Auditions

Audition Notice – And Then There Were None 

Old Academy Players is pleased to announce the auditions dates for its 2024 production of And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.  And Then There Were None will be performed at the Old Academy Players theater located at 3540–44 Indian Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA  from January 12th through January 28^th.  The show is directed by Nancy Ridgeway. 

Audition Information: Auditions will be held on October 14th beginning at 11:00 a.m.  Auditions appointments will be scheduled by sending an e‑mail to director Nancy Ridgeway at ridgeway.nar@gmail.com.  Appointment requests should include the role you are auditioning for, a headshot (if available) and your theatrical resume.  Your audition date and time will be confirmed by e‑mail.  Walk-ins are welcome, but audition appointments will be honored first. Call backs by invitation, will be on Sunday, October 15th at 1:00p.m. if needed. 

Location of Auditions and Call backs: Old Academy Players located at 3540–44 Indian Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 

Audition Requirements:

1. Prepare a 1–2 minute dramatic monologue showcasing your abilities.
2. In addition to your monologue, you will be asked to read sides from the show.  Sides will be emailed to you prior to your audition.  Printed sides will also be available during auditions. Sides do not have to be memorized. 
3. Bring a photograph (the photo will not be returned), your theater resume, and a list of your conflicts. 

Rehearsals: Rehearsals will begin with a read through on October 18th.  A copy of the rehearsal schedule will be provided to you at auditions, however plan on rehearsals Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  The exceptions will be during Thanksgiving week, we will only rehearse Sunday and Monday and Christmas week there will be no rehearsals. 

Summary of the Play: 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 and one by one they are brutally murdered in accordance with the lines of a sinister nursery rhyme. 

Characters:

All roles are open. We are committed to maintaining the diversity of the play so please audition for the role that is appropriate for you. 

Rogers – competent middle-aged manservant

Mrs. Rogers – wife to Rogers, also a servant, nervous, worried

Fred Narracott – Boat Captain, small role, may double with Anthony Marston 

Vera Claythorne – Young woman (25–30) clever, smart

Philip Lombard – Young man (25–35), has seen a lot of the world as a mercenary.

Anthony Marston – young 20–30, rich, spoiled.

William Blore – middle aged man, pretending to be someone he is not.

General Mackenzie – soldierly old man (over 40) with a gentle tired face

Emily Brent – Spinster, disagreeable, uptight about everything

Sir Lawrence Wargrave – Older, distinguished, retired Judge.

Dr. Armstrong – 40ish, medical doctor, fussy and full of himself

Audition Notice — The Weir

Old Academy Players is pleased to announce the auditions dates for its 2024 production of The Weir.

The Weir will be performed at the Old Academy Players theater located at 3540–44 Indian Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA  from March 1^st through march 17^th, 2024.  The show is directed by Chris Wunder (The Seafarer, Outside Mullingar) and written by Conor McPherson.

Audition Date & Time: Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 10:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Old Academy Players located at 3540–44 Indian Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA
*All roles are non-union, non-paying

Please email ChrisW@oldacademyplayers.org to set up an audition. Please place WEIR AUDITION in the email subject line and attach a current resume and headshot. Please indicate in the email what role (or roles) you are interested in.

Audition Requirements:

1. It is requested that each person auditioning prepare a 1 – 2 minute dramatic monologue.
2. It is requested that monologues be memorized if possible.
3. Sides from the show will be emailed once an audition time slot has been set up.

Performance Dates:
Fridays and Saturdays, March 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16 at 8:00pm
Sundays, March 10 and 17 at 2pm

*Additional performances may be added

Brief Synopsis:
In a bar in a remote part of western Ireland, three middle aged lads and the pub’s landlord are swapping spooky stories. They do their best to impress Valerie, an attractive young woman recently arrived from Dublin. What begins as a simple visit to the local pub soon turns out to be an evening of both funny and spell-binding stories. The final tale, told by Valerie herself, takes a strange and unexpected twist. The mood of the evening changes and marks a significant shift among the chemistry of the group.

Roles:

Jack – This role has been pre-cast!

Brendan – (30’s – Irish Accent is required). The pub owner, doesn’t talk much for a bartender. Brendan acts as the quiet listener, mediator and master of ceremonies for the locals and their stories. He lives above the pub and feels the loneliness of living there without a family and without a partner.  He is estranged from his two sisters, who are pressuring him to sell part of the family farm. He is torn between keeping the history of the farm intact or selling it off so that his brother-in-laws can purchase new cars. 

Jim – (40’s – Irish Accent is required). Jack’s handyman and assistant. He is a shy, quiet, inhibited man in his forties who lives with his aging and demanding mother. He goes about his daily life and handyman business, clinging to habits and his routine. 

Finbar Mack – (Late 40’s – Irish Accent is required). Grew up with Jack and Jim, but he left the village to go off to Dublin where he became a successful real estate agent. He is renting the old Nealon place to Valerie. His father is Big Finbar a larger-than-life character whom Finbar has spent his life trying to emulate. Brendan, Jack and Jim are all resentful and just a little envious of Finbar’s success. Even though Finbar is no longer fully accepted in the village, he’s affable toward the others, but he sometimes talks a little too loud and flashes his money around. 

Valerie – (30’s – Irish Accent is required). A young married woman in her thirties, comes to the village from Dublin to seek solace in the quiet countryside. She shocks and saddens the others with the story of the tragic death of her young daughter. Brendan, Jack, Jim and Finbar do their best, each in their own way to comfort her and welcome her to the village.