AUDITIONS
Are you looking to do creative improvisational theatre with heart, meaning, and joy? Come audition to join our professional Boston-area ensemble. We perform “Playback Theatre,” a form of improv using stories told by audience members.
Our events create a respectful atmosphere where every voice can be heard and any story told -- however ordinary or extraordinary, difficult or joyful. True Story Theater offers audiences fresh perspectives, deeper connections, and a renewed appreciation for our common humanity.
"What is extraordinary about True Story Theater is how much you learn to empathize with others.
And the interplay between the audience and the actors is electric... This troupe is perceptive, sensitive, intelligent, and often very funny."
-Anna Dunwell
What we look for:
· Strong acting skills: both as an ensemble player and as a solo performer
· Empathic listening skills
· Available to rehearse monthly on the 1st Sunday afternoon & do 1-2 shows per month
· Comfortable with movement-based work
What we offer you:
· The opportunity to perform in over 25 shows a year
· Performing for many different constituencies in a broad range of venues
· Becoming part of a strong creative community
· Opportunity to grow as a performer
· Social healing through theatre
· Connecting to new communities in and around Boston Intrigued?
Time commitment:
· Perform at least once a month, on average.
· Rehearse 1:30-5:30pm on the first Sunday of the month
· After you first join, take part in an 8-week practice group (if one is happening when you join & at a time you can make) to get your skills up to performance level faster.
· One summer weekend retreat per year and an optional 24-hour winter retreat (all expenses paid).
· We prefer people who expect to join the company for at least two years.
1-2 hours/month of volunteer work.
Intrigued? Follow these steps:
a) Learn about True Story Theater:
· Read carefully through our website and the audition guidelines below.
· As soon as you can,
o see us perform (if you haven't already) and
o if possible, come to a “PlayShop” or Workshop listed on the website calendar. There you can have a first-hand experience of Playback Theatre and meet some of the troupe members.
(b) Come to an audition:
· Email Christopher Ellinger, Director, to tell us you are interested in auditioning, and why.
· Come to the next scheduled audition. You needn’t prepare anything. You may bring a headshot and resume, but that is optional.
· If we like each other and think we're a promising match, you will be asked to complete the linked application questions.
(c) What to expect if we're a good match:
· There may be a Callback audition.
Auditioners who seem to be a good fit will be invited to participate in two of our monthly rehearsals so that you and everyone in the troupe can meet and play together.
· If after that we if all feel good together, you will be invited to be an Apprentice, which is a 3-4 month period of training and mutual checking-out. You’d be supported by a Mentor from the troupe.
"True Story Theater is a precious creative family where we hear and play out each others' stories, and care about each other. I feel very privileged to be part of it." - Christopher Ellinger