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National Audition Tour
Written By: Lindsay Garner Hostetler | Issue: April 2023
Mountain Theatre Company’s National Audition Tour nets a strong slate of talent for its 2023 productions of Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, The Rocky Horror Show, and Home for the Holidays.
Mountain Theatre Company has just returned from their annual spring audition tour. Scott Daniel, Executive Artistic Director, and Emanuel Carrero, Company Manager, traveled to multiple locations in February and March to cast MTC’s 2023 Mainstage Season. The two biggest stops on this year’s audition tour were New York City and Lexington, Kentucky, where the 2023 Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) was held. Combined, these two cities welcomed over 1,000 professional actors, singers, and dancers to be considered for roles in Mountain Theatre Company’s upcoming productions of Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, The Rocky Horror Show, and Home for the Holidays. Callbacks were then hosted for hundreds of these performers as Scott and Emanuel searched to find the very best talent to bring to Highlands and the MTC stage this year. And that doesn’t include the countless video submissions they’ll also be viewing from actors all across the country. Scott and Emanuel were joined in New York City by Erin Leigh Knowles, a familiar face on the MTC stage as a performer and Dance Captain. Erin led the dance call portion of the auditions in NYC, while Scott and Emanuel evaluated not only the talent and form of the dancers, but the speed and accuracy in which they learned the choreography. At SETC in Lexington, MTC not only auditioned performers but also interviewed hundreds of candidates for technical positions in the upcoming theatre season. Graduate level theater students and professionals were considered for a variety of roles including costume designers, wardrobe supervisors, stage managers, audio engineers, stitchers, painters, and carpenters. These artists will join MTC production directors, scenic designers, lighting designers, and sound designers to bring the world of each show magically to life on stage for our audiences in Western North Carolina. Mountain Theatre Company will contract over 100 professional artists to travel to Highlands, North Carolina over the course of their 2023 season, making them one of the largest employers in Highlands this year. As these talented professionals from across the country begin to arrive in town over the coming weeks, we can’t wait to see the spectacular shows they will create for us. For more information on Mountain Theatre Company’s 2023 season, visit mountaintheatre.com.
by Lindsay Garner Hostetler,
Director of Marketing and Outreach, Mountain Theatre Company
