This page contains all the information you need to successfully submit your audition submission for the AUTD Fall 2025 production of As You Like It.
Auditions must be submitted digitally no later than 5pm CDT on Monday, April 21st and callbacks will be held in person on Monday, April 28th from 6:30-10pm. All current BFA Performance and Musical Theatre majors are required to audition.
Audition Requirements for As You Like It: Please submit a 90-second monologue from a play of your choice that contains heightened language. Examples include Shakespeare, Molière, and Greek playwrights. A contemporary play with heightened language or a piece of poetry that has a dramatic arc are also acceptable. We would also like for you to choose a 16-32-bar cut (two minutes maximum) from either a folk or pop song OR a contemporary musical theatre piece. Pick something that reflects the primary folk/pop style of the show or one of the sub-styles such as gospel or country. Examples include Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Shaina Taub, Waitress, Once, Hadestown, West Side Story, Lion King, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , Once on This Island, Book of Mormon, Alter Boyz, Urinetown, Hamilton, In the Heights, Bright Star, Avenue Q, Songs for a New World, and Taub’s musical adaptation of Twelfth Night.
Helpful virtual audition tips and the character breakdown/disclosure form for As You Like It can be found here: As You Like It Audition Resources. Please read through all resources before continuing to the audition application form.
We would also like to encourage you to read the script for the production before auditioning: Libretto for As You Like It
We suggest familiarizing yourself with the show’s music to understand the musical world of the play (but do not submit with music from the show as part of your audition):
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1isnB6JIKIPw99QvdPqusd?si=rs2OKvG_QaSUfTZlpBGweg
Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/as-you-like-it-original-public-works-cast-recording/1656323546
To complete your audition, please visit the following link to complete an audition form: AUTD Fall 2025 Audition Form. Once you have submitted the audition form, instructions about how to submit your video file will be provided, which will include a link to upload your video.
You must complete these tasks - completing the form and uploading your video - before 5pm CDT on Monday, April 21st to be considered as auditioning.
Please have your video ready to upload once you submit your audition form – you will not be able to go back to the link at a later date/time to submit your video.
Please let us know if you are unable to make the callback night due to scheduling. Once all submitted audition videos and forms are reviewed, a callback list will go out to everyone that auditioned no later than 5pm CDT on Friday, April 25th and will include the information needed to complete callbacks.
To ensure that no audition is overlooked during this process, we will be sending out confirmations once we have received all portions of your audition. If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail within 2 business days of completing your audition requirements, please reach out to the theatre@auburn.edu so that this can be addressed.
As a recap, to complete your audition, you must complete BOTH of the following items before 5pm CDT on Monday, April 21st:
- Complete an audition form (AUTD Fall 2025 Audition Form)
- Upload your video
If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail within 2 business days of submitting both portions of your audition, please email theatre@auburn.edu to confirm your materials have been received.