Upcoming Audition
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Book by Tracy Letts
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“AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
Directed by Becky Layman
Audition Dates:
By appointment/time slot
Monday, February 23, 2026
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Please do not sign up for more than one date.
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Production Dates:
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays: April 10-19, 2026
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
This show requires 10+ actors of all race, genders, identity, capability, and/or experience, ages 18+. The casting team is looking for a diverse group of performers across the board. This production is rated mature.
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Age Range: Actors age 18+. This production is for mature performers only​
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Beginning with the 2025-2026 season, ALL auditions will move to 30-minute time slots of ten people or less. Performers are asked to arrive 10 minutes before their time slot.
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Auditions are closed, which means only those auditioning may be in the house. Anyone who is not signed up for the audition in that particular time slot is to remain in the lobby until the audition process is finished, including parents, grandparents, siblings, and/or legal guardians.
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Auditions are appointment only; you must schedule your appointment below to finalize this audition form and secure your spot.
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Mandatory Dates: April 4 & 5 (Q2Q), April 6-9 (Tech Week), April 10-19 (Show Dates/Pick Up). Availability throughout the rehearsal process may affect casting.
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Location: 238 S. Clay Street, Gastonia NC, 28052. Parking is adjacent to the building and limited parking on the street. Please do not block cars in.
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WHAT TO BRING:
Monologue: Please check the audition packet below.
Dance: Please check the audition packet below.
Music: Please check the audition packet below.
AVAILABLE ROLES & CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS: ​
All roles are available to be cast. VIOLET WESTON: Female presenting. The mother of the Weston family. Lightning in a bottle. Violet is sharp-tongued, cunning, angry, and frequently under the influence of several prescription drugs, mostly depressants and heavy narcotics. Age range: reads 50+ IVY WESTON: Female presenting. She works as a librarian, and her calm and patient exterior hides a passionate woman gradually growing cynical. Ivy’s pleasant if withdrawn demeanor masks the fact that she is looking for a way to escape the Weston family Age range: late 20s-40s KAREN WESTON: Female presenting. Flighty, immature, and maybe even a little eccentric, Karen can only talk about herself and her own happiness. Age range: 20s-40s BARBARA FORDHAM: Female presenting. Barbara has an intense desire to control everything around her, but her sarcasm and acid tongue distance herself from others. Comedic timing and a great sense of humor are a must. Age range: 30s-40s BEVERLY WESTON: Male presenting. The father of the Weston family. A poet who has given up on trying to save Violet. Educated, alcoholic, with an air of mystery. Age range: reads 50+ STEVE HEDIEBRECHT: Male presenting. Karen's fiancé and a businessman in Florida. He is inappropriately sexual with Jean throughout the play, supplies her with marijuana, and sexually assaults her. Age range: reads 30+ JEAN FORDHAM: Female presenting. A sarcastic movie buff, stoner, and rebel who’s bitter about a lot of things. While she is written as 14, she will be played by a performer 18+, reading younger. Age range: reads 14; is 18+ BILL FORDHAM: Male presenting. A highly intelligent college professor whose marriage is disintegrating and whose patience is running thin Age range: reads 30s-40s MATTIE FAE AIKEN: Female presenting. Violet's sister. A brash, pushy, funny loudmouth who’s very likable but can also have a temper. Age range: reads 50+ CHARLIE AIKEN: Male presenting. He tries his best to keep order amidst the craziness and is sometimes successful. A mostly reassuring presence who can alternate between seriousness and understated comedy. Age Range: reads late 40s LITTLE CHARLIE AIKEN: Male presenting. He is unemployed, clumsy, likable, artistic, patient, and has been told he’s a screw-up for most of his life Age Range: 20s-30s JOHANNA MONTEVATA: Female presenting. The live-in housekeeper of the Westons. An empathetic and compassionate witness to much of the mayhem in the house who sometimes takes matters into her own hands Age Range: 20+ SHERIFF DEON GILBEAUX: Male presenting. A high school classmate and former boyfriend of Barbara's. As the local sheriff, he’s able to deliver news in a calm way but quickly becomes entangled in the Westons’ web Age Range: 30s+
Please sign up before coming to the audition. The sign up form may have additional information not outlined above.
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Please arrive at the theater 10-15 minutes prior to your audition time in order to fill out your audition paperwork. Please be quiet and remain in the lobby until called.
Audition Questions? Check out our FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS section!
2025-2026 SEASON AUDITIONS
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SPECIAL EVENT AUDITIONS
One night only!
January 17th, 2026
6pm
Tickets are donation only. Suggested donation is $10 a ticket
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
As part of Little Theater of Gastonia's mission of offering highly quality, pre-professional productions that showcases and spotlights all parts of our diverse community within Greater Gaston County and surrounding areas, we strive to be transparent with all of our audition calls for upcoming productions.
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Our volunteer production staff always outlines requirements and expectations of each individual audition in advance. All of our auditions are open call and never pre-cast, unless explicitly stated beforehand. We encourage all community members regardless of age, race, gender, orientation, capability, and/or experience to audition in any and all appropriate productions.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO AUDITION?
