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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">The Lake Erie College Department of Theatre</font>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">announces auditions for<span> </span><i>Dracula<span> </span></i>by Bram Stoker</font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">based on the 1938 Orson Welles Adaptation</font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">produced and directed by Jerry Jaffe (LEC Prof of Theatre)</font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">We will be conducting auditions for this audio adaptation over the next 1-2 weeks.</font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Auditions will be by appointment only. Virtual "Zoom" auditions can be scheduled. Also, we will gladly accept video submissions.</font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">To schedule an appointment, please contact Dr. Jaffe at<span> </span><a href="mailto:jjaffe@lec.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204)">jjaffe@lec.edu</a> </font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Auditions will consist of a brief interview AND 2 short monologues. One will be from the play and the other will be one of your own choosing (20th century British comedy please). Further details and sides
will be provided when you contact us.</font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">All parts are available and casting is open to everyone, students, faculty, staff, and community members.</font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">All casting will be made without regards to gender, race, age, sexual orientation, or disability. (Please address all questions or concerns to Dr. Jaffe).</font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">All rehearsals will be conducted remotely and with all best practices for social distancing and public health.</font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">We will consider actors who are non-local, but they must be able to match our technical requirements.</font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">These radio performances have several key features that are important to the director. Good enunciation is a must. Good pacing. This play is set in Europe, and all characters have accents, so good dialect skills
are a must. Also, as a melodrama, these performances are very dramatic: can you portray emotions honestly and vividly but without falling into comic exaggeration?</font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Here is a summary of the available parts:</font></div>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Characters:</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">*indicates the larger roles</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">*Dr. Seward-British, aristocratic</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">*Jonathon Harker-British</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Carriage Driver-German</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">DRACULA'S DRIVER-Romanian</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">*Dracula-Romanian</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">*Captain-Russian</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Mate-Russian</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Hand 1/ 2 –Russian (or any)</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">*Van Helsing—Dutch (or German or Austrian?)</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">*Lucy—(British)</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">*Renfield--(British)</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Newsvendor (cockney or British)</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">*Mina</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Various "Voices"</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">CC Captain (Scottish?)</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-kerning: none"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Mr. Hildesham (European Jew, German or “eastern European accent) )</font></span></p>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">(As a radio play, double-casting is a distinct possibility!)</font></div>
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<font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">If you are interested in auditioning, the next step is to email Dr. Jaffe at <<a href="mailto:jjaffe@lec.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204)">jjaffe@lec.edu</a>>.</font></div>
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