* OPEN CALL AUDITION NOTICE *

Ottawa Little Theatre presents

 

Holmes and Watson
By: Jeffrey Hatcher
Director: Alain Chamsi
Genre: Mystery
Production dates: October 26 – November 12, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. with matinees on October 30 & November 6, 2022 at 2:30 p.m.

All actors must be available for all performances

 

Open Call Audition:
Saturday, July 23 at 1:30 pm
Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to fill out your audition card – onstage readings will commence at 1:30pm sharp.

Audition Location:
Ottawa Little Theatre
400 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa
(Please use 235 Besserer Street entrance.)

Please note:  All Ottawa Little Theatre staff and volunteers – including cast members – must be fully vaccinated (i.e. min. 2 doses) against COVID 19.

 

Synopsis:
Three years after beloved detective Sherlock Holmes plunged to his death off Reichenbach Falls, Dr. John H. Watson receives a telegram suggesting his old friend may still be alive. The mysterious wire was sent from a doctor who states that three patients in his care have each claimed to be the late Sherlock Holmes. Each matches Holmes’s physical description, but one holds valuable information that only the true Sherlock Holmes could know. Watson travels to the asylum to confront the three patients, convinced that one of them must be the real Holmes. As he investigates, Watson is drawn into a web of intrigue, murder, and surprise that reveals what really happened at Reichenbach Falls in the fateful confrontation between Holmes and his nemesis, Professor Moriarty.

 

Cast of Characters:

  • Sherlock Holmes (the three patients should be of similar build and type):
    • Patient #1 – possibly Sherlock Holmes
    • Patient #2 – possibly Sherlock Holmes
    • Patient #3 – possibly Sherlock Holmes
  • Watson – Male, 40s+
  • Evans – Male, 30s+
  • Orderly – Male, 40s+
  • Matron – Female, 30+

 

Audition Sides (click to view the pdf):

Scene 3: Dr Evans and Dr Watson – Part 1 (pg 10-11), Part 2 (pg 12) 

Scene 4: Dr Watson and Holmes 1 – Part 1 (page 13), Part 2 (pg 14-15) 

Scene 6: Dr Watson, Dr Evans and Holmes 2 – Part 1 (pg 18-19), Part 2 (pg 20-21)

Scene 10: Dr Evans, Inspector and Woman – Part 1 (pg 26& 27),  Part 2 (pg 28-29) 

Scene 13: Holmes 1, Holmes 2, Dr Watson and Dr Evans – Part 1 (pg 38-39),  Part 2 (pg 40-41)

Scene 14+15: Dr Watson, Dr Evans, Holmes 3 and Moriarty – Part 1 (pg 42-43), Part 2 (pg 44-45),  Part 3 (pg 46)