Auditions

In 2021 the Department of Theatre & Dance is proud to welcome guest artist Austene Van to Hamline University. Ms. Van will lead a three-week residency with Hamline students to develop a company-created work of Zoom theatre. Rehearsals will begin on January 25, 2021 and will culminate in a set of performances during the weekend of February 12-13, 2021.

Online auditions will take place at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Callbacks will take place on Wednesday, November 18, 2020.

For the audition process, Ms. Van asks students to select and perform a piece of text (poem, monologue, news article, original piece of writing) that best reflects your response to the state of our nation in 2020. Your audition piece should be no longer than two minutes. Each student will sign up for a five minute slot on November 17 in which you will perform your piece as well as chat with the director. Callbacks will take place the following evening.

Actor, director and choreographer, Austene Van is one of the most commanding theatre artists in the Twin Cities. She has worked with such companies as Penumbra Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, Park Square Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, The Yellow Tree Theatre, Ten Thousand Things Theatre, Mixed Blood, Theater Latte Da, History Theatre and the Children's Theatre Company. Additionally, Ms. Van has performed nationally at the McCarter Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. Austene Van is also the Artistic Director of the New Dawn Theatre Company which recently premiered A Breath for George - a collection of songs, interviews, monologues and short films honoring the life and death of George Floyd.

Interested in auditioning? Sign up here: tinyurl.com/HUauditions

Questions? Contact Jeff Turner at jturner@hamline.edu