"The Explorers Club" Show Needs Actors
The company is seeking physically bold, comic actors. for "The Explorers Club" please see the details below. About the project: London, 1879. The prestigious Explorers Club is in crisis: their acting president wants to admit a woman, and their bartender is terrible. True, this female candidate is brilliant, beautiful, and has discovered a legendary Lost City, but the decision to let in a woman could shake the very foundation of the British Empire, and how do you make such a decision without a decent drink? Grab your safety goggles for some very mad science involving deadly cobras, irate Irishmen and the occasional airship. Additional info: Auditions will consist of cold reads from the script Production Dates: July 20-30 NOTE: every role but Luigi will require a strong British accent. The role of Beebe will also require a strong Irish accent. If you are interested, please apply.
9 roles
Anthropologist. An intrepid woman in a very male-dominated field, in Victorian England. She’s proper, with perfect Victorian manners, but is not a wilting violet. She’ll fight back if provoked. Attractive and resourceful, witty and charming.
Phyllida’s twin sister, a posh, conceited, self-involved aristocrat. NOTE: Countess and Phyllida could be played by the same actress.
A botanist and a man of science. Intellectual and sensible. In love with Phyllida, but naïve in the ways of romance.
Ageless. A NaKong tribesman. Proud of his culture. Very smart and very observant. Must be a strong physical comedian.
An intrepid explorer, rakish, arrogant, charming, self-assured and really quite dim, charming and impossible, the pinnacle of Victorian manhood, his belief in himself and his appeal to the ladies knows no bounds, his expeditions usually end with someone dying or being left behind.
A herpetologist (snakes), great friends with Professor Walling, an unassuming, work-a-day scientist with a great attachment to his pet cobra Rosie, a perfect Victorian gentleman, well-mannered and enthusiastic, a great defender of snakes, which he believes to be misunderstood, terrible at charades.
A zoologist, great friend with Professor Cope, a sensitive man and scholar, with great affection for his guinea pig Jane, a perfect Victorian gentleman, cheerful and gentle, utterly undone when harm befalls Jane.
Private secretary to Queen Victoria, polished, distinguished, and refined, smooth, and shark-like – a real operator, the man you send to sort out the unpleasantness, hawkish, he is dedicated to protecting the honor of the crown.
An explorer, stoic and resilient, a strong-willed survivor, left behind on one of Percy’s missions, he joined an order of violent monks and has returned to the club seeking revenge, at his core, though, a proper English gentleman; Irish Assassin – with an Irish accent.
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