Valencia College Theater

04/07/2025

VALENCIA COLLEGE THEATRE Announces AUDITIONS for
Neil LaBute’s searing play: BASH
A collection of three darkly brilliant one-act plays which form a trio of unforgettable personal accounts. All are unblinking portraits of the complexities of evil in everyday life, exhibiting LaBute’s signature lyrical intensity.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
VALENCIA COLLEGE EAST CAMPUS
The auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
NOTE: These are 3 separate monologue pieces that are intense and raw.
To schedule an appointment, please email your name, headshot (if no headshot is available, a photo will suffice) and resume (if you have)
and first, second, and third preferred time based on:
6pm – 7pm
7pm – 8pm
8pm – 9pm
(9pm – 10pm reserved for overfill)
Email to: theatre@valenciacollege.edu
Character Breakdown:
We will be casting a total of 8 performers double cast in the following monologues. Total of 4 male identifying, and 4 female identifying.
IPHIGENIA IN OREM:
“Young Man” - Male identifying Utah businessman, who confides in a stranger a most chilling crime.
A GAGGLE OF SAINTS
John: Male Identifying
Sue: Female Identifying
Young couple separately recounting the violent events of a weekend in New York City
MEDEA REDEUX
Woman: Female identifying young woman who confesses a tragic and complex relationship that ends in violent tragedy.
PERFORMANCES DATES:
June 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 2025 @ 7:30pm / June 8, 2025 @ 2:00pm
East Campus, Building 3-Black Box Theater

As a Valencia College Production, this is an unpaid project / non-union. Valencia College is an Equal Opportunity Institution, and Valencia College Theatre is dedicated to an open casting process that does not discriminate in regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, marital status, sex/gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, pregnancy and any other factor prohibited under applicable federal, state, and local civil rights laws, rules, and regulations.

04/04/2025

SOLD OUT OPENING WEEKEND! (Get on a wait list, it will be worth your time!)
"Green Day's American Idiot" explodes onto the stage at Valencia College Theatre - only 2 weekends and 7 performances.
DO NOT MISS: For info Visit:
https://events.valenciacollege.edu/event/american-idiot-musical
(Photos by Chris Bridges for Valencia College Theatre)
NOTE TO ALL PATRONS: Please do not click on anyone trying to sell tickets - the only tickets are ones available from the box office. Scammers gonna Scam.

04/02/2025

OPENING WEEKEND ALMOST SOLD OUT! Get your tickets NOW!

“GREEN DAY’S AMERICIAN IDIOT COMES TO ORLANDO FOR A LIMITED RUN! OPENING APRIL 4th!
Music by Green Day/Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong/Book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer
“…an exuberant assault – a slick and tough 95-minute package of alienated suburban youth, media overstimulation and seamless, high-concept theatricality.”
NOT TO BE MISSED – ONLY 7 PERFORMANCES April 4th – 12th! For info Visit:
https://events.valenciacollege.edu/event/american-idiot-musical

03/31/2025

“GREEN DAY’S AMERICIAN IDIOT COMES TO ORLANDO FOR A LIMITED RUN! OPENING APRIL 4th!
Music by Green Day/Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong/Book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer
“…an exuberant assault – a slick and tough 95-minute package of alienated suburban youth, media overstimulation and seamless, high-concept theatricality.”
NOT TO BE MISSED – ONLY 7 PERFORMANCES April 4th – 12th! For info Visit:
https://events.valenciacollege.edu/event/american-idiot-musical

03/28/2025

“GREEN DAY’S AMERICIAN IDIOT COMES TO ORLANDO FOR A LIMITED RUN!
Music by Green Day/Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong/Book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer
“…an exuberant assault – a slick and tough 95-minute package of alienated suburban youth, media overstimulation and seamless, high-concept theatricality.”
DO NOT MISS – ONLY 7 PERFORMANCES April 4th – 12th! For info Visit:
https://events.valenciacollege.edu/event/american-idiot-musical

03/15/2025

CELEBRATE DANCE PERFORMANCE with Valencia Dance!

