Open Auditions for "DRACULA"

Adapted by Steven Dietz from the novel by Bram Stoker

Directed by Mason Stewart

Dates for Auditions:
June 22 and 23 – 6-9pm
Callbacks if Needed June 25

Audition slots are by reservation.

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.

This production will contain elements of violence, blood, and sexuality.

Show Dates:
September 16 – October 1, 2022
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 PM, Sunday September 25 at 2 PM

AUDITION PREP:

• Bring your theatrical resume (if any)
• Bring a photo or headshot for the production team’s reference. 
• We will read from the script.
• You may download and complete an audition form in advance to save time.

CASTING:

• Performers of all races, gender identities, and ethnicities are encouraged to audition (18+)
• ALL ROLES AVAILABLE.
• Some actors may double as more than one character.
• Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is a volunteer performance organization and does not offer contracts.

ROLES:

• Mina Murray: 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.
• Jonathan Harker: 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.
• Lucy Westenra: 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.
• Dr. John Seward: 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.
• Renfield: 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.
• Dr. Abraham Van Helsing: 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.
• Dracula: 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.
• Ensemble: At least three additional actors to play the Vixens (the wives of Dracula), waiters, asylum attendants, maids, etc.