THE 39 STEPS - Piedmont Players Theatre Non Equity Auditions

Piedmont Players Theatre (PPT) AUDITIONS for Tony Award Winning Comedy

Adapted by Patrick Barlow

From the novel by John Buchan

From the movie of Alfred Hitchcock

Open Auditions

When: Monday, October 28 & Tuesday, October 29 at 7pm . Callbacks Wed. Oct 30

Where: Meroney Theater (3rd Floor), 213 S. Main St., Salisbury, NC

Performance Dates: Dec 5-14

Producing Partner: Robert Aiken- Wells Fargo Advisors

For more information contact: Josh Wainright -
704-633-5471
md@piedmontplayers.com

ABOUT AUDITIONS

Piedmont Players Theatre is holding Open Auditions for the Tony Award Winning Comedy, THE 39 STEPS on Monday, October 28 and Tuesday, October 29 at 7:00PM. Directed by Reid Leonard. Actors must be available for all rehearsals and performances.

Details and character descriptions are included below.

ABOUT THE 39 STEPS

The 39 Steps is a melodrama adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock. The play's concept calls for the entirety of the 1935 adventure film The 39 Steps to be performed with a cast of only four. One actor plays the hero, Richard Hannay, an actress (or sometimes actor) plays the three women with whom he has romantic entanglements, and two other actors play every other character in the show: heroes, villains, men, women, children and even the occasional inanimate object. This often requires lightning fast quick-changes and occasionally for them to play multiple characters at once. Thus the film's serious spy story is played mainly for laughs, and the script is full of allusions to (and puns on the titles of) other Alfred Hitchcock films, including Rear Window, Psycho, Vertigo and North by Northwest.

Won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, 2 Drama Desk Awards (nominated for 3 total) & 2 Tony Awards (nominated for 6 total)

AVAILABLE ROLES

RICHARD HANNAY The dashing hero of the story.

ANNABELLA SCHMIDT/PAMELA/MARGARET All played by 1 female.

CLOWN 1 & 2 Must be able to play numerous characters. Strong dialects ranging from German to Scottish to British

Piedmont Players Theatre Inc.

213 S. Main St

Salisbury, NC 28144

(704) 633-5471

www.piedmontplayers.com