Show: GO BACK FOR MURDER
Theater: Somerset Valley Players
Theater Website: https://www.svptheatre.org/casting-call-go-back-for-murder/
Theater Phone: (908) 369-7469
Start date of auditions: 07/20/2026
GO BACK FOR MURDER
by Agatha Christie
Director: Roberta Steve
Producer: Todd Bennington
Sponsored by: Christian and Christine Jensen
Audition Dates:
Monday, July 20th at 7:00 PM and
Thursday, July 23rd at 7:00 PM
Audition Location:
Somerset Valley Playhouse
Located at
689 Amwell Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Directions to Somerset Valley Players
SPECIAL NOTES FOR AUDITIONERS
Auditioners must sign up for a slot via the link below:
Audition sides (excerpts from the script) will be provided at auditions.
A general upper-class British accent is required for all parts except for Carla Crale and Jeff Rogers.
Actors cast in several roles will portray their characters in scenes that take place 16 years apart. While costuming and styling will help define the characters’ ages visually, we are looking for actors who are able to differentiate ages vocally and with physicality.
The characters of Justin Fogg and Carla Crale have an immediate romantic chemistry. Actors cast will be required to embrace/kiss.
The rehearsal schedule will be developed based on the availability of the actors cast. Actors cast as Carla/Caroline, Justin, and Jeff/Amyas should expect to be at the majority of rehearsals. It is expected that rehearsals will be held 3 evenings per week until Tech Week.
All actors will be required to be available for all performances and the entirety of Tech Week rehearsals.
TECH WEEK: October 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
PERFORMANCES: October 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, November 1, 6, 7, 8.
The show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.
NOTE: A significant number of conflicts reported after casting can result in the offer of a role being rescinded.
All potential rehearsal conflicts need to either be listed on your audition form or attached to the form.
*** Significant conflicts which arise after casting may result in a role being recast. ***
Please email with any questions: vp_production@svptheatre.org
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Director Roberta Steve is seeking:
6* Males: Ages 35-60
4** Females: Ages 16-60
*Actors cast in these roles will double:
Turnbull/Meredith Blake
Jeff Rogers/Amyas Crale
**Actress cast as Carla also portrays her mother, Caroline, in flashbacks
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Justin Fogg, 30-38
Intelligent attorney who’s taken over his father’s practice. Attractive and amiable. Also very clever and observant.
Carla Crale/Caroline Crale, 20-30
Carla – beautiful, bright, and confident but yearning for closure on her father’s murder and to clear her mother’s name. Raised in Canada she does not have an English accent.
Caroline (Carla’s mother) – beautiful, gracious, elegant woman tormented by her husband’s infidelities.
Jeff Rogers, 30-38
Handsome, rich, and full of himself. Carla’s patronizing Canadian fiancé. [Same actor will play Amyas Crale.]
Philip Blake, 40-50
Rich, sharp-tongued executive. Very aware of his station in life and expects others deference. Brother of Meredith Blake, close friend of Amyas Crale and resentful of Caroline.
Meredith Blake, 40-50
Older brother of Philip, and childhood friend of Amyas and Caroline. Eccentric absent-minded professor type. [The same actor plays Turnbull.]
Lady Melksham (Elsa Greer), 25-40
Beautiful, possessive, seductive young woman who comes between Amyas and Caroline; in later years she is bitter and jaded.
Miss Williams, 40-50
Opinionated, stern governess. Deeply loyal to Caroline and disdainful of Amyas.
Angela Warren, 18-30
Caroline’s high spirited younger half-sister. Despite sibling rivalry they are close. As an adult she is a famous adventurer and author.
Amyas Crale, 35-50
Carla’s father and Caroline’s unfaithful husband. He is a brilliant artist and magnetic personality. He knows he is hurting his wife but incapable/unwilling to restrain the impulses that fuel his creativity. [The same actor plays Jeff Rogers.]
Turnbull, 50+
Longstanding clerk in Justin’s father’s law practice. Courtly, old-fashioned bearing. [This actor doubles as Meredith Blake.]
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Somerset Valley Players are committed to diverse, inclusive casting. Non-descript roles are available to all performers, regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, disability, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis.
For further information call 908.369.7469
