Theater Audition for "Turn of the Screw" Play
Seeking performers for "Turn of the Screw" play. More details are below. About the play: Synopsis: Years earlier, a young governess was hired to look after two orphaned children in an idyllic country house where both she and the children began to see frightening and alluring specters of the former footman and governess. Determined to prove her value, the governess was willing to risk everything to keep her charges safe, but now her horrifying past may be catching up with her. Additional information: Production Dates: October 29 – November 15, 2025 at 7:30 pm (Wednesdays – Saturdays) and matinees on November 2-9 at 2:30 pm (Sundays). Time Commitments: Will be rehearsing throughout August, September, and October. In the first month the rehearsals are Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday (afternoons or evenings TBD). Beginning in September we switch to Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings and Sunday (afternoons or evenings TBD). Those auditioning will have to declare their availability at auditions. Once the rehearsal schedule is set, accounting for any declared absences, each cast member must commit to being at all rehearsals, within reason. All actors must be available for all performances (see production dates above). Audition Location: Ottawa. PLEASE NOTE: This production includes brief violence and disturbing, mature, and sexual themes.
7 roles
Female presenting. The newly appointed caretaker of the two children of Bly Manor. Unnamed, but at the center of the horror. We see her at the ages of 20 and 50, before and after her experiences at Bly (and the “true horrors” she has experienced – both from the living and the dead), often shifting between the two ages within the same scene.
Female presenting. The youngest of the two children living at Bly. Like the Governess, we see Flora as her 8 and 38 year old self throughout the show – again rapidly changing between the two. As a young girl, Flora is initially the very embodiment of innocence. She is loving and passionate, but very young and new to the world – mirroring the young Governess in many ways.
Female presenting. The loving and nurturing main housekeeper who has been employed at Bly for many years. She, like the Governess, cares deeply for the two children and takes her role seriously in both the upkeep of the house and in their upbringing. She is careful never to cross the well defined lines of her position at the house, but may know more than she initially lets on about its previous inhabitants.
The actor portraying Miles has the difficult task of portraying four distinct characters over the course of the show, with some rapid transitions throughout. Like Flora, the Miles we see will be doll-like and strange, while still maintaining an air of realism. This changes when we see him as the Employer and as the two “Others” – the ghosts.
Male presenting. The estranged uncle of Flora and Miles and the owner of Bly. He is a flirtatious and charismatic man who has suddenly become the guardian of the two children following their parents’ death. He has no interest in raising two children and would rather use his charms to woo the many women in his life.
Female presenting. The more tragic and mysterious of the two ghosts of Bly. She is the former Governess who looked after Flora and Miles before her untimely pregnancy and death. Well loved by Mrs. Grose and the children. Mirrors the new Governess in many ways, but is seen by her as the embodiment of shame and scandal – things to be avoided at all cost.
Male presenting. The rougher and more intimidating of the two ghosts at Bly. Formally the Employer’s valet, Peter Quint was a charismatic young man who was extremely influential to young Miles, much to the objection of Mrs. Grose. It is heavily implied that he had a scandalous love affair with the previous Governess, Ms. Jessel, before his mysterious death. Simultaneously alluring and threatening, desirable and perverse.
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