The producer yells, “Number 183, you?re next.” Your heart is pounding, there is electric energy in the air, yet there is silence, and now you are on stage ready to bare your talent to the unknown darkness that is your audience.

Auditions are nerve racking and can seem ruthless, but if you are lucky enough to catch the producer’s eye, then you may be able to live the dream that lies within your soul, the dream to become someone else and live the life that a writer has created in their mind.

Line after line, day after day, and rehearsing until you actually feel your character inside of you, seems to be a small price to pay for the glory of being underneath the lights of fame.

The sound of a clapping audience, the sparkle in the eyes of those who felt your character and congratulated you on your performance, and last but not least, a standing ovation for your God given talent to be able to reach audiences in a way that most people can only dream about.

“Dream of a Common Language” is coming to the University and now it is your chance to live out the dream of one writer’s creation. This heart- wrenching drama, written by Heather McDonald and directed by Juanita Rice, will bring you back to the 19th century; a time when women were forced to conform to their roles as caregivers and banned from letting what lies within their souls, their desire to paint.

A young boy can feel the pain that locks within his mother for her desire to paint. The child then is dazed and lost realizing the conformed world he lives in and seeing the pain that exists within his mother.

If there is a constant ache in your mind that will not leave you alone to act, to feel another writer?s character, then this is your chance to show the world what you are capable of. Forget the competition, the lonely stage, and the feeling of bearing your soul to others. Just do it and make the stage your lifeline, because if your are the few that feel the theatre, then the stage should be the beating behind your heart. Cast auditions for “Dream” are from Feb. 7 and 8 at 7 p.m., in the University Union Greenroom.