AUDITION NOTICE

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher

from the novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Directed by Yannig Morin

Saturday, June 22nd 12pm to 3pm

and

Monday, June 24th 6pm to 8pm

Synopsis:

A new and shocking version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of depravity, lust, love and

horror. On the fog-bound streets of Victoria-era London, Henry Jekyll’s experiments with exotic

“Powders and Tinctures” have brought forth his other self - Edward Hyde, a sensualist and villain free to commit the sins Jekyll is too civilized to comprehend. When Hyde meets a woman who stirs his interest, Jekyll fears for her life and decides to end his experiments. But Hyde has other ideas, and so the two sides battle each other in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse to determine who shall be the master and who is his slave.

ROLES AVAILABLE

Dr. Henry Jekyll: Male. Age range, 40’s to 50’s.

Elizabeth Jelkes: Female. Age range, 20’s to 40’s.

The role of Edward Hyde will be performed by four different actors. You will be expected to double with at least one other character.

Edward Hyde (1), Gabriel Utterson: Male. Age range, 30’s to 50’s.

Edward Hyde (2), Richard Enfield, O. F. Sanderson: Male. Age range, 30’s to 50’s.

Edward Hyde (3), Dr. H.K. Lanyon: Male. Age range, 30’s to 50’s.

Edward Hyde (4), Poole: Female. Age range, 30’s to 50’s.

Sir Danvers Carew: Male. Any age.

The Inspector: Male. Any age.

Other ensemble roles available: Policeman, Prostitute, Surgical Student, Maid, Old Woman, Little Girl, Drunkard, Hotel Clerk, Morgue Orderly. Actors will be expected to double. Two female actors will be needed to perform both as stagehands and characters (Dr. Jekyll’s Virtue and Dr. Jekyll’s Vice).They will be costumed and expected to perform.

 Please prepare a one-minute monologue of Horror.

There will also be cold readings from the script.

Rehearsals begin: August 26th, 2024

Show dates: October 18th through November 10th, 2024

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For more information, please call the director, Yannig Morin at 505-850-8690

OR yannigmorin@comcast.net