April 18, 2026

Audition for THE CRUCIBLE

Adobe Theater Albuquerque, New Mexico

Directed by Georgia Athearn

Auditions will be held at Adobe Theater, 9813 North 4th Street, Albuquerque, 87114.

Audition Dates: Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 11 AM to 3 PM and Sunday, April 19, 2026, from 6 PM to 8 PM. Callbacks will be determined later.

Show Dates: September 4 through September 27, 2026. Please note there are 2 Thursday performances (10th & 24th) and one Saturday matinee (19th).

Rehearsals begin the week of July 6, 2026.

For further information, please contact the director at [email protected].

Casting: All ethnicities and genders are encouraged to audition for all parts of the play. Please prepare a 2-minute monologue. There will be cold readings from the script.

ALL ROLES AVAILABLE:

FEMALE ROLES:

Betty Parris: A young girl afflicted with evil spirits, daughter of Reverend Parris.

Abigail Williams: A young woman, niece of Reverend Parris and former servant of the Proctor household. She is a haunted, conniving young woman who must survive.

Mercy Lewis: A young woman who is servant to the Putman’s. She is severe and merciless.

Mary Warren: A young woman who is naïve and lonely. Servant to the Proctor’s.

Susanna Walcott: A young nervous, hurried woman. Doctor Gigg’s employee.

Tituba: Any age. She is a slave of Reverend Parris. Mixed race and indigenous.

Sarah Good: Older woman, the first to be accused of witchcraft.

Mrs. Ann Putman: 30’s to 50’s. A grief-stricken woman who is haunted by the deaths of all but one child. Her 8th child has fallen ill.

Rebecca Nurse: 60s or 70s. A gentle, honorable, Christian woman.

Elizabeth Proctor: 30’s or 40’s woman who is honest, loyal and tolerant but betrayed by the actions of her husband.

MALE ROLES:

Reverend Parris: Vain and prideful. A leader of his community and a protector to his daughter.

Thomas Putman: 50’s. A vindictive, ambitious landowner who is out for more land grabs as the trials proceed. Husband to Ann Putman.

Francis Nurse: 70’s. A reputable, honorable landowner. Husband to Rebecca Nurse.

John Proctor: 40’s. Elizabeth’s husband. A minor landowner and an adulterer.

Giles Corey: 60’s or 70’s. A minor landowner and John Proctor’s friend.

Reverend John Hale: Any age. A confident, righteous and self-assured minister.

Deputy-Governor Danforth: Older. An unyielding politician jailing and executing suspects during the trials, despite proof of being innocent.

Judge Hathorne: Older. A fanatical judge who believes wholeheartedly in the power of government and is unwilling to bend his beliefs.

Ezekiel Cheever: Any age. A dutiful clerk serving warrants to the accused.

John Willard: Any age. A drunken and disillusioned jailer.

Hopkins: Any age. Another jailer and/or marshal.

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