[NEohioPAL] "Breaking the Code" auditions in Akron

[Jan Harcar]

Weathervane Playhouse

Akron OH

 

AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT

 

"BREAKING THE CODE"

By Hugh Whitemore

 

Audition Dates:

Monday June 14 -- FULL

 

ADDED: Tuesday, June 15  ~ appointments between 5 - 6 p.m.

and

Tuesday, June 15 appointments starting at 7 p.m.

(10-minute increments)

Callbacks: TBA

 

CALL 330-826-2626 FOR AN APPOINTMENT

 

Michael Rupert, three-time Tony Award-nominee and Tony Award-winner for Best Supporting Actor in Musical for the 1986 revival of Sweet Charity, will be directing Breaking the Code. The play is an historical drama about Alan Turing, the eccentric genius who broke the Enigma code during World War II. He was put on trial for breaking another code - the taboo against homosexuality.

 

12 Performance Dates:

Thursdays, October 7, 14, 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays, October 8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 22 at 8 p.m.

Sundays, October 10, 17, 24 at 2:30 p.m.

 

 

Audition Preparation: Readings from the script. Audition sides are available for pick up at the Playhouse and online at www.weathervaneplayhouse.com.

 

 

All roles (other than Nikos) require a British accent.

 

Alan Turing, 39.  A quietly charismatic and multifaceted man.  Atheist, homosexual, eccentric and brilliant mathematician whose honesty and decency were too much for society and his times.  Unkempt in appearance, he occasionally speaks with a gentle stammer.  (Lead.)

 

Mick Ross, mid-40's.  A Detective Sergeant with the Manchester Police Department.  A by-the-book, working-class man, very good at what he does.  And what he does is get to the truth.  Tough, but not unsympathetic.  (Lead.)

 

Sara Turing, early 50's.  Alan's mother.  A simple woman, never quite able to understand the complex and complicated son she so dearly loves.  (4 scenes.)

 

Ron Miller, 20.  A north-country, working-class man currently out-of-work and looking to get some money or, at the very least another pint, anyway he can.  A rough young man, he directly contributes to Alan's downfall.  (3 scenes.)

 

Pat Green, early 30's.  A cryptanalyst at The Government Code and Cipher School.  A bright young woman in love with Alan despite his homosexuality.  (3 scenes.)

 

John Smith, 50's.  An authoritative, upper-middle class officer with the British Foreign Office.  (2 scenes.)

 

Dillwyn Knox, 60.  A brilliant classical scholar.  Alan's boss at The Government Code and Cipher School.  (2 scenes.)

 

Christopher Morcom, 17.  A modest, yet charming school friend of Alan's at Sherborne School.  He's the kind of boy who makes such an impression Alan will continue to speak of him long after Christopher's early, untimely death.  (1 scene.)

 

Nikos, 20.  A handsome young Greek boy.  A one-night lover on Alan's holiday on the island of Corfu.  Speaks fluent Greek.  (1 scene.)                 

 

 

Weathervane Playhouse is committed to non-traditional casting.

Except in cases where race, gender, age or disability is essential to the play,

all roles will be cast on the basis of talent.

Janis Harcar
Director of Advancement
Weathervane Playhouse
330-836-2323 X16
www.weathervaneplayhouse.com
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