THE 39 STEPS
Location: West Windsor NJ
Type: Theater
OPEN AUDITIONS for THE 39 STEPS
Adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan
>From the movie of Alfred Hitchcock
Producers: Theater To Go & Pierrot Productions
Director: Ruth Markoe
PAY:
Actors will receive $250 for the run
AUDITION DATES/TIMES:
Sunday October 27 & Monday October 28 (7pm-10pm)
AUDITION LOCATION:
Mercer County Community College Communications Building just behind the Theatre, follow the signs.
PREPARE:
-Comic Monologue
-Bring Resume and Headshot
NOTE: All must be experienced with physical comedy and farce. A good ear and a facility with dialects is required, specifically working – class English, Scottish, posh London and German.
APPOINTMENTS AND QUESTIONS:
Pierrotatkelsey@gmail.com
NEEDED:
4 very versatile actors; 3 men/1 woman
There is no pay, but lots of fun!
RICHARD HANNAY (age range early 30’s to 50) The dashing, leading man of the show; charming, innocent, and charismatic. Must have great endurance, superb comic timing, and a commanding presence. An standard-British dialect is required as well as outstanding physical comedic skills.
ANNABELLE SCHMIDT/PAMELA/MARGARET (age range 25+) This is the only scripted female role in the show. The role calls for multiple dialects – the actor must play a paranoid German spy, a lower-class Scottish farmer’s wife, and the upper class, British romantic lead of the show. All three dialects ARE required. Must have excellent comic timing and great versatility. Actor should be able to play the sensuality and high style of the Hitchcock/film noir variety.
MAN/Clown #1 & MAN/Clown #2 (age range OPEN) These roles call for exceptional physical and verbal comic ability. These actors play multiple characters, male and female, sometimes simultaneously. Must be highly athletic with great endurance and focus, and have a mastery of various English, German, and Scottish dialects, maybe with a few more thrown in. These are clowns in the European/English Music Hall/Vaudeville tradition of physical clowning. The roles demand physical strength, vocal and physical transformation and delineation, stamina, and tremendous character
REHEARSALS:
3x week starting Late November
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION:
January 31-February 9, 2014
Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College West Windsor NJ
SHOW DESCRIPTION:
This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is one part Monty Python, one part Hitchcockthriller and one part Ringling Brothers. Patrick Barlow’s comical adaptation of “The 39 Steps, is a fast-paced, often hilariously irreverent re-creation of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic mystery thriller film of 1935. Four actors portray some 150 roles. Our leading man, Richard Hannay, meets a mysterious woman at a London music hall. After witnessing her murder, he becomes entangled in solving the murder, proving his innocence, and breaking a spy ring that seems to be attached to the whole affair. All roles require good comic timing.
THEATRE TO GO 609-895-9661
www.TheaterToGo.com
www.facebook.com/TheaterToGoNJ
PIERROT PRODUCTIONS
pierrotatkelsey@gmail.com
Payment: Paid
City or Location of call: West Windsor NJ
Please submit to: pierrotatkelsey@gmail.com by 2013-10-28
This casting notice was posted by: Theater To Go & Pierrot Prodcutions
