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Auditions for local actors for our 2025 season

Post Playhouse is hosting auditions for local actors on Saturday, March 15th at Chadron State College. The auditions and our summer season will be a ton of fun, so please join us!

When:

March 15th, 2025
starting at 11:00am
ending at 1:00pm

Where:

The Black Box Theatre at Chadron State College, which is located on the 2nd floor in Memorial Hall.

Chadron State College
1000 Main Street
Chadron, NE 69337

Casting

Post Playhouse is looking for local actors (children, teens, and adults) to perform alongside professionals in the productions of Disney’s Newsies and Into The Woods. Newsies opens June 13, 2025 and Into the Woods opens July 3, 2025. These 2 shows run in repertory with the other 3 shows until the season closes on August 10, 2025.

What to Prepare

Prepare an upbeat song. You may either sing acapella or bring a track to sing along with.

We will do a small dance routine, so bring comfortable clothes and shoes. No open toe shoes, sandals, or crocs. If you tap, you should bring your tap shoes!

Professional Actor Auditions for our 2025 Season

Post Playhouse is getting ready for the Summer of 2025 and we are looking for professional actors to fill out multiple roles in all our productions. All professional actors will perform in 4 of the 5 productions:

  • Guys & Dolls
  • Nunsense Jamboree
  • Disney’s Newsies
  • Lucky Stiff
  • Into the Woods

Key dates

  • May 5: First rehearsal
  • May 23: Guys & Dolls opening
  • May 30: Nunsense Jamboree opening
  • June 13: Disney’s Newsies opening
  • June 27: Lucky Stiff opening
  • July 3: Into the Woods opening
  • August 10: Final performance (matinee) and strike
  • August 11: Final housing inspection and departure

The full contract is from May 5 to August 10 (14 weeks), with housing provided.

How to submit

Initial submissions are via email. Dewayne will respond with further information and any additional callback materials he may request for the casting process.

Please include the following in your initial email:

  1. Headshot/Resumé
  2. Links (not attached files) to your audition video/demo

Send your email to auditions@postplayhouse.com

Seeking Technical Staff for our 2025 Season

Post Playhouse is getting ready for the Summer of 2025 and we are looking for a fantastic technical staff to help us mount our rep season of 5 productions:

  • Guys & Dolls
  • Nunsense Jamboree
  • Disney’s Newsies
  • Lucky Stiff
  • Into the Woods

Available Positions:

  • Backstage Crew
  • Technical Director/Carpenter
  • Lighting Designers
  • Stage Managers
  • Box Office Staff/Spotlight operators

Key dates

  • May 5: First rehearsal
  • May 23: Guys & Dolls opening
  • May 30: Nunsense Jamboree opening
  • June 13: Disney’s Newsies opening
  • June 27: Lucky Stiff opening
  • July 3: Into the Woods opening
  • August 10: Final performance (matinee) and strike
  • August 11: Final housing inspection and departure

How to apply

Send your resume and links to pertinent portfolio or other materials via email to Artistic Director, Dewayne Barrett at dewaynebarrett@postplayhouse.com

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Post Playhouse, Inc. is Northwestern Nebraska's favorite live theatre company, producing several musicals running in a repertory schedule every summer by bringing together highly skilled creative professionals from across the country and nearby. Post Playhouse, Inc. performs its productions at the theatre in Fort Robinson State Park.

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Chadron State College is a proud sponsor of the Post Playhouse. CSC routinely donates lighting equipment, sound equipment, and costumes to the theatre to help Post Playhouse bring you the very best looking and sounding shows you'll see in Western Nebraska.

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Post Playhouse Incorporated produces its summer season at the theatre on Fort Robinson State Park. The fort is run by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

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