Performers Needed for "The Passion Of Dracula" Show
The company is holding auditions for "The Passion Of Dracula" show and looking for performers, please see the details below. About the project: In the English countryside, a number of young women have died under curious conditions, at the same time a mysterious stranger has moved into the abandoned Carfax Abbey nearby. Meanwhile, Dr Cedric Seward, who runs the local mental institution, with his servant Jameson, receives a visit from his old friend, Professor Van Helsing, who has secretly been chasing the famous vampire, Count Dracula and Van Helsing’s journey has brought him to Seward’s sanitarium, but will he appear? Rate: This is a volunteer community theater production. Non-Equity. There is no pay. Additional info: PERFORMANCE DATES: Sept. 21 – Oct. 19, 2024 RUN: Sept. 21 – Oct. 19, 2024 Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events. First Read-Through: Saturday, Aug. 3rd, 2024, Noon to 4pm Regular Rehearsal: Monday – Thursday, 7pm – 10pm; Saturdays, Noon to 4pm. (Please see beginning rehearsal schedule BELOW for specific dates and times.) Bring headshot and resume. Sides for cold readings will be provided at the auditions. Please download rehearsal schedule.
9 roles
A man of science and not of superstition. Runs the sanitarium, and is a crack shot with a pistol. (Upper class British accent required.)
Jameson is the muscle for Seward’s sanitarium. (Lower class or Cockney British accent required.)
A learned doctor of letters, wise and direct, spent his life chasing Dracula. (Dutch accent required.)
A Freudian analyst, she is smart, sexy, alluring, and the secret lover of Lord Godalming. (German accent required. Role will require intimate contact – kissing and passionate embracing – with Lord Godalming and Dracula.)
Proper Englishman of gentry; blustering, devoted to Mother England. (Upper British accent required. Role will require intimate contact – kissing and passionate embracing – with Dr. Helga Van Zandt.)
Dedicated to Count Dracula, feeds on living spiders, flies, and mice because the key is the life’s blood. A patient at Seward’s sanitarium. (A very physical role. No accent required.)
A young woman. Painfully prim and proper, with hidden passion underneath. Love interest of Jonathan Harker. (An upper-class British accent required. Role will require intimate contact – kissing and passionate embracing – with Jonathan Harker and Dracula.)
Young reporter, who is adventurous and keen for a story. Love interest of Wilhelmina Murray. (An upper-class British accent is required. Role will require intimate contact – kissing and passionate embracing – with Wilhelmina Murray.)
A noble count of Transylvania; passionate and powerful. (A Romania/Transylvanian Accent required. Role will require intimate contact – kissing and passionate embracing – with Dr. Helga Van Zandt and Wilhelmina Murray.)
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