AGATHA CHRISTIE'S BBC MURDERS Equity Principal Auditions - Eckerd Theatre Company Auditions

Appointments:
5-minute slots available by appointment. AEA Members: Please submit two time preferences and an appointment will be arranged. Email or call with two prefered times to
THEBBCMURDERS@rutheckerdhall.net or 727-724-5319.

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AGATHA CHRISTIE’S BBC MURDERS fuses elements from the author’s autobiography with four mysteries she wrote between 1937 and 1956 for the BBC.
This production uses “radio” technique, with actors playing multiple roles from scripts on microphones. Actors are costumed in period – 1937, 1946, 1956 - and in character.

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Seeking:

Notes: Most actors play three or four characters, one in each of the four plays – “Butter In A Lordly Dish,” “Three Blind Mice,” “Personal Call,” and “The Yellow Iris.” Roles require multiple British accents. A few require foreign accents or other talents as indicated below. Walla roles provide improvisational crowd and background sounds. Seeking versatile actors to play multiple roles. Must have impeccable facility with British dialects.

All roles require British dialect. All roles except Agatha Christie are played script in hand.

WOMEN’S ROLES:

AGATHA CHRISTIE – (F 50+) Christie ages from 60 to 75 and is solidly built. She has a plummy accent and a good sense of humor. Unlike the others, she is off book much of the play.

JULIA/MOLLY/PAM/LOLA – (F 25-30) The first three roles are very different young English women. Lola is an Argentine film-star and singer who performs two musical numbers with a live band.

COMMUTER/BESS/FAY/BRIGITTE – (F 40-50) The first is a silent part, Bess is a street-person, Fay is an avenging mother, Brigitte is the Cabaret’s French coat-check person.

SUSAN/MRS. LYON/MRS. LAMB/CABARET-GOER – (F 40+) Susan is a gossipy Londoner, Mrs. Lyon a blousy drunk, Mrs. Lamb a harried maid in an upper-middle household.

MARION/MRS. BOYLE/MARY/CABARET-GOER – (F 50s) Marion is the elegant wife of a top London barrister. Mrs. Boyle is an angry dowager from an English country estate. Mary is an upper-middle-class matron.

FLORRIE/NORA/JESSICA/PAULINE – CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary. (F 20-25) Florrie is a London working girl, Nora a London street-person, Jessica a fashionable young London party-goer and Pauline a young American heiress.


MEN’S ROLES:

MR. PETTER/PARAVICINI/EVAN/ENDERBY/HERCULE POIROT – (M 60s) Petter is a Cockney Londoner, Paravicini is a shady Italian, Evan is a stolid British banker-type. Enderby is a lawyer on the phone. Hercule Poirot is the famous Belgian detective. Roles require a short, rotund appearance.

HAYWARD/MAJOR METCALF/NARRACOTT/CARTER – (M 60s) Hayward is an arthritic butler, Metcalf is a Nigel Bruce sort, and Carter a haunted secret agent.

LUKE/JAMES/BARTON – (M 50s) Attractive man but villainous roles. Luke, a Queen’s Council, is the victim of a horrific revenge. James is a serial wife-killer. Barton is a blustering American found out by Poirot.

PORTER #2/BBC ANNOUNCER – (M 50s). The BBC’s formal announcer presents the live Cabaret broadcast. The Porter has a regional dialect.

PORTER #1/GILES, PIERRE/WALLA GROUP – (M 20s) Giles is the hard-working young owner of a guesthouse. Pierre is the principal waiter at the Cabaret. Walla roles.

CHRISTOPHER/GEORGE/WAITER – (M 20s) Christopher is a “neurotic” young man of obscure background. George is Poirot’s man-servant.

BBC DIRECTOR/LUIGI – CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary. (M 50+) Director cues or “conducts” the performers during the broadcasts. Luigi is the maitre d’ of an elegant 30s Cabaret.

TROTTER/DAVID/TONY – CAST. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary. (M 20s) Trotter appears to be a young police officer. Tony is the disappointed suitor, drinking too much. David is a Walla Member.