"Bad Seed" Stage Play In Search Of Cast
Seeking actors for play "Bad Seed". Please see more info below. About the project: Plot Synopsis: This psychological thriller unfolds in a small Southern town where Colonel and Christine Penmark live with their daughter, Rhoda. Little Rhoda Penmark is the evil queen of the story. On the surface, she is sweet, charming, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at a picnic, Mrs. Penmark is alarmed… for the boy who was drowned was the one who had won the penmanship medal that Rhoda felt she deserved. Additional info: Auditions will consist of cold reading, improvisation, and other theater activities. Performance dates: October 18, 19, 20 and 25, 26, 27. If you are interested, please apply.
10 roles
Rhoda's mother and the leading role of the show, she is a gracious, pretty woman who adores her child and her husband, but she is torn when she realizes the truth about Rhoda.
Rhoda's father, and a good-looking, straight-arrow military officer. He adores his wife and child.
Imposing-personality, blunt, no-nonsense, can-do type, but she is also kind and friendly—perhaps too friendly—and offers humor without being a clown. She is a widow who owns the house, which she has converted into apartments and where she and the Penmarks reside.
He is younger than his sister. Monica, with whom he resides. He is friendly, conversational, tolerant, and stable and is calmer compared to his sister.
Janitor of the building and grounds. He is a sly and simple, but he is an embittered man who feels like he's been victimized by the whole world. He dislikes and admires Rhoda at the same time. There is tension between them, but the audience gains the greatest insight of these two characters through their relationship.
A spinster who runs a tight ship as head of one of the most aristocratic schools in the state. She expects others to cooperate and to contribute.
A crime writer with an air of mystery who has become somewhat of an expert in the history of crime. He is a friend of Christine and Monica, Should have an air of mystery.
A later-in-life mother, relative to other women of her time, who has suffered the murder of her only son whom she adored. She is grief-stricken and very confused and self-conscious around Christine. She drinks.
Quiet, but apologetic for his wife's obsessive grief and embarrassed by her drinking and assertions about the murder.
Christine's father. once a well-known homicide detective who became an author. He is also a well-known radio journalist, but he hides the secret of his daughter's past. He adores his daughter and granddaughter. (60+)
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