AUDITIONS FOR
"SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SCARLET AVENGER"
WHO:
Auditions are open for performers of all experience levels from the ages of 18+
PRODUCTION STAFF: Bill Amos, DirectorCole Hrusovsky, Assistant DirectorTR Laputka, Technical DirectorKristi Gallagher, Stage Manager
WHERE AND WHEN: MONDAY, MAY 19 & TUESDAY, MAY 20 @ 6:30PMat the Pennsylvania Theatre of Performing Arts, 212 W Broad St, Hazleton PA 18201
*Auditions will be held in the rehearsal studios in the theatre basement. Please enter the building at the rear stage doors on Mine Street and follow signs downstairs to the audition space.
SHOW DATES: AUGUST 14, 15, & 16 @ 7PMAUGUST 17 @ 3PM
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: Those participating will be provided with an audition form to complete upon entering the theatre. Please have a list of rehearsal conflicts that you are aware of between the dates of JUNE 8 – AUGUST 17 ready to be submitted. All Auditionees will be required to read from excerpts selected from the script. Click HERE for an audition packet including script excerpts broken down by character.
SYNOPSIS: A corpse is found in an empty house at 3 Lauriston Gardens and Scotland Yard enlists Sherlock Holmes, a private consulting detective, to help uncover the identity and motive of the murderer if murder has been committed. However, as Holmes digs deeper, he learns that things are not what they appear to be, and the mystery is connected to sinister events that transpired in America years ago.
ROLES AVAILABLE: *Please note that the roles of INSPECTORS GREGSON and LESTRADE are NOT AVAILABLE for this production. All other roles are open.* SHERLOCK HOLMES (M; 20’s-30’s) A private consulting detective
DR. JOHN WATSON (M; 20’s-30’s) Holmes’ friend and Colleague, Army surgeon returned home from Afghanistan
STAMFORD (M; 20’s-30’s) Watson’s friend from medical school
JEFFERSON HOPE (M; 30’s-40’s) The Scarlet Avenger*
ENOCH J. DREBBER (M; 30’s-40’s) Dead man found at 3 Lauriston Gardens
JOSEPH STANGERSON (M; 40’s+) Drebber’s personal assistant and bodyguard
JAMES FERRIER (M; 50’s+) A frontiersman residing in Utah
LUCY (F; 20’s-30’s) James Ferrier’s daughter
CONSTABLE RANCE (M; 30+) Policeman who discovers Drebber’s body
MRS. CARPENTER (F; 40’s+) Proprietor of a boarding school
ALICE (F; 20’s-30’s) Mrs. Carpenter’s daughter
ARTHUR (M; 20’s-30’s) Mrs. Carpenter’s son
RETIRED SERGEANT OF MARINES (30’s+) Delivers a message to Holmes
ELDERLY WOMAN (20’s+) Mysterious & ambiguous visitor, possibly disguised, to 221B Baker Street
The following characters may be doubled as needed:ACTOR 1 - James Ferrier, Retired Sergeant, Stamford, RanceACTOR 2 - Mrs. Carpenter & The Elderly WomanACTOR 3 - Jefferson Hope & ArthurACTOR 4 - Lucy & Alice
PRODUCTION STAFF: Bill Amos, DirectorCole Hrusovsky, Assistant DirectorTR Laputka, Technical DirectorKristi Gallagher, Stage Manager
WHERE AND WHEN: MONDAY, MAY 19 & TUESDAY, MAY 20 @ 6:30PMat the Pennsylvania Theatre of Performing Arts, 212 W Broad St, Hazleton PA 18201
*Auditions will be held in the rehearsal studios in the theatre basement. Please enter the building at the rear stage doors on Mine Street and follow signs downstairs to the audition space.
SHOW DATES: AUGUST 14, 15, & 16 @ 7PMAUGUST 17 @ 3PM
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: Those participating will be provided with an audition form to complete upon entering the theatre. Please have a list of rehearsal conflicts that you are aware of between the dates of JUNE 8 – AUGUST 17 ready to be submitted. All Auditionees will be required to read from excerpts selected from the script. Click HERE for an audition packet including script excerpts broken down by character.
SYNOPSIS: A corpse is found in an empty house at 3 Lauriston Gardens and Scotland Yard enlists Sherlock Holmes, a private consulting detective, to help uncover the identity and motive of the murderer if murder has been committed. However, as Holmes digs deeper, he learns that things are not what they appear to be, and the mystery is connected to sinister events that transpired in America years ago.
ROLES AVAILABLE: *Please note that the roles of INSPECTORS GREGSON and LESTRADE are NOT AVAILABLE for this production. All other roles are open.* SHERLOCK HOLMES (M; 20’s-30’s) A private consulting detective
DR. JOHN WATSON (M; 20’s-30’s) Holmes’ friend and Colleague, Army surgeon returned home from Afghanistan
STAMFORD (M; 20’s-30’s) Watson’s friend from medical school
JEFFERSON HOPE (M; 30’s-40’s) The Scarlet Avenger*
ENOCH J. DREBBER (M; 30’s-40’s) Dead man found at 3 Lauriston Gardens
JOSEPH STANGERSON (M; 40’s+) Drebber’s personal assistant and bodyguard
JAMES FERRIER (M; 50’s+) A frontiersman residing in Utah
LUCY (F; 20’s-30’s) James Ferrier’s daughter
CONSTABLE RANCE (M; 30+) Policeman who discovers Drebber’s body
MRS. CARPENTER (F; 40’s+) Proprietor of a boarding school
ALICE (F; 20’s-30’s) Mrs. Carpenter’s daughter
ARTHUR (M; 20’s-30’s) Mrs. Carpenter’s son
RETIRED SERGEANT OF MARINES (30’s+) Delivers a message to Holmes
ELDERLY WOMAN (20’s+) Mysterious & ambiguous visitor, possibly disguised, to 221B Baker Street
The following characters may be doubled as needed:ACTOR 1 - James Ferrier, Retired Sergeant, Stamford, RanceACTOR 2 - Mrs. Carpenter & The Elderly WomanACTOR 3 - Jefferson Hope & ArthurACTOR 4 - Lucy & Alice
Please forward any questions to artisticdirector@ptpashows.org