AND THEN THERE WERE NONE - Greensboro NC EPA
Triad Stage
AUDITION DATE
Thu, May 31, 2018
11:00 am - 7:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
APPOINTMENTS
For an appointment contact Audition Hotline: 336-274-0067 x215 or email at sarah@triadstage.org
CONTRACT
LOA $650.00/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles.
PREPARATION
Prepare a 1-2 minute monologue. Please bring a picture and resume.
LOCATION
Triad Stage
232 South Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
Auditions will take place in Sloan Rehearsal Hall, located on the 3rd floor
PERSONNEL
Founding Artistic Director: Preston Lane
Associate Artistic Director: Sarah Hankins
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: August 14, 2018
First Preview: September 9, 2018
Opening: September 14, 2018
Closing: September 30, 2018
Possible Extention Until: October 7, 2018
OTHER
www.triadstage.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
VERA CLAYTHORNE (Female, 25-30, open ethnicity) A good looking, resourceful and charming young woman who plays at aloof but has more of an interior life than she lets on. She cleverly deflects conversation and attention while also welcoming it. She leverages this to outsmart and outlast the rest of the accused people on the island. Despite her intelligence and wit, she has less control of her emotions. Her motivation for murder and ultimately her downfall are the result of her tendency towards fixation and emotional instability. Allows love to lead her to madness, murder and ultimately suicide.
TOM ROGERS (Male, 55-65, open ethnicity) The refined and dignified manservant of the house on Soldier Island. Even as the tragic events of the play unfold, he remains in service of others, always keeping about his work. Described as “quick and deft” and is accused of being the mastermind behind the crime he and his wife committed. He bullies and seeks to control his wife, often telling her how she should and shouldn’t behave. While less loquacious than his wife, he is no less judgmental about those in a higher station than he and allows this to motivate murder, in service of receiving a legacy from the woman he and his wife killed.
MRS. ETHEL ROGERS (Female, 55-65, open ethnicity) Roger’s wife who is described by her husband as a woman who “talks a lot but gets it done”. Seems worried and frightened at all times. A highly emotional woman who is controlled by her bullying husband and is judgmental of those who are more well off than she. Worries about being looked down upon by richer people - which may be the result of insecurity and shame about her station in life. This coupled with her husband’s influence drives her to help kill her former employer. The guilt of this action follows her and makes her frail and nervous.
PHILIP LOMBARD (Male, 30-35, open ethnicity) An attractive adventurer who craves excitement and is bored by the simple life. Where other characters seek to solve the mystery with logic and reason, he is more motivated by strength and force. Flamboyant and flirty, Lombard allows his old fashioned views about “Natives” to drive him to kill and his outdated views of women to underestimate Vera - seeing her as a damsel rather than a threat. His wicked and dark sense of humor pairs with his blatant and unapologetic honesty, making him one of the keenest of the guests on the island. While others hide behind subterfuge, he admits his crimes and cares only about self-preservation and the truth.
WILLIAM BLORE (Male, 45-50, open ethnicity) A former corrupt police officer who framed an innocent man, Blore is experienced in deceit and deflection and yet has some difficulty covering his seams. He is described by Rogers as having neither money nor class and others see through the facade he has adopted. Despite this, he is able to use his loud and bold personality as a way to establish authority. The others often look to him for advice, but he is rarely right in his assumptions and frequently makes blunders.
GENERAL MACKENZIE (Male, 60-70, open ethnicity) The oldest of the island’s guests, General Mackenzie appears as an upright, soldierly old man, who is harmless. He is a creature of habit, even in unfamiliar places, and the rest of the guests placate and care for him as the tragedy unfolds. As it is revealed that he is a jealous and murderous man, he begins to lose his grip on reality, slipping into madness and hallucinating images of his dead wife. Eventually, he resigns himself, and all the others, to death - citing his old age as why he will go without a fight.
SIR LAWRENCE WARGRAVE (Male, 50-60, open ethnicity) An old, stalwart judge who is described as being “responsible for sending more innocent people to their death than anyone in England”. Wargrave is obsessed with the law and sees it has a limited force, which he has a duty to operate outside of. His cunning, experience and authoritative nature allow him to take a leadership role on the island. It becomes evident in the end, however, that he is actually a madman, driven by sadistic desires to be judge, jury and executioner of those who have escaped prosecution for their crimes.
DR. EDWARD ARMSTRONG (Male, 45-55, open ethnicity) A recovering alcoholic whose drinking caused the death of one of his patients, Dr. Armstrong carries a great deal of guilt. A person for whom things seem to inexplicably fall into place, he is a passive force in his own life, accepting whatever fate -- good or bad -- that befalls him. His quiet, timid and inactive nature, coupled with his medical knowledge make him both a good target for suspicion and a perfect pawn and scapegoat for the actual killer on the island. What could be perceived as practiced deception is actually gullibility and he is manipulated into being in on the scheme - and this is his ultimate downfall.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
Videos
