I Regret Nothing

By Csaba Szekely, 

a drama  

Casting 2 men, 1 women.  No experience necessary.

Auditions will be cold readings from the script. 

Character Breakdown

Dominic (male, 60-70s. May consider younger): Gruff and bitter former high-ranking member of the Secret Police, until he forms a friendship with Liza that he’s willing to go to any lengths to protect. 

Alex (male, 40-50s. May consider younger): Charming and disarming, but with an undercurrent of sinister. He is a former colleague of Dominic that has recently come to visit but seems to have ulterior motives. 

Liza (female, young adult able to appear younger in age): Dominic’s upstairs neighbor. She is on the Autism spectrum. Friendless, save for a dog named Voldemort, she enters Dominic’s life unexpectedly. She struggles to understand metaphors and is obsessed with dogs.

Performance dates: 

November 13-16 & 20-23

Director: John Hutchinson

Dominic is an elderly pensioner, living alone in a small flat, and none of his neighbors know who he really is: during Ceausescu’s dictatorship, he used to be one of the Romanian secret service’s high-ranking officers, a cold-blooded torturer. Dominic has no remorse, since he considers those deeds patriotic acts. He is, however, done with the past. But his past isn’t done with him: one day a former colleague visits him to ask for a favor, and on the same day he befriends his neighbou’s Aspergers daughter, who then turns his life upside down. Dominic realizes that in order to deal with the past, he must go beyond limits he would never have thought himself capable. And so, his journey to repentance begins. 

Includes strong language and descriptions of violence.