Chapin Theatre Company

Next Audition

DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS

Audition Dates: July 20 & 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Callbacks (if necessary): by invitation only

Performance Dates: October 3 - 19, 2025

All auditions will be held at the Chapin Theatre building located at 830 Columbia Ave, Chapin, SC

All 3 weekends will be performed at Chapin Theatre
Thursdays thru Saturdays at 7:30 PM
Sundays at 3 PM

Auditions for CTC's upcoming production of "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors", directed by George Dinsmore, will be held Sunday, July 20 and Monday, July 21 at 7:30pm both evenings. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. The show runs October 3 - 19, 2025. Please provide all conflicts beginning August 4. No conflicts after September 28. Callbacks will be by invitation, if necessary.

Rehearsals will probably begin the first week of August and will be 4 or 5 days a week for most actors. A rehearsal schedule will be determined based on conflicts once the show is cast. All roles require accents as noted below and rapid movement.

SYNOPSIS: Nobody’s ever seen a Dracula this funny. Five actors play over a dozen zany characters in a madcap take on the classic tale that’s guaranteed to induce blood-curdling screams – of laughter!

CHARACTERS:
All roles are open.

• ACTOR 1 (m)
        JONATHAN HARKER (m) - RP British dialect - Prim and proper and obsessive-compulsive real estate agent, frightened of his own shadow, but he loosens up A LOT
        LORD CAVENDISH (m) - Scottish dialect - Lucy's Scottish dolt suitor
        LORD WORTHINGTON (m) - RP British dialect - Lucy's posh, British, and petulant suitor
        LORD HAVEMERCY (m) - Texas accent - Lucy's arrogant suitor from Memphis a la Yosemite Sam
        BOSUN (m/f) - Irish dialect - scurvy seaman
        GRAVEDIGGER (m/f) - Cockney dialect - drunk gravedigger with a secret
   
• ACTOR 2 (m/f)
        DR. WALLACE WESTFELDT (m) - RP British dialect - blowhard; self-important misogynist given to proclamations and posturing
        RENFIELD (m) - Cockney dialect and salivary issues - Insane mental patient who lives to serve and loves to eat bugs
        CAPTAIN (m/f) - Sea Captain dialect - salty sea captain
   
• ACTOR 3 (f)
        LUCY WESTFELDT (f) - RP British dialect - Brilliant, plucky earth scientist, full of energy and the spirit of adventure
        KITTY RUTHERFORD (f) - Cockney dialect and salivary issues - Think Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd) but servile and easily distracted.
        DRIVER (m/f) - Eastern European or Russian dialect - Think Borat meets Boris and Natasha.
   
• ACTOR 4 (m/f)
        MINA WESTFELDT (f) - RP British dialect - lives in Lucy’s shadow and is desperate for attention
        DR. VAN HELSING (f) - German dialect a la Mel Brooks - brilliant and sturdy German vampire-hunter
   
• ACTOR 5 (m)
        COUNT DRACULA (m) - Commanding European dialect - hugely sexy, magnetically handsome, rock star presence with a killer body, he is a narcissist whose greatest love is himself