It’s almost show day!!! Come watch our Spring Dance Concert on Friday or Saturday starting at 8 PM.
Check out the link in our bio to purchase your tickets❤️‍🔥

03/14/2025

“GREEN DAY’S AMERICIAN IDIOT" COMES TO ORLANDO!
Music by Green Day / Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer
“…an exuberant assault – a slick and tough 95-minute package of alienated suburban youth, media overstimulation and seamless, high-concept theatricality.”
DO NOT MISS – ONLY 7 PERFORMANCES April 4th – 12th! For info Visit:
https://events.valenciacollege.edu/event/american-idiot-musical

03/06/2025

TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY! Valencia College Theatre in association with Nassim Soleimanpour Productions presents
WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT By Nassim Soleimanpour
Featuring Ayò Jeriah Demps as our performer for the evening. (Jamaal K. Solomon as understudy)
FREE PERFORMANCE - ONE SHOW ONLY - 7:30pm March 13th, 2025
Valencia College East Campus Building 3 Atrium/Lobby (Limited seating/first come first served)

Take an actor, who has never seen the script and never rehearsed the play, have them open an envelope for the text, and the ensuing experience is one that is breathtaking and energized! "Wildly unpredictable and completely unforgettable, White Rabbit, Red Rabbit is a punch in the air for self-expression; a testament to the power of words to transcend cultures and borders. You have to be there." - New Zealand Herald

URGENT: (Notice required by playwright) This play is NOT overtly political and should not be portrayed as such. It operates on a deeper, metaphoric level, and very expressly avoids overt political comment. All media and press agents have to keep in mind that the playwright is an Iranian native. We therefore ask the press to be judicious in their reportage.
(Photo courtesy of Couleur / Pixabay)

03/03/2025

GET READY ORLANDO! Tickets go on sale for “Green Day’s American Idiot” THIS FRIDAY, 3/7 at 12 noon!
“…an exuberant assault – a slick and tough 95-minute package of alienated suburban youth, media overstimulation and seamless, high-concept theatricality.”
DO NOT MISS! Visit link on Friday to purchase – ONLY 7 SHOWS! https://events.valenciacollege.edu/event/american-idiot-musical

02/26/2025

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PLAYWRIGHTS WHOSE WORKS WERE CHOSEN FOR THIS YEAR'S FLORIDA PLAYWRIGHTS COMPETITION!
We received submissions from over 140 playwrights, most of whom submitted multiple works. All were amazing and we were honored to read them ALL. The 15 chosen for this year's production were:
Abaciscus 22 – Bobbie Bell
And That’s The Way It is – Erik Keevan
The Anniversary – Risa Lewak
The Creative Process – Amber Valois
Desperately Seeking Eyeballs – W.L. Newkirk
Double Rainbow – Rebecca Kane
Feed for Thought – Tony Pelham
The Electronics of Proposal – Judd Lear Silverman
Get Ready with Me – Kaily Anderson-Barr
Great Post – Samara Siskind
It’s The End of the World and We’re F*cked! – Bella Panciocco
Minoan Sunset – Lewis Shilane
Shrinking Violets - Ava Marie Petroski
A Star is Reborn – Ken Preuss
Unfollow Myself – Ash Singer

02/13/2025

OPENING FEBRUARY 14th - DO NOT MISS!

