Audition for Shorts! The Rozzie Short Play Festival

open call auditions

June 6, 2026, 12P - 2P

If you’re an actor interested in auditioning for the Shorts! festival, you can do so by attending the Open Call audition on June 6th, 2026 (12:00pm-2:00pm) or by emailing a self-tape to rozzieshortsfestival@gmail.com by the end of the day on June 5th. Register to audition here.

The Shorts! festival will feature 2 short plays and 1 short musical, all by local writers. Actors should be 18+. This is a non-union opportunity, and participation will be unpaid. Actors should be able to attend:

• Rehearsals (9:30am-12:30pm) on July 12th, July 19th, and July 26th 

• Tech rehearsal on August 9th (11:00am-2:30pm)   

• 2 performances on August 16th

• 2 performances on August 23rd

Open Call Audition:
Please arrive by 12:00pm at the Rozzie Square Theater, at 18 Corinth Street, Boston, MA, 02131.

Please prepare a ~1-minute-long monologue of your choosing. If needed, you may have the script in your hand to refer to during your audition. Please bring 4 copies of the monologue for the audition panel. If you would like to audition for the short musical, you may perform a song of your choosing a capella (~16 to 32 bars) in addition to the monologue. If you have an acting resume, please bring one copy for the panel.

An Open Call audition will likely take 5 to 10 minutes. 

Self-tape Audition:

Please email your self-tape audition to rozzieshortsfestival@gmail.com by the end of the day on June 5th. If you have an acting resume, please share a copy in that email. 

When taping your audition, please orient your camera in landscape (horizontal). Make sure there is decent light falling on you and shoot in a medium shot (about your belt buckle to the top of your head).

Share your name, then perform a ~1-minute-long monologue of your choosing. If needed, you may have the script in your hand to refer to during your audition. If you would like to audition for the short musical, please perform a song of your choosing a capella (~16 to 32 bars) in addition to the monologue.

A Note to Auditioners: We are grateful for your time, and you can expect to hear from us by June 14th about the result of your audition.