Auditions

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

A play by Simon Stephens based on the novel by Mark Haddon

Directed by Simon Hayward

Auditions 

March 6:  St Andrews Church social hall, 101 Riverside Ave, Ben Lomond

March 7: London Nelson Center (Room #1),  301 Center St, Santa Cruz

6.30-8.45 pm

Callbacks 

March 9: 6.30-8.45 pm

Park Hall, 9400 Mill Street, Ben Lomond

Performances May 16-June 8, 2025, at Park Hall. 
Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons.

Rehearsals start 3/17/25, and will generally be Monday-Thursday evenings until tech week.

Roles available

  • Christopher Boone: 15-year-old autistic boy. Mathematically gifted.
  • Ed Boone – 42ish, Christopher’s father, plumber, runs a small business.
  • Judy Boone – 40, Christopher’s mother.
  • Siobhan – 30-35, Christopher’s teacher. Also acts as the play’s narrator.
  • Voice One – 42, also plays:
    • Mrs. Shears: Christopher’s neighbour.
    • Mrs. Gascoyne: the head of Christopher’s school.
    • Woman on Train
    • Shopkeeper
  • Voice Two – 45ish,  also plays:
    • Roger Shears: Mrs Shear’s ex-husband.
    • Mr. Wise: one of Christopher’s neighbours.
    • Duty Sergeant at Police Station
    • Man behind Counter at Station
    • Drunk One on Train
  • Voice Three – 30-40,  also plays:
    • A Policeman
    • Mr. Thompson: one of Christopher’s neighbours
    • London Policeman
    • Man with Socks
    • Drunk Two on Train
  • Voice Four – 50+,  also plays:
    • Reverend Peters: a priest and teacher at Christopher’s school.
    • Uncle Terry: Christopher’s uncle
    • Station Policeman
    • Station Guard
  • Voice Five – 30ish,  also plays:
    • Neighbor at No. 37
    • Lady in Street
    • Assistant at Information Kiosk
    • Punk Girl
  • Voice Six – 65+, also plays:
    • Mrs. Alexander: An old lady, one of Christopher’s neighbours.
    • Posh Woman on Train

Doubling may be adjusted to provide additional smaller roles if casting options support that. There may also be an opportunity for non-speaking roles with limited stage time. All actors neuro-typical, neuro-divergent, or however you identify, are welcome to audition.

The play is set in England but will not use British accents in performance. It contains 58 scenes which flow into one another. The whole company is onstage throughout. The production will not use any set but will have many projections and props, thus will require quite a lot of choreography even for roles not directly engaged in a scene. 

If you are auditioning for a speaking role please be prepared to deliver Chapter 5 of the original book by Mark Haddon as a monolog. You will also be asked to read from either the script or the original book. If you are interested but unable to attend the auditions, or cannot obtain the material from the book, please contact Donald Kerns dkerns@cruzio.com, the Production Manager, to see if other arrangements may be possible.

For background information the book by Mark Haddon from which the play is derived is recommended. Mickey Rowe was the first openly autistic actor to play Christopher Boone. He documented the experience, along with his life story, in his book Fearlessly Different. Also recommended is Daniel Tammet’s “Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant” which contains the following:

  • “It’s just the way my brain works.”
  • “I have an almost obsessive need for order and routine which affects virtually every aspect of my life. For example I eat exactly 45 grams of porridge for breakfast every morning; I weigh the bowl with an electronic scale to make sure. Then I count the number of items of clothing I’m wearing before I leave my house. I get anxious if I can’t drink my cups of tea at the same time each day. Whenever I become too stressed and I can’t breathe properly, I close my eyes and count. Thinking of numbers helps me to become calm again.”
  • “I had recited 22,514 digits of pi without error in five hours and nine minutes.”

All cast members will be expected to familiarize themselves with this material (and more). We will all contribute to sharing Christopher’s experience of the world and what we can learn from it.