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

• Character descriptions and breakdown. 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

• 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.