festivals, outdoor dramas and faires,
music theatres, touring companies, children's theatres, and dinner theatres, whose seasons include the
classics, dramas, musicals, comedies, and revues. Casting companies and professional theatre training
companies and conservatories are also represented.

Companies recently represented:

Barnstormers Ridley Park, PA

Barrington Stage Pittsfield, MA

Bill Hanney's Theater By The Sea Wakesfield, RI

Berkshire Theater Group Pittsfield, MA

Blue Gate Musicals Shipshiwana, IN

Camden Shakespeare Festival Portsmouth, VA

Carousel Music Theater Boothbay Harbor, ME

Chamber Theatre Productions Boston, MA

Children's Stage Adventures Sullivan, NH

Circle in the Square Theatre School New York, NY

Commonwealth Shakespeare Boston, MA

Cortland Repertory Theatre Cortland, NY

Encore at the Point Casco, ME

Fiddlehead Theatre Boston, MA

Fort Peck Summer Theatre Fort Peck, MO

Glove Theatre Gloversville, NY

Hackmatack Playhouse Berwick, ME

Hampstead Stage Company Barnstead, NH

Hangar Theatre Ithaca, NY

Jeans Playhouse Lincoln, NH

Inter-Lakes Region Summer Theatre Meredith, NH

Lost Nation Theatre Montpelier, VT

Mass MOCA North Adams, MA

Matt Davenport Productions White House, TN

Merry-Go-Round Playhouse Auburn, NY

Missoula Children's Theatre Missoula, MT

Mt. Washington Valley Theatre Co. North Conway, NH

Mystic Seaport Museum Mystic, CT

New Bedford Festival Theatre New Bedford, MA

New London Barn Playhouse New London, NH

North Country Center for the Arts Lincoln, NH

North Shore Music Theatre Beverly, MA

Palace Theatre Stamford, CT

Prescott Park Arts Festival Portsmouth, NH

New York Film Academy New York, NY

Ogunquit Playhouse Ogunquit, ME

Palace Theatre Stamford, CT

Papermill Theater Lincoln, NH

Patrick Darow Productions Portsmouth, NH

Peterborough Players Peterborough, NH

Plimoth Plantation Players Plymouth, MA

Powerhouse Theater Training Program at Vassar Poughkeepsie, NY

Prescott Park Arts Festival Portsmouth, NH

Priscilla Beach Theatre Plymouth, MA

RWS Entertainment Group Long Island City, NY

Royal Caribbean Productions Miami, FL

Shakespeare Academy at Stratford Stratford, CT

Shakespeare Productions, Inc Waterbury, CT

Stella Adler Studio of Acting New York, NY

The Theater At Monmouth Monmouth, ME

Weathervane Theater Whitefield, NH

Winnipesaukee Playhouse Meredith, NH

SETC (Southeastern Theatre Conference) www.setc.org

Where: Knoxville, TN, Charlotte, NC and Greensboro, NC

When: Spring screening auditions (held in 10 different states) are held in November to qualify for
Conference auditions in March. If a student is interested in the Fall auditions (held in late august) you will
be pre-screened the day prior. Please see their website as it’s a bit complicated. They also hold a
summer-theater only audition with no hoops to jump through in January. Info regarding this is available at
https://outdoor-theatre.org/auditions/.
How: Register online and see possible screening procedures
What: 90 seconds to do with as you wish. No acapella or tracks allowed

This is a great conference if you’re willing to jump through the extra hoops for your 90 seconds. Their last
conference had 37 casting representatives from 23 companies representing 169 theatres looking to fill
more than 2,000 roles with over 250 Equity possibilities. Theatres represented were repertory and stock
companies, single show venues, cruise lines, dinner theatres, entertainment agencies, etc. Based on
information provided by the hiring companies, theatres offered an average weekly salary of $550, with
some as high as $2000/week.

