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Audition Notices
Dracula... A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really
by Kate Hamill
Based on the novel by Bram Stoker
DRACULA is presented through special arrangement with TRW PLAYS 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. (www.trwplays.com)​
Company & Audition Venue:
The Wimberley Players, 450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley TX 78676
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Directed by:
Milton Zoth
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​​​Audition Dates:
** July 18th, 12-5pm & July 19th, 6-10pm (by appointment).
* VIDEO auditions accepted through midnight, July 18th.
If you are unavailable for the in-person date, please contact the Producer at dracula@wimberleyplayers.org to make alternate arrangements.
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Appointment Form (click link):
https://forms.gle/q5uHyQYQvCiYNQV9A
(All actors must submit form - including headshots, resumes, and video file or link if needed).
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​How to Prepare:
1–2 minute comedic monologue with the possibility of cold reads (sides will be provided).​
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Callbacks (if needed):
Saturday July 25th, 12 pm. Sides will be provided.
Rehearsals:
First table read will be Monday August 3rd, 7-10 pm. Full rehearsals will begin that week, depending on availability.
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Technical Rehearsals:
Will be September 12 & 13, 12pm to 9pm.
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​Dress Rehearsals:
Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, September 15 - 17, 6 -11 pm.
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Performances (12):
September 18th through October 11th. Friday and Saturday night curtains are at 7:30pm. Sunday matinee curtains are at 2:30 pm.
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Compensation:
All actors are offered a stipend.
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About the Play:
When your survival is at stake… will you be able to distinguish the monster from the man? Both terrifying and riotous, Kate Hamill’s imaginative, gender-bending “feminist revenge fantasy” is like no Dracula you’ve ever seen—exploring the nature of predators and reinventing the story as a smart, disquieting, darkly comic drama. Hamill’s signature style and postmodern wit upends this familiar tale of Victorian vampires—driving a stake through the heart of toxic masculinity.
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Time and Place:
Between England and Transylvania, late 19th century
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Characters:
DOCTOR VAN HELSING — 40s+. American. A female vampire hunter. She takes no crap from anybody. She is badass – and 19th century men do not, as a rule, appreciate it.
MINA HARKER — 20s-30s. Very smart. Caring. Loyal. Wants to do the right thing.
LUCY WESTENRA — 20s-30s. Bright, funny, vivacious, playful, and mischievous.
MARILLA — 20s-30s. A vampire. More animal than human.
DRUSILLA — 20s-30s. A vampire. More animal than human.
MERCHANT – A merchant looking to make a sale.
RENFIELD — Any age. A madwoman. Worships Dracula. Believes that if she can earn his approval, she will be free.
DRACULA — Late 30s – late 50s. A physically imposing man. He is…. extremely confident. Strong. Funny. Charming. Sexy. You’d like him, reader – no, really, you would.
JONATHAN HARKER — 20s-40s. A nice man. A truly decent man. A lawyer; a man of letters; a slight man; a slightly fussy man. If being unkind, one could say he’s delicate.
DOCTOR GEORGE SEWARD — 30s – 40s. The head physician of a lunatic asylum.