• Performers of all ages and union status are invited to attend this exciting opportunity to access local theatre companies. (AEA: Please email for registration instructions).
• All local theatre companies are invited to attend the auditions, offering you a chance to see quality local talent.
• Each Actor will have 90 seconds to perform 1 or 2 monologues OR 16-32 bars of a song and a monologue.
• Auditions will be held at The Jurkowitz Theatre at SBCC [street map, campus map] on May 18, 2013 from 9:30AM to 3:00PM. There is a $20 non-refundable registration fee.
• As part of the theatre community's dedication to education, a short Question and Answer session will be held at the end of the audition day. Here, actors and theatre companies will have an opportunity to ask questions and hear feedback.

Q: 90 seconds isn't a lot of time... it's okay if I go over, right?
A: In order to make sure that everyone is seen and given an equal opportunity, your entire audition may not exceed 90 seconds. After you introduce yourself and your pieces, your time will begin. We will have a timer, and you will be notified when your 90 seconds are up and you will be asked to stop. Make sure you practice with a stopwatch.

Q: What is the deadline for registration?
A: We will be accepting registrations through Monday, May 13th, 2013, or when all slots are filled.

Q: Why do I have to send my headshot and resume in PDF format?
A: Other formats such as word documents may unintentionally rearrange your resume formatting when opened on our computers. In order to guarantee your resume is in the format that you want and does not exceed the one page limit, we ask that you send all documents as PDF.

Q: What if I arrive late for my timeslot?
A: If you miss your timeslot, we will move past your name and onto the next person on the list. When you arrive, you may put your name on our waitlist and if possible, we will send you in when a free space appears. In order to avoid missing your appointment, please arrive 15 minutes early to check in with the monitor.

Q: Where does the money from the registration fees go?
A: Registration fees go directly towards covering the costs of the event. This includes printing and distributing binders with all of your information for the casting panel, as well as providing you with contact information sheets to follow-up with the panel and making sure you all have an excellent pianist accompanying you. 

Boxtales (Matt Tavianini)
Circle Bar B (Susie Couch)
Dramadogs (TBD)
Dramatic Women (TBD)
Elements Theatre Collective (Emily Jewell, Sara Rademacher, Mary Plant-Thomas)
Ensemble Theatre Company (Alex Berger)
Genesis West (Maurie Lord)
Happy Destiny Productions (Brian Harwell)
PCPA Theatrefest (Erik Stein)
Proboscis Theatre Company (Jeff Mills)
Producing Unit, Peter Frisch Studios (Peter Frisch, Bill Egan, Thom Zimerle) 
Out of the Box Theatre Company (Samantha Eve)
Roland Egan Production (Kieron Barry)
Santa Barbara Revels (Maggie Mixsell) 
Speaking of Stories (Maggie Mixsell)
SBCC Theatre Group (R Michael Gros)
SB Children's Theatre (Miller James)
Stripped Scripts (Allison Batty and Allison Threadgold)
Upstage Left (Cheri Steinkellner) 

Or, a play by Liz Duffy Adams

Auditions: October 9th 6-9pm or by special appointment
Callbacks: October 27th
LBPS Events  5390 Overpass Road 

Rehearsals will begin December 10th and performances will run January 25th-February 10th.

Please prepare a short classical monologue.
You may be asked to read from the script.
Bring a copy of your headshot/resume.

Thanks to all the actors and theatre companies who participated in the first ever Santa Barbara General Auditions in May. What a successful first year!  Stay tuned for info about the 2013 Santa Barbara General Auditions...

Elements Theatre Collective, in collaboration with Out of the Box Theatre Company, is excited to host the first ever

Santa Barbara County General Auditions

• Performers of all ages and union status are invited to attend this exciting opportunity to access local theatre companies. (AEA Please email for registration instructions).
• All local theatre companies are invited to attend the auditions, offering you a chance to see quality local talent.
• Auditions will be held at Center Stage Theatre, in downtown Santa Barbara on May 26, 2012 from 10AM to 2PM.
• Each Actor will have 90 seconds to perform 1 or 2 monologues OR 16-32 bars of a song and a monologue.
• Discounted registration fee for children 12 and under,  Elements' Members and participants of previous Elements/Out of the the Box's Audition Workshop Series.
• As part of the theatre community's dedication to education, a short Question and Answer session will be held at the end of the audition day. Here, actors and theatre companies will have an opportunity to ask questions and hear feedback.

Thank you for signing up!

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Registration Fee is Non-Refundable.

