The Weekend Theater is excited to announce auditions for
Wait Until Dark
Written by Frederick Knott
Directed by Robin De Rossitte!
Auditions will be held Saturday, August 26 at 10am and Sunday, August 27 at 6pm!
Wait Until Dark will run October 13 through October 29 at The Weekend Theater,
with showtimes at 7:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30pm on Sundays.
Auditions will consist of cold reads from the script, no monologues required. Audition forms will include space for a 4”x4” headshot – if you don’t have one, a headshot can be taken at the audition for our references.
Safety and inclusivity are top priority at The Weekend Theater – we strongly encourage visually impaired actors and members of the visually impaired community to audition. If you have any questions or concerns about the content/action of the show, please email the director, Robin De Rossitte, at rrdeross@gmail.com!
CHARACTERS
Mike Talman – a criminal
Sgt. Carlino – a criminal
Harry Roat, Jr – a criminal
Susy Hendrix – a blind woman
Sam Hendrix – a photographer
Gloria – a child
Policeman One
Policeman Two
A sinister con man, Roat, and two ex-convicts, Mike and Carlino, are about to meet their match. They have traced the location of a mysterious doll, which they are much interested in, to the Greenwich Village apartment of Sam Hendrix and his blind wife, Susy. Sam had apparently been persuaded by a strange woman to transport the doll across the Canadian border, not knowing that sewn inside were several grams of heroin. When the woman is murdered the situation becomes more urgent. The con man and his ex-convicts, through a cleverly constructed deception, convince Susy that the police have implicated Sam in the woman’s murder, and the doll, which she believes is the key to his innocence, is evidence. She refuses to reveal its location, and with the help of a young neighbor, figures out she is the victim of a bizarre charade. But when Roat kills his associates, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues between the two. Susy knows the only way to play fair is by her rules, so when darkness falls she turns off all the lights leaving both of them to maneuver in the dark until the game ends.
