"Dial M for Murder" Audition for the Theater
Casting Equity performers for "Dial M for Murder". See the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: Tony Wendice is confident he has planned the perfect crime — revenge on his cheating wife, besting his rival, and a financial windfall, all without a drop of blood on his cufflinks. But when his clever scheme unexpectedly goes awry, his twisted web of deceit, jealousy, and betrayal threatens to ensnare them all. A suspenseful new spin on Hitchcock's classic cat-and-mouse thriller. Rate: $1213 weekly minimum (LORT B) - The Wolf - Paying $1225 weekly $1114 weekly minimum (LORT C) - The Kilstrom - Paying $1225 weekly $889 weekly minimum (LORT D) - The Singleton - Paying $1225 weekly $658 weekly minimum (TYA) - The Randy Weeks Conservatory Theatre - Paying $1112 weekly Additional info: LORT Non-Rep contract. The Kilstrom Theatre. Please prepare two contrasting monologues. Singers may substitute one monologue for a song from a musical standard. Total audition package: 3 minutes maximum. An accompanist will be provided. Video submissions are not being accepted at this time. An Equity monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of the audition. If interested, please apply.
7 role s
(English) Has family money. She is married to Tony. Had an affair with Maxine prior to the start of the play. Intelligent, cultured, independent, and unhappy. Target of Tony’s murder plot. This part will require physical violence/fight choreography, and intimacy/kissing with Margot and Tony. Facility with upper class English dialect.
(American) Confident, unafraid, smokes a lot and drinks a lot. Best-selling author of murder mysteries. She and Margot were lovers, she has never gotten over the affair. Tony’s work associate. Maxine is relentless in trying to save Margot by solving the plot against her. This part requires physical intimacy/kissing with Margot.
(English) Married Margot for her money. Was unsuccessful as an author, now works in PR for Maxine’s publisher. Went to school with Lesgate. Charming, devious, vindictive, obsessive, unflappable. He plots to have Margot killed in revenge for her affair with Maxine, with the goal of inheriting her fortune. This part requires physical intimacy/kissing with Margot. Facility with English dialect.
(Male identifying, English) Former schoolmate of Tony. A con man, leaves a trail of aliases and crimes throughout London, is easily blackmailed by Tony. Wary, amoral, shifty, a blunt instrument. Dies on stage. This part will require physical exertion and flexibility, violence/fight choreography. Facility with English dialect.
(Male identifying, any ethnicity, English) London police inspector. Experienced, observant, deliberate, courteous. With the prodding of Maxine, he contrives a plan to trap Tony at the 11th hour. Facility with English dialect.
(Female identifying) Covers Margot Wendice & Maxine Hadley tracks. Requires physical intimacy/kissing, violence/fight choreography. See above for additional description of characters. Facility with English dialect.
(Male identifying) Covers Tony Wendice, Lesgate, & Inspector Hubbard tracks. Requires physical intimacy/kissing with Margot, physical exertion and flexibility, violence/fight choreography. See above for additional descriptions of characters. Facility with several English dialects.
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