AUDITIONS - DRACULA JULY 27 & 28
- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
PRODUCTION:
DRACULA : A COMEDY OF TERRORS by Gordon Greenberg, Steve Rosen
Presented by Arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
DESCRIPTION:
“Ever wondered what would happen if you took Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire tale and put it into a blender with Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and The 39 Steps? That’s just what happens in this lightning-fast, laugh-out-loud, 90-minute, gender-bending romp. When her sister Mina falls ill with a mysterious disease of the blood, Lucy Westfeldt and her fiancé, Jonathan Harker, enlist the help of famed female vampire hunter Doctor Jean Van Helsing. Their hunt for the dangerous and sexy Count Dracula abounds with clever wordplay and quick-change antics. Five actors play over a dozen roles in this bloodcurdlingly hilarious send-up of the literary classic. Casting is flexible and expandable up to 24 actors.”
LOCATION:
Magenta Theater - 1108 Main St, Vancouver WA 98860
DATES:
Open Call Auditions July 27 & 28 6-9pm
Rehearsals: 8/11 thru 9/24
August 4, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27
September 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, (Blocking Final) 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Performances: 9/25 thru 10/11
PERSONNEL:
Director: Georgia Ketchmark
Assistant Director: Sean Kane
Stage Manager: Alex Gutridge
COMPENSATION:
All roles are volunteer. $50 stipend provided.
ROLES
ACTOR ONE: HARKER/SUITORS/BOSUN/GRAVEDIGGER
ACTOR TWO: DR. WESTFELDT/RENFIELD/CAPTAIN
ACTOR THREE: LUCY/KITTY/DRIVER
ACTOR FOUR: MINA/VAN HELSING
ACTOR FIVE: DRACULA
DRACULA: Commanding European Dialect. Hugely sexy, magnetically handsome, rock star presence with a killer body, he is a narcissist whose greatest love is himself - and his leather pants. Bored with women falling all over him, he becomes obsessed with Lucy when he hears of her strength and adventureousness. The less she needs him, the more interested he is. He travels to Whitby to find her and make her his bride for eternity.
JONATHAN HARKER (RP British Dialect), prim and proper and obsessive compulsive real estate agent, frightened of his own shadow. Engaged to his childhood crush Lucy Westfeldt and enamored of her fearlessness. Once bitten he loosens up…a lot…and becomes a Tom Jones style rock star in leather pants.
LUCY WESTFELDT: RP British Dialect Brilliant plucky earth scientist daughter of Dr Westfeldt, she is full of energy and the spirit of adventure and is often underestimated because of her beauty. Engaged to Johnathan, but when Dracula moves to whitby, she is curious about his strange ways and impressed by their similar interests.
MINA WESTFELDT: RP British Dialect, the less attractive, less intelligent Westfeldt daughter, she lives in her sister Lucy’s shadow and is desperate for attention. She immediately (pathetically) is receptive to Dracula’s charms.
DR> WESTFELDT: RP British Dialect. Lucy and Mina’s Father, a blowhard, self-important misogynist, given to proclamations. A doctor caring for the criminally insane, he has recently lost his wife to consumption.
DR. VAN HELSING: German dialect a la Mel Brooks : Brilliant and sturdy German vampire hunting doctor from the university o Schmutz. Deadly serious in the way Germans can be, she is accustomed to people not believing she is a real doctor. Strong, Shmart, unt bold, she is a woman of action.
RENFIELD: Cockney dialect and salivary issues: insane patient of Dr. Westfeldt who lives to serve and loves to eat bugs. Ina word, the dude is nuts.
KITTY: Cockney Dialect. A dotty Kleptomaniac patent of Dr. Westfeldt, she serves as a maid in his house. Think Mrs. Lovett but survival and easily distracted.
LORD CAVENDISH: Scottish Dialect: Lucy’s suitor; a Scottish dolt.
LORD WINDSOR: RP British: Lucy’s Suitor, posh british and petulant.
LORD HAVEMERCY (Elvis dialect) Lucy’s arrogant suitor from memphis, a la elvis.
DRIVER: Eastern European or Russian Dialect. The Male, Transylvanian driver of the carriage carrying jonathan to Dracula’s castle and tries to warn him. Borat meets Boris and Natasha.
CAPTAIN: Sea Captain Dialect The Salty Captain of a doomed ship caught in a raging storm.
BOSUN: Irish Dialect A scurvy seaman who does down with the ship in a storm.
GRAVEDIGGER: Cockney dialect: A drunk gravedigger with a secret.
AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS:
Complete this form: https://forms.gle/FQj19rhmrQUTjYrJA
Attend Auditions on from 6-9pm July 27th or 28th at Magenta Theater 1108 Main Street Vancouver, WA
Video auditions accepted at auditions@magentatheater.com in lieu of auditions by appointment. Video auditions must be submitted by 2pm on July 28th, 2026 to be considered.
Participants of all races, ethnicities, national origins, sexual orientations, gender expressions, and abilities are encouraged to submit.
QUESTIONS:
Contact auditions@magentatheater.com.
