Audition for a Role at Shelby County Community Theatre
Your moment in the spotlight starts here.
Shelby County Community Theatre welcomes performers of all experience levels to audition for upcoming productions in our Mainstage and Upstairs at 801 seasons. Whether you’re a seasoned actor or stepping onto the stage for the first time, our community theatre auditions are open, inclusive, and designed to celebrate local talent.
Auditions typically consist of cold readings from the script, and some productions may include a vocal or movement component. Specific requirements will be listed in each casting call.
We believe theatre should reflect the community it serves, and we encourage individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to audition.
Upcoming Auditions at Shelby County Community Theatre
Audition notices will be posted as they are available. If there are no audition notices listed below, check back soon! There is always a show being planned at SCCT.
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February 15 & 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Auditions for SCCT’s Upstairs at 801 production of Uncle Vanya, by Anton Checkov and adapted by David Mamet, are February 15 and 16 at 7:00 p.m. upstairs at the theatre. Roles are available for 5 men and 4 women. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Prepared monologues are not required but welcome. The director of Uncle Vanya is Dr. Jack Wann. Performance dates are April 10-12 and 17-19. The theatre is located at 801 Main Street in Shelbyville.
Available Roles
Women:
Helene (Yelena Andreyevna) The young and beautiful (on the outside) bride of a somewhat famous professor. Playing age: middle to late 20s.
Sonya (Sofya Alexandrovna) A loyal and hard working young woman with a beautiful spirit. She is the daughter of the professor and niece to Uncle Vanya. Playing age: late teens to mid 20s.
Mother (Mariya Vasilyevna Voynitzkaya) Vanya’s fiery mother and mother in law to the professor. She is an ‘activist’ supporting and writing pamphlets for various causes including feminism. She is more supportive of the professor’s career than caring about her own son. Playing age: 60s, her son, Vanya is in his mid-40s.
Marina (Nanny) An elderly fixture in the household. Kindly and deeply religious. Playing age: 60s-upward.Men:
Dr. Astrov (Mikhail Lvovich) A disillusioned medical doctor. He is an attractive man whose only true passion is for the preservation of the environment. Playing age: mid-40s. He is a contemporary of Vanya’s.
Uncle Vanya (Ivan Petrovich Voynitzky) has ‘wasted’ his life caring for an estate for the benefit of the furtherance of the professor’s career, which has come to nothing. Playing age: mid-to-late 40s.
The Professor (Alexandr Vladimirovich Serebrayakov) A somewhat arrogant scholar and writer in the arts who has actually accomplished very little. He is the former husband of Vanya’s beloved sister. Playing age: Late 50s - 60 plus. Too old for Helene.
Telegin (“Waffles”) A ‘hanger-on’ on the estate still supporting a wife who left him early in his marriage. She didn’t like him. Playing age: 40s-50s, somewhat a contemporary to Uncle Vanya, Some skill on guitar would be a plus.
A Workman - a servant of any age. -
March 15 & 16 at 7:00 p.m.