Wait Until Dark
Directed by Kate Tull
Stage Manager Stephen Moore
Production Kickoff: Jul 27, 2025
Audition: Aug 03, 2025
Performance Dates
Oct. 26 & Nov.2, 2025 at 2:00PM
Unless specifically noted, all roles are open to all regardless of race or ethnicity.
- Mike Talman – (male, plays 30s-40s) Classic New York dialect; example: Robert DeNiro. Mike has been a con man, but possesses empathy and compassion. He has a natural charm and good-natured style. He is easy to talk to and thinks fast on his feet.
- Carlino – (male, plays 40s-50s) Strong Italian-New York dialect; example: Joe Pesci. A coarse, uneducated man. Less intelligent and more overtly thuggish than Mike.
- Harry Roat – (male, plays 30s-50s) Subtle New York dialect. Roat is a cold-blooded, manipulative, and sadistic criminal mastermind. He is highly intelligent, and manipulates people with ease.
- Susy Hendrix – (female, plays late 20s-early 30s) Bright and cheerful, Susy is a young woman who was blinded in a car accident a year ago. She is still adjusting to her blindness and her relatively new marriage, but she is resilient and determined to adapt.
- Sam Hendrix – (male, plays 30s-40s) Sam is a loving and supportive husband to Susy.
- Gloria – (plays age 8-10, aged 8-12) Subtle New York dialect. Gloria is a curious and somewhat neglected child who is at the awkward age between childhood and adolescence.
- Policemen – (2 men, play ages 20s-50s) Serious and professional.
A sinister con man and two ex-convicts are on the hunt for a mysterious doll, which they trace to the Greenwich Village apartment of Sam Hendrix and his blind wife, Susy. Susy refuses to reveal its location and, with the help of a young neighbor, soon realizes she's the victim of a bizarre charade. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, where Susy must use her unique understanding of her environment to her advantage.
When
- Production Kickoff: Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 6:30 pm
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Audition: Sun, Aug 03, 2025
- - Registration [Audition Form]
- 7:00 pm - Auditions begin
Where
Script review, auditions, and performances take place at:
Curtain Players Theatre
5691 Harlem Road, Galena, OH 43021
Curtain Players offers an information session for each of its productions as a help for actors seeking roles, but attendance is not required to audition. The event is an opportunity for actors to become acquainted with the community theatre organization, to discuss the play with the director, and to ask questions about the audition process, rehearsal period, and production plans. Those interested in working behind the scenes are also invited to attend.
Curtain Players conducts open auditions for its productions.
Roles are not cast in advance, and, unless specified otherwise in the role's description, are open to all without regard to race or ethnicity.
Casting decisions are made by the director and a casting committee comprised of (at minimum) a member of the theatre board, a general member of the organization, and individuals of the director's choosing.
NOTE: When auditioning, please indicate conflicts for 7 days of the week between September 2 and November 2 in case we need to add or change a rehearsal. Rehearsal location before we move into the theatre is still to be determined.
Requests for an early audition for Wait Until Dark must be made no later than July 20, 2025.
Questions related to the audition process may be directed to production@curtainplayers.org.
NOTE: When auditioning, please indicate conflicts for 7 days of the week between September 2 and November 2 in case we need to add or change a rehearsal. Rehearsal location before we move into the theatre is still to be determined.
Important Dates:
- First Rehearsal: Tuesday, September 2
- Rehearsals: Tuesday-Thursday evenings, Sunday afternoons
- Tech Week: Sunday, October 12 - Wednesday, October 15
- Preview Night: Thursday, October 16
- Opening Night: Friday, October 17
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