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Auditions: Saturday July 11 from 2-6pm The Players Studio (Studio 2)
Callbacks: Sunday July 13 2-6pm The Players Studio As You Like It (Studio 2) Dracula (Studio 1 Blackbox)
Please Prepare: -For As You Like It, please prepare a 1-minute a comedic monologue that shows physical humor. -For Dracula, please prepare a 1-minute monologue in the style of the show/role you’re auditioning for.
All ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ethnicities and body types are HIGHLY encouraged to audition.
Celia – female presenting, 16 – 30 ish, daughter of Duke Frederick the Usurper. She is really close with her cousin Rosalind and supports her when she is banished. She quickly figures out all this peace and love and frolicking in the forest is pretty cool.
Orlando – male presenting, 16 – 30is, youngest son of Sir Rowland de Bois. He falls in love with Rosalind as soon as he sees her but is forced to run away to escape his brother. Let’s just say he’s better at wrestling that writing poetry.
Oliver – male presenting, 20 – 45ish, he is over this mentoring little brother stuff, I mean WAY over it. He treats Orlando badly, and tries to have him exiled. Never fear, there’s a good heart there somewhere.
Jaques – male presenting probably, any age, a lord who lives with Duke Senior while he is exile and camps with him in the Forest of Arden. He is known to be melancholy and dramatic, in other words probably fronts a band somewhere. He gets a famous famous monologue that high school English teachers will flog to death forever.
Phoebe- female presenting, 18 – whatever, a shepherdess. She rejects Silvius, who is madly in love with her, and claims to love “Ganymede” instead. Seriously, though any port in a storm, amirite?
Duke Senior – male presenting, 45 – whatever, Daddy dearest. Or Robin Hood. Or Green Man. Rosalind’s father. He was overthrown by his brother Duke Freddy, and is living in the Forest of Arder with his followers. Make no mistake, his love of prancing furry creatures doesn’t keep him from hunting them and rhapsodizing about them, but hey circle of life.
Duke Frederick- male presenting, 45 – whatever, The Usurper. He is suspicious of everyone and believes strength is power. He banishes his brother to control the kingdom. He is Celia’s father. The bad guy.
Corin – any gender, 45 – whatever, an old shepherd and friend to Silvius. He helps Rosalind and Celia to find shelter in the Forest of Arden and drops some pastoral wisdom along the way.
Touchstone – male presenting, 40 – up, the court fool. He travels with Rosalind and Celia into the Forest of Arden where he meets and woos Audrey, the goatherd.
Audrey – female presenting, 30ish and up, a goatherd from the Forest of Arden who hits it off with Touchstone. Bawdy gal with some miles on her but ready to put a ring on it.
Silvius – male presenting, 18 – up, love-struck, moon-struck, in love with Phoebe and she does not feel the same about him. Yet. He’s nothing if not persistent, though.
Supporting characters:
Charles the Wrestler – just that. That’s what he is
Adam, servant to Oliver and friend to Orlando
Dennis, servant to Oliver
Le Beau – courtier at Duke Freddy’s court
Amiens – lord attending Duke Senior in exile, he sings a bit
William – a country youth in love with Audrey
Sir Oliver Martext – a parish priest
and finally
Hymen, god of marriage – No really.
Also various lords, pages, musicians, whatever comes along. Possibility for lovely forest children to lurk about and sing and dance and such.
No character description is set in stone. It is wide open. All identities, all capabilities, all shapes and sizes
Due to Dracula’s adult content, audition candidates must be 18 and up. Roles may require some movement or dancing ability/experience. Actors may be expected to cover multiple roles.
Professor Van Helsing (M/F 45+) An aging scientist whose haunted past gives them a warlike courage, tempered with a paternal heart.
Mina Murray (F, 21+) A headstrong yet loving young woman. Engaged to Jonathan Harker.
Jonathan Harker (M, 21+) A solicitor’s clerk. Vulnerable yet Loyal. Engaged to Mina Muray
Lucy Westenra (F, 18+) Mina’s closest friend. Loving and cheerful, until her transformation into something less so.
Dr. Jacqueline Seward (F, 21+) One of Lucy’s lovers. A moody physician who works at Purfleet Sanitarium.
Quincey P. Morris (M, 21 +) Another one of Lucy’s lovers. A loyal, steadfast, and brave (almost to a fault) all-American cowboy.
R.M. Renfield (M, 35+) Dracula’s thrall, bound to Purfleet Sanitarium. At war with their own mania.
The Brides (Any Gender, 18+) Dracula’s other thralls, bound to Transylvania. Both objects of pleasure, and dangerous predators.
Ensemble Roles:
Sanitarium Patients/Orderlies
Citizens of Transylvania
Crew of the Demeter
The Undead
Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!
When: Friday, July 17 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Where: The Players Studio, 1400 Blvd. of the Arts, Suite 200, Sarasota, FL 34236
Please Prepare: – a 1-minute monologue that shows off your acting chops.
