Audition Notice - The Woman In Black

THE WOMAN IN BLACK
A Ghost Play
AdaptedbyStephenMallatrattfromthebookby
SusanHill.PublishedbySamuelFrenchLtd.
Performance Dates:
November 10-13, 17-20, 2016
Performance Location:
The Arakelian Theater at the
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Market Square, Newburyport, MA
Visit www.firehouse.org for directions
Producer:
FH Artistic Director:
Director:
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Kimm Wilkinson
Ward Parry
Audition Requirements:
AUDITIONNOTICE
Monday,August22,2016
AUDITIONTIME:
6:00pm—9:00pm
Callbacks,ifnecessary:
Wednesday,August24,2016
6:00pm—7:00pm
AUDITIONLOCATION:
FirehouseCenterfortheArts
MarketSquare,NewburyportMA01950
SPECIALINSTRUCTIONS:
Priorsignupforauditiontimeslotrequired
Email:alyssa@firehouse.org
Pleaseprepareacontemporarymonologueofyourchoosing,plusbepreparedtoreadashortextract
fromtheplayitselfinanEnglishaccent.Please bring a headshot and resume. Audition forms will be
provided. Any call backs will be done on Wednesday night (8/24) if needed.
Synopsis of Play:
A lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectra of a
Woman in Black, engages a skeptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that
grips his soul. It all begins innocently enough, but then, as they reach further into his darkest memories, they
find themselves caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds.
Roles:
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Actor(playsmultipleroles)45-55yearsold.LawyerwhohiresyoungArthurKippstotutorhim
inrecountingtofamilyandfriendsastorythathaslongtroubledhim.
ArthurKipps25–30yearsold,skeptical,pragmatic.
WomaninBlack–20yearsorolder.Nonspeakingrole.Physicalorinterpretivetheaterskillsa
must.
GasStipend:$400–NonEquity
Rehearsalsbeginimmediately
Gotowww.firehouse.orgfordirections.