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Upcoming Auditions!

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The People vs Frankenstein

By Nicola Cuti and Kevin M. Glover

Directed by Anthony J. Cox

Auditions:
Dec. 17th and 18th, 2024
6:30pm-8:30pm

Performances:
February 28th - March 16th,  2025

Synopsis:

Horror in the Court! In the world premiere production of Nicola Cuti and Kevin M Glover’s exciting new take on Mary Shelley’s eternal classic, a tenacious lab assistant and a wily Southern attorney join forces to defend a legendary monster charged with the murder of his creator, Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Director Anthony J Cox brings a production with the depth and power of Shelley’s original.

Role Requirements:

  • No previous experience is required. Please be prepared to perform cold readings for roles you may be interested in.

Required Roles:

  • Cornwall Bellini - The flamboyant Southern defense lawyer attempting to defend the monster in court. He has made his career as a slimy, but clever, defender of rich Southern boys whose parents have enough money to keep their children out of jail. If this monster is innocent and he can keep him from the gallows, then his own moral scales may be tipped closer to balanced.
     

  • Olivia Hoffner - The tenacious former lab assistant to the late Victor Frankenstein and the only champion of the monster’s innocence. Assisting Bellini in his defense efforts she cares for the monster and truly believes him innocent. Saving his life will hopefully help her to atone for the sin of his creation and she will do everything she can to see it through.
     

  • Alexander Coopersmith - The righteous Boston prosecuting attorney. Believing himself to be the right hand of God’s law, there is no doubt in his mind that he must put this horrific abomination to death. He is not overzealous about his duties, but rather matter of fact. God’s law and state law are one in the same.
     

  • Ernest Frankenstein - Victor’s younger brother, a philanthropist, is assisting the prosecution. The burning down of his newly dedicated “Victor Frankenstein” Orphanage, was the catalyst that brought everyone into this courtroom. He is determined to make the monster pay, not just for the destruction of his orphanage, but for all the atrocities he believes the monster has committed against his family.
     

  • Petra - Dr. Frankenstein’s second creation and “bride” to the monster. Re-assembled, nurtured back to health, and brought to America by Olivia to reunite with the monster, Petra has a strong disdain for man. Believing herself to be superior to them in every way. Strength, intelligence, and guile. She is manipulative and evil. With the literal brain of a murderer, she is the true villain of the story.
     

  • Maxwell Berg (The Monster) - Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s infamous creation. Thanks to fire and smoke injuries while rescuing the children of the orphanage, Max certainly looks and sounds the part of Frankenstein’s monster. But those are the only commonalities between the legend and this man now standing trial. Unable to communicate effectively because of injury, Max’s only true crime is that he is protective of his love, Petra.
     

  • Mrs. Gertrude Wren - Dr. Frankenstein’s domestic. Former caregiver to Victor’s late wife and witness for the prosecution.
     

  • Capt. Robert Walton - The Captain of the whaling ship, S.S. Albatross, the ship Victor dies aboard. Walton is another witness for the prosecution.
     

  • Daniel Pratt - A Boston street orderly and witness to the orphanage arson which the monster is accused of. A simple man who is unaware of the finer etiquettes in court.
     

  • Judge Gardener - A distinguished Boston judge.
     

  • Sgt. McAfee - A stern Boston police constable.
     

  • Simmons - Another Boston constable.
     

  • Bailiff - An Officer of the Court.
     

  • Tommy & Tyler - Two rambunctious pre-teens.
     

  • Male Juror - Foreman of the Jury.
     

  • Several Important Non-speaking Parts

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