Upcoming Auditions for Adults
Twelve Angry Women
Adapted by Sherman L. Sergel
Based on the
Emmy Award-Winning Television Movie
By Reginald Rose
Synopsis: A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. "He doesn't stand a chance," mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case—until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts. "This is a remarkable thing about democracy," says the foreign-born juror, "that we are notified by mail to come down to this place—and decide on the guilt or innocence of a person; of a man or woman we have not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing." But personal it is, with each juror revealing his or her own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry jurors.
Breakdown: Adult actresses, ages 18 to 65 only, no minors
Juror #1 - Responsible for keeping the jury organized, which is her main focus in the play. She is an assistant football coach outside of the jury room. Ensemble show, all 12 jurors are on stage for the entire 90 minutes of the play.
Juror #2 - A shy bank clerk who takes time to feel comfortable enough to participate in the discussion. Ensemble show, all 12 jurors are on stage for the entire 90 minutes of the play.
Juror #3 - A small business owner. She proudly says that he started her business from scratch and now employs thirty-four workers. We learn early on that she has a bad relationship with her own son, with whom she is no longer speaking. We are led to believe that this is a contributing factor to her prejudice against the defendant, accused of stabbing his own father. 3rd Juror is the last to be convinced and only changes her mind once she realizes that she is only projecting his feelings about her own son onto the defendant. Ensemble show, all 12 jurors are on stage for the entire 90 minutes of the play.
Juror #4 - A stock broker. She wears glasses and seems to handle herself with a very serious air. She deals with the facts of the case logically and concretely. Ensemble show, all 12 jurors are on stage for the entire 90 minutes of the play.
Juror #5 - Works in a Harlem hospital and says that she herself has lived in the slums her entire life. This gives her insight into such details as the use of a switchblade. Ensemble show, all 12 jurors are on stage for the entire 90 minutes of the play.
Juror #6 - A house painter, she is happy that the case continues as it means she doesn’t have to work, but is hesitant to put a potential killer back on the streets. She sticks up for 9th Juror, an old woman, and seems to be a respectful woman. Ensemble show, all 12 jurors are on stage for the entire 90 minutes of the play.
Juror #7 - Her main concern in the case is whether or not it will end before her ball game, for which she has tickets. She sells marmalade and is generally indifferent to the case. She changes her vote to “not guilty” simply because the tide of opinion switches, and she wants the deliberations to be over. Ensemble show, all 12 jurors are on stage for the entire 90 minutes of the play.
Juror #8 - She is the only juror who votes “not guilty” at the first vote. She is discontent with the way the trial was handled and wants them to discuss the evidence in greater detail. Met with much opposition, she continues to advocate for the boy. We learn that she is an architect, by trade. Ensemble show, all 12 jurors are on stage for the entire 90 minutes of the play.
Juror #9 - "An old woman." She respects 8th Juror's passion and sense of justice and quickly comes to her aid and becomes and advocate for the defendant. Ensemble show, all 12 jurors are on stage for the entire 90 minutes of the play.
Juror #10 - She is one of the most fervent attackers of the defendant. Tactless and fairly bigoted, she condemns the defendant as “one of them” right from the start. Ensemble show, all 12 jurors are on stage for the entire 90 minutes of the play.
Juror #11 - An immigrant watchmaker. She is very patriotic and talks about how much she loves the American justice system. Ensemble show, all 12 jurors are on stage for the entire 90 minutes of the play.
Juror #12 - Works for a marketing agency, to which job she refers to often. She seems constantly distracted from the case. Ensemble show, all 12 jurors are on stage for the entire 90 minutes of the play.
Schedule an Audition: Auditions are scheduled for Thursday, May 2nd by appointment only. Please visit this link to schedule your audition: www.supersaas.com/schedule/AlphaNYC/TwelveAngryAndThenThereWereNone
What to Prepare:
Adults: Please prepare a 90 second cut of a monologue of your choice.
What If I Can’t Make Any of the Scheduled Audition Times?:
You can also take advantage of our digital audition option. Simply record your audition video with a webcam or phone and e-mail it, dropbox it, or iMessage it to Adam@TheAlphaNYC.com
For Those Previously Scheduled, Where Are Auditions?:
Auditions & rehearsals will be held at The Producers Club Theaters and Rehearsal Studios, located at 358 W 44th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues. Please sign-in when you arrive and wait there until your name is called for your audition.
