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<h1>Open Auditions for "DRACULA"</h1>
<p><b>Adapted by Steven Dietz from the novel by Bram Stoker</b></p>
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<p>Directed by Mason Stewart</p>
<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Dates for Auditions:</strong><br>
<strong>June 22 and 23 – 6-9pm<br>
</strong>Callbacks if Needed June 25</p>
<p><strong>Audition slots are by reservation.</strong></p>
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<p>With all the suspense and seduction of Bram Stoker’s classic
novel, Steven Dietz takes audiences on a breathless and bloody
thrill ride from the depths of Transylvania to the very heart of
Victorian London. As Count Dracula begins to exert his will upon
Van Helsing, Renfield, Harker, and the rest, they try to piece
together the clues to save themselves from a hideous fate.</p>
<p><em>This production will contain elements of violence, blood, and
sexuality.</em></p>
<p><strong>Show Dates:</strong><br>
September 16 – October 1, 2022<br>
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 PM, Sunday September 25 at 2 PM</p>
<h3>AUDITION PREP:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Bring your theatrical resume (if any)</li>
<li>Bring a photo or headshot for the production team’s
reference. </li>
<li>We will read from the script.</li>
<li>You may <a
href="https://cvlt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-CVLT-Audition-Form.pdf"
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advance to save time.</li>
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<h3>CASTING:</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Performers of all races, gender identities, and
ethnicities are encouraged to audition (18+)</strong></li>
<li>ALL ROLES AVAILABLE.</li>
<li>Some actors may double as more than one character.</li>
<li>Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is a volunteer performance
organization and does not offer contracts.</li>
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<h3>ROLES:</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Mina Murray:</strong> A smart, strong-willed, and
cautious young woman. An original ‘final girl’ of the horror
genre, but certainly no ‘damsel in distress’. Mina is the purest
of all characters making her the most exquisite target for
corruption. Close friend of Lucy. Fiancée of Harker.</li>
<li><strong>Jonathan Harker:</strong> A young solicitor hired by
Dracula to facilitate his arrival in England. Harker travels to
Transylvania, is imprisoned and tortured by Dracula but escapes.
Fiancée of Mina.</li>
<li><strong>Lucy Westenra:</strong> Lucy loves life and is curious
about the secrets of intimacy. Her biggest problem is having
three suitors. Corrupted by Dracula, she changes from a coy,
aristocratic socialite into a wanton vampire.</li>
<li><strong>Dr. John Seward:</strong> A young doctor and
administrator of Carfax Lunatic Asylum. Awkward and insecure but
passionate. In love with Lucy. A man of science, he is resistant
to the more supernatural explanations for the events occurring
in the play.</li>
<li><strong>Renfield:</strong> A former solicitor, manipulated and
used by Dracula. Inmate at the asylum. Obsessed with eating
living things (such as rats, birds, and spiders). At times he
seems insane, but in fact he is trapped between his hunger for
Dracula’s immortality and his fear of eternal retribution.</li>
<li><strong>Dr. Abraham Van Helsing:</strong> A doctor and friend
of Seward’s who is an authority on the mystic and occult and who
eventually diagnoses the trouble surrounding Lucy. An
intellectual Victorian and a superhero of sorts.</li>
<li><strong>Dracula:</strong> Hundreds of years old but drinking
the blood of the living renders him young and virile. He has
great strength and the power to manipulate the minds of his
victims. At times he is confident, polite, and sensual; at
others he reveals pure, ruthless evil. Speaks in a non-descript
Eastern European accent.</li>
<li><strong>Ensemble:</strong> At least three additional actors to
play the Vixens (the wives of Dracula), waiters, asylum
attendants, maids, etc.</li>
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