Auditioning for Key City Public Theatre

General Auditions are held each year in the fall for the upcoming season. Watch this page for announcement of audition dates and see General Auditions information below.

If you are unable to attend General Auditions and wish to be considered for casting, please contact Assistant to the Artistic Director, Angela Amos by e-mail.

In addition, KCPT Artistic Staff attend the annual Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) General Auditions held in Seattle. For further information about TPS Auditions, please visit their website.

2013 General Auditions are completed

Key City Public Theatre's 2013 General Auditions will be held on Friday, November 9, 2012 beginning at 6:00 p.m. and on Saturday, November 10, 2012 beginning at 2:00 p.m. All auditions are held at Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St. in Port Townsend.

General Auditions are open to actors of all ages and experience levels. Each season, a few roles are available to members of Actors' Equity Association (AEA) by virtue of a Special Appearance Agreement between the union and KCPT.

General Auditions are audited by the 2013 Season’s Directors and KCPT Artistic Staff. By attending, you are eligible for roles in any 2013 production including our mainstage shows, PT Shorts, or the WordPlay Reading Series.

NEW FOR 2013: Auditions are scheduled by appointment with a five-minute time limit. To schedule your audition appointment, please email your preferred date to angela.amos@keycitypublictheatre.org. You will receive a confirmation email with your assigned audition time.

Audition Preparation

Please prepare two contrasting monologues or one monologue and a song. No accompaniment is available. If you do not have prepared material, a monologue will be provided at the audition.

Bring a headshot and resume (one copy) OR your photograph will be taken and an audition application will be provided.

Perusal scripts of our 2013 season plays will be available -- beginning Tuesday October 2 -- at the KCPT uptown offices at 1128 Lawrence Street. Office hours are 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Note: A FREE audition preparation workshop will be held in advance of General Auditions.

Casting Policies and Procedures

Individual show directors may hold callback auditions after General Auditions. Those callback auditions will happen throughout the season. Final casting notifications are posted on the appropriate show pages of the KCPT website. Check the KCPT website regularly for casting updates.

Actors and actresses of all ages and ethnic backgrounds are encouraged to audition. Key City Public Theatre does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, gender, marital status or disability.

Free Audition Workshop

Free Audition Workshop
Instructor: Amy Sousa, KCPT Education Coordinator
Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

at Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington Street, Port Townsend

Come one, come all ! KCPT provides performance opportunities for all levels of experience. This new workshop is being offered to ease you into the auditioning process. If you are planning on attending General Auditions, if you’re new to the community or if you simply want to brush up on your auditioning skills, we recommend attending this workshop!

Auditioning can often prove the most challenging acting exercise, even for well seasoned actors. This workshop will provide techniques that you can use in your rehearsal process as well as the audition room that will unleash your confidence and creativity. In an audition, an actor needs to show that s/he is both, an artist and a showman, a creative spirit and a professional. The activities taught in this workshop will help you to give your best audition ever.

About the Workshop:

Direct Your Monologue: In the audition room there are no props or setting provided. We will work on how to create specific staging that gives your monologue dimension and gives you something to DO in the audition.
Act Your Monologue: We will work with different techniques that add spontaneity and truth to your monologue.
Audition With Your Monologue: We will talk about what to expect from the audition room and how to carry yourself like a professional throughout your audition.

All actors attending should bring a two-minute monologue that they can use in the workshop. Perusal scripts of our 2013 season plays will be available -- beginning Tuesday October 2 -- at the KCPT uptown offices at 1128 Lawrence Street. Office hours are 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Following the workshop, actors may elect to sign up for additional fee-based monologue coaching.

To reserve your place at this FREE workshop, you can register here online. Information about the 2013 workshop will be posted here a few weeks before 2013 General Auditions.

About the Instructor

AMY E. SOUSA received her BFA in theater from New York University’s Tisch school of the arts. She studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting. She worked as a teaching artist for fifteen years in the New York City School district, teaching acting, writing, storytelling, voice and movement classes. She holds her M.A. in depth psychology and is currently a Ph.D. candidate researching the relationship between ecopsychology and the imagination.