Conejo Players Theatre to hold auditions for 'Angel Street'

Conejo Players Theatre will have auditions for "Angel Street" Sun. through Tues., Jan. 21 to 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Callbacks will be Wed., Jan. 24. The theater is at 351 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks.

The audition will consist of a cold reading from the script, but actors may also perform a prepared monologue. No appointment is necessary. There is no pay.

First produced as "Gaslight," "Angel Street" tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Manningham. Mr. Manningham is slowly torturing his wife into insanity under the guise of kindness. While he is out, Mrs. Manningham is visited by "Rough" from Scotland Yard. Rough becomes convinced that Mr. Manningham is a maniacal criminal wanted for a murder committed 15 years before.

The roles are: Mr. Manningham, 35 to 45, tall and goodlooking; Mrs. Manningham, 28 to 35, once a beauty but with a haggard appearance; Elizabeth, 50, amiable, subservient, with a lower-class accent; Nancy, 19, self-conscious, pretty and cheeky; Rough, 35 to 60, graying, short, wiry and overbearing.

The show will run April 13 through May 12, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. on April 15 and May 6.

For more information, call (805) 983-2016.