Auditions

Audition Emails

Theatre Ontario distributes a bi-weekly Auditions Email Bulletin of auditions (both community and professional) taking place throughout Ontario.

Canadian Actors' Equity Association produces a periodic electronic mailing called eDrive.  This free service offers fast and easy notifcations of auditions for productions engaging members of Equity, as well as job postings, workshops and Equity news.  Visit caea.com.

Audition Postings

Theatre Ontario's Notice Binders are open for anyone to view at our Toronto office.  The Notice binders list auditions, jobs, classes, workshops, volunteering opportunities and current shows.  To keep current, drop by about once a week.  Theatres, individuals, producers, studios and professional companies throughout the province regularly send material to be posted when they are looking for special skills, publicizing auditions and new jobs and want to get the word out.

If you want Theatre Ontario to display your information mark it "please post" and fax to 416-408-3402 or email to auditions@theatreontario.org

Theatre Ontario's on site Resource Library contains monologue books that you can use for auditions.  Theatre Ontario's Resource Library also contains practical manuals, listings, workbooks and books on marketing, fundraising, Board development, accessing grants and application forms, producing a show from scratch, incorporating a company, and theatre magazines.  Check out Recommended Reading for a list of Canadian monologues you can use at your audition.

The Metro Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge Street near Bloor and Yonge) hosts a special collection of books on the performing arts.  Located on the fifth floor of the library, theatre resources include: books, audition resources, monologue books, scores, CDs and LPs, archival collections, CD-ROMs, links to web sites, videos, periodicals, clippings, posters, photographs, and programs.  You can search the Metro Toronto Reference Library's performing arts collection on their website www.tpl.toronto.on.ca under the Performing Arts Centre collection.

Their theatre reference book collection includes books on:

  • all aspects of theatrical performance
  • books on circus, comedy, conjuring, juggling, mime, vaudeville, and puppetry
  • plays: a large collection from Canada and around the world
  • extensive collection of monologue and scene books
  • index to Canadian theatre productions programs, photographs, posters, and stage designs for Canadian theatre productions
  • vertical files: newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and publicity materials relating to Canadian performers and organizations
  • archival collections
  • audition material
  • sound recordings: plays, stage dialects, and comedy reviews from London and New York
  • industry directories and annual reports
  • links to theatre web sites
  • display boards: posters, pamphlets, and business cards related to events, classes, workshops, auditions, etc.
  • theatre periodicals (located in the Periodicals Centre)
  • videos: theatre productions and documentaries relating to theatre (found at the Picture Collection/Video Desk)

Plays for upcoming auditions at theatres in the Toronto region are kept on hold at the Performing Arts Desk.  There is also a wide selection of monologues, scenes, and songbooks available in the Performing Arts Annex.  Information about upcoming auditions is provided by members of the theatre community and is updated regularly.

Information about upcoming auditions can be sent by e-mail to the Toronto Reference Library at: trlart@tpl.toronto.on.ca