Audition Listings

A Party to Murder, The Village Players

Party to Murder
By Douglas E Hughes & Marcia Kash
Directed by Robert Woodcock

Performance Dates: Nov 4 to Nov 26, 2016

AUDITIONS will be held at the Village Playhouse, 2190 Bloor St. West (around the corner from Runnymede subway station) at the following times:
Thursday, Aug 18 from 7pm;  Sunday, Aug 21 from 11am

CALL BACKS: Tuesday, Aug 23 from 7pm 

NOTE: Rehearsals & Performances are at 2190 Bloor St. West.

First read: beginning September with rehearsals to begin shortly after: Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-10 pm, and Sundays 1-5 pm (rehearsal dates are flexible depending on actor availability) AND every night of tech week beginning Sunday, October 30, 2016.

The play in a nutshell:  It’s Halloween and six people have secretly gathered for a murder-mystery weekend on a private island in Ontario’s Cassandra Lakes.  As a storm rages outside, they play a game that any Agatha Christie fan would enjoy — full of spooky delights, mysterious revelations and gory murders — until suddenly the game takes on an ominous reality.  Surprises abound in this hair-raising thriller, culminating in an unexpected twist that even Agatha herself could not foresee.

CHARACTERS (ages refer to characters, not actors – and are approximate): 

KONRAD/ CHARLES: A successful mystery-novelist. English. Urbane, intelligent, well bred. The ultimate host

ERNIE/WILLY: Former football player, big, friendly, gregarious, good sense of humour. Around 40

EVELYN/ MCKENZIE: fashion model, late twenties, witty, extroverted, a tough exterior. She is Elwood’s girlfriend

MRS MCKNIGHT/ VALERIE: Early to mid forties. Henri’s older sister. Smart, savvy. Use to getting her own way. Very well turned out.

O’KARMA/ HENRI: (pronounced “Henry”): Late twenties. Valerie’s younger sister. Shy, easily intimidated. Dresses conservatively.

FATHER GERRY MERRYWEATHER/ ELWOOD: Mid fifties, balding. Corporate CEO type. Confident, friendly. Powerful and he knows it. 

TIME: Present

PLACE: a cottage on an island, in the middle of a lake, somewhere in North America

PREPARATION:  Please prepare a short (2-3 minute) monologue if the Director is not familiar with your work. Please also be familiar with the play as you will be asked to do cold readings from the script. A hardcopy of the script will be available at the desk of the 5th floor of The Toronto Reference Library. A script is available upon request.

TO BOOK AN AUDITION:  Please email a copy of your headshot and resume to villageplayersauditions@gmail.com with your preferred date, time, interested role(s), and contact information. Please also bring a hardcopy of your resume and headshot to your audition.