OPEN AUDITIONS
SEPTEMBER 13 AT 1:00 PM
At Acting Ensemble on the Avenue
602 E. Mishawaka Avenue in Mishawaka
For the October 7 StageWorks Staged Reading of:
“ACCOMPLICE” by Rupert Holmes.
Directed by Andi Creasbaum
The Story: Winner of the Mystery Writers of America’s coveted Edgar Award (the “Oscar” of crime and suspense) and written by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes, Accomplice has thrilled audiences on Broadway, across the United States and around the world. The New York Times called it “a deliciously witty cocktail of a whodunit with a maniacally seamless plot where skullduggery emerges the winner.” This theatrical roller coaster will trigger screams of laughter even as audiences vow to keep its secrets hush-hush.
The story begins in Dartmoor, England at the stylish weekend retreat of the affluent Derek and Janet Taylor, and both adultery and murder are in the air. But we will soon learn that all is never as it seems in this electrifying game of trickery and misdirection. Who is the hunter and who the hunted… and precisely who is the title character of Accomplice?
“The best fooler since Sleuth and twice as clever!” said the L.A. Times, while L.A. Theatre & Entertainment Review proclaimed it “the comedy thriller of all comedy thrillers!”
Please note: there are intimate scenes and talk of on-stage nudity that we will not be staging but will be present in the show.
Characters: 2 men, 2 women, and 1 any gender to play the following:
Man of the House (Derek)
Janet Taylor
Jon
Hal
Harley
Erika
Brian
Melinda
Natalia
Jason
Pamela Rupert Michael
Auditions consist of cold readings of side chosen by the director. Staged readings require no memorization and are performed with script in hand. There will be a few rehearsals (dates TBD) over the period of approximately 2 weeks.
If you have questions or need an alternate audition time, please contact Andi at andrealyn28@gmail.com
Rupert Holmes’ musical creation The Mystery of Edwin Drood won Broadway’s highest honor, the Tony Award for Best Musical, and had a critically acclaimed Broadway revival in 2012-2013. For Edwin Drood, Holmes was the first person in theatrical history to solely win Tony Awards for Best Music, Best Lyrics and Best Book of a Musical. He also orchestrated the original Broadway production and its revival.
“Accomplice” premiered on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on April 26, 1990. Directed by Art Wolff, the production featured Jason Alexander, Pamela Brüll, Michael McKean and Natalia Nogulich.
“Clever, suspenseful, charming and funny.” – USA Today
“A deliciously witty cocktail that snaps with double entendre and innuendo in a maniacally seamless plot full of pretzel turns, stops and starts and slam-on-the-brakes denouement.” – The New York Times
“The wittiest, most accomplished fooler since Deathtrap!” – The L.A. Times
“The best thriller since Sleuth and twice as clever!” – Rex Reed, The New York Observer
“A delight. It is humorous, odd, scary, wildly dramatic, adult, adolescent – in short, impossible to dislike.” – Pasadena Star News
“Miss it at your peril.” – The Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
“A breathless ride through an ever-shifting series of planes.” – Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Part murder mystery, part sex farce, and completely entertaining… suspenseful, charming and funny.” – USA Today
