Ravenscroft Auditions – Inspector Ruffing
Ravenscroft
By Don Nigro
Directed by Pauline Davies
On stage 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 August 2026
Rehearsals: Starting Sunday 7 June
Monday & Thursdays 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Sundays 1:30 – 5pm
Audition date: Sunday 10th May
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Windsor School of Arts
381 Lutwyche Rd, Windsor
How to Audition
- Download the Audition pack PDF (contains character descriptions, rehearsal schedule)
- Fill out the Audition registration form
- Email a headshot and acting CV to the Directors at
Practice the audition pieces: There are 3 audition pieces available in the audition pack. You may be asked to perform all of them, so full memorization isn’t required. But best to be familiar with them.
Membership fees: If you are cast for a role, you are required to become a 2026 financial member of Growl Theatre, which is $30 per calendar year (expires December 2026)
Other Costs: Growl Theatre will provide the vast majority of your costume. Cast will be required to bring their own makeup basics (including foundation, eyeliner etc).
Characters (description & ages)
- Inspector Ruffing, 30-50 years
A weary, intelligent detective called to investigate a suspicious death. Rational, methodical, and increasingly unsettled as the women of Ravenscroft outmanoeuvre him. He begins confident and controlled but slowly unravels under the house’s psychological pressure.Role requirements: Dry comic timing; Ability to shift from authority to vulnerability; Stamina – he is onstage for much of the play.
Auditions for the female roles will be announced later.
About the Play
A body lies at the foot of the stairs in a lonely country manor. Inspector Ruffing is called in to discover the truth, but nothing at Ravenscroft is straightforward. Five women—each with her own secrets, suspicions, and eccentricities—draw the detective into a world of tangled relationships, eerie undercurrents, and darkly comic revelations.
Is Ravenscroft haunted? Is the truth hidden in the walls—or in the hearts of its inhabitants?
Don Nigro’s Ravenscroft is a witty, gothic mystery with a dry sense of humour, twisting suspense, and a cast of characters who keep both the detective and the audience guessing until the very end.