UPCOMING AUDITIONS - Fall 2026 Productions

  • Wildcat Theatre Follies
  • Come From Away
  • The Rocky Horror Show
  • POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive

 

Fall 2026 Production Audition Information!


NMU students are invited to audition for all productions in our academic season. Linked below is the Fall 2026 Production Audition Information document. Please read the entire document carefully. After reading the auditions document, if you have any questions, feel free to email us at nmutd@nmu.edu. 

AUDITION REMINDERS

⭐You must fill out an audition form prior to auditioning for a production. Please upload your headshot and resume on your audition form; you do not need to bring a physical resume/headshot to your audition. All theatre and dance majors and minors are required to upload resumes/headshots for each audition they attend.

⭐Students should arrive 5-10 minutes before the start of auditions to take a number. Those auditioning will wait quietly outside of the audition room until their number is called. When you have completed your audition, you may leave.

⭐All BFA Acting, BFA Musical Theatre Majors, and BA/BS Theatre and Entertainment Arts (Performance) students must attend all auditions (excluding auditions for CO/LAB Dance Company). 

⭐All Dance Majors are required to audition for CO/LAB Dance Company and are expected to present themselves professionally and appropriately. Dance majors are also required to attend Dance Call (Combination #2). See specific season details for date and time.

PLEASE NOTE: If a production offers multiple singing/acting audition days, you only need to attend one of those sessions. The dance call is mandatory for all auditionees—please sign up for the session(s) that best match your ability level. Additionally, make sure you are available should callbacks be scheduled. It is each auditionee’s responsibility to confirm their availability for all scheduled rehearsals, technical and dress rehearsals, and performances.
 

If you are unable to attend auditions, please email nmutd@nmu.edu.

For more information on each show, including synopses, character breakdown, and show dates, please click here.

Please scroll to the bottom of the page for general audition and callback information.

 

Audition and casting policies can be found here.

How to Audition

The Department of Theatre and Dance holds separate auditions for each production in our season. Audition paperwork will be made available on this page prior to all auditions and must be filled out before audition day. 

On audition day, performers will enter the space one at a time as their numbers are called and each performer will have about 90 seconds to present their audition materials. 

What to Prepare

This may change depending on the production, but the below is typically true:

  • For a play, actors should prepare two short (contrasting) monologues.
  • For a musical, actors should prepare one short monologue and a cutting of a song in the musical theatre style.
  • Audition packages should not exceed 90 seconds.

Callbacks

If callbacks are held for a production, they are typically scheduled for the day after the final day of auditions for that production. Performers will be notified directly via email if they are needed for callbacks. A callback does not guarantee a role in the production. Similarly, if a student is not called back, it does not mean they will not be cast.

Cast lists for productions are posted as soon as possible following auditions and callbacks and will be made available via email.

For a full list of our audition and casting policies, please click here.