WAR OF THE WORLDS CAST

UPDATE!

AUDITION REQUEST

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are still searching for the actor to play Professor Pierson. Unfortunately, Gordon Williams, who was originally cast in the role, is no longer able to participate in the new production due to a prior commitment.

We are now looking for a male or female actor with a New England accent to fill this very important role. If you are interested in auditioning, please record the script below, reading only the lines for Professor Pierson.

Please submit your audition to this folder by noon this Wednesday, October 8th.

SCRIPT/COPY

(LONG PAUSE)

(WHISPER) Ladies and gentlemen, I have just been informed that we have finally established communication with an eyewitness of the tragedy. Professor Pierson has been located at a farmhouse near Grovers Mill, where he has established an emergency observation post. As a scientist, he will give you his explanation of the calamity. The next voice you hear will be that of Professor Pierson, brought to you by direct wire. Professor Pierson.

(FEEDBACK. THEN FILTERED VOICE)

PIERSON: Of the creatures in the rocket cylinder at Grovers Mill, I can give you no authoritative information — either as to their nature, their origin, or their purposes here on earth. Of their destructive instrument, I might venture some conjectural explanation. For want of a better term, I shall refer to the mysterious weapon as a heat ray. It’s all too evident that these creatures have scientific knowledge far in advance of our own. It is my guess that in some way they are able to generate an intense heat in a chamber of practically absolute nonconductivity. This intense heat they project in a parallel beam against any object they choose, by means of a polished parabolic mirror of unknown composition, much as the mirror of a lighthouse projects a beam of light. That is my conjecture of the origin of the heat ray . . .

-AMU TEAM