Auditions

Trinity has many performing arts opportunities across many disciplines. Students are invited to participate no matter their level of experience. Information about the groups follows.

Theater and Dance

Fall Theater Production
THDN-309. (.5 CREDIT).

The Wolves

By Sarah DeLappe
Directed by Kristen Moriarty

The Wolves is a highly physical ensemble play about a girls indoor high school club soccer team. Every Saturday morning as the girls gather to take on another team, their pregame warmup gives the audience a glimpse into their lives and all they are dealing with as girls who are becoming adults—menstruation, teen pregnancy, war, immigration, relationship to authority, their own interpersonal dynamics, and themselves.                                                      

Cast: Seeking actors of any gender identity to play members of a women’s soccer team. Characters Needed: 9 soccer players & 1 soccer mom

Auditions: Friday, September 5, 2025, 7:00-9:00 pm, Garmany Hall

Auditions and Callbacks: Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 6:30-9:00 pm

Performances: October 23rd, 24th (two shows), and 25th

Rehearsal schedule: will be created based on ensemble availability

Bring your schedule and conflicts through the performance dates with you. For more information, questions, or if you are unable to attend the audition, please contact Kristen Moriarty, [email protected]

“The Wolves” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Fall Dance Production
THDN-309. (.5 CREDIT)

The Mix: Meditations on Space

Directed by Peter Kyle

Are you ready to showcase your creativity? The Department of Theater and Dance invites students to submit proposals for The Mix: Meditations on Space! Help celebrate the 60th anniversary of Trinity’s Austin Arts Center by sharing your artistry through choreography, spoken word, installation, short plays, object theater, site-specific, music or sound art, or other hybrid art projects you are inspired to create. The production will also include several pieces by faculty, guest artists and alumni, making it a fabulous interdisciplinary collaboration.

What We’re Looking For:

• Choreography: dance pieces that inspire and engage
• Short plays Spoken Word: powerful poetry and storytelling
• Installations: visual works that animate unexpected spaces
• Object Theater: imaginative puppetry projects
• Hybrid Performances: innovative blends of genres
• Music and Sound Art: audio experiments and innovations
• Performers: all are welcome!

Key Dates:

• Information Sessions (interested students, please attend one): Thursday, September 4, 4:30-5:30pm, AAC/Goodwin Theater OR Friday, September 5, 4:30-5:30pm, AAC/Goodwin Theater
• Proposal Submission Deadline: Thursday, September 11 at 5:00p
• Notification of Acceptance: Tuesday, September 16
• The Mix Company Meeting with all accepted student project leads: Thursday, September 18, 4:30-5:30pm
• Performance Dates: November 20-22, 2025, 7:30pm, Austin Arts Center

Note: A more detailed production schedule will be provided at the information sessions, noted above.

Submission Guidelines:

• Submit your proposals HERE (Google login NOT required)

Why Participate?

• Showcase your creative vision to a supportive audience
• Collaborate with fellow student-artists
• Gain valuable experience creating and producing your own art project
• Help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Austin Arts Center

Join us for a celebration of creativity and expression! Don’t miss your chance to be a part of the The Mix!

For Questions:

Read through the FAQs HERE before submitting your proposal. If you still have questions, contact Peter Kyle, Associate Professor, [email protected]

Calling All Performers

Looking for a new experience? Audition for student-created dances and movement works that will be part of The Mix, celebrating AAC’s 60th anniversary. All are welcome, regardless of experience!

Project Details

The Department of Theater and Dance seeks students to join the casts of new dances and movement works created by other students for The Mix: Meditations on Space, a multi-disciplinary event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Austin Arts Center. Performance dates are November 20-22, 2025. Looking for individuals who:

• Enjoy working collaboratively
• Want to be part of making something new
• Like exploring movement

Casting/Audition Info:

All interested individuals must come to the Casting/Auditions event for The Mix on Saturday, September 20, 12:00-3:00pm, Performance Lab, Trinity Commons (Rm. 152). Be prepared to:

• Learn and perform some existing movement material
• Create and invent your own material on the spot
• Discuss your interest in performing

Rehearsals: 

All performers must be available for ca. 3 hrs. of weekly rehearsal from September 22 – November 22. A specific schedule will be developed based on mutual availability with the performers. Attendance at progress showings and technical rehearsals is also required. A detailed production schedule will be provided at the Casting/Audition event.

