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"The Game’s Afoot" Stage Play Seeking Cast

Riverhead, NY, United States
ID: 320527Exp: 10/4/2026
Description:

Auditions for "The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays". Looking for actors. Please find the relevant details below. About the project: This is a holiday-themed mystery/farce. Additional info: Auditioners are asked to prepare a 1-minute monologue of their choice and be prepared to cold read sides from the show. This show requires a fair amount of physical comedy and some accent work for select roles. Callbacks by invitation on Wednesday, October 7. Rehearsals will take place Sunday through Thursday beginning October 11. Show dates are Friday through Sunday, December 4-13. If you are interested, please apply.

8 roles

William GilletteMale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

A charismatic, quick-witted, and larger-than-life Broadway star world-famous for playing Sherlock Holmes. He invites his castmates to his eccentric Connecticut castle and channels Holmes when a real murder occurs.

Martha GilletteFemale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

William’s sweet, slightly eccentric, and doting mother who lives with him. Was once an actress herself.

Felix GeiselMale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

A fellow actor in William’s recent show and a close friend of William, theatrical and energetic.

Madge GeiselFemale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

Felix’s sharp-witted, worldly wife and fellow cast member in their current Broadway show.

Simon BrightMale18-30 y.o.All ethnicities

A passionate, up-and-coming young actor, also in the group’s current cast.

Aggie WheelerFemale18-30 y.o.All ethnicities

A sweet, young ingénue in the cast who recently joined the circle of friends/cast mates.

Daria ChaseFemale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

A sharp, venomous, and ruthless theatre critic who delights in puncturing egos and creates trouble for the group.

Inspector Harriet GoringFemale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

A wonderfully eccentric local police inspector and avid theatre fan who is called in (or arrives unexpectedly) to handle the chaotic murder investigation.