Questions? Email us at elementstheatrecollective [at] gmail [dot] com

Participating Theatres and Individual Auditors

Big Stage Productions

Dauri Kennedy - Music Director and Vocal Music Instructor for the Performing And Visual Arts Camp, has taught in Santa Barbara public and private schools for the past five years. Ms.Kennedy is a faculty member at Santa Barbara City College Adult Education, where she teaches a performance class and leads several choirs and at Marymount of Santa Barbara, where she teaches K-8 music. Ms.Kennedy attended the renowned New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, and went on to receive a Bachelor of Music from the University of Illinois and a Master of Music from the University of California at Santa Barbara.  Ms. Kennedy is also an alumna of the Music Academy of the West. She has been a featured soloist with the Santa Barbara City College Jazz Band, Chamber Orchestra, and Grand Opera. Her extensive opera performances include lead roles with Seattle Opera, New Orleans Opera, and most recently with Des Moines Metro Opera. Ms. Kennedy just completed a summer program, preparing students for productions in Hawaii, as part of the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival.

Bill Egan

Bill Egan (Egan Entertainment) Bill is an independent Theatre Professional with over 25 years experience directing, producing, and acting. Locally he has worked with SBCCTG, Circle Bar B , Ensemble Theatre,  Rubicon Theater, and produced/directed multiple shows at Center Stage. His most recent work as a director was Wally’s Café and It Had To Be You.  He has appeared in or produced / directed over 60 stage productions and is a multiple award winner  for his work. 

Boxtales Theatre Company

Matthew Tavianini- Matthew currently serves as the managing director/producer/ actor of BOXTALES Theatre Co. He is a graduate of UCSB where he received his B.F.A. in acting and from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory where he received his M.F.A. in acting. Some of his favorite roles are Michal in The Pillowman, Karl in The Last Days of the Empire, Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, Telemachus in BOXTALES production of The Odyssey; Joe in The Last Night of Ballyhoo, David in The Rivals, and Thurio in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Matt in Wrench, and Bobby in American Buffalo.  Matthew also teaches acting, Shakespeare and stage combat, and directs junior high school students here in Santa Barbara and has also enjoyed working at the Westport Playhouse, The Odyssey Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Asolo Theatre, Santa Barbara Theatre Group, The Ensemble Theatre, Speaking of Stories, Santa Barbara Shakespeare Co., City at Peace, and with the Lit Moon Theatre Company.

Circle Bar B

Joseph Beck- Joseph Beck is a proud graduate of Dos Pueblos High School and holds a BA in Theatre Artsfrom Cornell University. He has been seen locally as Sam Byck in Assassins with Out of theBox Theatre Compnay and Max Prince in Laughter on the 23rd Floor with SBCCTG, for which he won an Independent Award. He was last seen on stage at the Circle Bar B as LM in PumpBoys and Dinettes. For the Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre, Joe has directed Red Herring, The Girl in the Freudian Slip and the 2012 CBB Anniversary Season’s hit, It Runs in the Family. He is currently directing Paul Rudnick’s Regrets Only at the Circle Bar B which opens June1st. Joseph lives in Goleta with his wife, Leesa and their three children.

Susie Couch- Susie Couch has been involved in Santa theatre since she and her husband David moved to Santa Barbara in 1990. Although they both had other careers while raising their family, the Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre became their home base for about 12 years. Susie has acted in and directed over 30 productions at the Circle Bar B, Center Stage Theater and the Lobero Theatre. Eight years ago she and her husband David became co-producers of the Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre after purchasing the business from the theatre’s founders Janet and Ruben Caballero. Although their main focus is the day to day theatre operation they both continue to act to “keep their sanity!”  Susie and David were very proud to produce the theatre’s 40^th Anniversary season last year. The Circle Bar B is the longest running dinner theatre in Southern California and the 40^th season was the theatre’s most successful in its history.

DramaDogs

E. Bonnie Lewis- E. Bonnie Lewis has experienced a broad and varied background in the performing arts and education for over 30 years. Her love of dance led her to study, and eventually teach in the High Schools, Modern Dance and Improvisation. She has studied with such wonderful Master Teachers as Jan Day, Jamie Nichols, Charles and Phillip Fuller, as well as original company members from Jose Limons', Doris Humphreys', Martha Grahams' and Bella Lewitskys' dance companies. She has performed in Los Angeles at Dance Kaleidoscope, at Royce hall as a "Member of the Community" in Bill T. Jones work, Uncle Toms Cabin/The Last Supper, and has graced many of the college and university stages in Southern California. Theater also beckoned and E. Bonnie expanded her studies and experiences to include participation in South Coast Reps Acting Conservatory, workshops in Commedia Del Arte in Paris, France and the opportunity to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Since moving to Santa Barbara, E. Bonnie has been active in the theatre and dance communities. She has been the recipient of an Artist in Residence grant from the Santa Barbara Foundation as well as a California Arts Council which enabled her to work at Santa Barbara High School and with Santa Barbara Youth Theatre. E. Bonnie and her husband, Ken Gilbert are currently the co-Artistic directors of DramaDogs. This Theater couple touches the hearts of the community. Theatergoers have experienced their original and diverse style of theater at Center Stage Theater. Cave of My Heart, If It's a Boy, and Why Mud Flaps Ionesco's The Chairs and Stoop... 4 one-acts on women were a few of the works conceived, created, and performed by this couple.

