PASSION OF DRACULA Equity Principal Auditions - Tri-State Actors Theater Auditions

PASSION OF DRACULA

– Equity Principal Auditions in NJ

Tri-State Actors Theater Sussex NJ SPT $230/week minimum. Housing/transportation provided to out-of-area performers.

Artistic Dir / Stage Dir: Paul Meacham

Authors: Bob Hall & David Richmond

1st reh: 9/27/11. Rehearses in Newton, NJ. Runs 10/13-10/30.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Sussex County Community College PAC

10 AM – 5 PM 1 College Hill Road

No scheduled break. Newton NJ 07860

No appointment necessary. The producer will run all aspects of this call. Equity audition procedures are not in effect, and no Equity Monitor will be provided.

Sides will be provided at the audition, and in advance at
www.tristateactorstheater.org. Visually-impaired performers may request an advance copy of sides by calling 973/875-2950.

Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

Version is set in the English countryside in 1911, where several village girls have died under mysterious circumstances (actually, slain by sensual and charismatic vampire Count Dracula). Van Helsing, with help from Seward, Lord Godalming, Harker, psychiatrist Helga Van Zandt and the reluctant Renfield try to stop Count Dracula from making Lucy's friend Wilhelmina his next willing victim. With a dash of Holmesian sleuthing in this Baskerville-hound country setting, our heroes save the heroine and dispatch the Count in the traditional manner. Laced with humor and horror, this version brings the myth into the 21st century.

Seeking (all listed roles are available; three Equity actor contracts are available):

Dr. Cedric Seward:

40-60. Guardian to Wilhelmina, and administrator of the Sanitarium at Whitby. Good man. Unimaginative; a follower, not a leader. Major role.

Prof. Van Helsing:

40-60, Life-long friend and colleague of Dr. Seward. From Amsterdam. An expert in the ways of vampires. Early savior of Wilhelmina as a child. Main adversary to Dracula. Relentless in his quest to destroy the Count. Major role.

Count Dracula:

Appears 30s-40s. Centuries-old vampire, sorcerer and Transylvanian nobleman. Seductive, sexual, powerful, frightening, irresistible, charismatic shape-shifter. Major role.

Dr. Helga Van Zandt:

30-40. Psychiatric doctor working at the asylum, taking care of Wilhelmina. Secretly in love with Lord Godalming. Eventually seduced and taken by Dracula. Major role.

Lord Godalming:

40s. Friend and neighbor of Dr. Seward. Conservative, thick-headed. Loves Helga Van Zandt. Rich. Major role.

Jonathan Harker:

20-30. Newspaper photographer. Brash, handsome. Taken with Wilhelmina. Major role.

Renfield:

30-40. Inmate of Seward’s sanatorium. Eats flies. Enslaved by Dracula. Major role.

Theater is located in Newton, NJ, northwestern New Jersey, approximately 50 miles from NYC.

Theatre-provided directions:

Bus: Lakeland Bus Lines--
http://www.lakelandbus.com. Ride to Newton Shop Rite stop.

Local Bus: Sussex County Transit: call 973/579-0483.

Equity members who are unable to attend the audition are urged to mail photos and resumes to Tri-State Actors Theater (POD), PO Box 7225, Sussex, NJ 07461.