Open Auditions – SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 – 12:30-2:00 pm

Callbacks – MONDAY, AUGUST 26 – 7:30-9:00 pm

Must be at least 18 years old to audition

Director – Lisa Formosa-Parmigiano

Assistant Director – Whitney Perish

Cast Requirements: 3 Roles (2M/1F)

The framework of this spine tingler is unusual: a lawyer hires an actor to tutor him in recounting to family and friends a story that has long troubled him concerning events that transpired when he attended the funeral of an elderly recluse. There he caught sight of the woman in black, the mere mention of whom terrifies the locals, for she is a specter who haunts the neighborhood where her illegitimate child was accidentally killed. Anyone who sees her dies. The lawyer has invited some friends to watch as he and the actor recreate the events of that dark and stormy night. A classic of the genre.

This is a ghost play and we are looking for actors who are versitile story-tellers, adept at simplicity.  The time is Eduardian (1901-1914) and the simple location is a Victorian theatre that is transformed, through simple set pieces, into various locations.

ACTOR (40’s-60’s) – The older lawyer (Arthur Kipps) who is recounting from his manuscript.  He plays all the people he met, those that played their part in his story, while Kipps portrays him as he was when the story happened.  Mature, experienced and extremely versitile. Modest at heart and able to pull of the ability to look as if they are not really able to ‘act.’

KIPPS (30’s-50’s) – The actor who is hired to play ‘Young Kipps’ and to coach the ‘real’ Arthur Kipps in the retelling. Extremely quick-witted, intelligent and a true thespian at heart.  Comfortable in a theatre and with creating drama.

THE WOMAN (20’s-50’s) – A specter…