Auditions
Master Arts welcomes everyone interested in auditioning for our eight annual productions. We also offer exciting opportunities to participate in various other events and traveling troupes.
Upcoming Auditions:
NOTE: Sign-ups start 6 Weeks Before The First Audition.
*Note: all auditions are held at 10 am on Saturdays and 6:30 pm on Mondays, unless otherwise noted. Find our audition and rehearsal schedule standards below our audition dates.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Directed by: Walter Williams
Auditions: February 7 & 9, 2026
Performances: April 17 – May 2, 2026
The Cast:
- Abby Brewster – 50’s to 70’s
- Martha Brewster – 50’s to 70’s
- The Rev. Dr. Harper – 40’s to 50″s
- Teddy Brewster – Late 30’s to 50″s
- Officer Brophy – Late 20’s to 50’s
- Officer Klein- Late 20’s to 50’s
- Elaine Harper – Later 20’s, late 30’s
- Mortimer Brewster – Later 20’s, late 30’s
- Mr. Gibbs- Late 20’s to 50’s
- Jonathan Brewster – Late 30’s to 50’s
- Dr. Einstein – Late 30’s to 50’s
- Officer O’Hara- Late 30’s to 50’s
- Lieutenant Rooney- Late 30’s to 50’s
- Mr. Witherspoon- Late 30’s to 50’s
Things We Couldn’t Say
Directed by: Cathy Van Lopik
Auditions: March 7 & 9, 2026
Performances: May 22 – June 6, 2026
- Biographer: (Flexible role.) Writer asked to speak about Diet Eman and the World War II Resistance movement in the Netherlands.
- Diet Eman (Deet A’mon.): A Dutch-American woman in her mid-seventies, full of life, bright, energetic, forceful, who is, on the occasion of this play, telling her own story of suffering and survival via use of recently opened letters and diary entries, sources opened publicly for the first time in fifty years. Some of her story comes out easily, some comes with joy, some comes only with great reluctance; but on this occasion, for the very first time, it comes out in its entirety.
- Young Diet: Early twenties—idealistic, gutsy, in love. As Diet’s younger self, she appears as the story Diet tells begins to tumble out. Because she is being allowed to tell it for the first time, she is somewhat more guarded than her older self, conscious of both what it says about her and the presence of the man she’s loved throughout the war, who is now beside her and hearing the things she could never tell him.
- Hein Sietsma (Hyne Seet’sma.): Early twenties, handsome, somewhat protective, Diet’s accomplice in the work of rescuing imperiled Dutch Jews. Because of his death at Dachau, he has never heard the whole story of his fiancée’s wartime experience. Like Diet, he is committed to Resistance work for strong moral reasons. His death at Dachau came as a result of hunger and final physical collapse.
- 3 Nazi Guards: Two males and one female.
The Reluctant Dragon
Directed by: Walter Williams
Auditions: January 12 & 17, 2026
Performances: June 18 – 27, 2026
–Master Arts Theatre’s Audition Policy
Unless otherwise noted, Master Arts’ auditions will be cold readings.
Sign-ups for auditions are not mandatory but preferred.
Sides will not be available before the audition date. If you would like to peruse a script, you may come by the office and check one out for a $5.00 deposit.
Please arrive 15 minutes prior, so the director can start auditions on time.
After auditions, everyone will be contacted, whether you receive a role or not.
If you get a call or email informing you that you were not chosen, and you still want to be involved (working backstage), let the director know immediately.
If you would like to request any special accommodations, please contact the office prior to auditions.
Rehearsal Schedule
Rehearsal schedules will vary from show to show.
Most rehearsals begin the week of or the week after auditions.
Regular rehearsal will be Monday through Thursday from 6:30 to 9:30 pm. (Subject to change, please ask the director for exact details of the rehearsal schedule for your show.)
Main roles will meet four times a week, minor roles may only meet once or twice weekly.
Crazy Saturday will be the Saturday before opening night. Crazy Saturday is a 6 to 8-hour event.
Please enter all dates on your audition sheet that you have previous engagements. Because we are a community theater, the schedule can sometimes be worked around.