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Audition for Understudy Henry Percival: Male – White, late 60s to early 70s. Reading Sides from Script with partner. It is a two-person show. Synopsis
Decades ago Henry Percival wrote a bestselling novel about the murder of a young Black woman. Cultural critic Xan Smith reluctantly accepts a commission to write a study exploring how white male novelists of Henry’s generation (mis)treated characters of color. The project can interest only a meager audience of academics, pay a few months’ rent. But Xan is stunned when Henry admits that the murder in his novel was taken straight from fact—and that he was involved. Now Xan is sitting on a bestseller of her own! Two-Act show.
Material to Prepare:
Please send headshot/resume to HerStoryTheatre@gmail.com. Once received will send Sides and set audition times.
Time Commitment:
Rehearsals start March 1, 2026 Tech March 23. Previews March 28. Opening April 1st. Closing April 19, 2026 at The Den Theatre MainStage 2nd Floor.
Character Type/Restrictions:
Henry Percival is a famous writer, now a reclusive at the end of his career, living in a rural home in the woods. Grumpish and impatient. Audition for Understudy only: Henry Percival: Male - White, late 60s to early 70s.
To apply for this job email your details to HerStoryTheatre@gmail.com