Nutley Little Theatre Announces Auditions for DRACULA

Nutley Little Theatre announces auditions for DRACULA adapted by Liz Lochhead and based on the novel by Bram Stoker

Director: Heather Ferreira

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Stage Manager: Emily Tonn

Auditions :

Monday, August 19th, 6:30 pm-10:00 pm

Thursday, August 22nd, 6:30 pm-10:00 pm

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CALLBACKS: Wednesday, September 4th, 6:30 pm-10:00 pm

Rehearsals will begin the week of September 15th. Rehearsals will run four days most weeks, including some weekends.

Depending on your role, you will not be called to every rehearsal.

Performances will run from October 25-Nov 9 (10 shows): 10/25, 10/26, 10/27, 11/1, 11/2, 11/3, 11/7, 11/8, 11/9 (matinee & evening)

SYNOPSIS A tale long-seeped into the popular consciousness, with a fresh focus. A real estate transaction goes terrifyingly wrong. An asylum patient speaks truths no one will listen to. One woman despairs at ever seeing her fiancé again, while another woman grows paler and sicker by the day. A desperate doctor reaches out to an old friend to help solve a mysterious illness, but people keep disappearing and turning up dead. Dracula is coming, but first… you have to invite him in. The underlying anxieties of the novel - fear of female sexuality, treatment of the mentally ill, lurking same-sex attraction between men, and uncomfortable relationships with the working-class - are brought to the forefront in this sharp adaptation.

PLEASE NOTE The show contains suggested nudity, intimacy, and sexual violence. We will work with an intimacy coordinator to ensure everyone’s comfort and safety. Performers must be 18 years of age and older.

AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS The production team welcomes and desires actors of all races, ethnicities, and identities to audition. Performers of any gender may play any character, though the character will be played as the character’s noted gender.

You will be provided audition sides at the rehearsal. The sides are also available here. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1TDc7Hn2Ve4ZJNgj8MQ2zhREXoR0J6WhP

We are happy to field any questions regarding this process. Contact director Heather Ferreira ( heather.a.ferreira@gmail.com ) and CC Stage Manager Emily Tonn ( tonn.emily@gmail.com ).

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

MINA WESTERMAN (female, 20s-30s, lead) : Big sister, described as a proper English rose and a peach eating a peach. Practical and steadfast, but on-edge due to mounting anxieties. Also plays VAMPIRE BRIDE 1.

LUCY WESTERMAN (female, 20s, lead) : Little sister, dreamy and romantic on the surface, sexually frustrated and hemmed in by gender roles beneath. Also plays VAMPIRE BRIDE 3.

JONATHAN HARKER (male, 30s-40s, lead) : A right proper solicitor, engaged to Mina. Dedicated, upright, and afraid of his buried same-sex attraction to men, particularly Dracula.

DR ARTHUR SEWARD (male, 30s-40s, lead) : Driven, righteous, thinks he’s a good asylum doctor and a man of science. Conscious of his working class roots. Very in-love with Lucy.

FLORRIE HATHERSAGE (female, 20-40s, supporting) : Newly hired maid to the Westermans. Sensible, emotionally intelligent, knows how the world works and is skeptical for it. Also plays VAMPIRE BRIDE 2.

R.M RENFIELD (male, any age, supporting) : Truth-teller driven insane by past relations with Dracula and mistreatment at the asylum. Knows exactly what’s coming, but can’t get anyone to listen.

COUNT VLAD DRACULA (male, 30+, supporting) : A charming, seductive serial killer. The perfect host and gentleman with a barely suppressed edge. Touch of a Slavic accent.

ABRAHAM VAN HELSING (male, 50+, supporting) : A delicate balance of sensible and eccentric. Knows exactly what’s going on, but must handle things carefully. Touch of a Dutch accent.

NURSE NISBETT (female, any age, minor) : A masochistic nurse in the asylum. Will also play various ENSEMBLE roles. NURSE GRICE (female, any age, minor) : A sadistic nurse in the asylum. Will also play various

ENSEMBLE ROLES. DOCTOR GOLDMAN / MRS MANNERS (female, any age, minor) : An unfeeling psychiatrist and an upright ladies’ chaperone. Will also play various ENSEMBLE ROLES. ORDERLY DRINKWATER (male, any age, minor) : A stoic, wordless asylum orderly with unexpected sympathy for Renfield. Will also play various ENSEMBLE ROLES.

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