Auditions for Agatha Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

Director:
LYNN PAULELLA BEARD
Assistant Director:
JOHN OZERHOSKI

PERFORMANCE DATES:
Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017 | 8PM
Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 | 2PM
Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 | 8PM
Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017 | 8PM
Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 | 2PM

Monday, July 31, 2017 at 7:00pm (by appointment)
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 7:00pm (by appointment)
                                  
All roles are open to audition. We are seeking 8 men and 3 women for this production.   Auditioners will be asked to read from the script (reading copies are available from the production office).
 
Rehearsals will be held three nights per week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 7:00-10:00pm beginning Tuesday, August 8th.
Tech week rehearsals will be Sunday through Thursday, September 17-21, 2017.  We do ask that Friday, September 22, 2017 be held in case an additional tech week rehearsal is needed.  The pickup rehearsal will be held on Thursday, September 28, 2017.

If you are unable to make the mandatory tech week rehearsals and/or pickup rehearsal, we will be unable to cast you in this production.

The Warner Stage Company is a regional community theatre company and does not offer compensation or housing for performers.
 
CALLBACKS:        Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 7:00pm (if needed)
 
AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

ABOUT THE SHOW
Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. As the weather turns and the group is cut off from the mainland, the bloodbath begins and one by one they are brutally murdered in accordance with the lines of a sinister nursery rhyme. 
 
One of Christie’s darkest tales and a masterpiece of dramatic construction, its growing sense of dread and unfaltering tension will keep you guessing to the very end. 
 
CHARACTER LIST (ALL ROLES ARE OPEN)
THOMAS ROGERS - The dignified butler. Rogers continues to be a proper servant even after his wife is found dead and the bodies begin piling up. The recording accuses Rogers and his wife of letting their former employer die because they stood to inherit money from her.

ETHEL ROGERS - Rogers’ wife. Ethel is a frail woman, and the death of Tony Marston makes her faint. Wargrave believes her husband dominates her and that he masterminded their crime.

FRED NARRACOTT - A man from the mainland who ferries the boat to Soldier Island.

VERA CLAYTHORNE - A former governess who comes to Indian Island purportedly to serve as a secretary to Mrs. Owen. Vera wants to escape a past in which she killed a small boy in her care, Cyril Hamilton, so that the man she loved would inherit Cyril’s estate. Although the coroner cleared her of blame, Vera’s lover abandoned her. Vera is one of the most intelligent and capable characters in the novel, but she also suffers from attacks of hysteria, feels guilty about her crime, and reacts nervously to the uncanny events on the island. The “Ten Little Indians” poem has a powerful effect on her.

PHILIP LOMBARD - A mysterious, confident, and resourceful man who seems to have been a mercenary soldier in Africa. Lombard is far bolder and more cunning than most of the other characters, traits that allow him to survive almost until the end of the novel. His weakness is his chivalrous attitude toward women, particularly Vera, with whom he has a number of private conversations. He cannot think of her as a potential killer, and he underestimates her resourcefulness, which proves a fatal mistake.

ANTHONY MARSTON - A rich, athletic, handsome youth, Tony Marston likes to drive recklessly and seems to lack a conscience. He killed two small children in a car accident caused by his speeding, but shows no remorse.

WILLIAM HENRY BLORE - A former police inspector. Blore is a well-built man whose experience often inspires others to look to him for advice. As a policeman, he was corrupt and framed a man named Landor at the behest of a criminal gang. On the island, he acts boldly and frequently takes initiative, but he also makes frequent blunders. He constantly suspects the wrong person, and his boldness often verges on foolhardiness.

GENERAL JOHN GORDON MACKENZIE - The oldest guest. Mackenzie is accused of sending a lieutenant, Arthur Richmond, to his death during World War I because Richmond was his wife’s lover. Once the first murders take place Mackenzie, already guilt-ridden about his crime, becomes resigned to his death and sits by the sea waiting for it to come to him.

EMILY BRENT - An old, ruthlessly religious woman who reads her Bible every day. The recording accuses Emily Brent of killing Beatrice Taylor, a servant whom she fired upon learning that Beatrice was pregnant out of wedlock. Beatrice subsequently killed herself. Unlike the other characters, Emily Brent feels convinced of her own righteousness and does not express the slightest remorse for her actions.

SIR LAWRENCE WARGRAVE - A recently retired judge. Wargrave is a highly intelligent old man with a commanding personality. As the characters begin to realize that a murderer is hunting them, Wargrave’s experience and air of authority make him a natural leader for the group. He lays out evidence, organizes searches, and ensures that weapons are locked away safely. Wargrave’s guilt is revealed at the end of the novel in a confession that illuminates the characteristics that drive him to commit the series of murders: a strong sense of justice combined with a sadistic delight in murdering.

DR. EDWARD GEORGE ARMSTRONG - A gullible, slightly timid doctor. Armstrong often draws the suspicion of the other guests because of his medical knowledge. He is a recovering alcoholic who once accidentally killed a patient by operating on her while drunk. Armstrong, while professionally successful, has a weak personality, making him the perfect tool for the murderer. He has spent his whole life pursuing respectability and public success, and is unable to see beneath people’s exteriors.