"Dracula" Stage Play Looking For Cast
Theatre announces auditions for "Dracula" play. In search of cast. Please see the breakdown below. About the project: SYNOPSIS: A tale long-seeped into the popular consciousness, with a fresh focus. An real estate transaction goes terrifyingly wrong. An asylum patient speaks truths no one will listen to. One woman despairs at ever seeing her fiance again, while another woman grows paler and sicker by the day. A desperate doctor reaches out to an old friend to help solve a mysterious illness, but people keep disappearing and turning up dead. Dracula is coming, but first… you have to invite him in. The underlying anxieties of the novel – fear of female sexuality, treatment of the mentally ill, lurking same-sex attraction between men, and uncomfortable relationships with the working-class – are brought to the forefront in this sharp adaptation. Additional info: PLEASE NOTE: The show contains suggested nudity, intimacy, and sexual violence. They will work with an intimacy coordinator to ensure everyone’s comfort and safety. Performers must be 18 years of age and older. CALLBACKS: Wednesday, September 4th, 6:30 pm-10:00 pm. Rehearsals will begin the week of September 15th. Rehearsals will run four days most weeks, including some weekends. Depending on your role, you will not be called to every rehearsal. SHOW DATES: OCT. 25, 26, NOV. 1, 2, 7, 8 & 9 AT 8PM OCT. 27, NOV. 3, & 9 AT 2PM The sides are attached. If you are interested, please apply.
12 roles
(Lead) : Big sister, described as a proper English rose and a peach eating a peach. Practical and steadfast, but on-edge due to mounting anxieties. Also plays VAMPIRE BRIDE 1.
(Lead): Little sister, dreamy and romantic on the surface, sexually frustrated and hemmed in by gender roles beneath. Also plays VAMPIRE BRIDE 3.
(Lead): A right proper solicitor, engaged to Mina. Dedicated, upright, and afraid of his buried same-sex attraction to men, particularly Dracula.
(Lead) : Driven, righteous, thinks he’s a good asylum doctor and a man of science. Conscious of his working class roots. Very in-love with Lucy.
(Supporting): Newly hired maid to the Westermans. Sensible, emotionally intelligent, knows how the world works and is skeptical for it. Also plays VAMPIRE BRIDE 2.
(Supporting) : Truth-teller driven insane by past relations with Dracula and mistreatment at the asylum. Knows exactly what’s coming, but can’t get anyone to listen.
(Supporting) : A charming, seductive serial killer. The perfect host and gentleman with a barely suppressed edge. Touch of a Slavic accent.
(Supporting) : A delicate balance of sensible and eccentric. Knows exactly what’s going on, but must handle things carefully. Touch of a Dutch accent.
(Minor): A masochistic nurse in the asylum. Will also play various ENSEMBLE roles.
(Minor): A sadistic nurse in the asylum. Will also play various ENSEMBLE ROLES.
(Minor): An unfeeling psychiatrist and an upright ladies’ chaperone. Will also play various ENSEMBLE ROLES.
(Minor): A stoic, wordless asylum orderly with unexpected sympathy for Renfield. Will also play various ENSEMBLE ROLES.
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