HEDDA GABLER **Updated** Equity Principal Auditions - The Studio Theatre Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Thursday, August 27, 2015
10 AM to 2 PM

Contract
SPT
Tier 10; $671/week

Location
Studio Theatre (Washington DC)
1501 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

Seeking
Equity actors for various roles.

See breakdown.

Preparation
Prepare 2-minute contemporary monologue. Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.

Other Dates

First Rehearsal: Monday, April 11th, 2016

First Preview: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

Opening Night: Sunday, May 15th, 2016

Scheduled Close: Sunday, June 19th, 2016

Possible Extension until: Sunday, July 17th, 2016

Other
This will be a contemporary production.

Personnel
Artistic Dir: David Muse
Associate Artistic Director: Matt Torney

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
AEA members email: casting@studiotheatre.org for an appointment.
AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

This will be a contemporary production.

seeking:

Hedda Gabler
(25-35) Daughter of the famous General Gabler. Beautiful, intelligent, unpredictable, manipulative and sometimes dishonest. She is dissatisfied with her life.

George Tesman
(25-35) Tesman is an amiable, intelligent young scholar. He is ambitious and passionate about his work, and hopes for a professorship in history.

Julle Tesman
(55-65) Aunt Julle, is George Tesman’s aunt. After Tesman's parents died, Aunt Julle raised him. She is well-meaning, and she is constantly hinting that Tesman and Hedda should have a baby.

Judge Brack
(40-55) - Brack is a friend of both Tesman and Hedda, and he visits their house regularly. He has connections around the city, and seems to enjoy meddling in other people's affairs. He is a worldly and cynical man.

Ejlert Lövborg
(30-40) - A genius, Ejlert Lövoborg is Tesman’s biggest competitor in the academic world. After a series of scandals related to alcoholism and additction, he was once a public outcast but has now returned to the city and has published a book to rave reviews. He also has another manuscript that is even more promising..

Thea Elvsted
(25-35)- A meek but passionate woman. She and her husband hired Ejlert Lövborg as a tutor and she grew attached to Ejlert, acting as his personal secretary and aiding him in his research and writing. Mrs. Elvsted went to school with Hedda and remembers being bullied by her.

Berte
(60-70) - Berte is George and Hedda Tesman's servant. Formerly, she was the servant in Aunt Julle's household. She tries very hard to please Hedda, her new mistress, but Hedda is quite dissatisfied with her.