AUDITION for Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of the Four

Paid rehearsals & performances for this lively (partially blocked) stage reading with costume pieces…

Roles open:

  • Track 1 – Sherlock Holmes
  • Track 2 – Dr. Watson
  • Track 3 – Miss Mary Morstan
  • Track 5 – Thaddeus Sholto/Bartholemew Sholto, McMurdo, Inspector Athelney Jones

Submissions are now being accepted. SEND…

  • Resume
  • Headshot
  • URL to Reel/digital recording of you performing

to CASTING@PlacerRep.org.

  • Successful submissions are offered an audition appointment.
  • Audition appointments begin Friday, March 21, and the show will be cast before the end of March.

WHERE?

  • Rehearsals: Rocklin
  • Performances: April 24 Sacto, April 25 & 26 Auburn, May 2 Rocklin

 

WHO CAN APPLY?

  • Both nonunion and union performers may apply.
  • Early career to seasoned performers and those who seek to matriculate from community theater or preparatory programs are encouraged to apply.
  • All ethnicities and gender identities are welcomed and encouraged to submit materials.

 

Image of sherlock & watson on Sherlock Holmes Auditions 2025 page

ABOUT THIS SHOW

According to the playwright, “This comedic detective story, based upon the work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, explores the passive aggressive nature inherent in close relationships. The dueling narrators, Holmes & Watson, recount the famous case of The Sign of the Four, while revealing their opposing viewpoints on the human experience and the struggles related to power and status shifts in relationships, even as the plot exhibits the rippling damage done as characters pursue their individual dark ambitions. An ensemble cast of 5 or more actors portray the many colorful characters who inhabit this exciting play for general audiences.

Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of the Four is the final 2024-2025 main season offering. Prior seasons’ themes included ‘Seeing Red’ and ‘The Two-Sided Coin of Desire & Fear,’ which prefaced the company’s 2024-2025 theme. “What seemed an appropriate theme for our times is “Dark Ambitions,” said Producing Artistic Director Teresa Stirling Forsyth. “No matter what side you are on regarding any conflict, the situation is ripe for one or both factions to ‘take things too far,’ which inevitably leads to direct and collateral damage. This season’s plays were selected because they represented the pursuit of an ambition at great cost to individuals (Sherlock), families/allies (Corsican Brothers), or to a nation (Macbeth).”

 

This is the final main season show for the 2024-2025 season.

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Sherlock Holmes Auditions 2025

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