Casting Performers for "Dracula" Play
Performers wanted for "Dracula" play. See the breakdown below. About the project: Bram Stoker's Dracula, dramatized by Hamilton Deane & John L. Balderston. Additional info: Open to all ethnicities, body types, and abilities. Ages 21 and up. 8 total actors. Auditions: Sunday, July 19th, 7–9pm and Monday, July 20th, 7–9pm. Callbacks: Wednesday, July 22nd, 7–9:30pm. Rehearsals begin the week of August 2nd. Show dates: September 25–27, October 1–3 and 8–10. Location: Brecksville, OH. Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue (classical or gothic tone preferred, but not required). Accents (British, Eastern European) are a plus but not required. Upon arrival, auditioning actors will fill out an audition form and then actors will be called on the stage (group audition style). There will be slight movement involved as we will be playing some theater games as an ice breaker. **Content Awareness *** This production includes dark themes, staged violence, and horror elements. If you are interested, please apply.
7 roles
Male-presenting. Commanding, charismatic, and dangerous. Must balance elegance with underlying menace. Strong stage presence required
Male-presenting. A solicitor drawn into Dracula’s web. Intelligent, earnest, increasingly desperate.
Female-presenting. Charming and lively, with a vulnerability that becomes central to the story.
Male-presenting. Eccentric, brilliant vampire hunter. Intellectual authority mixed with urgency and intensity.
Male-presenting. A disturbed asylum patient. Requires strong physicality and ability to portray instability and obsession.
Male-presenting. A rational doctor struggling to understand the supernatural. Grounded and thoughtful
Orderly and Maid. Versatile performers comfortable with multiple roles, movement, and atmosphere-building. These roles will also serve as part of the crew for scene changes.