AUDITION NOTICE

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Directed by Deborah Mair Associate Director: Bruce Downie Cottiers Theatre 11th -19th November (not Sunday 13th)

Audition Dates: Monday 5th-Friday 9th September, 2011 (6-10pm)

If you cannot make these dates but still want to audition, please get in touch but bear in mind that we dont have easy access to audition space and may not be able to accommodate you

REHEARSALS WILL BEGIN WEEK BEGINNING 12TH SEPTEMBER

The Crucible is Millers most regularly performed play, dramatising the events surrounding the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts in 1692. The themes of mass hysteria, the confines and consequences of conformity and authority, and paranoid fear of the symbolic enemy within run through the play and are generally regarded as an allegory of McCarthyism in 1950s America, although these themes also resonate strongly in the contemporary period. At its heart is one mans struggle to come to terms with his own conscience as a community built on strict theocratic authority begins to turn in on itself and rapidly unravel. It has been almost 10 years since STG last performed this play and this will be our first major production as an independent touring company.

CAST OF CHARACTERS
BETTY PARRIS REVEREND SAMUEL PARRIS female, late teens-early 20s (daughter of REV. Parris) male, late 30s-late 40s (the town preacher, selfimportant, suspicious and with a persecution complex. He believes the town does not show him sufficient deference) female, 30s-40s (the Parris black slave) female, late teens-mid 20s (beautiful but sly and with a capacity for manipulation and vindictiveness) female, late teens-early 20s (nervous and timid) female, late 30s-40s (a twisted, haunted woman who feels surrounded by death) male, 40s-50s (wealthy townsman, ruthless and vindictive in his attempts to extend his holdings and wealth) female, late teens-early 20s (Millers description fat, sly and merciless) female, late teens-early 20s (nave, subservient, lonely) male, 30s (the central character - steady, generally even-tempered but with a troubled soul) female, 60s-70s (well respected, steady, pragmatic) male, 60s-80s (strong, canny, inquisitive but perhaps a little nave)

TITUBA ABIGAIL WILLIAMS

SUSANNA WALCOTT GOODWIFE ANN PUTNAM

THOMAS PUTNAM

MERCY LEWIS

MARY WARREN JOHN PROCTOR

GOODWIFE REBECCA NURSE GILES COREY

REVEREND JOHN HALE

male, 30s-40s (educated, a specialist in witchcraft trials, academic and so somewhat cloistered) female, early to mid 30s (reserved, gentle,

GOODWIFE ELIZABETH PROCTOR respectable) FRANCIS NURSE EZEKIEL CHEEVER

male, 60s-70s male, 30s-40s (appointed as clerk of the court, officious, bureaucratic elevated by temporary position and power) male, early 30s (a member of the community, awkward with regard to what his role now entails) male, any age male, 60s (bitter, remorseless)

MARSHAL HERRICK

DEPUTIES JUDGE HATHORNE

DEPUTY-GOVERNOR DANFORTH male, 60s (authoritative, unyielding, the personification of the theocratic state) MARTHA COREY Wife of Giles Corey (age unimportant as she is never actually seen) female, late 30s-60s

GOODWIFE SARAH GOOD

If you want to be considered for a role but your age lies out with the playing ages outlined, please audition anyway as there may be some flexibility in the ages of some characters.

For the audition:

Please prepare a short monologue of no more than 2 minutes from a modern play - i.e. 20th or 21st century - in RP. You will also be asked to read from the script. To arrange an audition, please email STG at strathclydetheatregroup@hotmail.co.uk and let us know dates and times when you are available we will then reply with an audition time.

Call out for production crew:

We are also seeking a full backstage crew (Set Designer, Stage Manager(s) and Assistant Stage Managers, Wardrobe and costume assistants, Props makers/designers, sound designer, sound and lighting operators) and an Assistant Director under the new STG Director Mentoring Scheme. This production will be STGs first major test in how

professionally we can operate as a touring company challenging but also extremely exciting and rewarding. No experience is necessary as guidance and training will be provided more important is enthusiasm and commitment to the project. To apply for a backstage role, please email STG at strathclydetheatregroup@hotmail.co.uk

**Please NOTE: You must be an STG member to put yourself forward for audition or for production crew**