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What are the most important elements an actor needs to be aware of to prepare for an audition and to be cast in a particular role?

Join well-known Baltimore Director, STEVE GOLDKLANG for this FREE 2-hour workshop that invites actors to put a new spin on their approach to preparing for auditions. Get answers to questions such as:

How should I approach selecting a 2-minute monologue and preparing for the audition?
How do I physically present myself?
How do I connect with the auditors at an audition?
Should I be using a chair or other prop for my audition?
What question(s) should I ask the director when auditioning for a specific role?
What are the two most important talents I can bring to the theater every time I step onstage to perform?
OPTIONAL: If you wish to, attendees may prepare a 1–2 minute audition monologue to present at the workshop and have the opportunity to dsicuss your past experience with auditioning.

Steve has been directing in the Baltimore theater community for over forty years; many of his productions have been at Vagabond Players and Fells Point Corner Theatre and include: Room Service, Broadway Bound, A Doll’s House Part 2, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Blithe Spirit, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Odd Couple, The Lion in Winter, Born Yesterday, Frost/Nixon, The Divine Sister, Cock, A Delicate Balance, Art, and Six Degrees of Separation. Steve has a Master’s degree in Dramatic Literature from Queens College.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED - go to www.vagabondplayers.org to reserve your spot.

For actors ages 16+

This workshop is highly recommended for actors planning to attend the Baltimore Small Stage Coalition auditions in June 2025.

Vagabond Players is grateful to the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts (BOPA) for their ongoing support.

Rise & Shine celebrates the beauty of creation and mankind's enduring role within it. Through a compelling fusion of chorale and contemporary gospel music, spoken word, and vibrant dance, this production explores biblical history, taking audiences on a journey of how we each fall, rise, and find resilience through the trials of life.

The performance features the dynamic Dance & Bmore Ensemble and a soulful choral collaboration with Camerata Baltimore under the musical direction of James Mayo. Direction and choreography by CJay Philip with special guest choreographers Stephanie Powell and Frances James.

Join us this Easter weekend for a joy-filled celebration of creation, rebirth, and the strength to rise once more.

Music by Green Day, Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong, Book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer, Directed by Ruben Del Valle Jr.

Bold, brash, and fun, American Idiot  takes Green Day’s chart-topping 2005 punk rock album and brings it vibrantly to life. American Idiot follows a young anti-hero, Johnny, the self-proclaimed “Jesus of Suburbia”, and his two buddies, Will and Tunny, as they attempt to break out of their mind-numbing, aimless suburban existence. After escaping to the city, Johnny finds himself embroiled in a passionate affair with a stunning and unpredictable young woman, and an even more passionate affair with hard drugs. Tunny finds a sense of purpose by enlisting in the Army, but is wounded in the line of duty, both physically and emotionally. Meanwhile, Will, who decided to remain in the suburbs with his newly pregnant girlfriend, becomes moored to his couch, hopeless and stuck. Each of the men struggles to find the balance between rage and love -- a conflict that defines their generation. With Green Day’s heart-pounding, visceral songs and a young cast who rage against the machine of society with heart and spunk, American Idiot is a knockout guaranteed to bring the house down.

Proceeds benefit the TU Foundation
This performance will contain stobe lighting and haze effects and some material maybe recommended for mature audiences.

Rise & Shine celebrates the beauty of creation and mankind's enduring role within it. Through a compelling fusion of chorale and contemporary gospel music, spoken word, and vibrant dance, this production explores biblical history, taking audiences on a journey of how we each fall, rise, and find resilience through the trials of life.

The performance features the dynamic Dance & Bmore Ensemble and a soulful choral collaboration with Camerata Baltimore under the musical direction of James Mayo. Direction and choreography by CJay Philip with special guest choreographers Stephanie Powell and Frances James.

Join us this Easter weekend for a joy-filled celebration of creation, rebirth, and the strength to rise once more.

the dance floor, the hospital room, and the kitchen table is a theatrical ritual of memory, a queer séance, and a reckoning with history that refuses to stay in the past. Blending live performance with archival audio, this intimate and electrifying work follows three queer researchers as they wade through the voices of those lost to—and those who survived—the HIV/AIDS epidemic. As they listen, dance, and debate, the archive begins to pulse around them, refusing to be forgotten. Part ghost story, part love letter, and part urgent call to remember, this performance asks: How do we honor our ghosts while also fighting for the living?

