2026 - 2027 Auditions
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
About the show
A Bram-new comedy you can really sink your teeth into. Filled with clever wordplay and anything-goes pop culture references, it’s a 90-minute, gender-bending, quick-changing, laugh-out-loud reimagining of the gothic classic, perfect for audiences of all blood types.
In the treacherous mountains of Transylvania, a meek English real estate agent takes a harrowing journey to meet a new and mysterious client, who just happens to be the most terrifying and ferocious monster the world has ever known. As famed female vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing and company chase Drac from Transylvania to the British countryside to London and back, their antics are guaranteed to increase your pulse and cause bloodcurdling screams—of laughter
Director: Jeremy Webb
Rehearsal Dates: September 8 - October 2, 2026
Show Dates: September 30 - October 25, 2026
Character Breakdown:
Please note that the play sends up gender 'norms,' and all characters can be played by actors of any gender, ethnicity, age or type.
Actor 1: Harker/Suitors/Bosun/Gravedigger
Actor 2: Dr. Westfeld/Renfield/Captain
Actor 3: Lucy/Kitty/Driver
Actor 4: Mina/Van Helsing
Actor 5: Dracula*
***NOTE: The role of Dracula is currently on offer.***
JONATHAN HARKER: (RP British dialect), prim and proper and obsessive compulsive real estate agent, frightened of his own shadow. Engaged to his childhood crush Lucy Westfeldt and enamored of her fearlessness. Once bitten he loosens up...a lot...and becomes a Tom Jones style rock star in leather pants.
LORD CAVENDISH: (Scottish dialect) Lucy's suitor; a Scottish dolt.
LORD WINDSOR: (RP British dialect) Lucy's suitor; posh, British and petulant.
LORD HAVEMERCY: (Elvis dialect) Lucy's arrogant suitor from Memphis, a la Elvis.
BOSUN: (Irish dialect) A scurvy seaman who goes down with the ship in a storm.
GRAVEDIGGER:(Cockney dialect) A drunk gravedigger with a secret.
WESTFELDT: (RP British dialect), Lucy and Mina's Father, a blowhard; self-important misogynist given to proclamations. A doctor caring for the criminally insane, he has recently lost his wife to consumption.
RENFIELD: (Cockney dialect and salivary issues): insane patient of Dr. Westfeldt who lives to serve and loves to eat bugs. In a word, the dude is nuts.
CAPTAIN:(Sea Captain dialect) The salty captain of a doomed ship caught in a raging storm.
LUCY WESTFELDT: (RP British dialect) Brilliant plucky earth scientist daughter of Dr. Westfeldt, she is full of energy and the spirit of adventure and often underestimated because of her beauty. Engaged to Jonathan, but when Dracula moves to Whitby, she is curious about his strange ways and impressed by their similar interests.
KITTY: (Cockney dialect): A dotty kleptomaniac patient of Dr. Westfeldt's, she serves as a maid in his house. Think Mrs.Lovett but servile and easily distracted.
DRIVER: (Eastern European or Russian dialect) The male, Transylvanian driver of the carriage carrying Jonathan to Dracula's castle and tries to warn him. Borat meets Boris and Natasha.
MINA WESTFELDT: (RP British dialect), the less attractive, less intelligent Westfeldt daughter, she lives in her sister Lucy's shadow and is desperate for attention. She is immediately (pathetically) receptive to Dracula's charms.
VAN HELSING: (German dialect a la Mel Brooks): Brilliant and sturdy German vampire hunting doctor from the University of Schmutz. Deadly serious in the way Germans can be, she is accustomed to people not believing she is a real doctor. Strong, smart, unt bold, she is a woman of action.
Audition Requirements:
Those selected to audition will be asked to prepare material provided. The sides will be sent to those auditioning 5 days before the audition date.
We will accept and view self tape applications only by invitation. Those auditioning by tape will be sent sides with 5 days’ notice and can upload their tapes to the Neptune casting portal in ONE file.
Audition Location
Details to be sent with the audition invitation.
Neptune Theatre’s audition, rehearsal, and performance spaces are all physically accessible via ramps and elevators.
How to apply:
Please submit via our submission portal at https://neptunetheatre.submit.com/show/2 by January 21. Please upload your headshot and resume and clearly label them with your name, eg Joe_Smith.
Only those selected for an audition will be contacted.
If you already have a profile, do NOT create a new one. Select the show and characters you wish to be considered for.
Ethno-cultural mandate or ethno-cultural casting statement:
Neptune Theatre seeks to promote equity, inclusion, and access by amplifying voices and stories that have been historically marginalized or underrepresented, and we factor this into every decision we make. We encourage submissions from artists of all genders, ethnicities, abilities, and identities, and will give scheduling priority to those who self-identify as IBPOC, LGBTQ2S+, d/Deaf, living with disabilities, and/or facing other systemic challenges in our industry.
Applying artists should be aware that Neptune does not tolerate any form of harassment of its employees, clients, volunteers, or any persons visiting or spending time on its premises.
Neptune Theatre’s audition, rehearsal, and performance spaces are all physically accessible via elevators and ramped surfaces.
