JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN — Principal Actors Auditions
Virginia Stage Company
AUDITION DATE
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
APPOINTMENTS
To request an in-person audition appointment, complete the form at the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeR3UNwKsuFKrd336laa7tDJJqBJzSmLkLmhEfvgKJ9DzJLg/viewform
OR by email
auditions@vastage.org with the subject JPV EPA Audition with the following information:
- Full Name
- Roles for which you are auditioning
- Headshot/resume (not required to make appointment)
You will receive a return email confirming your assigned time slot.
CONTRACT
CONTRACT
LOA: $889 weekly minimum (LOA ref. LORT) + Health & Pension
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLIAN (see
BREAKDOWN
).Some roles will be understudied.
Virginia Stage Company strives for an inclusive creative work environment and actively embraces a diversity of people, ideas, talents, and experiences. We highly encourage people of color, individuals with disabilities, and other historically underrepresented groups to audition.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a brief monologue of your choice. Audition material may not exceed 2 minutes total. Also, please bring your Equity Member card and a copy of your headshot/resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Wells Theatre
108 E Tazewell St
Norfolk, VA 23510
Sign-In Main Lobby by Appointment. Holding max capacity 75; Audition max capacity 55
PERSONNEL
Written by Kimberly Bellflower
Directed by Melissa Mowry
Producing Artistic Director: Tom Quaintance
Resident Casting Director: Emel Ertugrul (Expected to Attend)
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal: February 9, 2027
Opening: March 6, 2027
Closing: March 14, 2027
VIDEO AUDITIONS
If you are unable to attend the in-person audition, video audition submissions will also be accepted for Season 48. Use this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdG9XIGd-NRF0N5CwPHo3ofiZpaabDsloGOo-UlsrW6ZHUhWQ/viewform
Or email video viewing link (NO FILES) to
auditions@vastage.org with subject JPV EPA VIDEO Audition. Please include what role(s) you are auditioning for.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity's
CONTRACT
s prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
SYNOPSIS
At a small-town high school, a group of students begins studying The Crucible. What starts as a classroom discussion soon sparks something bigger. As the girls in the class question the stories they've been taught and the heroes they were told to believe in…they start to see their own lives in a new light. Sharp, funny, and fiercely contemporary, this breakout hit explores friendship, power, and the complicated process of finding your voice. Sometimes the stories we inherit aren't the whole truth. The real lesson begins when we start asking questions.
ROLES SEEKING
CARTER SMITH: (White, Male Presenting, 32 - 34 years old) Teacher, a former golden boy, but one of those rare smart and sensitive ones. Now he is a great teacher: charming, engaging, goofy.
BAILEY GALLAGHER: (White, Female Presenting, 24 years old) Counselor, sweet in all the ways Southern women are supposed to be. This is her first real job out of college; she's trying her best.
BETH POWELL: (Any Ethnicity, Female Presenting, 18+ to play 16 years old) Student, nervous and ambitious and enthusiastic, kind of like if Rory Gilmore and Paris Geller had a baby and raised her in the Deep South.
SHELBY HOLCOMB: (Any Ethnicity, Female, 18+ to play 16 years old) Student, her brain works faster than her mouth, but her mouth works pretty dang fast. People have always underestimated her.
NELL SHAW: (Black, Female Presenting, 16, student) From Atlanta, grounded and sincere, genuinely curious about things, a good judge of character, and a quick study.
IVY WATKINS: (Any Ethnicity, Female Presenting, 16, student) Fiercely loyal and always well-intentioned, from money, she is not a mean girl.
RAELYNN NIX: (Any Ethnicity, Female Presenting, 16, student) A cheerleader type who's always lived her life by other people's standards. She was paying careful attention and keeping score the whole time. NOTE: This role requires comfort with staged physical intimacy/violence choreographed by an intimacy choreographer & director.
MASON ADAMS: (Any Ethnicity, Male Presenting, 16, student) He's never really tried before, and he's surprised by how good it feels. Earnest and affable.
LEE TURNER: (White, Male Presenting, 16, student) A Carhartt-wearing good ol' boy, deeply insecure, and without the tools to deal with it. He's always been good at getting what he wants. NOTE: This role requires comfort with staged physical intimacy/violence choreographed by an intimacy choreographer & director.
