Fall 2025 Auditions
MUSIC SHOWCASE AUDITIONS
Tuesday, August 26th at 5pm
Studio Theater
Deadline to Submit: Saturday, August 24 via Google Form link
Audition Guidelines
- Prepare one piece (recommended 2–5 minutes)
- Rehearsals scheduled based on student availability
- Video auditions accepted (pending schedule/availability)
The Fall 2025 USF Music Showcase will have two performance dates! This is your chance to share your talent with the USF community, whether you’re a soloist, ensemble member, composer, vocalist, DJ, or instrumentalist. All genres are welcome - classical, jazz, pop, rock, musical theatre, electronics, original works, covers, and more!
Required Dates for Performers:
Tue, Nov 11 – Individual Techs | 6:30–10:00 PM
Wed, Nov 12 – Dress Rehearsal | 6:30–10:00 PM
Thu, Nov 13 – SHOW | 7:30 PM
Fri, Nov 14 – SHOW | 7:30 PM
If you have any questions, please contact Thomas Kurtz at tkurtz@usfca.edu.
USF Dance Ensemble: Fall 2025 Alumni Concert
Location: KGallagher Dance Studio in Koret Center
Date: Thursday, August 28th at 6:30pm
Time: 6pm (In-Person Registration), 6:30pm Auditions
USF Dance Ensemble members will learn and perform choreography from many styles and disciplines by USF PASJ Alumni, including: Taylor Dunakin, Jonryan Natividad, Danielle Smith, Clarissa Ko, Sebastian Le with Dance Generators, Chloë L. Zimberg, Marie Hamel, and Mirage Witzer.
Performances scheduled Thursday, November 20 - Saturday, November 22 at 8pm in Studio Theater.
Please contact Eli Nelson at esnelson@usfca.edu for additional information.
FALL 2025 CHOREOGRAPHER BIOS:
Taylor Dunakin, a San Francisco native, began dancing at a young age and has since trained in ballet, contemporary, and hip hop. She is a proud alumna of the University of San Francisco and served as President of Vitality Dance SF during the 2023–2024 season. With a strong foundation in technique and performance, Taylor brings versatility and continues to be inspired through movement and community-driven artistry.
Jonryan Natividad is a movement artist based in Sacramento and San Francisco. He began his dance journey on the Hip Hop dance crew Boogie Monstarz, training in choreography through fundamentals such as popping/waving/gliding. He is also a recent USF alum and a previous JV Co-Director of VarCity SF. His movement is rooted in grooves and specific musicality attributable to his background as a percussionist.
Description: A collaborative hip hop piece by Taylor and Jonryan, exploring the raw emotion of yearning through fluid movement, intricate rhythms, and powerful connection.
Rehearsals Sundays, 2pm-5pm | Koret Dance Studio
Danielle Smith (she/her) brings vibrant energy and a deep commitment to social engagement to her artistry. For Danielle, movement is a powerful tool for building community and sparking conversations on social justice issues. Her distinct choreographic voice--a dynamic blend of hip-hop, afro-beats, and modern dance--was cultivated after graduating with a B.A. in dance from the University of San Francisco (18'). Danielle also contributes her skills to an immigration nonprofit, highlighting her multifaceted dedication to the arts and social impact.
Description: A spoken-word hip-hop piece that utilizes the "Yay Area" style and Afro-fusion beats to expose society's contradictions in faith, relationships, politics, and wealth disparities.
Rehearsals Thursdays, 7:30pm-9:30pm | Koret Dance Studio
Clarissa Ko (she/her) graduated from USF in 2016 having been a part of PASJ, Vitality SF’s inaugural company, and VarCity. In recent years she has danced with Lizz Roman and Dancers in site-specific performances and films. She is currently a choreographer and studio dance teacher (specialized in contemporary/modern/lyrical and ballet). Her choreography for HeartBeat Dance Academy and West Coast Dance Conservatory has won awards in regional and national competitions over the past 8 years.
