05/21/2026
Oyster Mill Playhouse will be holding auditions for the character of RHODA PENMARK in our premiere production of BAD SEED, newly adapted by Rob Urbinati!
PLEASE NOTE: the June 21st audition is for the character of Rhoda only. All other characters will be auditioned on the previously scheduled dates of July 12th and 13th.
AUDITIONS: BAD SEED (Rhoda only).
AUDITION DATES: Sunday, June 21st
AUDITION TIME: 5:00pm
DIRECTOR: Matthew Golden
PERFORMANCE DATES: September 11th-27th 2026
DIRECTOR’S NOTES:
* Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
* Actor may perform a monologue if they have one prepared, but this is not required.
* Age ranges given are playing ages. However, the actors need to visually portray the familial relationships in a convincing way.
* Actors of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sizes, etc. are encouraged to audition.
CHARACTER:
* Rhoda Penmark (female-presenting, pre-teen): a pretty little girl, outwardly perfect, morally blind, and a master of manipulation. Although the character is a child, the director will consider both child and young adult performers for the role.
SYNOPSIS: The scene is a small Southern town where Colonel and Christine Penmark live with their daughter, Rhoda. Little Rhoda Penmark is the evil queen of the story. On the surface she is sweet, charming, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at a picnic, Mrs. Penmark is alarmed. For the boy who was drowned was the one who had won the penmanship medal that Rhoda felt she deserved…
Oyster Mill Playhouse will be the first theatre to produce a fully staged production of the newly adapted version by Rob Urbinati!
Content Advisory: Discussion and themes of death, murder, alcohol and drunkenness, and the loss of a child.
