Description:

Invictus Theatre is pleased to announce auditions for Arthur Miller's The Crucible, directed by Charles Askenaizer. This is a non-union production.

Actor Roles:

John Proctor (Mid-30's to early 40's. Male identifying. Open ethnicity.) A local farmer. Strong, defiant, and deeply complicated. Despises hypocrisy, especially in himself. Husband to Elizabeth Proctor.

Elizabeth Proctor (30's to early 40's. Female identifying. Open ethnicity.) John Proctor's wife. Faithful, honest to a fault.

Deputy Governor Danforth (60's. Male identifying. Open ethnicity.) A grave man of some humor and sophistication, that does not, however, interfere with an exact loyalty to his position and cause. Deputy Governor of Massachusetts, called to Salem to preside over the trials.

Rev. John Hale (Late 30's to mid-40's. Male identifying. Open ethnicity.) Respected minister and expert on witchcraft. Brought to Salem to judge the veracity of the girls' claims.

Rev. Parris (Mid-40's to mid-50's. Male identifying. Open ethnicity.) Minister of the church in Salem. Self-righteous, austere, and controlling.

Abigail Williams (18 to early 20s. Female identifying. Open ethnicity.) An orphan, with an endless capacity for dissembling. Impulsive, strong willed, and passionate. Movement/dance background encouraged for this role.

Giles Corey (70's to 80's. Male identifying. Open ethnicity.) Salt of the earth, plainspoken, canny, inquisitive, and still powerful. A good-hearted man, who sometimes does not think before he speaks.

Susanna Wallcott (Late teens to early 20's. Female identifying. Open ethnicity.) One of the girls who joins Abigail in crying witchcraft. Slightly younger than Abigail. Movement/dance background encouraged for this role.

Mary Warren (Late teens to early 20's. Female identifying. Open ethnicity.) A subservient, naive, lonely girl. Movement/dance background encouraged for this role.

Betty Parris (10 to 15 years old. Female identifying. Open ethnicity.) Daughter of Rev. Parris. Youngest of the afflicted girls. Impressionable, nervous, and easily intimidated by Abigail. Movement/dance background encouraged for this role.

Judge Hathorne (60's to 70's. Male Identifying. Open ethnicity.) A bitter, remorseless Salem judge. Second in command to Danforth.

Tituba (Mid 40's to mid-50's. Female identifying. Black.) A woman from Barbados brought over to the colonies as Rev. Parris' slave. Wary and cautious, she is aware of the tenuousness of her situation.

Mercy Lewis (15 to early 20's. Female identifying. Open ethnicity.) A sly, merciless girl. Functions as second in command to Abigail. Movement/dance background encouraged for this role.

Thomas Putnam (40's to 50's. Male Identifying. Open ethnicity.) Savvy, politic, shrewd. Able to see an opportunity for profit.

Ann Putnam/Sarah Good/voice of Martha Corey (40's to 50's. Triple cast. Open ethnicity.) Ann Putnam, wife of Thomas Putnam: fretful and anxious/Sarah Good: a homeless woman and one of the first accused of witchcraft.

Francis Nurse (70's to 80's. Male identifying. Open ethnicity.) Rebecca Nurse's husband. Elder of Salem. Honest and straightforward.

Rebecca Nurse (70's to 80's. Female Identifying. Open ethnicity.) Francis Nurse's wife and elder of the community. Pious, kind, patient, and virtuous.

Ezekiel Cheever (30's to 40's. Male Identifying. Open ethnicity.) Officer of the court. Takes his responsibilities of the court very seriously. Torn between duty and humanity.

George Herrick (30's. Male Identifying. Open ethnicity.) Marshal of the court. Sympathetic and kind to the accused who are under his watch.

Actor stipend is $300.

Invictus Theatre does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or productions.

Audition Locations
Invictus Theatre
1106 W. Thorndale Ave
Chicago, IL 60660

March 5 Auditions
City Lit Theatre
1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Chicago, IL 60660

March 8 Callbacks
Invictus Theatre
1106 W. Thorndale Ave
Chicago, IL 60660