Blank Canvas Theatre
Auditions for
Alfred Hitchcock's
The 39 Steps
Adapted by Patrick Barlow
Directed by Patrick Ciamacco
Audition Date: Tuesday January 26th & Wednesday January 27th
Time: 7:00pm
(All actors are asked to arrive at 7pm on the date they sign up for. If you can not make it at 7pm, please inform us in your email)
What to prepare: Readings will be from the script. Prior preparation is not required. To view audition sides CLICK HERE. A headshot and resume is appreciated. *Audition sides DO NOT need to be memorized. Copies will be provided at auditions. The link is just to help you be more comfortable in your audition.
Performance Dates: March 4 - 19. Shows will be Thursday-Sunday. Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm. Sunday performances will be at 7pm. (Show will close on a Saturday night)
Rehearsals: Will begin February 8th and will be Sunday-Thursdays. Typically 7pm-10pm, though Sundays will be a longer day based on conflicts. This is only a four week rehearsal period.
Pay: Blank Canvas Theatre dedicates 20% of the net profit to the cast of each show. The cast splits this evenly.
*There are no Equity contracts available for this show.
Audition Location:
Blank Canvas Theatre
1305 78th Street, Suite 211 (at 78th Street Studios)
Cleveland, OH 44102
The Story
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony® and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance!
In The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!
Character Breakdown
All roles require versatility, stamina, physical comedy skills and excellent comic timing.
RICHARD HANNAY (Male, 30’s to late 40’s): “Pencil moustache.” “An attractive man, not too young and not too old…relatively ordinary… thinks of himself as commonplace…is drawn in against his best judgment into a mystery he vaguely understands…” Dialects: A Canadian with precise diction, not necessarily an English accent
ANNABELLE, MARGARET, PAMELA (Female, 25 to 40’s): All roles played by one woman: a ”beautiful… nervous…seductive” German spy; a Scottish farmer’s wife; and a “beautiful” British woman. Dialects: German, Scottish, cultured British
CLOWN 1 & CLOWN 2 (Male or Female, 20-50’s): The 2 CLOWNS, in the English Music Hall tradition, play over 30 characters between them; changing characters frequently, sometimes within seconds, using costumes and props from the simple to more detailed. The roles require versatility, stamina to perform fast-paced verbal and physical comedy; excellent comic timing and extreme focus. Dialects: A wide variety of English, German, Scottish