←Recommendations of How to Audition for a Play if You're a Girl

A very fun look at the process of auditioning in school that is a complete delight!

This play is adorable, fun, and full of heart. I'm sure it would be a ton of fun for kids to play and stretch their comedic muscles with, and it's grounded enough in truth to make it really worth doing. Read and produce it!

So relatable to anyone who has participated in academic theatre. Student performers will revel in performing the truth of this piece. What a great exercise to bring a cast together as one!

A delightful ensemble piece that would be fun for any actors to perform in. It's hilarious yet also sad, because it reflects truths about the current state of the theatre. Highly recommend!

This is the perfect play for every middle & high school ensemble. It gets to the truth of what it's like to be an actor in a smart and humorous way. It offers opportunities for multiple speaking roles for students as well as the opportunity to learn how to build distinct characters. Most importantly it offers the chance to laugh at ourselves through the tears caused by being in the arts.

"My soul laughed." "My heart cried." What is humor but truth and pain and Emily Hageman nails it again.

Yes, Hageman's writing is hysterical, adorable, kind, thoughtful, versatile, pointed and wise. It's also important, and will become even moreso in the days and years and millennia ahead, as we move further into a society which embraces such qualities. If you're in a drama club that can't have any fun with an Emily Hageman play then GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE IT'S A TRAP AND YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER. A decidedly pro-woman, pro-kindness, pro-emotion revolution is coming, and Hageman is out in front, leading the charge.

Thank you, thank you, Emily Hageman, for introducing a snappy, engaging piece that would be a BLAST for teens or young adults (or probably anyone) to perform. There's such a paucity of great roles for young actors - I've been to so many regional competitions and seen sooooo many high schoolers earnestly playing roles for someone 30-60 years older than they are. But what do young people want to say? Hageman has a gift for humor - throwing shade and super-zingers - and always coming back to this lovely, open emotion. I just love her balance of sharpness and surprise.

I love this funny, insightful, surprising play. Hageman has quickly become one of my favorite writers. It's no wonder her plays get performed so often. If you haven't yet read her work, you should!

This fun play bursts with insider information about auditioning, rehearsing and performing theatre. Hageman has written terrific character-specific comedy -- the one-woman show quip is hilarious! -- and broad comic moments that reflect some stereotypes about the process. Hageman shows her love for theatre and performers, though, when the characters question the validity of the stereotypes. Their effort to understand and move beyond those stereotypes is wonderful, and this would be a wonderful script for classes, camps or festivals.