We employ and equity conscious approach to casting. People of all genders, races, ethnicities and abilities are encouraged to audition.
Open Call: Monday March 9th, 6:30p -9:30p. Studio Theatre • sign-up for a 5-minute slot
Please prepare a fully memorized, 1-minute dramatic monologue.
Callbacks: Tuesday, March 10th, 5:30p-10:30p • Cold Readings From the Script
Description: Forget the cape. Forget the damsels. Kate Hamill’s bold reimagining of Dracula turns Bram Stoker’s gothic thriller inside out and lets the women drive the stake. This immersive production pulls you into the shadows, surrounding the audience with danger and dark wit. Fueled by a feminist-punk aesthetic—raw, defiant, and unapologetic—this is a revenge fantasy that’s sharp, relentless, and blood-bright. A revenge fantasy worth sinking your teeth into.
Important Information
Rehearsals: Monday -Friday, 6:30p – 10:30 PM • March16- April 24
Tech Rehearsals: Saturday & Sunday, March 25 & 26 • 10a – 10p
Dress Rehearsals: Monday – Thrusday, April 27-30 • 5:30p – 10:30p
Performances:
Friday, May 1, 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 2, 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 3, 2:30 PM
Wednesday, May 6, (Pick-up Rehearsal)
Thursday, May 7, 7:30 PM
Friday, May 8, 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 9, 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 10, 2:30 PM
Characters:
RENFIELD: (Female, any age) A madwoman. Worships Dracula. Believes that if she can earn his approval, she will be free. Not a bad soul, really, but capable of extreme brutality or duplicity in service of her religious zealotry. Almost a child, in her way.
MINA HARKER: (Female 20s-30s) Very smart. Caring. Loyal. Wants to do the right thing. Was raised to be a Lady and is thus suppressing an inner fire that emerges throughout the progression of the play. Great emotional depth, good sense of humor. Must face her darkest fears-comes out stronger at the end of it. Secretly an adventurer, and fighter. Is called to be more than she once was.
JONATHAN HARKER: (Male 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. He’s very, very British. Cares about people. Is maybe a little rule-bound. Loves his wife, Mina, deeply. Is bitten by Dracula and then loses his mind-becoming an easily confused, raving shambles. After recovering from sickness, he slowly gives in to Dracula’s darkness-becoming an abusive, toxic man. Once he’s under Dracula’s influence, we can’t always tell if he’s telling the truth. Can quickly switch from likable to extremely volatile.
DRACULA: (Male, Ancient/Ageless) A physically imposing man. He is… extremely confident. Strong. Funny. Charming. Sexy. You’d like him, reader-no, really, you would. He makes people lose their heads. Manipulative. Commanding. Capable of being very, very frightening. Unpredictable. Physically strong. Incredible with language. Unimaginably powerful. Brilliant. Casually takes pleasure in cruelty. An equal-opportunity sexual sadist. A toxic predator; a wolf in the fold; a very old and clever parasite, capable of adapting and surviving. Fundamentally enjoys himself.
MARILLA: (Female 20s-30s) A vampire. More animal than human. Was lured into vampirehood by Dracula, who then proceeded to exploit her. Enjoys being a predator. Finds pleasure in consuming others. Resents her objectification. Manipulative; vicious; probably sociopathic. Capable of moving very fast-blink, and oh God, she’s right behind you. Sister-wife to DRUSILLA.
DRUSILLA: (Female 20s-30s) A vampire. More animal than human. Was lured into vampirehood by Dracula, who then proceeded to exploit her. Enjoys being a predator. Finds pleasure in consuming others. Resents her objectification. Manipulative; vicious; probably sociopathic. Capable of moving very fast-blink, and oh God, she’s right behind you. Sister-wife to MARILLA.
LUCY WESTENRA: (Female 20s-30s) Bright, funny, vivacious, playful, and mischievous. Feels trapped and torn by expectations. About to be married, and deeply conscious of how that puts her under a 19th century man’s control. Reflexively flirtatious. Believes she must pretend to be less than she is. Yearns for freedom. Falls desperately ill after being bitten by Dracula… and then becomes a completely different being-an animalistic vampire demon-a naturally manipulative predator. Lucy’s vampire self is deeply unpredictable and frightening.
DOCTOR GEORGE SEWARD: (Male 30s-40s) The head physician of a lunatic asylum. A good man but starts out the play as a product of his era-has some trouble listening to women. Believes only in the evidence of his own eyes. Tends to mansplain. Deeply in love with his fiancé Lucy Westenra, of whom he is overprotective. Has a very contentious relationship with Van Helsing. Doesn’t like to not feel in control. Chivalrous. Thinks of himself as a modern man, a man of science. Over the course of the play, he learns to accept female leadership and question his assumptions.
DOCTOR VAN HELSING: (Female 40s+) American. A female vampire hunter. She takes no nonsense from anybody. She wears dusty beaten clothing and a big cowboy hat. She has a long nasty old scar all up and down the side of her face, as if someone has taken their hand and RIPPED down, long ago. It’s from an encounter she’d rather not talk about. She’s been through it. She’s a bit of a know-it-all; okay, she’s a lot of a know-it-all. She’s prickly. She’s strong. She’s brilliant. She’s no Lady. She’s on the hunt. She is badass-and 19th century men do not, as a rule, appreciate it.
MILLER: (Any Gender) A casually brutal asylum attendant. Keeps Renfield in line.
MAID: (Female) an underpaid, resentful servant.
MERCHANT (Any Gender) a merchant looking to make a sale.