Auditions for 2026
All auditions are held at the Mantorville Opera House: 5 5th St. West, Mantorville, MN
Sunday, May 17th & Monday, May 18th: Auditions for 2026 Summer Shows
Student-led show auditions will be from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Summer Melodrama auditions will start at 6:30 pm
Audition for all the summer shows at one time! Bring your calendar and enthusiasm!
Student-led show auditions will be from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Summer Melodrama auditions will start at 6:30 pm
Audition for all the summer shows at one time! Bring your calendar and enthusiasm!
We encourage you to sign up for a time slot for auditions (Summer Audition Sign Up).
You are welcome to walk in to auditions, but we will defer to the sign up list first.
Look below for summaries and character descriptions.
Below is the audition form that you will be asked to fill out.
You are welcome to print and fill out prior to auditions.
You are welcome to walk in to auditions, but we will defer to the sign up list first.
Look below for summaries and character descriptions.
Below is the audition form that you will be asked to fill out.
You are welcome to print and fill out prior to auditions.
| 2026 Audition Form.jpg |
June 12 - 28: Two Putz for the Win or Par for the Course
By David Klickman, Directed by Cheryl Frarck
Uriah Putz is the founder of the Putz Putter Golf Company. Now that he is ready to retire, he plans on giving the company to his son, Isaac. Of course things don’t go as planned and everything falls apart! What is Arthur up to? Who has been stealing money from the company? Will Isaac become the head of the company? Come enjoy this tee-rific show to find out!
Click below for character descriptions:
By David Klickman, Directed by Cheryl Frarck
Uriah Putz is the founder of the Putz Putter Golf Company. Now that he is ready to retire, he plans on giving the company to his son, Isaac. Of course things don’t go as planned and everything falls apart! What is Arthur up to? Who has been stealing money from the company? Will Isaac become the head of the company? Come enjoy this tee-rific show to find out!
Click below for character descriptions:
| June Melodrama Characters.pdf |
July 10 - 26: The Treasure of Shiver River or It’s Hard to Drive Cattle When their Horns are Frozen
By Flip Kobler & Cindy Marcus, Directed by Ryan Frank
Get ready for the freshest old-fashioned mellerdramer this side of the Mississippi! Although Colonel Sanders has the best cattle herd you've heard of, he needs a good return at the upcoming auction to keep his ranch! Rumor has it there's a treasure hidden on his property. Enter Rod Enreel, the snake salesman with a plot (or two ... or 26?) to thwart the auction and claim the treasure for himself. Colonel Sanders, his daughter Heidi Claire, and our hero Marshall Law will need to step in and save the day! With an uproarious set of characters, including a female pirate queen, grizzled old prospector, German doctor, and former gambling addict, come help the newspaper reporter Scoop O'Mally get the all facts straight!
Click below for character descriptions:
| July Melodrama Characters.pdf |
August 7 - 23: Dogsbreath Devereaux, The Dastardly Doctor or Nurses! Foiled Again!
By Billy St. John, Directed by Bob Soland
The dastardly Dr. Dogsbreath Devereaux becomes the director of the Hanover D. Cash Clinic and problems arise. Someone is looking to marry wealthy widow Lotta Cash to inherit her fortune and the clinic. Additionally, eccentric patients drop by the clinic with distractions. Will widow Cash get married? What will happen to the nurse Wendy? Watch out, laughter is going to be contagious!
Click below for character descriptions:
| August Melodrama Characters.pdf |
August 28 - 30: Student-led show - The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon
By Don Zolidis, Directed by Noah Witty & Julian Thurmes
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt to combine all 209 stories. The stories range from classics like Snow White, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel to more bizarre, obscure stories like The Devil's Grandmother and The Girl Without Hands. A wild, free-form comedy with lots of audience participation and madcap fun.
Click below for character descriptions:
| Student Show Characters.pdf |
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Sunday, August 9th & Monday, August 10th at 6:30 pm
Auditions for 2026 Fall Show:
Let's Murder Marsha (October 9 - 25)
By Monk Ferris, Directed by Cheryl Frarck
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Sunday, August 9th & Monday, August 10th at 6:30 pm
Auditions for 2026 Fall Show:
Let's Murder Marsha (October 9 - 25)
By Monk Ferris, Directed by Cheryl Frarck
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Saturday, September 19th & Sunday, September 20th
Auditions for 2026 Holiday Show:
Little Women (December 4 - 20)
Adapted by Marisha Chamberlain, Directed by Kami Sim
Auditions for 2026 Holiday Show:
Little Women (December 4 - 20)
Adapted by Marisha Chamberlain, Directed by Kami Sim