Auditions for “Arsenic and Old Lace”

Auditions for HU’s production of “Arsenic and Old Lace” are Monday, October 27. To audition, you will need to prepare a 45- to 90-second comedic monologue from a play written after 1700. Suggestions:

Any comedy written by Oscar Wilde
Any comedy written by Moliere
The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
The Way of the World by William Congreve
The Country Wife by William Wycherley (this one was written slightly prior to 1700 but is still in the same vein)
The Rover by Aphra Behn

A lot of these are available free online through sites like Project Gutenburg, but the campus library also has a great selection of options. A copy of the script is available upon request. Performance dates are February 5-7, 2026.

If you have any questions, please email director Ryan Long at rlong@huntington.edu. We look forward to seeing you at auditions!