Performance Majors Auditions
No audition is required as part of the application process to Tulane, however a submission of a portfolio can strengthen an application. Please learn more about portfolio submissions and performing arts-related admissions events on the Tulane Admissions website or contact Nathaniel Malkow at nmalkow@tulane.edu in Admissions.
Students interested in majoring in theatre or dance should enroll in a department class their first semester. Auditions to pursue a performance degree (major) are held for enrolled students in the Fall for dance, and early Fall and Winter for theatre.
Performance degree auditions will be announced on this webpage, in all department classes, and department social media channels.
Theatre
Hurricane Diane
By Madeline George and directed by Jenny Mercein
AUDITIONS- April 21st 4pm to 8pm, Callbacks April 22nd
Printed Sides Available in 215 McWilliams
Performances Oct 13th through 17th, 2026
ABOUT THE SHOW:
“An astonishing new play by Madeleine George that whirls ancient myth, lesbian pulp, ecological thriller and The Real Housewives of Monmouth County into a perfect storm of timely tragicomedy.” – Jesse Green, The New York Times
Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity—the Greek god Dionysus—and she's returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the Earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than with four housewives in a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac?
Content Disclosures: This play includes intimacy such as kissing and provocative dancing. It also discusses the character's sex lives. The play also includes profanity.
Intimacy Content: The actor playing Diane will have potential kissing and/or other physically intimate moments with the actors playing Beth, Renee and Pam.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Carol Fleischer (39, female identifying, any race/ethnicity)
Carol knows what she wants and knows she deserves it. She’s built a nice life but dreams of a better one. Slightly cold, in control, logical, with a surprising hidden strength.
Pam Annunziata, (40s, female identifying, Italian American)
She’s got emergency radios and food rations in the basement, she’s prepared. Loud, passionate, always looks put together, great laugh, protective, ready for a good time.
Renee Shapiro-Epps, (40s, female identifying, Woman of Color)
Proudly dated a woman after college, but now married to a man. Professionally successful, the only woman of color on the masthead of an interior design magazine. More open and forward thinking than the rest of the group, but also competitive. Sharp, smart, passionate, fair, and reliable.
Beth Wann, (30s, female identifying, any race/ethnicity)
Beth’s husband recently left her, a moment she never saw coming (but everyone else did.) She is reeling and not able to get on top of this new reality. She wants to be saved. Dreamy, gentle, melancholy yet optimistic, floaty, sweet.
Diane, (genderfluid/female identifying/trans/nonbinary, any race/ethnicity)
The Incarnation of Dionysus, the Greek god. A butch charm factory, combination of swagger and stillness. Powerful, wry, charming, confident, smooth and immortal.
QUESTIONS — contact Professor Mercein at jmercein@tulane.edu
If you can’t make the 21st and would like to audition on the 22nd, please contact Professor Sovkoplas at esovkoplas@tulane.edu
Dance
All Dance Auditions are completed for the 2025.26 performance season. Auditions for the 2026.27 season will be posted in August 2026.