Performances: 

All performers in Perched must be available for these performances and call times:

Academic Credit:

All students performing in The Mix receive Arts credit through the department of Theater and Dance

Agreement:

All performers will be asked to sign an agreement stating that they understand and commit to attending all rehearsals and performances for this production.

QUESTIONS? Write to Professor Peter Kyle at [email protected].

Simone Forti’s Slant Board (1961) from Dance Constructions

Do you like to climb? Dance? Work with others? Learn Slant Board, a performance that involves climbing an inclined board over and over using ropes and knots. This improvisational dance, by legend, Simone Forti, premiered in 1961 in NYC and has since been done around the world.

Project Details

The Department of Theater and Dance seeks nine motivated individuals to learn and perform Slant Board, Simone Forti’s acclaimed work from her larger suite, Dance Constructions. On loan from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Slant Board will be taught by professional artist and longtime Forti collaborator, K.J. Holmes for The Mix: Meditations on Space, a multi-disciplinary event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Austin Arts Center. Performance dates are November 20-22, 2025.

Simone Forti (American, b. Italy 1935) began developing the pieces she eventually called Dance Constructions based on ordinary movement, chance, and simple objects like rope and plywood boards. First performed in 1960, the suite of works explores the nature of social relationships – often directing performers to cooperate or collaborate to carry out a set of task-based instructions. It represents a watershed moment in the history of art and dance when the relationships between bodies and objects, movement and sculpture, were being fundamentally rethought.

 In accordance with Forti’s vision, qualified candidates must be capable of:

• performing repeated physical movements over a period of time
• performing in close contact with others, with some weight sharing required

Background in visual art, dance, or other performing arts is helpful, though not required.

Casting/Audition Info:

All interested students must come to the Casting/Auditions event for The Mix on Saturday, September 20, 12:00-3:00pm, in the Performance Lab, Trinity Commons (Rm. 152)

 Be prepared to discuss/share the following:

• Your contact information: full name, cell phone, email address
• Your artistic work or experience (if applicable)
• Why you want to participate in this project
• The rehearsal and performance schedule, listed below

Rehearsals:

All Slant Board performers must be available to rehearse as follows (subject to change):

Performances:

All performers in Slant Board must be available for these performances and call times:

Academic Credit:

All students performing Slant Board receive .50 Arts credit (THDN 309 – Stage Production)

Agreement:

All performers of Slant Board will be asked to sign an agreement stating that they understand and commit to attending all rehearsals and performances, noted above.

 QUESTIONS? Write to Professor Peter Kyle at [email protected].

Want to learn more?

Watch an excerpt of a performance of Slant Board, in Rome

Read “At Work with Dance Constructions” by Sarah Vox Swenson

Hear an interview by Sarah Vox Swenson w/ Simone Forti

Peter Kyle’s Perched (2011)

Do you love performing? Have a good sense of rhythm? Like a good physical and verbal challenge? Learn Perched a brainteaser duet in which two crossword puzzlers sit, stand, climb and slide along a narrow rail performing a precarious leg swinging sequence as they attempt to outwit each other with verbal and physical calisthenics.

Project Details

The Department of Theater and Dance seeks two students to learn and perform Perched. Professor Kyle will restage his 2011 work for The Mix: Meditations on Space, a multi-disciplinary event celebrating the 60^th anniversary of the Austin Arts Center. Performance dates are November 20-22, 2025. Looking for individuals who can:

• Learn, repeat and help invent movement sequences and spoken text
• Work in close collaboration with a scene partner
• Project their voice into space (singing is a plus, but not critical)
• Move with a sense of playfulness and abandon

Casting/Audition Info:

All interested individuals must come to the Casting/Auditions event for The Mix on Saturday, September 20, 12:00-3:00pm, Performance Lab, Trinity Commons (Rm. 152). Be prepared to:

• Learn and perform some existing movement and spoken text material
• Create and invent some material on the spot
• Discuss your interest in performing

Rehearsals:

All Perched performers must be available for 3-4 hrs. of weekly rehearsal from September 22 – November 22. A specific schedule will be developed based on mutual availability with the performers. Attendance at progress showings and technical rehearsals is also required. A detailed production schedule will be provided at the Casting/Audition event.

Performances:

All performers in Perched must be available for these performances and call times:

Academic Credit:

All students performing Perched receive .50 Arts credit (THDN 309 – Stage Production)

Agreement:

All performers of Perched will be asked to sign an agreement stating that they understand and commit to attending all rehearsals and performances for this production.

QUESTIONS? Write to Professor Peter Kyle at [email protected].