Fall Semester 2026 Audition Information

ISU Theatre 2026-2027 Auditions

Auditions: Wednesday, August 26th, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Bistline Theatre

Total package not to exceed 3 minutes:

• 1 Minute Contemporary comedic monologue
• 32 bars of a contemporary musical selection in the style of Jeanine Tesori, Tom Kitt, or William Finn, with piano accompaniment. A pianist will be provided. Please bring sheet music in the correct key.
• Download and fill out this Audition Form
• Complete this Google Form where you must upload the following: 
  • Completed Audition Form
  • Headshot
  • Resume 
• Name your files "Firstname Lastname - Item" (Example: John Smith - Audition Form)

You will not be able to sign up for an audition time until the Google Form is complete.

In-person callbacks: Thursday, August 27th, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

If you are invited for a Callback you will be notified after your initial audition.

• 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Movement and choreography
• Black Box Theatre
• 7:00-9:00 p.m. - Peace, Love, and Cupcakes with Hannah Dubner
• Black Box Theatre
• 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. - The Play that Goes Wrong with Jef Petersen
• Bistline Theatre

Peace, Love and Cupcakes by Rick Hip-Flores

Kylie Carson has a big problem: she’s different. And different isn’t necessarily a good thing in 7th grade. She loves vampires, zombies, and all things pertaining to monster movies--one of the many reasons why kids at her new school avoid her like the Creature from the Black Lagoon. To sweeten up her image--and find a place where she belongs--Kylie starts a cupcake club, Peace, Love & Cupcakes that brings together folks who may not feel like they always fit in. Together, they forge a powerful friendship, figure out how to create crowd-pleasing cupcakes, and become a booming baking business that would make Martha Stewart envious! But when Meredith Mitchell, Blakely Middle School’s resident Queen Bee, tries to sabotage their efforts, will Kylie have the courage to stand up to the bully and bring the school together? Based on a bestselling children’s book series by Sheryl Berk & Carrie Berk, this 60 minute musical celebrates kid power, friendship, and finding belonging and connection through standing up for who you are and what you believe in.the

CHARACTERS:

KYLIE - Female-Identifying
A quirky, smart, slightly awkward, new girl who is obsessed with all things monsters. She struggles with finding a place she fits in amidst the junior high social scene. Starts the Peace, Love & Cupcakes baking club.

LEXI - Open to Any Gender

Member of Peace, Love and Cupcakes. A shy, demure girl, who “tends to disappear” around her peers until she finds her voice and her power as a leader of design for PLC

JENNA - Open to Any Gender

Member of Peace, Love and Cupcakes club. Jenna is vivacious, loquacious, and the “golden tastebuds” of PLC. Seeking an actor who is a native speaker of Spanish or another language.

SADIE - Open to Any Gender
Member of Peace, Love and Cupcakes club. Captain of the Blakely Bears Basketball team, she yearns to be looked upon as something other than a “dumb jock.” Skilled with dribbling a basketball or twirling it on her finger and cracking an egg with one hand.

MEREDITH - Female-Identifying
Leader of The Blah Girls, a hip-hop dance club. From money and power-driven, Meredith is Blakely’s Queen Bee who rules by fear and intimidation. At her core, there is insecurity, vulnerability and the need--as much as anyone else--to feel loved.

MR. LUDWIG - Male-Identifying

Local bakery owner, originally from England. Loves sweets, a good piece of history, and a fabulous sales pitch. British accent.

MRS LUDWIG - Female-Identifying 

Mr. Ludwig’s wife. Comically uptight, but waiting to burst.

JEREMY - Male-Identifying
Genuine, smart, all-around fun guy, and DJ for the school radio broadcast. 

NERDY BOY (SAM) - Male-Identifying
The school weirdo. Always trying to be cool, and get in with the cool crowd. 

MRS. SHOTLAN - Open to Any Gender

Kylie’s nurturing and well-meaning Home-Ec teacher. 

DITZY GIRL- (BROOKE) - Female Identifying
Slow to get the joke. Under Meredith’s thumb.

ENSEMBLE - Open to Any Gender

Rich variety of characters including the RUGBY TEAM, SCIENCE CLUB MEMBERS, and BLAH GIRLS- EMILY, HEATHER, and JOY

The Play that Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer

Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show: an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! 

 CHARACTERS:

ANNIE – The company’s stage manager. American accent.

STAGE CREW – The Cornley Drama Society stage crew.

TREVOR – The company’s lighting and sound operator. American accent.

CHRIS – The head of the drama society. Directed the play and plays Inspector Carter.

JONATHAN – Plays Charles Haversham.

ROBERT – Plays Thomas Colleymoore.

DENNIS – Plays Perkins.

MAX – Plays Cecil Haversham and Arthur the Gardener.

SANDRA – Plays Florence Colleymoore.