AUDITION - "SWITZERLAND" by Joanna Murray-Smith and directed by Sharon Maine

Name: AUDITION - "SWITZERLAND" by Joanna Murray-Smith and directed by Sharon Maine
Start: 2025-12-10T09:30:00+11:00
End: 2025-12-10T12:30:00+11:00
Location: Corner Doongalla & Simpsons Roads, The Basin, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3154

Schedule

Wed Dec 10 2025 at 09:30 am to 12:30 pm

UTC+11:00

Location

Corner Doongalla & Simpsons Roads, The Basin, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3154 | Bayswater, VI

Synopsis:
Switzerland is an original thriller inspired by renowned master crime novelist Patricia Highsmith by Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith and directed by Sharon Maine.
Audition Enquiries Contact:
Sharon Maine 0419 118 917 [email protected]
Acting Roles:
Patricia Highsmith: Female 40-60 : American accent.
Fiercely intelligent and highly critical of everything, Patricia Highsmith is a force to be reckoned with. Based on real-life author Patricia Highsmith. Equal parts brutal and brilliant she burns everything and everyone before her with her caustic tongue and gleefully indulges in a dark, sinister streak. Fiercely protective of her privacy she has lived in seclusion for 20 years.
Edward Ridgeway / Tom Ripley: Male 20-40 : American accent.
Edward Ridgeway is a green, mild-mannered young man potentially out of his depth. He is desperate to succeed in his quest to wrangle another Ripley novel out of Highsmith and displays just enough intelligence, creativity and charisma to gain her favour.
Tom Ripley is a suave, agreeable and utterly amoral con artist and serial killer. Sexually ambiguous and sophisticated, Ripley is a connoisseur of the arts of life and the refinements of sensual pleasures. Devoid of conscience.
Season Dates @ The Basin Theatre:
From Thursday16 April 2026 - to Sunday 26 April 2026