Casting Call for "Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors" Stage Play
Auditions for "Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors" play. Actors needed. Please see the details below. About the project: In this comedy described by Broadway World as “the lovechild of Mel Brooks and Monty Python,” a young woman has fallen ill with a mysterious disease of the blood, a famed female vampire hunter is on the case, and the world’s most incompetent real estate agent meets the world’s most infamous vampire. This re-imagining of the gothic Bram Stoker classic is perfect for audiences of all blood types. Additional info: Audition Requirements: Please prepare a short, comedic monologue. Directors seek a creative crew, open to gender swapping roles and diversity. All roles require CREATIVE CHOICES and GREAT COMIC INSTINCTS, great physical comedic ability, various dialects – and a great capacity for fearless, razor-sharp, melodramatic comedy. Additional sides will be provided during audition. Seeking five individuals of any age and any ethnicity to play many different roles. Headshots and resumes are helpful, but not required. Feel free to download, print, complete, and bring Audition Form with you (see attachment); however, copies will also be provided at auditions. Performance Dates: Friday, Saturday, Sunday (matinee), October 2, 3, 4. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday (matinee) October 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, October 14, 15, 16, 17. Curtain at 7:30, except noted matinees at 2:30. If you are interested, please apply.
5 roles
Transylvanian, hugely sexy, magnetically handsome, rock star like PRINCE presence with a killer body. Total narcissist. Ironically lonely. He travels to Whitby to find his obsession, Lucy, steal her from Jonathan, and make her his bride for eternity.
Small, unassuming; plays the following roles & many others: JONATHAN HARKER: Royal British male, prim & proper & obsessive-compulsive real estate agent, frightened of his own shadow. THREE SUITORS: Scottish, Uppity British, US Cowboy, all male – Lord Cavendish, Lord Windsor and Lord Havemercy. Simultaneously as performer, will operate a 3-headed puppet. BOSUN: Irish male – A scurvy sailor who goes down with the ship in a storm. GRAVEDIGGER: Cockney male – A drunk gravedigger with a secret.
DR. WESTFELDT: Royal British male – Lucy and Mina’s Father, a misogynist blowhard; self-important and given to proclamations. RENFIELD: Cockney male – Insane patient of Dr. Westfeldt who lives to serve and loves to eat bugs. He’s nuts. CAPTAIN: Sea captain dialect, male – The scurvy, salty captain of a doomed ship caught in a raging storm.
LUCY WESTFELDT: Royal British female – Brilliant, plucky earth scientist daughter of Dr. Westfeldt. Full of energy. Underestimated. Engaged to Jonathan, but when Dracula moves to Whitby, she is captivated by his exotic European ways – their shared interests – & his shirtless torso. KITTY: Cockney female – An elderly, dotty kleptomaniac patient of Dr. Westfeldt’s, she serves as a maid in his house. DRIVER: Bela Lugosi type male – A Transylvanian male Uber-driver, part Mel Brooks, part Borat.
MINA WESTFELDT: Royal British female – The oft overlooked Westfeldt daughter. She has always lived in her sister Lucy’s shadow and is quite desperate for attention. Immediately receptive to Dracula’s charms, she falls under his spell, succumbing to his curse. JEAN VAN HELSING: German female – German Doctor of Rare Infectious Diseases from the University of Schmutz, she is disciplined, scientific, humorless, stern and no-nonsense.
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