Auditions for Spring 2025 Productions

We welcome everyone to our open auditions - whether you're a seasoned veteran, coming back from an acting hiatus, or completely new to the stage, we encourage you to audition for a part in one of our shows!  Auditions for our Spring 2025 shows will take place:

January TBD
Time TBD

S&B Tech/Rehearsal Space

Walk-ins are welcome, but we strongly encourage you to make an appointment to reduce your wait.

Make an appointment at: <link TBD>

Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in and review sides.

Please come prepared to share your scheduling conflicts starting January.
You are expected to provide ALL known conflicts during the expected rehearsal and performance period, and participation in a show is contingent on commitment to the rehearsals and performances as scheduled based on your provided conflicts.

VIRTUAL AUDITION OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND IN PERSON. Please email us at SockAndBuskinTC@gmail.com to make alternative arrangements.

Scroll down for details on the shows and available roles.

Please note that, to maintain compliance with state laws and ensure the safety of minors, volunteers (including actors and crew) may need to obtain clearances if the production team or cast includes minors.

Audition Location:

Our tech/rehearsal space is located at the Nittany Mall:

2901 E College Ave
State College, PA 16801

Use Entrance A, which is located on the E. College Ave Side of the mall (past the entrance to Gabe's). Our unit is a corner unit on the right, across from Ville Billy's.

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Slain at the Speakeasy
A murder mystery comedy
by Kari Williamson & Nate Schierman
adapted from interactive party script of the same name by Stefanie R. Austin
Directed by Henry Morello

Performances: March 20, 21, and 22 at 7:00pm; and March 23 at 12:30pm; at Titan Hollow

Rehearsals: Start January. Tech week starts Sunday, March 16.

Synopsis: It’s a typical night at Ruth’s Speakeasy, where you can find the best moonshine and jazz singers in town. Gangsters, crooked cops, businessmen, and rising stars can all be found here, and everyone respects Ruth’s rules of “no business” and “no guns.” However, betrayal, vengeance, and greed threaten the peace, and one person ends up killed. Was it the crooked police chief? The sultry jazz singer? A scorned woman? Find out the secrets and solve the mystery of Slain at the Speakeasy.

Available Roles:

  • Maxwell Parker (Male, 30's-50's): Private investigator who acts as a narrator of sorts. Smart and mysterious.
  • Louise (Female, 30's-40's): Barmaid. Non-nonsense like her mother, Ruth, but less uptight. Very smart, savvy, and has her secrets.
  • Dorothy (Female, 20's-30's): Cigarette girl and in love with Bugsy, who works with the mob. A bit dull but clever. Religious and yearns for a traditional family life. 
  • Rosie (Female, 20's-30's): Aspiring blues singer and a fan of Annie Marconi, a famous singer. Wants to be a singer at the speakeasy. Dating Frankie, the local mob boss but is having a secret fling with Bugsy, one of his employees.

Additional roles may become available and this list will be updated if so.

NOTES:

  • Actors will be expected to help with costumes and props (but no financial contributions are expected.)
  • You are expected to provide ALL known conflicts at the time of auditions for the entire rehearsal and performance period.
  • All activities and rehearsals during tech week are non-negotiable. 
  • All activities and rehearsals during tech week are non-negotiable - this includes load in, strike, and all rehearsals and performances.

A Fox on the Fairway
A farce by Ken Ludwig
Directed by TBA

Performances: May 1, 2, and 3 at 7:30pm; and May 4 at 2:00pm; at American Philatelic Society

Rehearsals: Start March. Tech week starts Saturday, April 26.

Synopsis: A tribute from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, A Fox On the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp, which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it's a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers' classics. A charmingly madcap adventure about love, life, and man's eternal love affair with...golf.

Available Roles:

  • Henry Bingham (Male, 40's): Director of the Quail Valley County Club. Witty and cynical. Gets into a high-stakes bet on a golf tournament and is desperate to win. Unhappily married to Muriel and gets involved with Pamela.
  • Muriel Bingham (Female, 40's): Henry's wife. Runs an antique shop, which becomes part of Henry's wager on the golf tournament. Overbearing and stern, but has a soft spot for Dickie.
  • Dickie Bell (Male, 40's): Director of Crouching Squirrel County Club, a rival club. Gets into a high-stakes wager with Henry Bingham. A bit obnoxious, including in his fashion choices, but tries to appear good-natured. He is Pamela's ex and has a "thing" for Muriel.
  • Pamela Peabody (Female, late 30's): A member of the Quail Valley Country Club. Attractive and sophisticated. A bit of a drinker. She aids Henry Bingham in his plans to win the wager.
  • Justin Hicks (Male, 20's): Henry Bingham's new assistant who is eager to please. Anxious, sweet, has unruly hair. Volunteers to be a golfer in the tournament to help win the wager, but after his engagement to Louise, he gets emotional which affects his golf game.
  • Louise Heindbedder (Female, 20's): Waitress at the Quail Valley Country Club. Attractive, a little ditzy, but studious. Engaged to Justin early on, but questions their future together and can be emotional. Can cry at a moment's notice.

NOTES:

  • Actors will be required to attend and participate in at least 1 set building day.
  • Actors will be expected to help with costumes and props (but no financial contributions are expected.)
  • You are expected to provide ALL known conflicts at the time of auditions for the entire rehearsal and performance period.
  • All activities and rehearsals during tech week are non-negotiable - this includes load in, strike, and all rehearsals and performances.

Future Auditions

Summer 2025 TBD:

  • Night Watch by Lucille Fletcher, directed by Stefanie Austin & Eli Beers-Altman - September 18-21, 2025
  • November murder mystery TBD