Audition Notice

River City Community Players is pleased to announce auditions for our Fall production of Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill. Auditions are scheduled for May 17-18 from 7-9pm. 

Those wishing to audition are encouraged to sign up though walk-ins are also welcome. Callbacks will be held, if needed, on Tuesday, May 19 at 7pm. 

Auditions will consist of readings from the script in various groups.  Sides will be provided.

Auditions are at Gayton Kirk Presbyterian Church, 11421 Gayton Road, Henrico, Virginia, 23238.  Please either send your headshot (or recent selfie) and resume to brandystevens434@gmail.com or bring a printed copy of each to the audition. If sending your headshot and resume digitally, please send each as separate files attached to the email.  Make sure to include your full name.  

There will be one readthrough on May 26th at 7pm.  Rehearsals will begin in July, 2026. There will be 6 total performances between September 11 and September 20.  No performers are paid.

This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous and timely, this Pride and Prejudice for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. The outspoken Lizzy Bennet is determined to never marry, despite mounting pressure from society. But can she resist love, especially when that vaguely handsome, mildly amusing and impossibly aggravating Mr. Darcy keeps popping up at every turn?! Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical or so full of life as it does in this effervescent adaptation. Because what turns us into greater fools than the high-stakes game of love? 

Character Breakdown

Director Candace Hudert seeks a strong ensemble to portray all of the characters in Pride and Prejudice.  The below character breakdown is suggested, but subject to change:

Actor 1: Jane Bennet and Miss de Bourgh, late 20s-mid 30s, mild movement, F

Actor 2: Lizzy Bennet, late 20s-mid 30s, medium movement, F

Actor 3: Lydia Bennet and Lady Catherine, teenager, medium movement, F

Actor 4: Mister Darcy, 30s - early 40s, medium to mild movement, M

Actor 5: Mr. Collins, Wickham, and Miss Bingley, 30s, high movement, F&M

Actor 6: Mr. Bingley and Mary Bennet, Mid 30s-early 40s, high movement, F&M

Actor 7: Charlotte Lucas and Mr. Bennet, 40s-early 50s, medium movement, F&M

Actor 8: Mrs. Bennet and Servants, Late 40s-50s+, high movement, F&M 

Character Descriptions

JANE: The eldest and most beautiful Bennet daughter.  Kind, idealistic, diffident.  Always tries to do the right thing.

MISS DE BOURGH: Lady Catherine's daughter; a gremlin.  Probably allergic to the sun.  Under all the veils, she may as well be covered in scales.

LIZZY: Clever, spirited; can be sharp-tongued.  Gets flustered, which makes her klutzy.  Prides herself on good judgement.  Not especially beautiful.  Very, very scared of marriage, after absorbing the lessons of her parents' marriage.

LYDIA: 14. The youngest Bennet.  Lively, prone to imitating others' behavior and eavesdropping.

LADY CATHERINE: Patrician Caesar-meets-drill-sergeant.

MR. DARCY: One of the richest men in England.  Too proper for his own good; awkward in most social contexts.  Prides himself on self-control and good judgment.

MR. COLLINS: A pedantic, obtuse man.  The original mansplainer.  Rector to Lady Catherine.

WICKHAM: An unfairly handsome and charming gentleman.  Probably a sociopath.  Raised with Darcy.

MISS BINGLEY: A very rich, very beautiful young woman.  Fancies herself witty. 

MR. BINGLEY: Loves the world and the world loves him. Mr. Darcy's particular friend.  Almost literally a dog.

MARY: The third Bennet girl.  Violent and dark undertones; prone to pedanticism and sulking.  A dark goth Bronte character trapped in an Austen world.  Coughs to get attention, or to make a point; may fancy that she is dying.

CHARLOTTE LUCAS: Same age as Lizzy. A practical girl with a good sense of humor.  

MR. BENNET: The patriarch of the Bennet family.  Finds amusement in absurdity; often looks for respectable escape from the chaos of his family life.  Can be somewhat apathetic; probably a bit depressed, under everything.  Enjoys antagonizing.  Disappointed in marriage.

MRS. BENNET: The matriarch of the Bennet family.  Mostly a silly woman, of mean understanding and variable temper.  Hypochondriac; when she's upset, she fancies that she's dying.  The business of her life is to get her daughters married.  She traumatizes her family with some regularity.