Spring '24 Auditions
Dear Mommy
April 5th-6th, WestCo Cafe*
Written by Kyra Kushner '24
Weaving between past and present, Dear Mommy centers around Riley, a 35 year-old woman caring for her dying mother in her childhood home. Riley grapples with the complex ways her mother has shaped her life and confronts her underlying fear of becoming more like her mother as she ages. Oscillating between moments of levity and deep seriousness, Dear Mommy aims to make you laugh, cry, look inwards, and hold your loved ones a little closer.
Contact: Rachel Wachman (rwachman@wesleyan.edu)
Camp!
(April 12th-13th, WestCo Cafe*)
Written by Eliza Bender '24 and Sarah Linsly '24
Move over "Fun Home", there's a new gay musical in town... If you're interested in exploring themes of girlhood, gayhood, and Judeo-Christian values set to emotional ballads and campfire classics, you should audition for Camp!
Contacts: Eliza Bender (ebender@wesleyan.edu) and Sarah Linsly (slinsly@wesleyan.edu)
Scouts
(April 19th and 21st, Russell House Courtyard*)
Written by Susie Nakash '26
Scouts is a dark comedy play that follows five teenage girls-- Marley, Jen, Bailey, Jodi, and Willa-- as they navigate friendship, puberty, and growing up. The group of girls, undeniably close and tight-knit, begins to crack as a traumatic experience befalls Marley. Relationships change and betrayals ensue as the five girl scouts struggle to move forward. Along the way, they learn the harsh realities of girlhood while experiencing the joys and excitement that come with getting older.
Contact: Molly Volker (mvolker@wesleyan.edu)
Prestidigitation
(April 19th-20th, Russell House*)
Written by Phoebe Levitsky '26
A group of high school friends prepare to graduate and leave home for college, with all of the beautiful, messy, emotional turbulence that process brings. Their story is told through a series of their weekly Dungeons and Dragons games, as their characters grow, stumble, and learn how to be a person in their world alongside the people that play them.
Contact: Phoebe Levitsky (plevitsky@wesleyan.edu)
The Mountain Morgan Climbed
(April 26th-27th, '92 Theater)
Written by Lincoln Turner '25
Morgan Stern , a gifted yet extremely shy aspiring writer, teams up with their crush and aspiring singer, Dylan Danson, his friends (fellow aspiring singers), and nerdy opportunist manager, James “Jimmy” Cox, to create a record label, Anthem Records, to make their dreams come true. While success comes quickly and Morgan grows more confident in themself and with love, it does not take long before the consequences of this success make themselves known. Through a journey filled with joy, love, ego, manipulation, heartbreak and music that will have the audience on its feet from start to finish, Morgan must find their voice and discover the power that comes from loving and believing in oneself
Contact: Lincoln Turner (lwturner@wesleyan.edu)
Gloria**
(April 26th-27th, WestCo Cafe*)
A 2016 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Gloria is a tragicomedy, equal parts wicked, witty, whip-smart, uproarious, and utterly shocking.
Contact: Hadassa Garfein (hgarfein@wesleyan.edu) and Vincent Langan (vlangan@wesleyan.edu)
*pending approval from OSI to use the space for performance
**pending acquisition of rights