We are casting a dynamic ensemble of teen performers, ages 13–19, for The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition). The production will be directed by Ed Reggi, Director of COCA’s Improv Troupe.

Auditions: THU, NOV 5 | 4:30–6:00PM

Callbacks (by invitation): 6:30–8:00PM

Register to Audition

Rehearsals begin March 1, 2027, and will primarily occur MON, WED, THU, & FRI 4:30–9:00PM. Performances are April 2–4, 2027.

Interested students should sign up for a 5-minute audition slot and prepare one of these monologues. Please bring a copy of your headshot and resume to the audition as well as a list of conflicts from March 1–April 4, 2027. Callbacks will be held later that same evening from 6:30–8:00PM for those students asked to return. The callback may involve improv, ensemble work, and/or reading from the script.

COCA’s Improv Troupe Pre-Professional Division students are eligible to come straight to callbacks. Improv Troupe students should contact Rachel Schneider (rschneider@cocastl.org) to register. You must register by November 3 to be eligible.

Students cast will be asked to pay a $425 participation fee; scholarships are available to qualified students.

About The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition)

From Mischief, Broadway masters of comedy, comes this smash-hit farce. Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award-winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (HIGH SCHOOL EDITION) is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service. www.concordtheatricals.com

Presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service under license from Mischief Worldwide Ltd.

The Mischief Production of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG was originally produced on the West End Stage by Kenny Wax & Stage Presence and on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, J.J. Abrams, Kenny Wax & Stage Presence