Auditions

We are committed to building diversity and inclusion onstage and throughout our organization. Actors of all ethnicities, gender identities, and abilities are highly encouraged to audition. 

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COUNT DRACULA
Written by Ted Tiller
Based on Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula”
Directed by Pam Amodio

AUDITION DATES: (sign-up is required)
Thursday, August 15 at 6:30pm
Friday, August 16 at 6:30pm
Sunday, August 18 at 1:00pm
(Please arrive at the START time of your preferred date!)
CALLBACKS: Sunday, August 18 at 2:30pm
PERFORMANCES: October 18-November 3, 2024
REHEARSALS: 2-3 nights per week, plus Sundays beginning in late mid-late August
LOCATION: Almira F. Stephan Memorial Playhouse, 59 West Main Street, Meriden

Click here for READ THE SCRIPT

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
• Click here to sign up for an audition date.
• Please bring a headshot and resume with you to your audition.
• Auditions will consist of readings from the script.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to EMAIL US.

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: (All Roles Available!)

SYBIL SEWARD – Mid-late 40’s. Female presenting. Dr. Seward’s spinster sister who is occasionally detached from reality. Though she tipples sherry she is never intoxicated. She is mistress of the non- sequitur, unconsciously funny and a bit pathetic, but not played for pathos. In sum, Sybil is a slightly daft, cheerful romantic who’s never known romance.

DR. ARTHUR SEWARD – Mid-50’s. Male presenting. He is frequently exasperated by (but affectionately patient with) his sister. Essentially serious and straightforward, he is capable of quiet, unexpected humor.

RENFIELD – 20’s-30’s. Male presenting. An inmate. Performer must be supple and strong for the exertion and simulated violence required. A true schizophrenic, he vacillates from lunatic ravings to perfectly rational conversation.

JONATHAN HARKER – Late 20’s-early 30’s. Male presenting. He is a likable, outgoing, well dressed, successful architect. He is Mina’s fiancé.

MINA – Early-mid-20’s. Female presenting. A gently warm-hearted girl, but her strange malady has made her listless, inattentive and oddly remote. During the play as she falls under Count Dracula’s supernatural power, her personality changes to that of a seductive, scheming young woman. She is becoming a Vampire.

COUNT DRACULA – Male presenting. His countenance is arresting, cruel and coldly handsome. He is evil incarnate, but he must have an appeal for the women in the play (and the audience). His manner is one of mockery yet he can entice and captivate. When he speaks his voice not only insinuates but threatens.

HEINRICH VAN HELSING – 50’s. Male presenting. A dedicated scientist and a genial man except when crossed over an issue he deems important. Then geniality is replaced by sternness. Normally he looks at the world with a humorous eye. Must be played with dignity.

HENNESSEY – Late 20’s-early 30’s. Male presenting. A young attendant at the asylum. Physically capable of subduing and controlling Renfield’s violent outbursts. Pleasant and hard-working.

WESLEY – Late 20’s-early 30’s. Male presenting. Another young attendant at the asylum. Physically capable of subduing and controlling Renfield’s violent outbursts. Pleasant and hard-working.