The Crucible- Auditions July 19
Director: Amber Ryan
Casting: Mainstage Production casting 9W, 11M and 1 girl
Date: July 19
Time: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Actors PLAYground 11340 W Bell Rd. Suite 105
Prepare: Readings from the script
Callbacks: July 26, 5:00 PM
Production Fee: $200 (actors 19 and under)
Rehearsals: Begin in August
Performances: Oct 2-11
Description
One of the most acclaimed plays in the American theatrical canon, this exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem is a gripping and timely parable of contemporary society, as well as a studied historical tale. The story focuses upon a young farmer, his wife and a young servant-girl who maliciously causes the wife’s arrest for witchcraft. The farmer brings the girl to court to admit the lie – and the monstrous course of bigotry and deceit is terrifyingly depicted. The farmer, instead of saving his wife, finds himself also accused of witchcraft and ultimately condemned along with a host of others.
List of Characters
Reverend Samuel Parris: The paranoid and insecure minister of Salem who fears losing his position.
Betty Parris: Parris’s 10-year-old daughter, who falls into a mysterious stupor after being caught dancing in the forest.
Tituba: Parris’s slave from Barbados, who is the first to be coerced into confessing to witchcraft.
Abigail Williams: Parris’s manipulative 17-year-old niece, who instigates the trials to hide her own sins and protect her reputation.
Susanna Walcott: One of the girls caught in the forest; a nervous confidant of Abigail.
Mrs. Ann Putnam: A woman desperate for answers about the supernatural deaths of seven of her babies.
Thomas Putnam: A wealthy, greedy landowner who uses the trials to acquire more property.
Mercy Lewis: The sly, merciless servant to the Putnams.
Mary Warren: The timid, easily influenced servant in the Proctor household.
John Proctor: A rugged, independent farmer who harbors deep guilt over his past affair with Abigail.
Giles Corey: An elderly, feisty, and litigious farmer.
Rebecca Nurse: A widely respected, devout woman in her seventies who becomes a target of the trials.
Reverend John Hale: An earnest minister from Beverly, considered an expert on witchcraft.
Elizabeth Proctor: John Proctor’s faithful, dutiful, but often emotionally guarded wife.
Francis Nurse: The wealthy, influential husband of Rebecca Nurse who acts as a voice of reason.
Ezekiel Cheever: A morally weak former friend of the accused who becomes clerk of the court.
Judge Hathorne: A cold, antagonistic judge who presides alongside Danforth.
Deputy Governor Danforth: The chief judge of the trials; a powerful, scrupulous man more interested in order than true justice.
Sarah Good: A homeless woman and one of the first in Salem to be accused.
Hopkins: The jailer guarding the prisoners.
John Willard a minor but pivotal character who serves as a deputy constable and marshal. Tasked with arresting the accused, he later undergoes a crisis of conscience, refuses to bring in any more innocent people, and is consequently hanged as a witch.
