CENTERstage Productions
AUDITIONS
And Then There Were None
By Agatha Christie
Saturday, August 23 at 7PM
Sunday, August 24 at 7PM
Callbacks by invitation: Tuesday, August 26 at 7PM
CENTERstage Productions is pleased to announce auditions for Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. Directed by Emily DePew with assistant direction by Justin Doro.
And Then There Were None is Agatha Christie’s dramatic adaptation of her best-selling, and most-chilling novel. Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal and a secret that will seal their fate… for each has been marked for murder. As the weather turns and the group is cut off from the mainland, the bloodbath begins; one by one, they are brutally murdered in accordance with the lines of a sinister nursery rhyme about “Ten Little Soldier Boys.”
Director: Emily DePew
Assistant Director: Justin Doro
Audition Dates: Saturday, August 23 at 7PM, Sunday, August 24 at 7PM, Callbacks by invitation: Tuesday, August 26 at 7PM
Where: The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Performance Dates: November 7–23; Fridays at 8PM; Saturday, 11/8 at 8PM; Saturdays, 11/15 & 11/22 at 3PM; Sundays at 3PM
Questions: Contact Director Emily DePew at emilytripper@yahoo.com
Character Breakdown:
Lawrence Wargrave (Any Gender) 30s to Early 60s
Wargrave is highly intelligent with a commanding personality. Wargrave’s experience and air of authority make them a natural leader for the group. A strong sense of justice.
Rogers (Male) 30s to 60s
The dignified butler. Rogers continues to be a proper servant. He always brings the drinks and food on time and is always polite and deferential, even in times of distress.
Mrs. Rogers (Female) 30s to 60s
Rogers’s wife and cook/housekeeper for the house. Ethel is a frail woman, she is frantic and anxious
Fred Narracott (Any Gender) Late Teens to 60s
Caretaker of the island, who ferries the boat to Soldier Island. Has a dry sense of humor. Working class.
Vera Claythorne (Female) 18 to Early 30s
Serves as a secretary to Mrs. Owen. Vera is intelligent and capable, but she also suffers from attacks of hysteria and reacts nervously to the uncanny events on the island. Very practical and careful, but also romantic.
Philip Lombard (Male) Mid 20s to Mid 40s
A mysterious, confident, and resourceful man who seems to have been a mercenary soldier in Africa. Lombard is far bolder and more cunning than most of the other characters. Upper class British or cockney dialect.
Anthony Marston (Any Gender) Late Teens to Early 30s
A rich, athletic, handsome youth. Tony Marston likes to drive recklessly and seems to lack a conscience.
William Henry Blore (Any Gender) Early 30s to Mid 50s
A former police inspector. Blore is a well-built man whose experience often inspires others to look to him for advice. He acts boldly and frequently takes initiative, but he also makes frequent blunders. He constantly suspects the wrong person, and his boldness often verges on foolhardiness.
General Mackenzie (Any Gender) Mid 40s to 60s
The oldest guest. A once general in World War I. MacKenzie holds strong devotion and convictions to his wife and decisions that were made during their time together.
Emily Brent (Female) Late 30s to 60s
A ruthlessly religious woman who reads her Bible every day. Unlike the other characters, Emily Brent feels convinced of her own righteousness and also of everyone else’s sinfulness.
Dr. Edward George Armstrong (Any Gender) 30s-50s
A gullible, slightly timid but successful doctor. Armstrong often draws the suspicion of the other guests because of his medical knowledge. He has spent his whole life pursuing respectability and public success, and is unable to see beneath people’s exteriors.
And Then There Were None is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
www.concordtheatricals.com