Auditions for Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott
Directed by Vince Petronio
Audition Location:
The J. W. Riker, Jr. Green Room, Barker Playhouse 400 Benefit Street, Providence, RI.
When:
Sunday, October 2nd, 2016 & Monday October 3rd, 2016
All Auditions are at 7:00pm
Please bring a current resume and photo to the auditions.
Please use the Barker Way (Transit Street) entrance.
Characters:
Suzy Hendrix: Recently blind, Suzy is smart, independent, and adjusting to her condition.
Sam Hendrix: Suzy’s husband, a professional photographer
Roat: A dangerous and unpredictable con man
Carlino: An associate of Roat
Mike: An associate of Roat
Gloria: Young girl, 9-12, who lives in the apartment above Suzy and Sam
Two Policemen
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
Synopsis:
A sinister con man named Roat, and two ex-convicts Mike and Carlino, are about to meet their match. They have traced the location of a mysterious doll, which they are much interested in, to the Greenwich Village apartment of Sam Hendrix, and his blind wife Suzy. Sam had apparently been persuaded by a strange woman to transport the doll across the Canadian border, not knowing that sewn inside were several grams of heroin. When the woman is murdered the situation becomes more urgent. The con man and his ex-convicts, through a cleverly constructed deception, convince Suzy that the police have implicated Sam in the woman’s murder, and the doll which she believes is the key to his innocence, is evidence. She refuses to reveal its location, and with the help of a young neighbor, figures out she is the victim of a bizarre charade. But when Roat kills his associates, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues between the two. Suzy knows the only way to play fair is by her rules, so when darkness falls she turns off all the lights leaving both of them to maneuver in the dark until the game ends.
Performance Dates/Times:
January 20th, 21st, 22nd, 27th, 28th & 29th
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