Northwest Missouri State University students of all majors are invited to audition for Mainstage and student-directed Lab Series productions being staged during Theatre Northwest’s fall season. 

Theatre Northwest’s 2023-2024 season features seven productions beginning with “A Fall Evening of One-Acts,” Sept. 22-23. The fall schedule continues Oct. 5-8 with the 33rd annual First-Year Showcase, “Launch Day: (Love Stories from the Year 2108),” and “Little Women,” Nov. 9-12, before concluding with the annual Alpha Psi Omega children's show on Dec. 10.

The spring schedule features the second annual Theatre Northwest Playfest Jan. 22 through Feb. 3; “Miracle on South Division Street,” March 1-2; and  “Radium Girls,” April 11-14.

Audition times for fall productions are provided below; all auditions are in the Studio Theater at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts. Auditions for spring shows will be Jan. 10-13.

Students must complete a general audition form. Cold readings will be provided for all first-year students and non-majors; returning theatre majors must present two contrasting pieces no longer than two minutes.

For more information about auditions, contact Associate Professor of Theatre Katheryn Bilbo at kbilbo@nwmissouri.edu or visit www.nwmissouri.edu/finearts/theatre/events.htm. Information also is available at Theatre Northwest social media accounts on Facebook and Instagram.

Audition schedule

Wednesday, Aug. 23

• 6:30 p.m. – General auditions for “Launch Day: (Love Stories from the Year 2108).” Only first-year students of any major may audition for this production. For more information about “Launch Day” auditions, contact Professor of Theatre Dr. Joe Kreizinger at jkreizi@nwmissouri.edu.

Thursday, Aug. 24 

• 6:30 p.m. – Callbacks for “Launch Day: (Love Stories from the Year 2108).”

Friday, Aug. 25

• 6:30 p.m. – General Auditions for “Little Women” and “A Fall Evening of One-Acts”

Saturday, Aug. 26 

• 11 a.m. – Callback auditions for “Little Women”
• 2 p.m. – Callback auditions for “A Fall Evening of One-Acts”