Open Call

8/24/2025 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Playhouse 615

11920 Lebanon Road Mt. Juliet, TN 37122

Cold reading from the script

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Callbacks if needed

8/26/2025 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location TBA

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• Performance Dates @ The Darkhorse Theatre in Nashville:

  • 10/24, 10/25, 10/30, 10/31, 11/1 at 7:30 PM​

  • 10/26 at 2:30 PM

• $200 stipend will be provided at strike, which follows the final show and is mandatory.

• Open call. Please arrive early to fill out an audition form and plan to stay for the entire audition session.

• Please bring a résumé and headshot if you have them.

• Arrive with your conflict calendar ready to list. No conflicts will be accepted after 10/12/25.

• Auditioners will read sides - nothing to prepare!

• Open to ages 18+.

• Questions? Email womenintheatrenashville@gmail.com

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PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:

Diane Bearden-Enright, Director
Stephanie Dillard, Executive Producer

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OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal August 28, 2025
First Preview October 22, 2025
Opening October 24, 2025
Closing November 1, 2025

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BREAKDOWN​

Most of the characters have British accents. Moriarty has a Cockney accent. Watson and Elliot Monk are American. The setting is today. And also spring 2021. Mostly set in London and the surrounding areas. Sometimes set in your theatre, right now, right this moment—look, we’re right behind you!

 

SEEKING

SHERLOCK HOLMES / as cast (30s-40s): female-identifying. A once-in-a-generation genius. Eccentric. Focused, to a fault. Can be less-than-sensitive. Always playing psychological 3D chess; operating on a totally different level than civilians. Like many geniuses, has a megalomaniac streak. Gets bored easily; likes applause; sometimes accused of being unfeeling. LOVES costumes and drama.

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DR. JOAN WATSON / as cast (30s-40s): female-identifying. American. Formerly type-A high achiever. Recently divorced; struggling to find herself, feels broken. Reflexively defensive. Once had great bedside manner. Sometimes accused of being a loser; is not a loser. Wry. Smart.

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IRENE ADLER / MRS. HUDSON / MRS. DREBBER / as cast (late 20s-40s): female-identifying.

IRENE ADLER: a whip-smart, super-charming sex worker finding success at the highest levels. Always playing psychological 3-D chess; operating on a totally different level than civilians. Has incredible charm, confidence, and wit, and she knows it—uses it without mercy. You may want to be Irene, or you may want to be with Irene; but you can’t ignore her.​

MRS. HUDSON: Holmes & Watson’s long-suffering landlady.

MRS. DREBBER: seemingly an ordinary housewife. Somebody you would be very wise not to underestimate.

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MORIARTY / LESTRADE / ELLIOT MONK / as cast (30s-50s): male-identifying.

MORIARTY: a criminal so great you’ve never heard of him. A master blackmailer; knows just when to play his cards.

Always playing psychological 3D chess; operating on a different level than civilians. Wears many masks. A professional. Amoral, but you’d like him.

LESTRADE: an inspector new to his position at Scotland Yard. Not very imaginative. Often says the wrong thing.

ELLIOT MONK: an amoral tech billionaire from Texas.

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WIT Nashville is committed to diversity and encourages all its participants to engage in a policy of equal opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, WIT encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.