================================================== CASTING NOTICE - STAGED READING PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL ================================================== Playwrights Local [1] seeks a variety of actors for an upcoming staged reading of ‘Tribunal’, a new full length play by Mark Milo Kessler, to be directed by Christine McBurney. The reading will be presented as part of the Fall Roundtable Series of New Works [2]. Actors would need to be available for the public staged reading on Wednesday September 18 th , at 7pm at Waterloo Arts , as well as for at least one rehearsal in the preceding week. ABOUT THE PLAY: Following his combat service in World War II, lawyer Richard Parkman joins the prosecution team at the Nuremberg Trial. Melanie Ferguson, a hard-edged war correspondent, drags refugee and linguist Arthur Borovitz to Parkman because she knows the Tribunal is desperate for translators. When Dr. Hannelore Schneider tries to rob him one night, Arthur offers her a job helping him translate documents. Hannelore is a devout Nazi, but she is also an intellectual. Parkman, increasingly desperate to understand how such cultured people could commit such horrible acts, summons her for interrogation. The experience leaves him with a crushing responsibility, including a secret that propels him into a future that promises to be nearly unbearable. AVAILABLE ROLES: RICHARD PARKMAN – male, 30-50. A lawyer from southern Mississippi, USA, and part of the prosecution team before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. MELANIE FERGUSON – female, 30-50. A freelance journalist, with the required hard shell and insatiable curiosity. DR. HANNELORE SCHNEIDER – female, 30-50. A devout and highly-educated National Socialist (Nazi) trying to survive the humiliation of defeat. ARTHUR BOROWITZ – male, 30-50. Trained as an engineer, and one of only 100 or so “Special Squad” members to survive the war. Despite his horrific experience, he is generally good natured, quick to smile, generous. ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS: Two men and one woman of any age to play a variety of roles throughout the play. Interested actors should send a headshot and theatrical resume to: gsmith@playwrightslocal.org [3] If you have an interest in a specific role, please state this in your email. Links: ------ [1] http://www.playwrightslocal.org/ [2] http://www.playwrightslocal.org/fall-roundtable-series-2019/ [3] mailto:gsmith@playwrightslocal.org