Description: Clarissa will be choreographing a contemporary ballet piece featuring modern classical music by young composers/musicians of color. Seeking dancers confident with mixing ballet and contemporary technique.
Rehearsals Fridays 2:30pm-4:30pm & starting Oct 5th, Sundays 11am-1pm | Koret Dance Studio
Sebastian Le with Dance Generators: (he/him) graduated from the University of San Francisco with a major in Business Management and a minor in Dance. He is a contemporary dancer and has worked with Liv Schaffer and Dazaun Soleyn on an interactive quartet with Adia Millett’s quilted sculpture piece, “Quilted Ancestors”. In early 2024, he danced in Lenora Lee’s In Visibility and Convergent Waves: EP. He has also danced with dNaga in “Unbound” during the later parts of 2024. Currently he is a member of the USF intergenerational dance company, Dance Generators, directed by Liv Schaffer.
Description: A piece that explores the importance of intergenerational relationships, and ponders the factors that divide generations. Dance style: contemporary.
Rehearsals Saturdays 1:00-3:00pm | Koret Dance Studio
Chloë L. Zimberg (she/her), is a dancer, producer, curator, consultant, and arts program specialist currently leading ODC Theater as Creative Director. Her work centralizes on the strategic development of equitable performing arts platforms and the live arts sector. Zimberg is originally from the Puget Sound and holds a BA in Performing Arts and Social Justice from the University of San Francisco with concentration in Dance and minor emphases in Politics and English Literature. She is an alum of the National Arts Strategies and University of Pennsylvania Executive Program in Arts & Culture Strategy and provides creative career coaching to artists and arts professionals.
Description: Theatrical, Funky Modern/Contemporary informed by Ballet foundations with Athletic musicality; mapping of internal landscapes and systems, performativity of internal parts, and harnessing authentic expression, grace, care, and joy.
Rehearsals Saturdays, 10:00am-1:00pm | Koret Dance Studio
Marie Hamel (she/they) is an artist based in San Francisco. In high school, she joined the Junior Artist Generator program at BodyVox, where she trained under Sara Parker/Heather Jackson and explored Jazz (Luigi technique), Ballet, Contemporary, and Commercial Hip-Hop. Most recently, she graduated from USF, where she studied marketing and dance. Her movement style is heavily inspired by all the instructors listed above and by her love of electronic music (amateurDJ in the making).
Mirage Witzer (She/Her) is a movement artist based in San Francisco. She trained in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop, Aerial Arts, and Contemporary at Pacific festival Ballet Company from the age of 3 until the end of high school. She continued her dance training at the University of San Francisco. The program allowed her to broaden her lens on what dance is. Her movement style is contemporary based, with a love for low fly and eerie vibes.
Description: This piece will draw from the concept of karmic relations, with each movement triggering a chilling domino effect—an echoing of pain.
Rehearsals Fridays 4:45pm-6:45pm | Koret Dance Studio
THEATER MAINSTAGE AUDITIONS
LOCATION: Studio Theater (LM 148)
DATE: Monday, January 27th & Tuesday, January 28th
TIME: 6:30pm - 10pm
(Callbacks Wednesday, January 29th at 6:30pm)
REQUIREMENTS:
Please prepare a memorized 2-3 min monologue.
If you do not have a monologue, we will provide you with a monologue to read.
INTEREST FORM - complete this form prior to your audition.
Performances scheduled Thursday, April 10th - Saturday, April 12th at 8pm & Sunday, April 13th at 2pm in Lone Mountain's Studio Theater.
ABOUT THE PLAY: The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco
Often called the father of the Theater of the Absurd, Eugène Ionesco wrote groundbreaking plays that are simultaneously hilarious, tragic, and profound. In The Bald Soprano Ionesco throws together a cast of characters including the quintessential British middle-class family the Smiths, their guests the Martins, their maid Mary, and a fire chief determined to extinguish all fires — including their hearths. It's an archetypical absurdist tale and Ionesco displays his profound take on the problems inherent in modern communication.