2025 AUDITIONS
Face Off Theatre Company seeks dynamic, versatile performers
for our 10th anniversary season.
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO AUDITION:
IN-PERSON on Monday, June 30th from 5PM to 7PM at Stara (814 Palmer Ave). Auditions are on a first come/first served basis.
(appointments are not available at this time)
VIDEO SUBMISSIONS will be accepted until Monday June 30th @ 11:59PM. Please record yourself performing a 2–3-minute contemporary monologue for the audition, and a 32-bar cut (approximately 60 to 90 seconds) of a song in style of the show for the audition. Please upload your submission via YouTube, Google Drive, or Vimeo, AND ensure the link is unlisted or public for casting team viewing purposes.
Video submissions are to be sent to [email protected]. Once received, we may reach out to you in the days following for a virtual callback session with the director.
CALLBACKS:
Will follow IN PERSON auditions June 30th, from 8 to 9:30pm.
If you're invited to callbacks, you will receive a direct email between the end time of your audition slot up until 7 p.m., asking you to come in for callbacks, or confirm a virtual meeting for a callback session. Please note that physical and virtual copies of the call back sides from the show will be available the day of.
PREPARATION For in-person AND virtual Auditions:
1. A 2 to 3-minute contemporary monologue.
2. A 32-bar cut (approximately 60 to 90 seconds) of a Gospel song.
3. Please be prepared to potentially work your monologue or song or have a brief introduction discussion during your audition window.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
Mahalia
The play tells her life story from baptism through fame and activism. She is a powerful gospel singer and devout Christian. The central figure and narrator. of the musical
Female Identifying Ensemble roles:
Aunt Duke -Mahalia’s strict, religious guardian.She represents conservative church values and early resistance to gospel music’s evolution.
Mildred Falls - Mahalia’s close friend and longtime pianist.She provides emotional support, companionship, and light comic relief.
Male Identifying Ensemble actor roles:
Thomas Dorsey - Renowned composer and "Father of Gospel Music." Helps shape Mahalia’s musical career and gospel style.
Cousin Fred / Other Male Figures -Various men from Mahalia’s life, including family members and church leaders. Includes pastors and community figures she meets along the way.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil rights leader and personal friend. Mahalia supports him through her music at key events in the movement.
SCHEDULE:
Rehearsals will be five to six days a week for a 3-to-4-hour block in the evenings between 5 and 11 pm, and on weekends as needed based on cast votes and availability. Rehearsal begins Monday July 21st and end Thursday September 4th. Performances are September 5, 6, 13 @ 7:30pm and Sunday, September 14th @ 2pm.
While the characters are written with "he/him" or "she/her" pronouns in the original scripts, we welcome gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to audition for the roles they most identify with. In addition, we will list disability when specific to a character but are otherwise seeking actors of all abilities.
Please feel free to reach out to [email protected] with any questions!
To reserve your audition slot, click the Audition Form button below. For more information on each production, visit our 2025 season page!
for our 10th anniversary season.
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO AUDITION:
IN-PERSON on Monday, June 30th from 5PM to 7PM at Stara (814 Palmer Ave). Auditions are on a first come/first served basis.
(appointments are not available at this time)
VIDEO SUBMISSIONS will be accepted until Monday June 30th @ 11:59PM. Please record yourself performing a 2–3-minute contemporary monologue for the audition, and a 32-bar cut (approximately 60 to 90 seconds) of a song in style of the show for the audition. Please upload your submission via YouTube, Google Drive, or Vimeo, AND ensure the link is unlisted or public for casting team viewing purposes.
Video submissions are to be sent to [email protected]. Once received, we may reach out to you in the days following for a virtual callback session with the director.
CALLBACKS:
Will follow IN PERSON auditions June 30th, from 8 to 9:30pm.
If you're invited to callbacks, you will receive a direct email between the end time of your audition slot up until 7 p.m., asking you to come in for callbacks, or confirm a virtual meeting for a callback session. Please note that physical and virtual copies of the call back sides from the show will be available the day of.
PREPARATION For in-person AND virtual Auditions:
1. A 2 to 3-minute contemporary monologue.
2. A 32-bar cut (approximately 60 to 90 seconds) of a Gospel song.
3. Please be prepared to potentially work your monologue or song or have a brief introduction discussion during your audition window.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
Mahalia
The play tells her life story from baptism through fame and activism. She is a powerful gospel singer and devout Christian. The central figure and narrator. of the musical
Female Identifying Ensemble roles:
Aunt Duke -Mahalia’s strict, religious guardian.She represents conservative church values and early resistance to gospel music’s evolution.
Mildred Falls - Mahalia’s close friend and longtime pianist.She provides emotional support, companionship, and light comic relief.
Male Identifying Ensemble actor roles:
Thomas Dorsey - Renowned composer and "Father of Gospel Music." Helps shape Mahalia’s musical career and gospel style.
Cousin Fred / Other Male Figures -Various men from Mahalia’s life, including family members and church leaders. Includes pastors and community figures she meets along the way.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil rights leader and personal friend. Mahalia supports him through her music at key events in the movement.
SCHEDULE:
Rehearsals will be five to six days a week for a 3-to-4-hour block in the evenings between 5 and 11 pm, and on weekends as needed based on cast votes and availability. Rehearsal begins Monday July 21st and end Thursday September 4th. Performances are September 5, 6, 13 @ 7:30pm and Sunday, September 14th @ 2pm.
While the characters are written with "he/him" or "she/her" pronouns in the original scripts, we welcome gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to audition for the roles they most identify with. In addition, we will list disability when specific to a character but are otherwise seeking actors of all abilities.
Please feel free to reach out to [email protected] with any questions!
To reserve your audition slot, click the Audition Form button below. For more information on each production, visit our 2025 season page!