Back Alley Productions invites you to audition for the adventure of a lifetime as they bring "The Count of Monte Cristo" to the stage.
Auditions will be held Monday, May 23 and Tuesday, May 24, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Mars Theatre. Auditions can also be done remotely by request.
Performances will be weekends from August 12 - 21.
"The Count of Monte Cristo" tells the story of sailor Edmond Dantès, who unwittingly falls for a conspiracy against him that results in his imprisonment. Losing everything, including the woman he loves, Edmond begins to plot out an elaborate revenge against those who have betrayed him. But he is soon confronted with his own darkness and must face a choice between fulfilling his revenge, or reclaiming everything he lost... and more.
CHARACTER LIST
- Edmund Dantes…A naïve and humble sailor, later the Count of Monte Cristo
- Mercédès…loyal, spiritual, engaged to Dantes
- Fernand Mondego…The Count Mondego, a jealous man
- Albert Mondego…The Son of Count Mondego
- Jacopo…The narrator and right-hand man to Dantes
- Gérard Villefort…An ambitious magistrate who conspires against Dantes
- Valentina Villefort…His cynical but stately wife
- Abbé Faria…A forsaken priest seeking redemption
- Philippe Danglars…A shady and treasonous businessman
- Armand Dorleac…a cruel warden of the Château d'If
- Pierre Morrel…the kind owner of a shipping business, a father to Dantes
- Luigi Vampa…a pirate captain
- Clarion…a vocal Bonapartist
- Napoleon…the exiled emperor himself
Several roles for guards, pirates, prisoners, partygoers and more. Double-casted as needed.
Sign up for auditions at bapshows.com/auditions