The Boise State Theatre Arts Program announced open auditions for its Spring 2026 productions: Bertolt Brecht’s “The Life of Galileo” and the classic musical “Grease.” The directors welcome video auditions from everyone across the Boise State campus and in the larger community.
About the productions
“The Life of Galileo”
Performance: Friday, February 6, 2026
Bertolt Brecht, German playwright, poet, and theatrical reformer, wrote this play in 1938 about Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer, physicist, and philosopher who lived from 1564-1642. Brecht focused his story on Galileo, who, like him, lived and worked under rigid power structures, and so this play is the ultimate telling truth to power story.
“The pursuit of science seems to demand a particular courage.”
– Galileo
This production will feature a one-night-only staged reading of an edited version of the play, along with a discussion featuring members from the Boise State Department of Physics.
“Grease”
Performances: April 17 – 19, 2026
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Here is Rydell High’s senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding “Burger Palace Boys’ and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking “Pink Ladies” in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head “greaser” Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their “Summer Nights” as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as “Greased Lightnin’” and “It’s Raining on Prom Night” recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation.
About the audition process
The auditions, open to everyone across campus and in the larger Boise community, will be due by Wednesday January 5th. The directors request video submissions for the first round, with call-backs to follow. Actors may be cast in both productions.
Read more about the productions, roles and audition process here.