CASTING CALL
A KILLING SNOW (Equity and Non-Equity)
By Paul Ciufo
Directed by Tara Beagan
ENGAGEMENT COMPANY AND OUTSIDE DATES
Vertigo Theatre (Calgary) – rehearsals begin February 17, 2026; opens March 19, 2026; closes April 12, 2026.
PRODUCTION DESCRIPTION
Four strangers take shelter in Gerald Goldie’s secluded farmhouse during a Huron County blizzard. As they wait out the storm, frightening Latin phrases begin to appear on the walls and it becomes clear that there is murder on someone’s mind. The stranded guests have a choice – escape the house of terror and face death in the blizzard, or tempt the Fates by remaining. What would you do?
This rural, suspense-packed whodunnit by Canadian playwright Paul Ciufo will have audiences guessing throughout, in a play that evokes as much mysticism as it does mystery.
ROLES TO BE CAST
ALENA PETR Female Presenting able to play 60
Ambitious & articulate. “Fashionable.” Academically intelligent. PhD. University professor of classics. Lives on the lake. Prone to being a bit superior. A mother of distanced adult children. 3-time divorcee. Put herself through school. Has romantic and competitive history with Gerald.
LIBBY Female Presenting able to play 58-59
“Plain” & practical. She likely knits. An empath/seer. Spiritually intelligent. Kind. Local to Huron County. Has a daughter in her mid 20s. Family centered. Romantic history with Gerald, and had to find her own closure after a messy end.
CALLIE RUTLEDGE Female Presenting able to play 28
“Brainy.” Defensive. Academically & behaviourally intelligent. Ex-pat, now living in Toronto, still has working-class family in Huron County. Sardonic humour. Master’s student of classics.
JACK VAN BAKEL Male Presenting able to play mid-late 20s
Devil-may-care. Outwardly confident. Works hard, plays hard. Full time farmer and sometimes model. Prone to colloquialisms. Practical intelligence. Local to Huron County. “Just folks” style humour. Deliberately undercuts his own smarts so he will be underestimated.
GERALD GOLDIE Male Presenting able to play 60
Surly intelligence. Former teacher (no PhD) known to be hard on students. Local to the area. Prone to condescension. Not into socializing. Romantic history with Alena, and resentful of her academic success. Romantic history with Libby and not proud of how their relationship ended.
AUDITION DATES
May 8 and 9, 2025.
CASTING PROCESS
Selected candidates will be provided with scenes to work from during the auditions. A reader will be provided. The audition space is accessible and barrier-free.
Vertigo Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, and engages professional artists under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement.
Vertigo Theatre has a responsibility to create work spaces where people are comfortable in a creation process, and can be themselves in every capacity. With this in mind, we encourage submissions from those who identify as Indigenous, Black, or POC as well as 2SLGBTQIA+, Disabled/People with Disabilities and/or Neuro-Divergent people.
If there are any potential barriers (language, disability, or any other considerations) preventing you from applying to audition, please let us know and we will work with you to find a suitable application process.
HOW TO SUBMIT
We would like to request a submission package consisting of:
• headshot
• resume
Please submit packages through the following link by 11:59pm on April 22, 2025:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KSauditions2025
*We will not be collecting hard copies of headshots and resumes at the audition. The audition panel will receive them all electronically.
DEADLINE for submission packages is April 22, 2025.
LOCAL SUBMISSIONS ONLY FOR THIS CASTING CALL.
CAEA Members will be given first priority.
Laura Couch
Company Manager, Vertigo Theatre
auditions@vertigotheatre.com