Dramatic Women

Angelica Diaz- Angelica Diaz is a UCSB graduate with a degree in theater. Some of her stage management credits include "When the Bough Breaks " with City at Peace, "Bedtime in Detroit," "Last Days of the Empire," and "Women's Work" with Dramatic Women, "Pillowman," and "The God of Hell" with Genesis West, and "Rumors" at Santa Barbara City College. Angelica will be stage managing "Echoes" with City at Peace and "3" with Dramatic Women this May.

Elements Theatre Collective

Emily Jewell- Emily graduated with a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI in 2006.  She performed regionally in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Texas and Illinois.  While living in Chicago, she toured with Imagination Theater’s Senior Spotlight for three seasons, delighting senior citizens all over the city.  Emily relocated to Santa Barbara almost three years ago and has performed with Ensemble Storybook Theater, Santa Barbara Children’s Theatre, Speaking of Stories, Out of the Box Theatre Company, Santa Barbara Revels and Elements Theatre Collective.  She served as music director for Big Stage Productions, Santa Barbara Revels, and Out of the Box and choreographed for Bravissimo.  She also teaches private voice lessons and is the Artistic Director for Elements Theatre Collective.

Sara Rademacher- Sara graduated with a BA in Dramatic Arts from UCSB in 2008.  After graduation, she completed internships in Directing and Casting and the Guthrie Theatre, the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis, Seattle Repertory Theatre and Marin Theatre. She worked as Assistant Technical Director for two years at UCSB’s Campbell Hall.  Sara has directed numerous plays locally, including “BRB,” “Reefer Madness,” “boom,” and others. She has worked as an Assistant Director in theatres across the country including Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Marin Theatre. She has served as Dramaturg on several productions at Seattle Rep, as well as locally for Ensemble Theatre and Out of the Box Theatre. She is currently the Artistic Director of Elements Theatre Collective.

Ensemble Theatre Company 

Jonathan Fox-  Jonathan Fox joined Ensemble Theatre in 2006 in the newly created position of Executive Artistic Director. He is Ensemble's third artistic director in the company's 32-year history. Prior to joining Ensemble, he spent 12 years with Two River Theater Company in New Jersey, which he helped establish in 1994. He served as managing director of the company from 1994-99, and then artistic director from 1999-2006. He directed ETC’s productions of Underneath the Lintel, Ghosts, Loot, The Glass Menagerie, Buried Child, Striking 12, Take Me Out, Old Wicked Songs, Thérèse Raquin, This Is How It Goes and Visiting Mr. Green. He has directed several productions abroad, including  Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the English Theatre of Frankfurt, the last one of which also played in Basel, Switzerland. In Vienna, he directed Old Wicked Songs, Crimes of the Heart, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.  His production  of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg  at Two River Theater was profiled in American Theatre Magazine, as was his festival of work by Samuel Beckett. His directing work has been seen in New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Cologne, and has received critical acclaim in The New York Times, Variety, the LA Times, and other publications. He received his MFA from Columbia University, and is a recipient of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship. He has served as an adjunct faculty member in theatre departments at UCSB, as well as Columbia University, University of Utah, and Monmouth University in New Jersey.

The Frisch Studio

Peter Frisch - Director, Producer, Teacher, Coach.  Peter recently left The Granada in Santa Barbara after eight years as the venue’s Executive Director. He also directed the theatre’s first in-house production, A Christmas Carol.  During the past 35 years, Peter has directed over 160 productions in the New York and regional theatre, including a full range of classic and contemporary plays, cabaret and opera. He has been Producing Director of the Hyde Park Festival Theatre (NY), Resident Director with the Berkshire Theatre Festival and Artistic Director of American Playwrights Theatre in Washington, D.C.  He received his M.F.A. in stage direction from Carnegie Mellon. As a nationally recognized teacher and coach, Peter has held faculty posts at Carnegie, The Juilliard School, Harvard University, Boston University, Cal Arts, and UCLA. He has taught and coached professional actors and directors in New York and Los Angeles over the last thirty years. Recognizable talents taught, coached or directed include: Albert Brooks, Laura San Giacomo, Julianne Moore, Michael Chiklis, David Ogden Stiers, Denyce Graves, Keir Dullea, Susan Lucci, Michael Tucker, Jill Eikenberry, Orson Bean, Judith Light, Grant Shaud, Kim Hunter, Andrea McArdle, Elizabeth McGovern, Lolita Davidovich, and many others.

