Actor-Readers needed for a new adaptation of H.G. Wells' ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU - 6:30 pm June 11th CPT's Dark Room (Plus one Rehearsal-tba) This version uses "Double Casting" with the staff & patients of the Mental Asylum where the survivor, Edward Pendrake is incarcerated acting out the hero's story. (The original "Edward Prendick" seemed a bit much) We Need: H.G. Wells / Dr. Montgomery = Young Novelist in early carrer / Disgraced alcoholic assistant to Dr. Moreau Asylum Director / Dr. Moreau = Imperious older Bureaucrat / Obsessed scientific genius and tyrant Edward Pendrake = Young shipwreck survivor driven mad by misfortunes and horror Asylum Clerk / M'Ling = Underling to Asylum Director / Bestial servant to Moreau & Montgomery Female Patient / Lota = Young mental patient / Seductive "ward" of Dr. Moreau Asylum Guards / Sailors / Beast People = Large Men threatening as humans and Beast People Patients / Crewmen / Beast People = Males & Females with distinctive looks and behaviors as Humans & Beast People Narrator = To set the scenes & stage directions impossible to do in reading No memorization involved-only a ten page section of the play-but we will attempt limited movement, characterization, etc. Accents optional. Contact Craig A. Webb at burningriver@msn.com<mailto:burningriver@msn.com> or 216-288-7151 Participants will receive $5 to donate to The Dark Room (or not) Free beer and the opportunity to see and/or participate in other New scripts. Since Early Years Craig A. Webb burningriver@msn.com<mailto:burningriver@msn.com>