What Should I Bring to the Audition?
You must have a stapled headshot and resume with you at the time of audition for consideration. If you do not have a resume and headshot, please bring a piece of paper with your full name, cell phone number and e-mail address.
Rehearsal Guidelines:
The complete rehearsal schedule is posted below for both casts. You may not leave early and you may not be late for any rehearsals. Sickness is also not an excuse for missing rehearsal. Rehearsals are also held at the Producers Club in Midtown New York City.
Performance Guidelines:
This production is non-equity and there is no pay. There are no fees to participate. Performances will take place at the Producers Club (50 seats) in Midtown New York City.
Mandatory Rehearsals
Sunday, May 19th - 6:30PM till 9:30PM - Cast A
Wednesday, May 22nd - 7PM till 10PM - Cast B
Sunday, June 2nd - 6:30PM till 9:30PM - Cast A
Wednesday, June 5th - 7PM till 10PM - Cast B
Sunday, June 9th - 6:30PM till 9:30PM - Cast A
Wednesday, June 12th - 7PM till 10PM - Cast B
Sunday, June 16th - 6:30PM till 9:30PM - Cast A
Wednesday, June 19th - 7PM till 10PM - Cast B
Mandatory Dress Rehearsals
Friday, June 21st
9AM till 12PM - Cast A
Saturday, June 22nd
8:30AM till 11AM - Cast B
Mandatory Performances
Saturday, June 22nd
11:30AM - Cast A
1:15PM - Cast B
3PM - Cast A
4:45PM - Cast B
And Then There Were None
By Agatha Christie
Synopsis: Ten guilty strangers are trapped on an island. One by one they are accused of murder; one by one they start to die. In this superlative mystery comedy statuettes of little soldier boys on the mantel of a house on an island off the coast of Devon fall to the floor and break one by one as those in the house succumb to a diabolical avenger. A nursery rhyme tells how each of the ten “soldiers” met his death until there were none. Eight guests who have never met each other or their apparently absent host and hostess are lured to the island and, along with the two house servants, marooned. A mysterious voice accuses each of having gotten away with murder and then one drops dead - poisoned. One down and nine to go!
Breakdown: Adult actors & actresses, ages 18 to 65 only, no minors
Anthony Marston - Killed two young children (John and Lucy Combes) while driving recklessly, for which he felt no real remorse nor did he accept any personal responsibility, complaining only that his driving license had been suspended as a result. He was the first island victim, poisoned with potassium Cyanide slipped into his drink while the guests were listening to the fateful gramophone recording.
Mrs. Rogers - The cook/housekeeper and Thomas Rogers' wife, described as a pale and ghostlike woman who walks in mortal fear. She was dominated by her bullying husband, who withheld the medicine of their former employer (an elderly spinster, Miss Jennifer Brady) to collect an inheritance they knew she had left them in her will. Mrs Rogers was haunted by the crime for the rest of her life, and was Owen's second victim, dying in her sleep peacefully from an overdose of Chloral Hydrate in her brandy.
General Mackenzie - A retired World War I war hero, who sent his late wife's lover (a younger officer, Arthur Richmond) to his death by assigning him to a mission where it was practically guaranteed he would not survive. Leslie Macarthur had mistakenly put the wrong letters in the envelopes on one occasion when she wrote to both men at the same time. The general fatalistically accepts that no one will leave the island alive, which he tells Vera Claythorne. Shortly thereafter, he is bludgeoned while sitting along the shore.
Rogers - The butler and Ethel Rogers' husband. He dominated his weak-willed wife and they killed their former elderly employer by withholding her medicine, causing the woman to die from heart failure and inheriting the money she bequeathed them in her will. He was killed when bludgeoned with an axe as he cut firewood in the woodshed.
Dr. Armstrong - A doctor, responsible for the death of a patient, Louisa Mary Clees, after he operated on her while drunk, many years earlier. Armstrong foolishly trusts Wargrave, and, while rendezvousing with the judge on a rocky cliff, is pushed into the sea and drowns. His body goes missing for a while, leading the others to believe he is the killer, but his corpse is found at the end leading to the climax.
