Audition

If participating in live theater is new to you, we offer an open, supportive, and unintimidating environment for your personal adventure. If you’re a stage veteran, we offer open auditions for all roles and the opportunity to hone and celebrate your skills with other capable amateurs and appreciative audiences. All roles are volunteer and non-AEA.

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Auditions are scheduled for two upcoming productions!

Fun Home

Open auditions  are scheduled for the musical Fun Home, opening November 14, 2025, at the Morgan Hill Community Playhouse. Auditions will be July 12.

Directed by Tressa Bender

Graphic novelist Alison Bechdel relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and the unanswerable questions about her volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind father, whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.

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Disney’s Descendants

Open auditions  for ages 6-14 are scheduled for Disney’s Descendants: The Musical, opening October 3, 2025, at the Morgan Hill Community Playhouse. Auditions will be August 2.

Directed by Dana Scribner

Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost – home of the most infamous villains who ever lived – the teenaged children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar, and Cruella De Vil have never ventured off the island… until now. When the four troublemakers are sent to attend prep school alongside the children of beloved Disney heroes, they have a difficult choice to make: should they follow in their parents’ wicked footsteps or learn to be good?

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

South Valley Civic Theatre expects that all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual identity, culture, age, gender expression, background, ability, economic status, education, credentials and experience have the opportunity to be engaged in our programming. .We encourage all actors to audition.

Audition Tips

  1.  Read the audition notice carefully. If you are on SVCT’s mailing list, you will have received an audition notice. It will specify what you are expected to prepare in advance–a song, a monologue, etc.–and how/whether to sign up for an audition in advance.
  2. Consider bringing a resume and head shot to the audition. If you do not, a photo will be taken of you there and you will have the opportunity to write resume details on your audition form. However, having them prepared in advance means you will have that much less to deal with at the audition.
  3. When in doubt… audition! The best way to master auditioning is to do it over and over; you’ll conquer those nerves and you’ll get to practice your acting and singing. As you become more comfortable with auditioning, you will find it easier to get into character and your acting will become more natural.
  4. Do advance homework. Whenever possible, please do a little research on the play and characters. We will typically provide you with a character breakdown in your audition packet to give you an idea of the roles you’d like to audition for. Practice how you might characterize the part you would like to play. If auditioning for a major singing role, prepare an audition  song that reflects the style and range of a song that character sings, but do not choose a song from the play for which you are auditioning. If auditioning for a non-musical drama or comedy, prepare a monologue that reflects the nature of the part for which you are auditioning or the play. (If you are auditioning for a chorus part, the previous guidelines are not as important.)
  5. Come prepared. Be on time–15 minutes early is even better. If auditioning for a musical, bring shoes you can dance in and wear comfortable (but not sloppy) clothing. Bring your music accompaniment tracks on your phone or other device.  If you have them, bring a resume (preferably on a single sheet of paper) and/or a head shot. If you will be delivering a monologue, bring a copy.
  6. Relax and enjoy the experience!

The Audition Process at  SVCT

Auditions are usually held 9-12 weeks prior to a show’s opening. People on our mailing list will receive a postcard in advance, notifying them of the upcoming audition details. (If you are not yet on our mailing list, click here to join the list.) Each audition usually includes 3 sessions on a Friday and Saturday or Saturday and Sunday. Unless otherwise specified, auditions are held at SVCT’s warehouse, Building G2, 16840 Joleen Way in  Morgan Hill.

If you are interested in being in the show, but are unavailable for the scheduled auditions, please notify the producer. An alternate audition time, although not guaranteed, may be arranged at the producers’ and director’s discretion.

If the audition panel is undecided about some part casting after the auditions, callbacks may be scheduled. Callback times and dates will be listed on the information provided to the actors at the auditions.

After the cast list is finalized, it will be posted on the warehouse office window, on SVCT’s website, and through SVCT’s social media (Facebook and Instagram).