Ojai ACT

Ojai ACT is pleased to present auditions for

DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS

by Gordon Greenberg & Steve Rosen

Directed by Kimberly Demmary

To be performed at the Ojai Art Center Theater, 113 S. Montgomery, Ojai CA

Performance dates/show times:

Weekends, September 26th – October 19th, 2025

Friday and Saturday evening performances at 7:30 PM, and Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM.

Auditions:

Sunday, June 22nd, 6–9 PM (after Young Frankenstein matinee)
&
Monday, June 23rd, 6–9 PM

Callbacks (if required):

Tentatively on Tuesday, June 24th, 6–9 PM

LOCATION:
The Raymund Room, Ojai Art Center Theater, 113 S. Montgomery St. Ojai, CA 93023

Rehearsals:

Begin July 1st

Please bring a list of all known conflicts

SYNOPSIS:

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you took Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire tale and put it into a blender with Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and 39-Steps? That’s exactly what happens in the fast-paced, laugh-out-loud romp Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors. When her sister Mina falls ill with a mysterious disease of the blood, Lucy Westfeldt and her fiancé, Jonathan Harker, enlist the help of famed female vampire hunter Doctor Jean Van Helsing. Their hunt for the dangerous yet sexy Count Dracula is packed with clever wordplay and quick-change antics. Five actors play over a dozen roles in this hilarious send-up of the literary classic. Come be a part of the new comedy classic, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors!

Audition Details:

• Preparation: Auditions will consist of cold reading from the script. Audition sides will be provided upon arrival. Accents are appreciated but not required. Bring your best comedic instincts, sense of play, and willingness to explore big bold character work.

• Age Range: All actors must be 18+ years of age.

• No audition appointment is necessary.

***An Important Note About Casting***

All genders, ethnicities, body types, and backgrounds will be considered during casting. Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors breaks up gender norms, and embraces sexiness of all types. Sexy is subjective and it’s about exuding a presence not having to fit a physical stereotype or norm.

This show is a true ensemble and requires broad physical humor, movement of set pieces and many extremely quick costume changes from all actors.

This show contains some sexual objectification. These characters are required to engage in stage kissing:

• Lucy & Harker

• Lucy & Dracula

• Harker & Dracula

Also, please be aware that the actor portraying Dracula must be comfortable being shirtless on stage.

Auditioning for all these characters is confirmation from you that you are aware of and comfortable with these requirements.

AVAILABLE ROLES

• Actor One: Harker / Suitors / Bosun / Gravedigger

Male, 20s–Mid 30’s, British Dialect. Portrays the following:

• JONATHAN HARKER: British accent, prim and proper, obsessive-compulsive real estate agent, frightened of his own shadow. Engaged to his childhood crush Lucy Westfeldt, once bitten he loosens up and becomes a rock star in leather pants.

• LORD CAVENDISH: Scottish dialect. Lucy’s suitor, a dolt.

• LORD WORTHINGTON: British accent. Lucy’s suitor, posh and petulant.

• LORD HAVEMERCY: Texas Accent. Lucy’s arrogant suitor from Memphis.

• BOSUN: Irish dialect. A scurvy seaman.

• GRAVEDIGGER: Cockney dialect. A drunk with a secret.

• Actor Two: Dr. Westfeldt / Renfield / Captain

Female, 30s–50’s, plays male roles. Portrays the following:

• DR. WALLACE WESTFELDT: British accent, Lucy and Mina’s father, a blowhard, self-important misogynist given to proclamations and posturing with his pipe, a doctor caring for the criminally insane, he has recently lost his wife to consumption.

• RENFIELD: Cockney dialect, salivary issues, insane patient who lives to serve and loves to eat bugs.

• CAPTAIN: Sea Captain dialect, salty captain of a doomed ship.

• MAN-EATING WOLF

• Actor Three: Lucy / Kitty / Driver

Female, 20s–30s. Portrays the following:

• LUCY WESTFELDT: British accent, brilliant, plucky earth scientist daughter of Dr. Westfeldt, full of energy and the spirit of adventure and often underestimated because of her beauty, engaged to Jonathan, but when Dracula shows up she is curious about his strange ways and impressed by their similar interests.

• KITTY RUTHERFORD: Cockney dialect. A dotty kleptomaniac patient of Dr. Westfeldt, she serves as a maid in his house.

• DRIVER: Eastern European or Russian accent, the male, Transylvanian driver of the carriage carrying Jonathan to Dracula’s castle who tried to warn him.

• MAN-EATING WOLF

• Actor Four: Mina / Van Helsing

Male, 30s–50s, plays female roles. Portrays the following:

• MINA WESTFELDT: British accent, the less attractive, less intelligent Westfeldt daughter, lives in her sister Lucy’s shadow and is desperate for attention. She is immediately (pathetically) receptive to Dracula’s charms.

• DR. JEAN VAN HELSING: German accent (à la Mel Brooks), brilliant and sturdy vampire-hunting doctor from the University of Schmutz. Deadly serious, accustomed to people not believing she is a real doctor, strong, smart, bold, a woman of action.

• MAN-EATING WOLF

• Actor Five: Dracula

Male, 20s–40s. Exclusively portrays Count Dracula. *Must be comfortable being shirtless on stage.*

• COUNT DRACULA: Romanian Dialect – Handsome. Hugely magnetically sexy, rock star presence, a narcissist whose greatest love is himself— and his leather pants. Bored with women falling all over him, becomes obsessed with Lucy, but the less she needs him, the more interested he is. He travels to England to find her and make her his bride for eternity.

Sides

Audition sides can be found below, please feel free to look through them to prepare for auditions:

SIDE 1: DRACULA and HARKER

SIDE 2: LUCY and MINA and RENFIELD

SIDE 3: DRACULA and MINA and WESTFELDT

SIDE 4: DRACULA and RENFIELD

SIDE 5: VAN HELSING and WESTFELDT and HARKER

Thank you for your interest!

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