Inspector William Blore - A retired police inspector and now a private investigator, accused of falsifying his testimony in court for a bribe from a criminal gang too dangerous to double-cross, which resulted in an innocent man, James Landor, being convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment and who died in prison. Blore arrives using the alias "Davis" and claiming to have arrived from South Africa, as he was instructed to do by Isaac Morris, who hired him for "security" work, but is confronted about his true name which was revealed on the gramophone recording, and he acknowledges his true identity. He denies the accusation against him from the gramophone recording but later privately admits the truth to Lombard. His skull was crushed by a bear-shaped clock dropped from Vera's bedroom window onto the terrace below.
Captain Philip Bombard - A soldier, he comes to the island with a loaded revolver, as suggested by Isaac Morris. Lombard is accused of causing the deaths of a number of East African tribesmen, after stealing their food and leaving them to starve. He, along with Marston, are the only guests to openly and immediately confirm that the accusations against them are true; neither feels remorse. Lombard fulfilled the ninth referenced verse of the rhyme, shot by Vera, who believed him to be the murderer but survives to kill the real killer.
Vera Claythorn - A cool, efficient, resourceful former teacher and governess, who has taken mostly secretarial jobs since her last job as a governess ended in the death of her charge, whom she intentionally allowed to swim out to sea – as the child had wanted to do but had theretofore been denied as too dangerous – and drown. She did this so her lover could become the family heir, inherit the estate and marry her. She swam out to sea to "save" the child to make it seem he had disobeyed her – as she had consistently told him it was too dangerous – but knowing she would not arrive in time. Hugo, however, who loved his nephew, abandoned her after he somehow sensed what she had done. She is one of the only survivors but was meant to be the 10th little Soldier.
Sir Lawrence Wargrave - A retired judge known for liberally awarding the dealth penalty in different murder cases, and is revealed at the end to be the killer on the island. Wargrave fakes his own death as the sixth murder on the island, with Armstrong's help, creating an enormous red herring that fools everyone, and then kills Armstrong once the doctor's verdict of his death is accepted by the other visitors. Killed by Lombard saving Vera in the end.
Fred Naracott - Brings people and supplies to the island, minor role; This actor also serves as assistant director show.
Schedule an Audition: Auditions are scheduled for Thursday, May 2nd by appointment only. Please visit this link to schedule your audition: www.supersaas.com/schedule/AlphaNYC/TwelveAngryAndThenThereWereNone
What to Prepare:
Adults: Please prepare a 90 second cut of a monologue of your choice.
What If I Can’t Make Any of the Scheduled Audition Times?:
You can also take advantage of our digital audition option. Simply record your audition video with a webcam or phone and e-mail it, dropbox it, or iMessage it to Adam@TheAlphaNYC.com
For Those Previously Scheduled, Where Are Auditions?:
Auditions & rehearsals will be held at The Producers Club Theaters and Rehearsal Studios, located at 358 W 44th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues. Please sign-in when you arrive and wait there until your name is called for your audition.
What Should I Bring to the Audition?
You must have a stapled headshot and resume with you at the time of audition for consideration. If you do not have a resume and headshot, please bring a piece of paper with your full name, cell phone number and e-mail address.
Rehearsal Guidelines:
The complete rehearsal schedule is posted below for both casts. You may not leave early and you may not be late for any rehearsals. Sickness is also not an excuse for missing rehearsal. Rehearsals are also held at the Producers Club in Midtown New York City.
Performance Guidelines:
This production is non-equity and there is no pay. There are no fees to participate. Performances will take place at the Producers Club (50 seats) in Midtown New York City.
Mandatory Performances
Monday, May 20th - 7:30PM till 10:30PM - Cast A
Tuesday, May 21st - 7:30PM till 10:30PM - Cast B
Monday, June 3rd - 7:30PM till 10:30PM - Cast A
Tuesday, June 4th - 7:30PM till 10:30PM - Cast B
Sunday, June 9th - 3:30PM till 6:30PM - Cast A
Monday, June 10th - 7:30PM till 10:30PM - Cast A
Tuesday, June 11th - 7:30PM till 10:30PM - Cast B
Sunday, June 16th - 3:30PM till 6:30PM - Cast B
Monday, June 17th - 7:30PM till 10:30PM - Cast A
Tuesday, June 18th - 7:30PM till 10:30PM - Cast B
Mandatory Dress Rehearsal
Friday, June 21st
12PM till 3PM - Cast A
3PM til 6PM - Cast B
Mandatory Performances
Friday, June 21st
7PM - Cast A
9PM - Cast B
Saturday, June 22nd
7PM - Cast B
9PM - Cast A