Theaters involved in the 2019 conference:

Alluvion Stage Company Lynchburg, VA

Apex Theatre Studio Ponte Vedra, FL

Atlanta Shakespeare Company Atlanta, GA

Aurora Theatre Lawrenceville, GA

B Street Theatre Sacramento, CA

Berkshire Theatre Group Pittsfield, MA

Bigfork Summer Playhouse Bigfork, MT

Birmingham Children’s Theatre Birmingham, AL

Blue Gate Musicals Franklin, TN

Carowinds Live Entertainment Charlotte, NC

Cedar Point Live Entertainment Sandusky, OH

Central Piedmont Summer Theatre Charlotte, NC

The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH

Childsplay Tempe, AZ

Cleveland Play House Cleveland, OH

CPCC Children’s Summer Theatre Charlotte, NC

Crane River Theater Company Kearney, NE

Cumberland County Playhouse Crossville, TN

Disney Live Entertainment Lake Buena Vista, FL

Dollywood Entertainment Productions Pigeon Forge, TN

Emerald Coast Theatre Company Miramar Beach, FL

Feld Entertainment Palmetto, FL

Flat Rock Playhouse Flat Rock, NC

Florida Repertory Theatre Fort Myers, FL

Florida Studio Theatre Sarasota, FL

Georgia Ensemble Theatre Rosewell, GA

GLOW Lyric Theatre Greenville, SC

Harold Clurman Laboratory Theatre Company New York, NY

Hersheypark Entertainment Hershey, PA

Highlands Playhouse Highlands, NC

Jenny Wiley Theatre Prestonsburg, KY

Jewish Ensemble Theatre West Bloomfield, MI

Kings Dominion Doswell, VA

Lexington Children’s Theatre Lexington, KY

The Lost Colony Manteo, NC

Maine State Music Theatre Brunswick, ME

Matt Davenport Productions Nashville, TN

McLeod Summer Playhouse Carbondale, IL

Mill Mountain Theatre Roanoke, VA

Missoula Children’s Theatre Missoula, MT

National Players Olney, MD

NC Black Repertory Company Winston-Salem, NC

New Stage Theatre Jackson, MS

Norwegian Creative Studios Riverview, FL

Okoboji Summer Theatre Spirit Lake, IA

Orlando Shakespeare Theater Orlando, FL

Peach State Summer Theatre Valdosta, GA

Playhouse On The Square Memphis, TN

The Prizery South Boston, VA

Riverside Theatre Vero Beach, FL

Royal Caribbean Productions North Miami, FL

RWS Entertainment Group New York, NY

Sacramento Theatre Company Sacramento, CA

Serenbe Playhouse Chattahoochee Hills, GA

Shadowbox Live Columbus, OH

Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre Winchester, VA

Sight & Sound Theatres Strasburg, PA

Stephen Foster Story Bardstown, KY

Tecumseh! Chillicothe, OH

The REP Theatre Santa Rosa Beach, FL

Theatre West Virginia Beckley, WV

Thunder Bay Theatre Alpena, MI

Tweetsie Railroad Blowing Rock, NC

Unto These Hills Cherokee, NC

V Star Entertainment Group Minneapolis, MN

Virginia Repertory Theatre Richmond, VA

West Virginia Public Theatre Morgantown, WV

Williamstown Theatre Festival Williamstown, MA

Windish Music & Productions West Chester, PA

Strawhats ​www.strawhat-auditions.com

Where: New York, NY

When: March (2020 date is TBA)
How: Complete online profile and register on the site. You must also mail in hard copies of your
application, headshot and resume.
What: 90 seconds for musical selection and monologue.

Billed as New York City’s premiere combined audition service. Strawhats are the simplest combined
auditions to attend as they only require that you be over 18 to audition. One Audition, multiple job
opportunities – All in one day. StrawHat Auditions are open to non-Equity performers age 18 and older:
singers, dancers, and actors. Opportunities are available in summer theatres, production and
entertainment companies, cruise ships, theme parks, and special events.
StrawHat Auditions has been New York City’s premiere combined audition service since 1979. Having
started as a single day, open call event on Theatre Row, we have grown to a 3-day event presenting over
700 actors, singers, and dancers, many making their first foray into professional theatre.

