Auditions

We are excited to see you at our auditions, either for our Main Stage productions or for our CP2 readings! If you are joining us for the first time, below are some frequently asked questions to help you prepare for your audition. If you have any additional questions, please reach out to us at info@countyplayers.org.

In this hilarious, twisted take on the holiday classic, it’s one year after A Christmas Carol and Scrooge has returned to his miserly ways… The Ghosts of Christmas are on trial for breaking and entering, kidnapping, slander, pain and suffering, attempted murder, and the intentional infliction of emotional distress as Scrooge rants and raves to the court. Both silly and sweet, The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge is a heartwarming comedy for the whole family!

The Trial of Ebeneezer Scrooge is presented by special arrangement with DRAMATIC PUBLISHING, Woodstock, Illinois.

AUDITION INFORMATION

The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge audition form

Roles

* These roles may be doubled

• Bailiff Connolly – Any / Age Any
• Judge Stanchfield Pearson – Male / Age 50-70
• Solicitor Solomon Rothschild – Male / Any
• Ebenezer Scrooge – Male / Age 50-70
• Bob Cratchit – Male / Any
• Jacob Marley – Male / Age 50 – 70
• *Fred – Male / Any
• *Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come – Any / Any
• *Mrs. Cratchit – Female / Any
• *Sara Wainwright – Female / Any
• *Mrs. Dilber – Female / Any
• *Ghost of Christmas Past – Any / Any
• *Fan – Female / Any
• *Belle – Female / Any
• Narrator & Translator – Any / Any

Readings will be from the script provided.

Abigail/1702 is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. dramatists.com

AUDITION INFORMATION

Abigail/1702 audition form

The play features a small cast of five characters, plus possibly one or two narrators (TBD):

Roles

• Abigail Williams / Ruth Meadow: A young woman to portray late 20s seeking redemption ten years after the Salem witch trials.
• John Brown: A young man to portray mid-20s.
• Reverend Parris / Judge Sewall / Man in Gray: An older man (40s, 50s, or older) who also plays other roles.
• Margaret Hale / Ann Foster / Elizabeth Proctor: An older woman (40s–50s).
• Thomas: to portray 10-year-old little boy.
• Narrator(s): non-specific gender depending upon those auditioning

Readings will be from the script provided.

AUDITION INFORMATION

Dial M for Murder audition form

Please prepare a 2-minute monologue for the audition. The audition will also include readings from the script.

VIOLENCE, INTIMACY, & SPECIAL NOTES

• The characters of Margot, Maxine and Tony will have moments of Intimacy which will be choreographed collaboratively with the actors, Director and Intimacy Coordinator.
• Moments of Stage Violence will be choreographed collaboratively with the actors, Fight Choreographer and Director. Characters involved in staged violence include: Lesgate & Margo. Lesgate simulates strangling Margo, Margo simulates stabbing Lesgate with a pair of scissors. This scene may also include a short scuffle for control of persons and items.
• There will be drinking and smoking in this production.
• English accents required for all characters but MAXINE.

Character breakdown

Margot Wendice – She/Her. 30s/40s, English
Margot is a wealthy, charming, and pretty socialite, married to Tony Wendice. Her unfulfilling marriage to Tony led to her brief affair with Maxine. Warm, elegant, and sincere but she tends toward caution and convention. Balances vulnerability with inner strength. She is deeply in the closet, and her greatest fear is being found out.

Maxine Hadley – She/Her. 30s/40s, American
Maxine is a crime novelist with an incredible mind for murder plots. She’s a client of Tony’s. Although she longs to rekindle her prior relationship with Margot she attempts to abide by Margot’s boundaries and confine herself to the role of a platonic friend. Determined, persistent, passionate, suspicious. She has a bold and daring personality and is not afraid to spurn conventional roles and expectations. She is thoughtful, loyal, and determined to protect Margot.

Tony Wendice – He/Him. 30s/40s, English
Tony is a failed novelist now reduced to toiling away as a publicity agent for a publishing company and is working with Maxine on her latest novel. Financially dependent on Margot. His greatest talent is improvisation, his greatest weapon is his charm, and his greatest love is money. He is handsome and very sure of himself – A deviously brilliant chameleon.

Lesgate – He/him. 30s/40s, English
Lesgate was a fellow student with Tony at Cambridge. A smooth, slightly worn-down opportunist with a long history of criminal activity who gets pulled into Tony’s scheme. Has spent his life scrambling to belong with the upper class, and isn’t above lying, cheating or stealing to get there. Charming, tense, morally flexible and not nearly as smart as he thinks he is.

Inspector Hubbard – He/him. 40s/50s. English
Inspector Hubbard is a clever, steady Scotland Yard detective with a calm presence and a sharp eye for detail. A man of his time. He is devoted to the facts and truth above all, though he does sometimes let his own biases cloud his judgment. Thoughtful and thorough with the physical presence of a police inspector.