Audition Information for Fall Semester 2026-2027 Season

ISU Theatre 2026-2027 Season Auditions

Initial Auditions: August 26th, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Bistline theatre, consisting of:

Total package not to exceed 3 minutes:

• 1 Minute Contemporary comedic monologue
• 32 bars of a contemporary musical selection in the style of Jeanine Tesori, or Tom Kitt, with piano accompaniment. A pianist will be provided. Please bring sheet music in the correct key.

Please download and fill out this Audition Form and upload it along with your headshot and resume on this Google Form. Name your files "Firstname Lastname - Item" (Example: John Smith - Audition Form):

If you are invited for a Callback you will be notified after your initial audition.

Callbacks will be in person on August 27th, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. respectively: 

• Thursday August 27th, 2026 6-7PM - Callbacks for movement and choreography
• Black Box Theatre
• Thursday August 27th, 2026 7-9PM - Callbacks Peace, Love, and Cupcakes with Hannah Dubner
• Black Box Theatre
• Thursday August 27th, 2026 7-9PM. - The Play that Goes Wrong Callbacks with Jef Petersen
• Bistline Theatre

Peace, Love and Cupcakes by Rick Hip-Flores

Kylie Carson has a big problem: she’s different. And different isn’t necessarily a good thing in 7th grade. She loves vampires, zombies, and all things pertaining to monster movies--one of the many reasons why kids at her new school avoid her like the Creature from the Black Lagoon. To sweeten up her image--and find a place where she belongs--Kylie starts a cupcake club (Peace, Love & Cupcakes), attended by three other socially invisible girls. Together, they forge a powerful friendship, figure out how to create crowd-pleasing cupcakes, and become a booming baking business that would make Martha Stewart envious. But when Meredith Mitchell, Blakely Middle School’s resident Queen Bee, tries to sabotage their efforts, will Kylie have the courage to stand up to the bully and bring the school together? A musical that celebrates kid power, friendship, and standing up for who you are and what you believe in, based on the bestselling children’s book series.

CHARACTERS:
KYLIE - Female-Identifying
Leader of the Cupcake Club. A quirky, slightly awkward, nervous new girl--described as having “weird taste in clothes and freckles on her nose.” The butt of everyone’s jokes, she struggles with self-doubt and finding a place she fits in amidst the school social scene.

LEXI - Female-Identifying
One of The Cupcake Club. A shy, demure girl, who “tends to disappear” around her peers until she finds her voice and her power as a member of PLC.

JENNA - Female-Identifying
One of The Cupcake Club. Jenna is vivacious, loquacious, and the “golden tastebuds” of PLC--she knows everything about flavors and ingredients.

SADIE - Female-Identifying
One of The Cupcake Club. Captain of the Blakely Bears Basketball team, she years to be looked upon as something other than a “dumb jock.” She is physically tall and athletic; skilled with dribbling a basketball or twirling it on her finger.

MEREDITH - Female-Identifying
Leader of The Blah Girls (popular girls). Snide, snarky and self-absorbed, Meredith is Blakely’s Queen Bee who rules by fear, intimidation and a massive Instagram following. At her core, there is insecurity, vulnerability and the need--as much as anyone else--to feel loved.

1. LUDWIG-
   British accent.  Warm and friendly.

JEREMY-
Genuine, smart, all-around good guy, and DJ for the school radio broadcast.  Kylie’s romantic interest. 

NERDY BOY-
The school weirdo.  A bit ludicrous in manner and appearance.

MRS. SHOTLAN-
Kylie’s nurturing and well-meaning Home-Ec teacher.

MRS. LUDWIG-
British accent.  Comically uptight, but waiting to burst.  

DITZY GIRL-
Slow-witted. One of Meredith’s lackeys.   

Others - Male and Female

The Play that Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer

Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show: an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! 

CHARACTERS:

ANNIE –
The company’s stage manager. American accent.

STAGE CREW –
The Cornley Drama Society stage crew.

TREVOR –
The company’s lighting and sound operator. American accent.

CHRIS –
The head of the drama society. Directed the play and plays Inspector Carter.

JONATHAN –
Plays Charles Haversham.

ROBERT –
Plays Thomas Colleymoore.

DENNIS –
Plays Perkins.

MAX –
Plays Cecil Haversham and Arthur the Gardener.

SANDRA –
Plays Florence Colleymoore.