In order to be eligible for casting in a Main or Studio Stage production, you must
either be a currently enrolled SMC student (in a class other than the production and
co-requisite class) or have been a student at the college within the past year.
Musical Theatre Workshop
TA 45 - Musical Theatre Workshop Fall 2023 - Section 3255
Audition (1st class meeting) August 28, 2023, 12:45 p.m. SMC Main Campus, Studio Stage
Prepare 32 bars from any musical
Bring sheet music in the correct key for the accompanist
Performances December 15 at 7:30 p.m. December 16 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. December 17 at 2 p.m.
Avenue Q:
TA 50 – Advanced Production, Full Play Fall 2023 – Section 4230
Pre-Audition Puppet & Movement Workshop Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. SMC Main Campus, Studio Stage
Vocal Auditions Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. Prepare 16 bars of musical theater, comic style SMC Main Campus, Studio Stage
Callbacks September 5, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. SMC Main Campus, Studio Stage
Callbacks by appointment only (see director)
Performances SMC Main Campus, Main Stage December 1, 2, 8, 9 at 7:30 p.m. December 3, 10 at 2 p.m.
By the River Rivanna
TA 55 – Advanced Production, Small Theatre Venue Fall 2023 – Section 4231
Auditions September 6, 2023 at 6 p.m. SMC Main Campus, Studio Stage
Prepare a 1-minute dramatic or comedic monologue.
Grady Davis - 28. Black. Lawyer/Author/Law Professor/MSNBC legal analyst. Very smart. A rising
star in academia and media. Living in NYC, makes good money. Grew up in upper middle-class
family in Boston. His parents were both academics at Harvard and Boston College.
Adrian Armstrong - late 20s/early 30s. White. Journalist living in NYC, writes for the NY Times, makes
decent money though not nearly as much as Grady. He comes from a bluecollar family,
went to Columbia University on a scholarship. Friend of Grady.
Jackson Miller - late 20s/early 30s. Black slave of George and Hannah Miller. A stable hand on the
plantation. He loves horses. He is a quiet man, sensitive.
Charlotte Miller - 20s. Wife of Jackson Miller. GGGG-grandmother of Grady. Black slave of George and
Hannah Miller. She is smart and literate.
George Miller - late 20s/early 30s. GGGG-grandfather of Adrian. White plantation and slave owner.
Married to Hannah Miller and has three young children. Doesn’t particularly like running
the plantation but was born into it. Loves horses and riding. Sensitive, loves poetry
and sonnets.
Hannah Miller - 20s. GGGG-grandmother of Adrian. White, wife of George. Has three young children.
Obedient wife, often passive, but can show a different side.
Rebecca Miller - 50s, mother of George Miller. Nasty, the epitome of the evil slave owner. Entitled.
Bored with her life, she vents her anger on the slaves.
Betsy Miller - 18, younger sister of Charlotte Miller. She is a field hand.
Abigail, Ben, and Jacob - 16-18, field hands.
Lucy - 16, field hand.
Chorus - 3 West African/Yoruban women of indeterminate age.
Callbacks September 8, 2023 at 6 p.m. SMC Main Campus, Studio Stage
Performances SMC Main Campus, Studio Stage October 20, 21, 27, 28 at 7:30 p.m. October 22, 29 at 2 p.m.
Festival of 10-Minute Plays
Student Directors' Showcase
Auditions October 16, 2023 at 2:15 p.m. SMC Main Campus, Th Art Classroom 101
Prepare a 1-minute dramatic or comedic monologue.
Performances SMC Main Campus, Studio Stage November 4, 11 at 7 p.m.
