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Auditions: Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer: Encore for Murder

November 1, 2017 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm UTC-4

CALLING ALL PROFESSIONAL ACTORS!

Ruth Eckerd Hall will be holding auditions for, “The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer: Encore for Murder.” Hard-boiled Detective, Mike Hammer, returns for another thrilling murder mystery filled with intrigue, chills and dames! This new Radio Drama, script by Max Allan Collins, story by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, will feature Gary Sandy from WKRP in Cincinnati as Detective Mike Hammer, and will be performed in the Murray Theatre at Ruth Eckerd Hall from January 18-28, 2018. Richard Rice has signed on to be our director. Rehearsals will be January 8-17, 2018.

We are looking for 6 male, and 4 female actors with professional experience to join Mr. Sandy in the cast. The second round of auditions will be held on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 on the Ruth Eckerd Hall Main Stage.

Time slots for the auditions will begin at 4PM and will be five (5) minutes each. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early for your time slot in order to fill out any paperwork. Please bring a resume and headshot to the audition. Be prepared to list any scheduling conflicts that you may have during the rehearsal process. For the audition, please prepare one minute or less of a comedic or dramatic monologue. There will be a stipend available for the performers, however, this is not an Equity production.

Characters:
VELDA STERLING – Hammer’s secretary
CAPTAIN PAT CHAMBERS – Homicide Captain; Hammer’s friend
D.A. CLARENCE SPENCER – District Attorney
RITA VANCE – Broadway star
ANDREW GOLD – Producer
JENNA RISE – Rita’s understudy
DON LUIGI FARRELLI – Old, Old School Chicago mob boss
SAL PONTI – Talkative young New York mob boss
LIZ BARRETT – Gossip columnist; Joan Rivers type
SHERIFF ANDY ROCKWELL – No-nonsense rural lawman
DAVID PERCY – Art gallery manager
RONNIE MEESE – Rita’s stalker fan
OZZIE THE ANSWER – Informant
OX – Fat hood
STALLED CAR GUY

Email your top 3 preferred audition times to Stephen Fisher at SFisher@rutheckerdhall.net in order to request an audition time slot.

Details

Date:
November 1, 2017
Time:
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm UTC-4
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/751246528395160

Venue

Ruth Eckerd Hall
1111 N McMullen Booth Rd
Clearwater, FL 33759 United States

Organizer

Ruth Eckerd Hall