[NEohioPAL] Auditions for "Towards Zero, " Fred Sternfeld, director

[Nancy Cates via NEohioPAL]

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Coach House Theatre

 

Nancy Cates & Terry Burgler, Artistic Directors

 

AUDITION INFORMATION

 

Towards Zero

by Agatha Christie

 

Adapted from Agatha Christie's book, "Towards Zero," by the authoress and
Gerald Verner

 

Directed by Fred Sternfeld

 

AUDITION INFORMATION

 

AUDITION DATES & LOCATION: Sunday, November 9, beginning at 6:00pm, OR

Monday, November 10 beginning at 6:00pm. Callbacks, if needed, will be the

weekend of November 15.

 

Coach House Theatre is located at 732 W. Exchange St., Akron, Oh  44302

 

AUDITION APPOINTMENTS: To make an audition appointment, please send an

email with date and time window preference to

directors at coachhousetheatre.com.

 

AUDITION PREPARATION: Please prepare a 1-2 minute memorized monologue OR

you can read a monologue from the script that will be provided to you when

you arrive for your appointment.  Please arrive to your appointment 15-20

minutes early to fill out an audition form and so that you will have ample

time to look over a monologue from the script.

 

PERFORMANCE DATES: January 28 - February 22, 2015. Thursdays, Fridays and

Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:30pm.

 

ABOUT THE PLAY: In true Dame Agatha fashion, an elderly lady is murdered

during a weekend house party at her cliffside mansion, and every guest has

a reason to want her dead.

 

 

PLOT: The novel is not exactly the same as the play, but you can see a

fairly accurate description at this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towards_Zero

 

ROLES AVAILABLE: All roles are open except for Lady Tressillian. Non-AEA

actors appear in Coach House productions on a volunteer basis. There are no

AEA contracts available for this production. 7 males, 4 females.

 

 

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   Lady Camilla Tressilian: Host of her seaside home near Saltcreek. A

   widow in her early seventies. (already cast)

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   Mary Aldin: Lady Tressilian's maid, secretary & "dogsbody."  30s - 40's.

 

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   Nevile Strange: a handsome athlete and tennis player, former ward of

   Lady Tressilian's late husband. 20s - 30s.

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   Kay Strange: Nevile's beautiful and emotional second wife, 20s.

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   Audrey Strange: Nevile's first wife. She was orphaned young, raised with

   her cousins and aunt, the Roydes. 20s - 30s.

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   Ted Latimer: a friend of Kay since she was 15 years old. 20s - 30s.

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   Thomas Royde: On vacation from his work in the Malay states. A man of

   few words. He is in love with Audrey. 30s - 50s.

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   Mathew Treves: an old friend of Lady Tressilian; a distinguished lawyer

   of ripe experience and great shrewdness. 60s - 80s.

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   Inspector James Leach, local C.I.D. : Battle's nephew, assigned to the

   Saltcreek area. 30s - 40's.

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   Superintendent Battle, C.I.D., Scotland Yard: Vacationing with nephew,

   he is assigned to the case with him; husband and father of five children,

   youngest of whom gives him an insight useful to solving this case. 40s -

   60s.

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   Police Constable Benson: Assist Leach and Battle. 20s.

 

 

REHEARSALS: There will be 5 weeks of rehearsal. 1.5 weeks from December 1 -

10, then a break for the holidays, then 3.5 weeks from January 4 - 27. For

the first four weeks, rehearsal days and times will be Sundays - Thursdays,

7:00 - 10:00pm. For tech week, the hours will be a bit longer. Actors will

only be called when needed for specific scenes, so they may not be needed

for all the rehearsals.

 

DIRECTOR: Fred Sternfeld is an award winning director with more than 100

plays to his credit. For more information: http://www.fredsternfeld.com/

 

QUESTIONS? Contact director Fred Sternfeld at fsternfeld at gmail.com.
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