Recent participating companies:

Boebe Productions Wilmington, DE

Broadhollow Theatre Co. East Islip, NY

Clear Space Theatre Co. Rehoboth Beach, DE

Cleveland Musical Theatre Cleveland, OH

Clove Creek Dinner Theatre Fishkill, NY

Davenport Theatrical New York, NY

Encore at the Point Casco, ME

Field Station: Dinosaurs! Leonia, NJ

Forestburgh Playhouse Forestburgh, NY

Fort Peck Summer Theatre Fort Peck, MT

Gretna Theatre Gretna, VA

Infinity Theatre Company New York, NY

Interlakes Summer Theatre Meredith, NH

Ivoryton Playhouse Ivoryton, CT

Mac-Haydn Theatre Chatham, NY

Making It On Broadway Boca Raton, FL

Millbrook Playhouse Mill Hall, PA

Missoula Children’s Theatre Missoula, MT

Music Academy International Collinsville, CT

Musical Mysteries & More Pittsburgh, PA

NCC Summer Theatre Bethlehem, PA

Park Playhouse Albany, NY

Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire Lancaster, PA

Pines Dinner Theatre Allentown, PA

Powerhouse Theater Arlington, NY

Priscilla Beach Theatre Plymouth, MA

RWS Entertainment Group Long Island City, NY

Shawnee Playhouse SHAWNEE ON DE, PA

Show Place Brookline, MA

Sight & Sound Theatres Branson, MO

Spokane Valley Summer Theatre Veradale, WA

Surflight Theatre Beach Haven, NJ

Texas Family Musicals Bedford, TX

Theatre by the Sea Wakefield, RI

Tibbits Summer Theatre Coldwater, MI

Timbers Dinner Theatre Mt Gretna, PA

Village Playback Theatre New York, NY

Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Orlando, FL

Weathervane Theatre – NH Whitefield, NH

Windish Music & Productions West Chester, PA

Woodstock Playhouse Woodstock, NY

MWTA (Midwest Theater Auditions) ​http://www.webster.edu/fine-arts/midwest-theatre-auditions/

Where: St. Louis, MO

When: February (2020 date is TBA)
How: To apply for the MidWest Theatre Auditions, you must be nominated by a college professor or
theatre professional. Instructions and application are online.
What: 90 seconds for monologue and song/songs

MWTA is open to anyone 18 and up, union and non-union actors. Actors are considered on a first come
first served basis. MWTA is not as large as the others mentioned above, but serves the midwest and is
well organized for those looking to work in the area.

Past theaters in attendance:

Arrow Rock Lyceum Theater Arrow Rock, MO

Bigfork Summer Playhouse Bigfork, MT

Black Hills Playhouse Custer, SD

Blue Gate Musicals Shipshewana, IN

Cedar Point Live Entertainment Sandusky, OH

Clinton Area Showboat Theatre Clinton, IA

Crane River Theater Kearney, NE

Dunes Summer Theatre Michigan City, IN

Festival 56 Princeton, IL

Grandstreet Theatre Helena, MT

Hope Summer Repertory Theatre Holland, MI

River Campus Summer Arts Festival Cape Girardeau, MO

Maples Repertory Theatre Macon, MO

Missoula Children's Theatre Missoula, MT

Opera Theatre of St. Louis Webster Groves, MO

River City Players Tahlequah, OK

Stella Adler Studio of Acting New York, NY

Thunder Bay Theatre Alpena, MI

Tibbits Summer Theatre Coldwater, MI

Timber Lake Playhouse Mt Carroll, IL

There are several other theater conference auditions. Information on all of them can be found here:

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