Future Ghost is a performance ensemble lead by Lyam B. Gabel and Joseph Amodei that creates media-integrated work exploring intimacy, memory, and futurity. Blending performance and new media, we craft immersive, deeply felt experiences that explore the ways technology shapes connection, storytelling, and presence. Our work invites audiences into shared moments of reflection and transformation, fostering what we call ‘epic intimacy’—a sense of closeness created through, rather than in spite of, mediation.

Developed with support from The Drama League, Lehigh University, and commissioned by the National Performance Network Creation Fund with Chatham University's Immersive Media Department and the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center.

the dance floor, the hospital room, and the kitchen table is a theatrical ritual of memory, a queer séance, and a reckoning with history that refuses to stay in the past. Blending live performance with archival audio, this intimate and electrifying work follows three queer researchers as they wade through the voices of those lost to—and those who survived—the HIV/AIDS epidemic. As they listen, dance, and debate, the archive begins to pulse around them, refusing to be forgotten. Part ghost story, part love letter, and part urgent call to remember, this performance asks: How do we honor our ghosts while also fighting for the living?

Future Ghost is a performance ensemble lead by Lyam B. Gabel and Joseph Amodei that creates media-integrated work exploring intimacy, memory, and futurity. Blending performance and new media, we craft immersive, deeply felt experiences that explore the ways technology shapes connection, storytelling, and presence. Our work invites audiences into shared moments of reflection and transformation, fostering what we call ‘epic intimacy’—a sense of closeness created through, rather than in spite of, mediation.

Developed with support from The Drama League, Lehigh University, and commissioned by the National Performance Network Creation Fund with Chatham University's Immersive Media Department and the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center.

Two Queens. One in power. One in prison. Mary, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I – bound by blood, divided by the crown – collide in this intense depiction of their infamous rivalry.

Translated from Friedrich Schiller’s masterpiece, Peter Oswald’s adaptation of Mary Stuart is a bold mix of poetry and prose that seeks to uncover the personal stakes behind their royal clash.

The play opens on April 25 and runs through May 18 with shows at 7:30 PM on Thursdays, 8 PM on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 PM on Sundays.

the dance floor, the hospital room, and the kitchen table is a theatrical ritual of memory, a queer séance, and a reckoning with history that refuses to stay in the past. Blending live performance with archival audio, this intimate and electrifying work follows three queer researchers as they wade through the voices of those lost to—and those who survived—the HIV/AIDS epidemic. As they listen, dance, and debate, the archive begins to pulse around them, refusing to be forgotten. Part ghost story, part love letter, and part urgent call to remember, this performance asks: How do we honor our ghosts while also fighting for the living?

Future Ghost is a performance ensemble lead by Lyam B. Gabel and Joseph Amodei that creates media-integrated work exploring intimacy, memory, and futurity. Blending performance and new media, we craft immersive, deeply felt experiences that explore the ways technology shapes connection, storytelling, and presence. Our work invites audiences into shared moments of reflection and transformation, fostering what we call ‘epic intimacy’—a sense of closeness created through, rather than in spite of, mediation.

Developed with support from The Drama League, Lehigh University, and commissioned by the National Performance Network Creation Fund with Chatham University's Immersive Media Department and the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center.

The Church Hill Theatre is excited to introduce (BASS) Basic Acting Skills for Students from the 2nd- 10th grades. Presented through a series of exciting workshops offered on Saturdays, students learn audition preparation, characterization, coordination, stage, movements, poetry, and much, much more. Let BASS take your child’s acting abilities and skills to the next theatrical level. Classes are starting Saturday, February 1st – March 1st, 2025.

For information about this dramatic program, check out the CHT website at churchhilltheatre.org or by calling the office at (410) 556-6003.

the dance floor, the hospital room, and the kitchen table is a theatrical ritual of memory, a queer séance, and a reckoning with history that refuses to stay in the past. Blending live performance with archival audio, this intimate and electrifying work follows three queer researchers as they wade through the voices of those lost to—and those who survived—the HIV/AIDS epidemic. As they listen, dance, and debate, the archive begins to pulse around them, refusing to be forgotten. Part ghost story, part love letter, and part urgent call to remember, this performance asks: How do we honor our ghosts while also fighting for the living?

Future Ghost is a performance ensemble lead by Lyam B. Gabel and Joseph Amodei that creates media-integrated work exploring intimacy, memory, and futurity. Blending performance and new media, we craft immersive, deeply felt experiences that explore the ways technology shapes connection, storytelling, and presence. Our work invites audiences into shared moments of reflection and transformation, fostering what we call ‘epic intimacy’—a sense of closeness created through, rather than in spite of, mediation.

Developed with support from The Drama League, Lehigh University, and commissioned by the National Performance Network Creation Fund with Chatham University's Immersive Media Department and the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center.