If you cannot attend this date you may send in a video audition to amandah@theplayers.org by Midnight July 17.
Monday, August 3 – Fulgurite by Delaney Lockwood
Synopsis: Four girls meet to prepare for The Gender Wars, an annual tradition at their high school that pits junior boys and girls against each other in friendly competition. Eager to win (and become only the 13th ever and first time back-to-back female champions), the girls create a daily study plan. However, studying quickly turns into a battle of identity and learning about character, as well as how quickly things can change in the storms of life.
Cast of Characters
BRIELLA- female-presenting, 16-17, high school junior, very set on what is right, polished, put together, pastor’s daughter
EVERETT- female-presenting, 16-17, high school junior, good student, sweet, trying to figure out this phase of life, there seems to be nothing remarkable about her
MOXIE- female-presenting, 16-17, high school junior, a rebel looking for her cause, pushes the limit of “normal” (for example, might have a streak of blue in her hair but not her whole head dyed, ripped jeans with one rip too many)
LILY- female-presenting, 16-17, high school junior, Chinese American, exactly herself- take it or leave it, stands up for what she believes in, smarter than she lets on but grades don’t matter to her
CRYSTAL- female-presenting, late 30s-mid 40s, caring, owner of the diner, young enough to remember high school, but old enough to have the wisdom to see it differently, a supportive presence- often around watching/watching out even when she is silent.
Tuesday, August 4 – King of Infinite Space by Kaleb Sierra
Content Warning: Sexual assault.
Synopsis: An ambitious college student accepts an older man’s offer to finance his play, but as their relationship deepens, desire and control blur into one, pushing him to question how much of himself he’ll surrender in the search for connection.
Cast of Characters
MICAH RIVERA: Male, 19, Puerto Rican. Aspiring student playwright and director.
BERNARD: Male, 40s, White. Micah’s wealthy benefactor.
PHOEBE MENDOZA: Female, 19, Mexican. Micah’s best friend and stage manager.
ANGELINA REEVES: Female, 20, White. Micah’s actress.
ISABELLA RIVERA: Female, 40s, Puerto Rican. Micah’s estranged mother.
Minor Characters
ADMINISTRATOR: Doubled by Bernard’s performer.
MR. AINSWORTH: Doubled by Bernard’s performer.
WAITRESS: Doubled by Isabella’s performer.
Wednesday, August 5 – Swamp City Boxing by Douglas Gearhart
Synopsis: A major hurricane is creeping towards Swamp City Boxing Gym, where kids dream of being champions and coaches have formed a family-like bond. Big Mike runs the gym but he is in the final rounds of his life and believes it might be time to shut down,
while his son Chaz is haunted by his past crimes and addiction.
As the storm approaches the gym members come to terms with losing their refuge from the divisive forces of the outside world.
Cast of Characters
BIG MIKE Owner of Boxing gym 65 Male
CHAZ Boxing coach, ex-con, 35 Male Big Mike’s son
HOWIE Boxing coach, theorist 20s Male
RUSTY Boxing coach, veteran 50s Male
BUSTER Gym member 40 Male
TRIO Gym member 20s Male
AXL Aspiring boxer, homeless 17 Male
JO Aspiring boxer 16 Female
BROOKLYN Boxing coach, bartender 30 Female
VERNON Former criminal associate of Chaz 34 Male
Thursday, August 6 – One Seat Over by Brian S. Brijbag, Esq
Synopsis: One Seat Over is a fast-paced, two-character relay play that explores human connection through a series of linked encounters across different modes of transportation. Blending sharp, highbrow humor with emotional depth, the play examines how brief moments with strangers can quietly shape the course of our lives.
Cast of characters:
Sal – Male / 60s–70s
Jules – Male / 30s
Mallory – Female / 30s
Gary – Male / 30s–40s
Trip – Male / 40s–50s
Marcus – Male / 30s–40s
Elena – Female / 30s
Sister Rose – Female / 40s–50s
Lenny – Male / 30s–40s
Piper – Female / 30s
Quinn – Male / 30s–40s
Friday, August 7 – Drawn In by Glenn Schudel
Synopsis: While trying to recover his artistic spark, a burned‑out children’s book illustrator accidentally summons a fast‑talking, couch‑surfing demon. Together, they reignite his creativity, help a few troubled souls, and tumble into a relationship that throws Hell’s bureaucracy into chaos.
Cast of Characters:
JOHN FOSTER, early-to-mid-forties; an illustrator and Associate Professor of Art at a medium-sized state university.
MEPHISTOPHELES, ageless, presents as a male in his late twenties or early thirties; a demon.
GINNIE MARLOWE, forties-to-sixties; a sculptor and Dean of Fine Arts at the same medium-sized state university.
FELICITY FOSTER, mid-to-late forties; John’s sister; a candle-maker.
EMERY SHAW, early 20s; a student and John’s teaching assistant.
LUCIFER, ageless, a voice on the radio; President of Hell.