Little Theater of Gastonia does not charge any type of audition fee, casting fee, or any other type of participation fee for any mainstage productions. The only costs that associate with our mainstage productions would be voluntary with very few exceptions such as: 1. SCRIPT FEES: any production that has rented materials does require a $50 script fee. This fee is held until the rented material is returned and then that fee is released back to the performer (or parent of the performer if that performer is under the age of 18). 2. SHOES: performers will be expected to provide their own shoes - including dance and/or character shoes - as need per performance. The exception would be if the shoes are show specific (example: Dorothy's ruby slippers, Lola's boots, etc.). 3. UNDERGARMENTS: All performers will be expected to provide their own undergarments, including but not excluding: underwear, bras, undershirts, compression garments, nudies, hosiery, and/or socks. 4. MAKE UP & HAIR PRODUCTS: all performers will be expected to provide their own make up and hair products for their personal hair. The exception would be if it was show specific, such as stage make up (ie: Shrek & Fiona's green face paint) or wigs. NOTE: Some productions may ask performers to bring certain costume pieces from their personal closet, especially modern shows. However, if the performer does not own those pieces organically, we will never require the performer to provide their own costume pieces unless that performer wishes to purchase those items and keep them after the show closes for their own personal closet.
WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING TO AUDITIONS?
As of the 2025-2026 season, audition packets are provided at the same time as audition slots are opened up.
WHO CAN AUDITION FOR LTG PRODUCTIONS?
We encourage all community members interested in performing to audition for our productions! Our productions are never pre-cast and are open call to all person regardless of age, race, identity, and/or capability. When we put on productions that DO have role and/or show requirements and/or limitations, we are always transparent about those and outline them in the audition call. We strive to put together well-rounded seasons with productions that has at least one show to spotlight and celebrate all within the diverse community we are part of, for patrons and performers alike.
HOW MUCH ARE PERFORMERS PAID?
Little Theater of Gastonia is pre-professional, amateur, almost 100% volunteer-run organization. At this time, everyone involved within our productions are volunteer, including production staff, crew, and our casts.
CAN I SEND IN A VIDEO AUDITION SUBMISSION?
In an effort to promote fair auditions, at this time, we are no longer accepting video auditions. If this changes at a later date, we will update the protocols regarding submitting videos!
WHAT IS THE REHEARSAL PROCESS LIKE IF I AM CAST?
In maintaining a community-led and diverse production team, we employ several different production crews and creative teams within our seasons, each with their own rehearsal processes. Tentative calendars for rehearsals will be available at auditions. In most cases, production staff is able to be flexible with schedules of performers, with exceptions of mandatory dates - such as show dates, tech week, and certain special events - but the amount of rehearsal time a potential performer may miss can impact casting decisions.
WHAT IS A "CALL BACK"?
A "Call Back" is sometimes, but not always, used within the auditioning process to ask certain performers to come back for an additional audition, often to read, sing, and/or dance with other performers. Call Backs are not in any way indicative of whether or not a performer will be cast in a particular role or within the production altogether, but a tool utilized by some directors to help make certain decisions.
ARE AUDITIONS OPEN OR CLOSED?
As of the 2025-2026 season, all auditions are closed. Audition slots are open for 5-10 persons a group, depending on the show. Only persons auditioning are allowed into the house. Guests, parents, friends, and other family members will need to remain in the lobby until the end of the audition!
WHEN WILL I FIND OUT IF I HAVE BEEN CAST?
All auditions will have an audition form to fill out before the audition begins. We ask that you legibily put both your email address and phone number on that form, so production staff can reach you during the audition process. Those forms of communications will be the only way we will contact you to possibly schedule a call back, offer you a role, or receive clarification on things regarding the production, such as availability. If we cannot reach you because the information is illegible or incorrect, we cannot move forward with casting you in that particular production. In all productions, the creative team will reach out to every single auditionee before the final casting decision is publicly revealed to let them know if they have been cast or not. Production staff will give a timeline to all auditionees to let them know when to expect a call or email. Please do not reach out to the theater or the individuals within the production team during that timeframe, as casting can take up to a week, depending on the number of auditionees. If an individual constantly reaches out to staff, it may disqualify them from being cast in that production. However, if the alotted timeframe has passed without hearing from the production staff, then we do encourage you to reach out, as that means we were unable to reach you with the information provided (or not provided) on your audition form.
HOW ARE CASTING DECISIONS MADE?
Casting is one of the most difficult and challenging part of every production! We are always so astounded by the immense talent that we have within our community every production and more often than not, each production could be cast several different ways and still be amazing. Casting is decided by a panel of production team members, including the Production Director, Executive Director, Board Representative, Music Director (if applicable), and Choreographer (if applicable). However, in almost every case, the Production Director will have final say in casting. There are many factors that go into whether an individual is cast or not, and no performer should feel discouraged if they are not cast in a particular production. Not being cast in a role is almost never indicative of someone's abilities or talents and we implore performers to continue to audition for productions, both within our theater and in surrounding theaters, as we are enriched with many exceptional theatre companies in our area!
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT HASN'T BEEN ANSWERED!
We understand that this process can be confusing and overwhelming to some and you may have additional questions regarding this process. Please send any questions you may have that have not been answered above to ltgastonia@gmail.com. We highly discourage any persons, even if they are familiar with staff and creative team members, to message individuals directly looking for confirmation and/or clarification regarding auditions, casting, and/or rehearsals. We highly discourage production team members to answer individuals who reach out to them personally, as well. Please respect the private lives of all of our staff, creative team members, crews, and/or past cast members who volunteer their time to the theater and have jobs, families, and lives outside of productions.