02/03/2025

01/15/2025

AUDITION SLOTS ARE FILLING UP FAST! Get yourself scheduled!
AUDITIONS for GREEN DAY’S AMERICAN IDIOT!
Music by GREEN DAY Lyrics by BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG
Book by BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG and MICHAEL MAYER
Valencia College Theater is proud to present the two-time Tony Award-winning hit musical Green Day's American Idiot, based on the Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum album, which boldly takes the American musical where it's never gone before! This high-octane show includes every song from Green Day's album, American Idiot, as well as several songs from its follow-up release, 21st Century Breakdown.
Sunday January 26th 6pm – 10pm
Monday January 27th, 6pm – 8pm / Callbacks 8pm – 10pm
VALENCIA COLLEGE EAST CAMPUS
(Auditions open to students, alumni, and members of the community)
To schedule an appointment, please email your name, headshot and resume (if you have) and first, second, and third preferred time based on:
1/26: 6pm – 7pm
1/26: 7pm – 8pm
1/26: 8pm – 9pm
1/26: 9pm – 10pm
1/27: 6pm – 7pm
1/27: 7pm – 8pm
(8pm – 10pm reserved for callbacks)
Email with subject “American Idiot Auditions” to: theatre@valenciacollege.edu
VOCAL AUDITIONS: (Musical Director Alexander LaPlante)
Bring a 16-bar cut of a rock song that shows off range.
Be prepared for a 32 upon request. Bring in sheet music with a cut or recorded accompaniment that you can play on a device.
DANCE AUDITIONS: (Choreographer Elaine Cooksley)
Be prepared to learn a short combination, full of high energy movement. You will also be asked to improvise for a few 8s so that we can see if you have any secret weapons or tricks up your sleeve.
Character Breakdown
Johnny - The self-proclaimed "Jesus of Suburbia." Bored of his do-nothing, go-nowhere existence, he takes off for the city to get a new lease on life. He wages an inner war between a budding love for “Whatsername” and growing dependency on St. Jimmy and drugs. (Vocal range top: B4 / Vocal range bottom: B2)
Tunny - Johnny's friend who follows him to the city and eventually enlists in the army. He travels to the Middle East. A dreamer who is easily swayed, first by Johnny's ideas and then by patriotism and the American Dream.
(Vocal range top: B4 / Vocal range bottom: D3)
Will - Johnny's friend. He ends up staying in Suburbia to take care of pregnant girlfriend Heather. The more he stays on the couch, the more he becomes slowly disconnected from the world and his own relationships.
(Vocal range top: A4 / Vocal range bottom:C #3)
St. Jimmy - Johnny's alter ego. Known as the "city badass." An enigmatic and charismatic enabler who gets Johnny addicted to drugs and grows jealous of his relationship with “Whatsername”. (Vocal range top: F #5 / Vocal range bottom: C3)
Heather - A girl in Suburbia and Will's girlfriend. She discovers she is pregnant but has difficulty telling her boyfriend of the news. Once she settles down with him, she struggles to maintain their relationship with his despondency and eventually leaves him.
(Vocal range top: E5 / Vocal range bottom: A3)
“Whatsername” - A girl in the city who falls for Johnny. A rebellious activist who is willing to follow Johnny to the ends of the earth, but fights to have him embrace their authentic relationship rather than pursue his addiction.
(Vocal range top: D #5 / Vocal range bottom: F #3)
“Extraordinary Girl” - A girl in the Middle East who appears as a sexual hallucination to injured Tunny. Attractive and mysterious, she later appears as his nurse and accompanies him home after the war. (Vocal range top: E5 / Vocal range bottom: Bb3)
AND OUR GREENDAY’S AMERICAN IDIOT ENSEMBLE:
The Men* (Carson, Daniel, Brandon, John, Jamal, Dustin, Jared);
The Women* (Chelsea, Ashley, Aurie)
*see note below on gender
PERFORMANCE DATES:
April 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 2025 @ 7:30pm / April 6, 2025 @ 2:00pm
*As a Valencia College Production, this is an unpaid project / non-union. Valencia College is an Equal Opportunity Institution, and Valencia College Theatre is dedicated to an open casting process that does not discriminate in regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, marital status, sex/gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, pregnancy and any other factor prohibited under applicable federal, state, and local civil rights laws, rules, and regulations.

