* * * AUDITIONS * * *

                     “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”
            Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Story
                 Dramatized by Christopher Sergel

                    SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS
            12 So. Church St., Schenectady (Stockade)

             Tuesday, June 6th - sign-in at 7:00 p.m.
            Thursday, June 8th - sign-in at 7:00 p.m.
                                 
AVAILABLE ROLES:  (Parts for 20 actors! Come One-Come All)

Scout: Scout is courageous and forthright.  She should, ideally, seem as young as 9.

Jean Louise:  She's Scout, grown older, looking back on the time she was the young Scout,
looking for answers to questions that still exist in her memory of that time.  Mature.

Jem: Scout's brother. The strongest undercurrent in Jem is his desire to communicate with his
father.  About 11-12.

Atticus:  Tall, quietly impressive, reserved, and civilized. Courageous and without heroics, he
does what he considers just.  Nearly 50.

Calpurnia:  Black, proud and capable, she has raised the motherless Scout and Jem.  Her
standards are high and her discipline as applied to Scout and Jem is uncompromising.

Dill: Small and wise beyond his years.  He is about the same age as Jem (11-12).  There is an
undercurrent of sophistication about him but his laugh is sudden and happy.

Maudie Atkinson: Younger than Atticus, but of his generation, she's a lovely sensitive woman. 
She has wisdom and compassion.

Walter Cunningham: A hard-up farmer who shares the prejudices of this time and place but
who is nevertheless a man who can be reached as a human being.  He also has the seeds of
leadership.

Rev. Sykes: The black minister of the First Purchase Church.  He is an imposing man with a
strong stage presence.

Heck Tate: The town sheriff and a complex man.  He does his duty as he sees it and enforces the
law without favor.

Stephanie Crawford:  The neighborhood gossip, and she enjoys it to the hilt.  Her enthusiasm
almost makes it humorous.

Nathan Radley:  He is a thin, leathery, laconic man. Brother of Boo.

Boo Radley: Arthur Radley (Boo) is a pale recluse who hasn't been outside his house in fifteen
years.  When an emergency brings him out, he accomplishes his mission and is eager to return to
his sanctuary.

Mrs. DuBose: She is an old woman - ill, walking with difficulty, her pain making her biting,
bitter and angry.

Tom Robinson:  Robinson is black, handsome and vital.  He faces up to a false charge with
quiet dignity.

Helen Robinson:  Helen (Tom's wife) is black and half numb with the shock of the false charge
against her husband. She is someone caught in a nightmare.

Judge Taylor:  The judge is a wintry man of the South, who does what he can within the context
of his time to see justice done in his court.

Mr. Gilmer:  He is a public prosecutor who is doing his job in trying to convict Tom.  In many
ways his manner is cruel and hurtful, and yet under all this, he too has unexpressed doubts as to
Tom's guilt.

Bob Ewell:  Ewell is a bantom-cock of a man who lives with his large family by the town dump. 
Bob thinks this trial will make him an important man, and when Atticus destroys his credibility,
his rage and frustration border on paranoia.

Mayella: The oldest daughter (about 18) of Bob Ewell, she's a desperately lonely and
overworked young woman whose need for companionship - any companionship - has
overwhelmed every other emotion.  She brings the false charges against Tom Robinson.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" will be directed by Joseph Fava.  Performance dates 
are October 20-22 and 25-29.  For more information call the producer,Gail Kitchen,
at 372-9286.