THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD

This hilarious whodunit invites the audience to solve its mystery by choosing the identity of the murderer. The tale is presented as a show-within-a-show, as the Music Hall Royale – a delightfully loony & bawdy Victorian theatre company – presents Dickens’ brooding mystery with their tongues firmly in their cheeks!

The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a musical written by Rupert Holmes based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel of the same name. The show was the first Broadway musical with multiple endings (determined by audience vote). The musical won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical; from among eleven nominations. Holmes received Tony awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.

The musical debuted at the New York Shakespeare Festival in August 1985. After being revised, it transferred to Broadway and ran until May 1987, sometimes billed simply as Drood, followed by two national tours and a London West End production. The Roundabout Theatre Company revived the musical in 2012.

 

Performance Dates & Times

Oct
23
Thu.
7:00 PM
Oct
24
Fri.
7:00 PM
Oct
25
Sat.
7:00 PM
Oct
26
Sun.
3:00 PM
Oct
30
Thu.
7:00 PM
Oct
31
Fri.
7:00 PM
Nov
1
Sat.
7:00 PM
Nov
2
Sun.
3:00 PM

Casting

AUDITIONS will be held at the theatre on Friday, August 1 and Saturday, August 2 beginning at 7:00 pm each night. Please come with a short upbeat musical theatre song and be prepared to read from the script.

ROLES INCLUDE:
Principals
(4 female; 7 male)

Mr. William Cartwright, Chairman of the Music Hall Royale — doubles as Mayor Thomas Sapsea
John Jasper — doubles as Mr. Clive Paget
Neville Landless — doubles as Mr. Victor Grinstead
Reverend Crisparkle — doubles as Mr. Cedric Moncrieffe
Bazzard — doubles as Mr. Phillip Bax and as Waiter
Durdles — doubles as Mr. Nick Cricker
Deputy — doubles as Master Nick Cricker
Rosa Bud — doubles as Miss Deirdre Peregrine
Edwin Drood — doubles as Miss Alice Nutting
Helena Landless — doubles as Miss Janet Conover
Princess Puffer — doubles as Miss Angela Prysock

Supporting Ensemble will double as all of these roles:
Wendy — non-speaking; doubles as Miss Isabel Yearsley
Beatrice and Flo— non-speaking; double as Miss Florence Gill
Shade of Drood — dancer; doubles as Mr. Harry Sayle
Shade of Jasper — dancer; doubles as Mr. Montague Pruitt
Clients of Puffer — dancers; double as Mr. Alan Eliot and Mr. Christopher Lyon
Succubae — dancers; double as Gwendolen Pynn, Sarah Cook, Florence Gill, and Isabel Yearsley
Satyr — dancer; doubles as Master Nick Cricker
Waiter — doubles as Mr. Phillip Bax
Maids — non-speaking; double as Miss Violet Balfour and Miss Gwendolen Pynn
Horace — doubles as Mr. Nicholas Michael
Bazzard — doubles as Mr. Phillip Bax
Dick Datchery — ????????
Ensemble
Citizens of Cloisterham:
Miss Violet Balfour
Mr. Phillip Bax
Miss Sarah Cook
Mr. Alan Eliot
Miss Florence Gill
Mr. Christopher Lyon
Mr. Medford Moss
Mr. Nicholas Michael
Mr. Montague Pruitt
Miss Gwendolen Pynn
Mr. Harry Sayle
Mr. James Throttle
Miss Isabel Yearsley