Happy Destiny Productions

Brian Harwell- Brian Harwell is an inaugural member of Happy Destiny Productions and has performed in or directed over thirty productions in the past ten years. He has worked with Genesis West, Lit Moon, Ensemble Theatre Co., SBCCTG, Circle Bar B, Rubicon Theatre, DIJO Productions, Santa Barbara Theatre Co., Ojai Art Center, Elite Theatre, and a number of independent local productions.

Tim Whitcomb- Tim Whitcomb is the founder of Happy Destiny Productions, which has produced "Bill W. and Dr. Bob", "Days of Wine and Roses", and "Mornings at Seven". Tim is a product of the Theater Arts program at Santa Barbara City College, and has also worked with Genesis West, SBCCTG, and DIJO Productions.

 Jenna Scanlon- Jenna Scanlon is an inaugural member of the Happy Destiny Theater Company, and is a member of the board of Genesis West Theater Company. She has studied at SBCC (where she has frequently assisted with casting) and at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Jenna has worked with SBCCTG, Circle Bar B, Ojai Art Center, Elite Theatre, Senga Classic Stage Company, The Gate Players, and  Speaking of Stories, well as other regional productions. 

Lit Moon Theatre Company

John Blondell- John Blondell is Founding Artistic Director of the Lit Moon Theatre Company; Director of the Lit Moon World Theater Festivals; Director of Theatre at Westmont College; and Founding President of interACT, an international consortium of theatres and festivals, developed for the dissemination of theatrical practice and the creation of inter-cultural co-productions. Since coming to Santa Barbara in 1983, Blondell has directed over 50 productions, and produced another 50 for Lit Moon’s various international festivals. Directing credits include Alice in Wonderland, Peer Gynt, Pinocchio, The Master and Margarita, Henry V, Hamlet, Tartuffe, King Richard II, Queen C, The Tempest, The Wedding, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Frankenstein, The Clouds, Othello, Queen C, Anon(ymous), and many others. Blondell’s productions have been seen in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, Poland, Scotland, and Macedonia. International credits include An American Tune, Bitola National Theatre (2009); The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, Tampereen Teatteri (2010), and Henry VI, Part 3, Bitola National Theatre for the Globe to Globe Festival, Shakespeare’s Globe, London (2012). Blondell is the recipient of eight Independent Theatre Awards and the 2003 Faculty Research Award from Westmont College. In 2009, Blondell was named a “Local Hero” by the Santa Barbara Independent for his “tireless activity on behalf of the global theater community.” He holds a Ph. D. in Dramatic Art from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and lives in Santa Barbara with his wife Victoria Finlayson, and three sons Nicholas, William, and Simon.

Lit Moon Theatre Company is a Santa Barbara-bred and based collective of theatre artists. The company’s mission is to offer theatrical experiences that broaden and deepen an understanding of world theatre and cultural traditions, and promote and inspire inter-cultural understanding through live theatre performance.  

Matthew Dorado

Matthew Dorado - Matt Dorado is a director and playwright, who has worked on several short plays, and designed and produced six individual haunted house attractions. He is currently in charge of developing and producing a Halloween event for the Pacific Pride Foundation. The event, premiering at the end of October 2012, is part haunted house (with a traditional walk-through experience) and part 'haunted play' (where guests will sit in an auditorium and be a part of an immersive show), all with a cohesive narrative. He is seeking local talent that may be interested in participating in this new form of theatre come this Fall. 

Moosie Drier 

Moosie Drier- Moosie Drier is a film and television director. He began his career 40 years ago as a child actor. Growing up playing innumerable roles in film and television, Moosie branched out into directing in 1988. Among Moosie’s long list of directorial credits are the hit sitcom Reba, and The Peacemaker, a TV pilot currently in post-production. Moosie is slotted to direct two network sitcoms in Fall 2012, and is currently casting a big budget feature film for Warner Bros. He is seeking Santa Barbara actors for a production slotted to run at The Center Stage Theatre in September 2012.

