Auditions at Foothills Performing Arts
Auditions are held in person at:
The Campus at LHS Auditorium
1114 College Ave. SW, Lenoir NC
If you cannot attend the dates listed, email us at foothillsperformingarts.nc@gmail.com to arrange an alternate audition time.
General Audition Information
We invite you to join us onstage, backstage, or in the audience for a fun and rewarding experience.
Foothills practices non-traditional casting. No prior experience is necessary.
Auditions are typically "cold reads." These types of auditions consist of performing selections (called "sides") from the show for which you are auditioning with only a few minutes to prepare. This allows each person auditioning to be seen more than once, and to be considered for multiple roles. Make sure to check the information specific to each show to ensure that you know what to expect.
**The following character descriptions are from the book and script, and physical descriptions DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT the casting intentions of the director.
All casting decisions are made by the directors and artistic staff.
Foothills practices non-traditional casting. No prior experience is necessary.
Auditions are typically "cold reads." These types of auditions consist of performing selections (called "sides") from the show for which you are auditioning with only a few minutes to prepare. This allows each person auditioning to be seen more than once, and to be considered for multiple roles. Make sure to check the information specific to each show to ensure that you know what to expect.
**The following character descriptions are from the book and script, and physical descriptions DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT the casting intentions of the director.
All casting decisions are made by the directors and artistic staff.
*Check our website and Facebook pages regularly for changes to the audition schedule due to inclement weather, etc.
2024-2025 "A Season of C" Auditions
A Time to Kill
by Rupert Holmes
Audition Dates: December 15, 16, & 17 at 7pm
Held at the James C. Harper School of Performing Arts: 1113 College Ave. SW, Lenoir, NC 28645
Show Dates: February 21-23 & February 28, March 1-2
Held at the James C. Harper School of Performing Arts: 1113 College Ave. SW, Lenoir, NC 28645
Show Dates: February 21-23 & February 28, March 1-2
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
Show synopsis: Carl Lee Hailey shot two men in the very courtroom where he now stands trial. But attorney Jake Brigance sees Hailey's act of vengeance against the racist men who attacked his daughter as a desperate bid for justice, and he's willing to risk everything to defend his client's life. As the trial heats up, the community is torn apart in this gripping adaptation of John Grisham's incendiary novel about race, crime, and family in small-town America that asks the question: when is it right to take justice into your own hands? |
Cast of Characters:
JAKE BRIGANCE (male; Caucasian) - attorney, age: late 20s to 30s VERNON PATE (male or female; any ethnicity) - court deputy, age: late 20s to 30s OZZIE WALLS (male; African-American) - sheriff of Ford County, age: 30s to 50s OMAR/OLGA NOOSE (male or female; Caucasian) - circuit judge for Ford County, age: 40s to 60s+ DREW TYNDALE (male or female; Caucasian) - a public defender, age: 30s to 40s CARL LEE HAILEY (male; African-American) - age: 30s to 40s RUFUS R. BUCKLEY (male; Caucasian) - district attorney for Polk County, age: 40s to 60s NORMA GALLO (female; any ethnicity) - a court reporter, age: 20s to 60s+ BILLY RAY COBB (male; Caucasian) - age: 20s to 30s PETE WILLARD (male; Caucasian) - age: 20s to 30s LUCIEN WILBANKS (male; Caucasian) - a mentor to Jake Brigance, age: 50s to 60s+ D.R. MUSGROVE (male; Caucasian) - co-counsel to the district attorney, age: 30s to 50s ELLEN ROARK (female; Caucasian) - age: 20s GWEN HAILEY (female; African-American) - Carl Lee's wife, age: 30s to 40s DR. W.T. BASS (male; any ethnicity) - a psychiatrist, age: late 40s to 50s TERRELL GRIST (male; Caucasian) - a would-be terrorist, age: 30s to 40s DR. WILBERT RODEHEAVER (male or female; any ethnicity) - head of staff at Whitfield Mental Hospital *Additional GUARDS, CLERKS, and DEPUTIES as the production warrants |
Leading Ladies
by Ken Ludwig
Audition Dates: TBA
Show Dates: TBA
Show Dates: TBA
The Mission of Foothills Performing Arts is to promote, encourage, and develop appreciation of theatre and involvement in the performing arts.