Performers Needed for Upcoming Production
The company is holding auditions for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Additional info: The show will be performed September 10th-15th. Rehearsals will begin on August 6th with a read-through where a full rehearsal schedule will be distributed. Rehearsals will typically be from 6-9 Monday to Friday. Please come to auditions with your conflict calendar ready. Please apply if interested.
10 roles
Siobhan is Christopher’s teacher at school. She understands him well and knows how to communicate effectively with him. He has known her for eight years, and he trusts her. It is Siobhan who encourages Christopher to write something that he would want to read himself, so Christopher sets about writing a murder mystery novel.
Christopher’s father (Ed Boone) runs a heating maintenance and boiler repair business in Swindon. After his wife left him to live with Mr. Shears, Ed was left to raise Christopher by himself. He is more patient with the boy than his wife was, and does his best to understand him, but he also finds his son exasperating. Ed cannot think of how to explain to Christopher why his mother is no longer there, so he tells him she is dead, and he hides the letters she sends to Christopher from London.
Christopher’s mother is more hot-tempered than his father, and she found raising Christopher to be a hard task. Sometimes she would yell at him, and at times she felt she could not go on. She and her husband got into arguments about it, and they grew apart. Christopher’s mother, feeling lonely, started to spend time with her neighbor, Mr. Shears, and they began an affair, which eventually led to her leaving home to live with him in London.
This is an ensemble piece; all ensemble actors are seen on stage for most of the performance and become the various parts listed below in full view of the audience.
MRS. SHEARS, MRS. GASCOYNE, WOMAN ON TRAIN, SHOPKEEPER
ROGER (MR. SHEARS), DUTY SERGEANT, MR. WISE, MAN BEHIND COUNTER, DRUNK ONE
POLICEMAN, MR. THOMPSON, DRUNK TWO, MAN WITH SOCKS, LONDON POLICEMAN
REVEREND PETERS, UNCLE TERRY, STATION POLICEMAN, STATION GUARD
NO. 40, LADY IN STREET, INFORMATION, PUNK GIRL
MRS. ALEXANDER, POSH WOMAN