The Crucible Auditions

Name: The Crucible Auditions
Start: 2024-07-08T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-07-08T20:00:00-04:00
Location: 6 Livery St, Putnam, CT 06260, United States

Schedule

Mon Jul 08 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

6 Livery St, Putnam, CT 06260, United States | Putnam, CT

Director: Josh Raymond
Assistant Director: Ty Collige
Stage Manager: David Anderson
Audition Dates:
Sunday, July 7 6:30-8 PM
Monday, July 8 6:30-8 PM
Sloat Rehearsal Hall 6 Livery Street Putnam, CT 06260
Character age range: M & F: 14+
Performance Dates: October 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20
Time Commitment: Three days per week.
Audition Materials and Requirements:
Please plan to arrive at the start time and stay until the end time. Arrive early for parking and paperwork.
Audition materials will be available in the drop-box outside the theater doors at least 2 weeks before the audition dates. Please only take one copy of the role(s) you are auditioning for.
We are actively seeking and welcoming actors of all races, ethnicity, national origin, religion, mental and physical abilities, sexual/affectional orientation, gender, and its expression.
Synopsis:
The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a fictional play based on the Salem Witch trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It tells the story of a village that becomes embroiled in a witch hunt.
The people of Salem live in a constant state of fear as more and more people are accused of witchcraft.
Characters:
Please note: The ages listed in the description are the characters ages, not necessarily the actors ages.
John Proctor: (30s-40s) 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: (Teen) 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: (30s-40s) 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: (30s-40s) 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: (40s-50s) 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:(60s-80s): 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 hysteria
when the Putnams accuse her of witchcraft, and she refuses to confess.
Francis Nurse: (60s-80s) A wealthy, influential man in Salem. Nurse is well respected by most people in Salem, but he is an enemy of Thomas Putnam and his wife.
Judge Danforth: (40s-60s) The deputy governor of Massachusetts and the presiding judge at the witch trials. Honest and scrupulous, at least in his own mind, Danforth is convinced that he is doing
right in rooting out witchcraft.
Giles Corey: (60s-80s) 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: (40s-50s) 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: (40s-50s) 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: (Teen) 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: (30s-50s) Reverend Parris’s black slave from Barbados. Tituba agrees to perform voodoo at Abigail’s request.
Mary Warren: (Teen) The servant in the Proctor 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: (Teen) 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: (60s-80s) Giles Corey’s third wife. Martha’s reading habits lead to her arrest and conviction for witchcraft.
Ezekiel Cheever: (40s-60s) 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: (40s-60s) A judge who presides, along with Danforth, over the witch trials.
Herrick: (30s-50s) The marshal of Salem.
Mercy Lewis: (Teen) One of the girls in Abigail’s group.
Deputy Hopkins: (30s-50s) Jailer. Only makes one appearance and has one line.
Sarah Good: (30s-50s) Beggar in Salem. She is the first individual accused of witchcraft.
Susanna Walcott: (Teen) Friend to Abigail. She also takes part in the trials by falsely accusing others of witchcraft.