Auditions

Silhouette Stages announces auditions for its
October 2025 production of

 

THE CRUCIBLE by ARTHUR MILLER

 

Production Team

Director - Henry Cyr

Assistant Director - Megan Mostow Kaiser

Stage Manager - Dana Bonistalli

Movement Consultant - Julia L. Williams

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 This timeless classic challenges American ideas of power, intolerance, and justice. In the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts, a servant girl accuses a farmer’s wife of witchcraft. One accusation spirals into many, uncovering a web of bigotry and deceit that changes their lives forever. THE CRUCIBLE is both a gripping historical drama and an evergreen parable of contemporary society.

 

AUDITION DATES (Appointment Required) 

• Monday, July 14th, 2025 - 6:30pm-9:30pm

• Tuesday, July 15th, 2025 - 6:30pm-9:30pm

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Location for auditions and callbacks: Slayton House

10400 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia, MD, 21044

 

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CALLBACKS (By Invitation, as needed)

• Thursday, July 17th, 2025 - 6:30pm-9:30pm

 

AUDITION DETAILS/ REQUIREMENTS

ALL ROLES OPEN, Non-Union/Non-Paid

• People of all ethnicities, body types, sexual identities, gender identities and gender expressions are welcome to audition.

• Please arrive 10-15 minutes prior to your time

• Please prepare a monologue from a play written after the year 1900. The piece must not exceed two minutes in length. Monologues from The Crucible will not be accepted.

 If you wish, you may choose one of the following open scenes to prepare

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• With the exception of those auditioning for Betty Parris, all actors must be over 18. Aside from this requirement, all character age ranges indicate the characters’ appearance.

 

REHEARSALS

Rehearsals start July 28, 2025, at Slayton House, and will be held at the following times:

• Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30-9:30PM

• Saturdays from 10:00AM-2:00PM.

Tech week starts October 6th, 2025.

NOTE: There will be a rehearsal hiatus between August 27 and September 3.

 

PERFORMANCE DATES

10/10, 10/11, 10/17, 10/18, 10/24 and 10/25 @ 8PM

10/19, and 10/26 @ 2PM

 

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

 

Reverend Samuel Parris – 35-55, male-presenting – Minister of Salem’s church, disliked by many residents because of his power-hungry, greedy, and domineering personality. Supporting.

 

Betty Parris – 12-16, female-presenting, Reverend Parris’s daughter. Betty falls into a strange stupor after Parris catches her and the girls dancing in the forest with Tituba. Featured. (NOTE: Betty is the only role where the minimum actor age is 16 instead of 18).

 

Tituba – 20-50, female-presenting, preferably Black, POC or Indigenous Person – Enslaved by Reverend Parris. Accused as a witch by Abigail, after which she is troubled to mental instability, haunted by hallucinations and hysteria. Featured.

 

Abigail Williams – 17-25, female-presenting – Reverend Parris’s niece, formerly in service to the Proctor household. Smart, wily, a good liar, and vindictive when crossed, she uses her charismatic influence over the girls to gain power. Principal.

 

Susanna Walcott – 16-25, female-presenting – Susanna is a nervous and hasty girl, and one of the younger members of Abigail’s group of girls. In service to the town doctor. Featured.

 

Ann Putnam – 35-50, female-presenting – Thomas Putnam’s wife, has given birth to eight children, of whom seven died before they were a day old. Ann is convinced that they were murdered by supernatural means. Featured.

 

Thomas Putnam – 35-60, male-presenting – A wealthy, influential citizen of Salem, Putnam holds a grudge against Francis Nurse. He uses the witch trials to increase his own wealth by accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land. Featured.

 

Mercy Lewis – 16-25, female-presenting – In service to the Putnams, Mercy is a “sly, merciless girl,” and Abigail’s closest friend. Featured.

 

Mary Warren – 17-25, female-presenting – A timid servant in the Proctor household and a member of Abigail’s group of girls. Easily influenced by those around her and overpowered by her thoughts and feelings. Supporting.

 

John Proctor – 30-45, male-presenting – Local farmer who lives just outside town, husband to Elizabeth. A stern, harsh-tongued man, John hates hypocrisy. His hidden sin proves his downfall. Tries to keep a level head when the hysteria begins in Salem. Principal.

 

Rebecca Nurse – 60-80, female-presenting – Francis Nurse’s wife. Rebecca is a wise, sensible, and upright woman, held in highest regard by most of the Salem community. Featured.

 

Giles Corey – 60-80, male-presenting – An elderly but feisty farmer in Salem, famous for his tendency to file lawsuits. Friend of John Proctor. Supporting.

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Reverend John Hale – 25-40, male-presenting – A young minister from Beverly, reputed to be an expert on witchcraft, called in to Salem to examine Parris’s daughter. His critical mind and intelligence save him from falling into blind fervor. Principal.

 

Elizabeth Proctor – 25-40, female-presenting – John Proctor’s wife. Elizabeth is supremely virtuous, but often cold; especially to John, whom she can’t forgive for his recent sins. Principal.

 

Francis Nurse – 60-80, male-presenting– A wealthy, influential man in Salem. Nurse is well respected by most people in Salem, but is at odds with Thomas Putnam. Featured.

 

Ezekiel Cheever – 25-45, male-presenting – An astute but morally weak man from Salem who acts as the witch trials’ court clerk. Featured.

 

John Willard – 25-45, male-presenting – The marshal of Salem responsible for bringing defendants before the court. Sympathetic, he comes to disbelieve the witchcraft allegations. Featured.

 

Judge Hathorne – 50-75, male-presenting – A judge who presides, along with Danforth, over the witch trials. Cold, ignorant and antagonistic; known as the “hanging judge” of the era. Supporting.

 

Judge Danforth – 50-70, male-presenting – Deputy Governor of Massachusetts and presiding judge at the witch trials. Honest, scrupulous and the ultimate authority, at least in his own mind. Supporting.

 

Martha Corey – 45-60, female-presenting – Giles Corey’s third wife. Martha’s tendency to hide the books she reads lead to her arrest and conviction for witchcraft. Cameo.

 

Sarah Good – 35-50, female-presenting – one of the first to be accused of witchcraft, she is poor and often rejected from society. Pregnant at her trial. Cameo.

 

 

THE CRUCIBLE is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play

Service collection. (www.dramatists.com.)