[Capdist-auditions] Classic Theater Guild, Auditions for the Crucible

[Jen Werner]

Classic Theater Guild will hold auditions for their first play of the season, The Crucible, on August 1st and 2nd with callbacks on the 3rd. Sign up will begin at 6:30 and the audition will start promptly at 7:00.
Sides will be provided, so no preparation is necessary. However, familiarizing yourself with the play and the characters you want to audition for is encouraged. Pictures and resumes are desired, but not necessary.



The auditions will take place at 137 State Street in Schenectady.



Character List

John Proctor (30s) A local farmer who lives just outside town; Elizabeth Proctor's

husband. A stern,

harsh-tongued man, John hates hypocrisy. Nevertheless, he has a hidden sin-his

affair with Abigail

Williams-that proves his downfall. When the hysteria begins, he hesitates to expose

Abigail as a fraud

because he worries that his secret will be revealed and his good name ruined.

Abigail Williams (early 20s) Reverend Parris's niece. Abigail was once the servant

for the Proctor household,

but Elizabeth Proctor fired her after she discovered that Abigail was having an affair

with her husband,

John Proctor. Abigail is smart, wily, a good liar, and vindictive when crossed.

Reverend John Hale (40's) A young minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft.

Reverend Hale is

called in to Salem to examine Parris's daughter Betty. Hale is a committed Christian

and hater of

witchcraft. His critical mind and intelligence save him from falling into blind fervor.

His arrival sets the

hysteria in motion, although he later regrets his actions and attempts to save the

lives of those accused.

Elizabeth Proctor - (late 20's-30's) John Proctor's wife. Elizabeth fired Abigail when

she discovered that her husband

was having an affair with Abigail. Elizabeth is supremely virtuous, but often cold.

Reverend Parris (40's) The minister of Salem's church. Reverend Parris is a

paranoid, power-hungry, yet

oddly self-pitying figure. Many of the townsfolk, especially John Proctor, dislike him,

and Parris is

very concerned with building his position in the community.

Rebecca Nurse (60's-70s)Francis Nurse's wife. Rebecca is a wise, sensible, and

upright woman, held in

tremendous regard by most of the Salem community. However, she falls victim to

the hysteria when the

Putnams accuse her of witchcraft and she refuses to confess.

Francis Nurse (70 - 85) A wealthy, influential man in Salem. Nurse is well

respected by most people in

Salem, but is an enemy of Thomas Putnam and his wife.

Judge Danforth (60's) The deputy governor of Massachusetts and the presiding

judge at the witch trials.

Honest and scrupu-lous, at least in his own mind, Danforth is convinced that he is

doing right in rooting

out witchcraft.

Giles Corey (70's-80's)An elderly but feisty farmer in Salem, famous for his

tendency to file lawsuits. Giles's

wife, Martha, is accused of witchcraft, and he himself is eventually held in contempt

of court and

pressed to death with large stones.

Thomas Putnam (40's) A wealthy, influential citizen of Salem, Putnam holds a

grudge against Francis

Nurse for preventing Putnam's brother-in-law from being elected to the office of

minister. He uses the

witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then

buying up their land.

Ann Putnam (40's) Thomas Putnam's wife. Ann Putnam has given birth to eight

children, but only Ruth

Putnam survived. The other seven died before they were a day old, and Ann is

convinced that they were

murdered by supernatural means.

Ruth Putnam (8-12) The Putnams' lone surviving child out of eight. Like Betty

Parris, Ruth falls into a

strange stupor after Reverend Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the

woods at night.

Tituba (40's - African-American) Reverend Parris's black slave from Barbados.

Tituba agrees to perform voodoo at Abigail's

request.

Mary Warren (early 20s) The servant in Thomas Putman's household and a

member of Abigail's group of girls.

She is a timid girl, easily influenced by those around her, who tried unsuccessfully

to expose the hoax

and ultimately recanted her confession.

Betty Parris (8-10)- Reverend Parris's ten-year-old daughter. Betty falls into a

strange stupor after Parris

catches her and the other girls dancing in the forest with Tituba. Her illness and

that of Ruth Putnam

fuel the first rumors of witchcraft.

Martha Corey (60-70) Giles Corey's third wife. Martha's reading habits lead to her

arrest and conviction for

witchcraft.

Ezekiel Cheever (30-60)A man from Salem who acts as clerk of the court during

the witch trials. He is

upright and determined to do his duty for justice.

Judge Hathorne (40-60)A judge who presides, along with Danforth, over the witch

trials.

Herrick (40-60) The marshal of Salem.

Mercy Lewis (early 20s)One of the girls in Abigail's group.

Sarah Good (60s) Poor, homeless woman accused of witchcraft.

Susanna Walcott ( late teens) Teenager who took part in the rite

in the forest.

Hopkins (30s) appears briefly in Act IV as the jailer, but he doesn't have a speaking

part.
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