01/10/2025

2025 PLAYWRIGHT CALL FOR 5 MINUTE ONE ACTS!
Valencia College in Orlando, Florida is looking for local/regional/national playwrights to work with the Valencia College Theatre Department (VC) on our annual student directed project titled “MEDIA” as part of their “Student Directed One Act Festival / Florida Playwright Competition” 2025.
The VC directing students will be creating a festival of 3 to 5 minute plays to be performed in Orlando in April 2025 in our Black Box Theatre. This is part of Valencia’s ongoing commitment to original theatre and the “Florida Playwright’s Competition” which has run each year since 1992.
(NOTE: Submissions accepted from all across the globe, does not have to be a Florida Based playwright)
TO SUBMIT:
Playwrights may submit up to (2) works each, either newly written or a previous work that fits the theme of “MEDIA” (see below)
THEME: “MEDIA” and specifically ‘SOCIAL MEDIA” can be interpreted in any way that you choose. Comedy, Drama, Farce, or any combination. The interpretation can be literal or figurative, whimsical or dark, social commentary and satire. (No musical works accepted at this time). This allows for a great deal of commentary on how both Media and Social Media play into our daily lives on a personal, regional, national and global level.
LENGTH: Time limit minimum of 3 minutes, maximum of 5 minutes each one act. (If a work is chosen that runs over, the directors will be encouraged to work with the playwright to edit into time span)
CAST: limited to 2 actors. Both characters must have an equal balance in the script. (One person plays are not included in the festival). NOTE: You can have an offstage voice as well if needed as long as it is minimally used.
TECH: The One Acts are staged in our 100 seat Black Box theatre, with minimal tech: The student directors will have access to 4 theatrical cubes, 4 chairs, one small table. Sound cues will be utilized, and minimum lighting and projections will be provided. Props/costumes as needed provided by the individual directors.
CASTING: The casting will come from Valencia College’s Acting Two classes, and open to all genders and gender identities, ages, ethnicities, etc. Open and inclusive casting for the scripts is necessary. Ages skew to the college age range.
STIPEND: If chosen, all playwrights will receive a stipend for the performance rights for their work. All playwrights will retain the rights for their work, but grant Valencia College Theatre the rights for performance and posting (online component if utilized) with full credit given. Contracts will be sent if a work is chosen. (Standard stipend is $75 per playwright for performance rights to the 5-minute one act. The works are performed twice and possibly filmed for online as well) Note: There is no ticket charge either in person or online.
DEADLINE: Scripts shall be submitted by 5pm on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 – Notification to playwrights by February 21st, 2025
EMAIL: All scripts should be sent to theatre@valenciacollege.edu with the subject: 2025 One Act Festival. Please put your name in the file name, along with the title of the work being submitted. (For Example: EdgarAPoe.DreamWithinaDream) If submitting multiple works, please send in the same email, but as different files. Send only PDF or Microsoft Word files (No links to Dropboxes/Sharepoint, Cloud or similar.)
QUESTIONS: Please contact us at the above email.
REMINDER THAT THE DEADLINE IS 5pm on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12th, 2025
(Photo courtesy of Pixabay/Ghinzo)

01/07/2025

AUDITIONS for GREEN DAY’S AMERICAN IDIOT!
Music by GREEN DAY Lyrics by BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG
Book by BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG and MICHAEL MAYER

Valencia College Theater is proud to present the two-time Tony Award-winning hit musical Green Day's American Idiot, based on the Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum album, which boldly takes the American musical where it's never gone before! This high-octane show includes every song from Green Day's album, American Idiot, as well as several songs from its follow-up release, 21st Century Breakdown.

