Auditions
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, translated by William Archer and Edmund Gosse
Directed by Ella Mizera
Produced by Steel City Shakespeare Center
Auditions:
Saturday, July 18th(12-5pm) at Northmont United Presbyterian Church (8169 Perry Hwy, Pittsburgh, PA 15237) and virtual by appointment.
Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue written 1900 or later.Sides will be provided at the audition for warm reads (you will be given 5-10 minutes to look over them before reading in front of the director).
Auditions are open to anyone age 18+, no prior experience needed.
Content warnings: onstage and offstage suicide, discussions of suicide, guns (onstage use of firearm replicas [non-firing, no blanks used] and gunshot sound effects), discussion of alcoholism, drinking, possibly themes of sexual coercion.
Link to the uncut script: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4093/4093-h/4093-h.htm
Character descriptions and breakdown: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rQpvV6EFwfMiqliXGUymZzKuCH5Xc1A-/view?usp=sharing. Please note that the roles of Hedda and Berta are cast.
If you are unable to make this time, fill out this form as usual and email Ella at mizera802@gmail.com to make alternate arrangements.
This production will use an intimacy coordinator.
Rehearsals:August 1-September 26 at Northmont United Presbyterian Church.
Tentative rehearsal calendar: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z0VPlsLZUrjVJlsRnKRgrAAuC3Yd9ee7zRNAb1QaUSA/edit?usp=sharing
Rehearsals are weekday evenings and Saturday afternoons. There will not be rehearsals on Sundays.
First read will be August 1. There will not be rehearsals August 2-6.
Not all actors will be called for each rehearsal.
Tech Week:September 28-October 1 at the Providence Heights Motherhouse on the La Roche University campus (9000 Babcock Blvd, Allison Park, PA 15101). All actors are required to attend all tech week rehearsals and shows.
Performances:
Friday, October 2nd, 7pm
Saturday, October 3rd, 7pm
Sunday, October 4th, 2pm
Friday, October 9th, 7pm
Saturday, October 10th, 7pm
Sunday, October 11th, 2pm (load-out directly after the show)
There is a stipend of $200 per actor.
For any questions or concerns, email Ella at mizera802@gmail.com.