Out of the Box Theatre Company

Samantha Eve

Proboscis Theatre Company

Jeff Mills- Over the last decade, Jeff has co-created and/or performed in eight original BOXTALES productions. He has also worked extensively with Shakespeare Santa Barbara as a director (Twelfth Night) and an actor (Jaques in As You Like It, Theseus in Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hortensio in Taming of the Shrew.) He received his undergraduate training in acting at UC Santa Barbara and then attended the Guildford School of Acting and Dance in England and the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver. He has performed with the Denver Center Theatre Company, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, American Folklore Theatre, PCPA Theatrefest and Door Shakespeare Festival (Co- Founder, Director and Artistic Director) in Door County, WI. In April 2005 Jeff appeared as Tristan in Bill Viola’s film, which accompanied Peter Sellars’ production of Tristan and Isolde at the Opera National in Paris, France, the Lincoln Center in New York and the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. In May, 2008 Jeff won an Indy Award for his performance as Katurian Katurian in Genesis West’s production of The Pillowman. Jeff currently teaches movement for actors at UC Santa Barbara.

Ratatat Theatre

Casey Caldwell- Casey Caldwell is a director and actor in Santa Barbara, and the head of Ratatat Theater Group.  His directing credits include: Roses, which was called "entirely fresh and unique work of theater" (Noozhawk), Body/Bach-Min/Max, which premiered at the Lit Moon Fringe Festival and was dubbed "a triumph of creative expression in all its giddy glory" (Santa Barbara Independent), and many other original works, including Comma Laws of Motion, What is the Night?, Cuts, String, and TV People.  He has acted in such roles as Jules in boom, Linus in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Noodle and Ghost in Lit Moon’s Tom Thumb the Great, Desdemona and Isabella in Othello/Measure for Measure, and Aumerle in Richard II; other plays include Our Town, The Saint Plays, Jane Eyre,The Clouds, Aria da Capo, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  He holds a BA in Theatre from Westmont College.

Santa Barbara Children's Theatre

Miller James- Miller has directed, written, and acted in Santa Barbara for nearly 15 years and his name has become synonymous with theatre for children in the Santa Barbara community where he serves as an Artist-in Residence and directs plays, drama programs, and consults on drama curriculum in the schools, and runs Music and Theatre camps. His directing credits include The Diviners, All in the Timing, and Cinderella among others in the greater Seattle area, as well as over 25 shows in Santa Barbara. He has directed the family opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors for the Santa Barbara Children's Chorus, Hansel and Gretel, and The Magic Flute for Opera Santa Barbara. Miller was a part of the Artistic Team for Leonard Bernstein's Peter Pan at the Lobero.

Santa Barbara City College

R Michael Gros- Michael, a member of the professional theatre directors union (SDC), currently serves as an associate professor and Co-Chair at Santa Barbara City College. He was a member of the graduate theatre faculty at Kansas State University. Michael served as Artistic Director for six seasons with PCPA Theaterfest. At PCPA he produced and/or directed 70 Equity productions including world and west coast premieres. At SBCC he teaches all levels of acting, development of drama and directing. In 2005, Michael was one of 48 persons selected worldwide to receive a residency fellowship in non-profit arts leadership at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation. He earned his MFA in directing from the University of California at Irvine, studying with Robert Cohen, Keith Fowler, Ian Bernard, William Needles (Stratford Shakespeare Festival) and Brewster Mason (Royal Shakespeare Company) among others. He earned his BA in theatre, Magna Cum Laude, at UCLA. Michael serves on the Board of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology and is the directing focus group representative for the Association of Theatre in Higher Education.

Santa Barbara Revels

Speaking of Stories

Maggie Mixsell- Maggie Mixsell (Director) received her Masters Degree in 1995 from UCSB with a directing emphasis. She currently serves as the Artistic Director and Director of Education for Speaking of Stories and as the stage director of Santa Barbara Revels. Maggie currently teaches performance classes at both SBCC and UCSB and Readers Theater classes though her collaboration with Speaking of Stories. She has directed several shows locally including Burn This, Camping with Henry and Tom for which Maggie won the Independent Theatre Award for Directing and most recently Mornings at Seven for Happy Destiny Productions. Before concentrating on directing, Maggie worked as a professional lighting designer with credits with Maverick Players and the Santa Barbara Shakespeare Festival and as a professional stage manager PCPA, Santa Barbara Opera, SBCC and CHIME Institute.

Tina Arning

Tina Arning Is an actress bes nown as "Angelina" on Everybody Loves Raymond and "Sasha Green" on the Young and the Restless. Tina is seeking Santa Barbara actors for a play she is producing with Moosie Drier, slotted to run at The Center Stage Theatre in September, 2012.