Looking for Young Actors for Play "The Crucible"
Auditions for "The Crucible". The roles of Betty Parris, Susanna Walcott, Mercy Lewis, and Mary Warren are open to actors under 18. Please see the details below. About the project: Set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, The Crucible captures a horrific chapter of New England history in its dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials. The plot focuses on the hysteria that develops in the intersection of rumors, fear, and religion. A group of girls is thought to practice witchcraft, alongside Tituba, an enslaved Indigenous American, as they dance in the woods. In order to save themselves, they turn the accusations towards an ever-widening circle of adults in the community. At the center of this stands Abigail Williams, who has been a servant to John Proctor. Additionla info: Callbacks by invitation only, Wednesday, July 22 Performance Dates: October 9-25 (School show matinees, Thursday, October 15 & Tuesday, October 22) What to Prepare Actors should choose one of the following options: See the document attached. If interested, please apply.
3 roles
Reverend Parris’s 10 year old daughter. Betty falls into a strange stupor after Parris catches her and the girls dancing in the forest with Tituba.
Susanna is a nervous and hasty girl. She works for Dr. Griggs. She participates in the ritual in the woods with Tituba.
Servant in the Proctor household and a member of Abigail’s group of girls. Easily influenced by those around her, she tries unsuccessfully to expose the hoax, but is thwarted by Abigail and the other girls. In order to save herself from their accusations of witchcraft, Mary ultimately recants her confession and turns on John Proctor.
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