Bram Stoker’s DRACULA Equity Principal Audition - Little Shubert Theatre Auditions

Bram Stoker’s DRACULA – Equity Principal Auditions

Off-Broadway Currently $957/week minimum.

Producer: Bram Stoker’s Dracula LLC; Managing Member: The Artists Theatre Group, Inc.

Playwright: Hamilton Deane, John Balderston

Based on the eponymous novel by Bram Stoker

Dir: Paul Alexander

GM: Alexander Morr

Casting: Barry Moss, Bob Kale, John Anastasi

1st reh: Week of 11/15/10. Runs at the Little Shubert Theatre. Previews: Week of 12/20. Opens: Week of 1/10/11. Closes 3/13/11.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

Lunch from 1 - 2 New York City

Please prepare a brief dramatic monologue, preferably in the style of the play.

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

An eerie evening in a sanatorium in Purley, England, sometime in the early 20th Century. As Jonathan Harker anxiously arrives, we learn that Dr. Seward’s daughter Lucy has been strangely afflicted of late. Her condition has prompted several blood transfusions, and an all-too-similar case in town left another woman dead not long ago. Seward has called Harker to meet Seward’s last hope for his daughter, Abraham van Helsing. Fresh off the boat from Holland, van Helsing wastes no time setting to work on the case. Upon meeting Lucy, he finds that she has been suffering from severe fatigue and a nightly recurrence of horrific dreams. Then the dark-yet-charming Count Dracula interrupts the scene. He volunteers himself to the cause of curing Lucy, going so far as to offer his own blood if need be. After assessing all of the evidence, van Helsing lands on the conclusion that Lucy is the victim of a vampire. They immediately set a trap for the vampire, catching only a waning glimpse of a bat escaping out the window. The following day, Dracula secretly hypnotizes Seward’s maid, telling her that he will save Lucy from her horror and death, and that there is someone in the house standing in his way. Despite van Helsing’s precautions, Lucy has been attacked again during the night. Word from one of his colleagues points van Helsing’s suspicions at Dracula as the vampire. Harker, Seward and van Helsing plan on seeking out Dracula’s daily resting places and killing him. Renfield gets loose, but is silenced by the Count before he can say too much. A confrontation between Dracula and van Helsing confirms that, indeed, Dracula is a vampire. Hours later, just as the sun is about to rise, Seward, Harker and van Helsing return from finding and destroying five of Dracula’s six daily resting spots. Lucy’s symptoms seem mixed—she appears stronger now, though she acts strangely and sleeps all throughout the day. An attempt to seduce Harker reveals that she is all but a vampire herself. After van Helsing saves Harker, the men have another confrontation with Dracula. As night draws to a close, they attempt to trap him and kill him, but just as the sun rises Dracula disappears. Renfield leads the men to a secret vault where Dracula’s final resting spot is hidden. Harker drives a stake through the Count’s heart, killing him and freeing Lucy of her affliction.

Seeking (all roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted) unless otherwise specified). Some offers are pending and may be accepted before the EPA; check notice for updates before auditioning:

Dr. Seward:

55. An alienist (psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness). Intelligent, but a typical specialist who lives in a world of textbooks and patients, not a man of action or force of character. Analytical, cerebral; early 20th Century multi-tasker.

Abraham van Helsing:

52. Medium height. Just arrived from Holland to treat Lucy. Dark, piercing eyes set far apart; nervous, alert manner; an air of resolution; clearly a man of resourceful action. Incisive speech, always to the point; raps his words out sharply and quickly, though his methods don’t always seem scientific. Producers state that they are seeking “star names only” for this role.

R. M. Renfield:

25. Repulsive youth; face distorted, shifty eyes, tousled hair. He’s delusional and given to swift and violent mood swings, and he has a nasty habit of catching flies and eating spiders in the hope of obtaining their life-force for himself. A strange and eerie fellow who is, unbeknownst to us, under Dracula’s considerable spell.

Lucy:

23. Beauty who is genuinely breathtaking, with an equally sensational physique; clad in filmy white dressing gown, her face unnaturally pale. Lucy has fallen strangely ill and suffers from strange nightmares. Has moments of recovery, then succumbs. Walks with difficulty. Around her throat is wound a scarf.

Maid Understudy:

See description below.

Seward / van Helsing Understudy:

One man covers both. See descriptions above.

The following roles are cast (i.e. offers accepted). Auditioning performers will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.

Count Dracula:

CAST. 35-45. Tall, mysterious, hypnotic. Polished and distinguished. Continental in appearance and manner. Powerfully sensuous. Newly arrived in England from Transylvania. Seems to possess some sort of power over the characters in the play, most particularly the women, and often appears out of nowhere as if by magic.

Jonathan Harker:

CAST. 25. Handsome. Typical Englishman of the Public School class, but in manner direct, explosive, incisive and excitable. Can also be gentle, sweet and trusting. Ambitious, hardworking and full of energy. A faithful disposition, and very emotive. Shows great attention to detail. Desperately seeks a cure for his fiancée Lucy’s strange affliction – willing to do whatever it takes to mend her, even if it means sacrificing himself.

Attendant (Butterworth): CAST.

Maid: CAST. 23. Covers Lucy.