Sunday January 26th 6pm – 10pm
Monday January 27th, 6pm – 8pm / Callbacks 8pm – 10pm
VALENCIA COLLEGE EAST CAMPUS
(Auditions open to students, alumni, and members of the community)
To schedule an appointment, please email your name, headshot and resume (if you have) and first, second, and third preferred time based on:
1/26: 6pm – 7pm
1/26: 7pm – 8pm
1/26: 8pm – 9pm
1/26: 9pm – 10pm
1/27: 6pm – 7pm
1/27: 7pm – 8pm
(8pm – 10pm reserved for callbacks)

Email with subject “American Idiot Auditions” to: theatre@valenciacollege.edu

VOCAL AUDITIONS: (Musical Director Alexander LaPlante)
Bring a 16-bar cut of a rock song that shows off range.
Be prepared for a 32 upon request. Bring in sheet music with a cut or recorded accompaniment that you can play on a device.
DANCE AUDITIONS: (Choreographer Elaine Cooksley)
Be prepared to learn a short combination, full of high energy movement. You will also be asked to improvise for a few 8s so that we can see if you have any secret weapons or tricks up your sleeve.

Character Breakdown
Johnny - The self-proclaimed "Jesus of Suburbia." Bored of his do-nothing, go-nowhere existence, he takes off for the city to get a new lease on life. He wages an inner war between a budding love for “Whatsername” and growing dependency on St. Jimmy and drugs. (Vocal range top: B4 / Vocal range bottom: B2)

Tunny - Johnny's friend who follows him to the city and eventually enlists in the army. He travels to the Middle East. A dreamer who is easily swayed, first by Johnny's ideas and then by patriotism and the American Dream.
(Vocal range top: B4 / Vocal range bottom: D3)

Will - Johnny's friend. He ends up staying in Suburbia to take care of pregnant girlfriend Heather. The more he stays on the couch, the more he becomes slowly disconnected from the world and his own relationships.
(Vocal range top: A4 / Vocal range bottom:C #3)

St. Jimmy - Johnny's alter ego. Known as the "city badass." An enigmatic and charismatic enabler who gets Johnny addicted to drugs and grows jealous of his relationship with “Whatsername”. (Vocal range top: F #5 / Vocal range bottom: C3)

Heather - A girl in Suburbia and Will's girlfriend. She discovers she is pregnant but has difficulty telling her boyfriend of the news. Once she settles down with him, she struggles to maintain their relationship with his despondency and eventually leaves him.
(Vocal range top: E5 / Vocal range bottom: A3)

“Whatsername” - A girl in the city who falls for Johnny. A rebellious activist who is willing to follow Johnny to the ends of the earth, but fights to have him embrace their authentic relationship rather than pursue his addiction.
(Vocal range top: D #5 / Vocal range bottom: F #3)

“Extraordinary Girl” - A girl in the Middle East who appears as a sexual hallucination to injured Tunny. Attractive and mysterious, she later appears as his nurse and accompanies him home after the war. (Vocal range top: E5 / Vocal range bottom: Bb3)

AND OUR GREENDAY’S AMERICAN IDIOT ENSEMBLE:
The Men* (Carson, Daniel, Brandon, John, Jamal, Dustin, Jared);
The Women* (Chelsea, Ashley, Aurie)
*see note below on gender

PERFORMANCE DATES:
April 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 2025 @ 7:30pm / April 6, 2025 @ 2:00pm

*As a Valencia College Production, this is an unpaid project / non-union. Valencia College is an Equal Opportunity Institution, and Valencia College Theatre is dedicated to an open casting process that does not discriminate in regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, marital status, sex/gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, pregnancy and any other factor prohibited under applicable federal, state, and local civil rights laws, rules, and regulations.

10/28/2024

POSTING FOR OUR DEAR FRIENDS AT THE LEDP CLUB! Haunted Walk through in the EAST CAMPUS BLACKBOX! Free Admission! Drop on by if you are on campus!
(Student run by the Live Entertainment and Design Production Club)

10/14/2024

OPENING THIS WEEK AT VALENCIA COLLEGE THEATRE!