THE WILD DUCK - NYC EPA
Various Producers
AUDITION DATE
Monday, April 7, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
Theatre for a New Audience: $1011 weekly minimum (LORT C)
Shakespeare Theatre Company: $1144 weekly minimum (LORT B) + RT Economy trains and a private corporate apartment
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in THE WILD DUCK at Theatre for a New Audience and Shakespeare Theatre Company (see breakdown). No roles will be understudied.
PREPARATION
Please prepare one classic monologue of your choice from the late 19th century and 20th century (e.g., but not limited to Ibsen, Chekhov, Williams, Miller, Anouilh, etc.).
LOCATION
Polonsky Shakespeare Center
262 Ashland Pl
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Press the buzzer to enter the theatre.
PERSONNEL
Text: Henry Ibsen
A new version by David Eldridge
Director: Simon Godwin
Expected to attend:
Jack Doulin, Casting Director
Emma Paoletti, assistant
OTHER DATES
Theatre for a New Audience:
1st Rehearsal: July 24, 2025
Load-In Starts: August 11, 2025
1st Tech: August 26, 2025
1st Preview: September 2, 2025
Opening night: September 12, 2025
Closing w/Extension: September 28, 2025
Shakespeare Theatre Company:
First Tech: Tuesday, October 14, 2025
First Preview: Saturday, October 18, 2025
Opening: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Closing: Sunday, November 16, 2025
Ext. Closing: Sunday, October 23, 2025
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
BREAKDOWN
The Wild Duck
Text: Henry Ibsen
“A new version by” David Eldridge
Director: Simon Godwin
Actors are encouraged to audition for whatever role(s) they wish.
SEEKING:
Hakon Werle – Sixties, a tough businessman, uncompromising and high status.
Gregers Werle – His son. Late thirties/early forties – the force of change in the play – fiery, uncompromising with a dangerous charm and piercing sense of righteousness. Edgy.
Old Ekdal – Sixties, a broken former military man who has been reduced to an inhibited life after being accused of legal wrongdoing. A kind man with traces of being a soldier.
Hjalmar Ekdal - His son. Late thirties/early forties. A man of high hopes and bold dreams but crippled by a sense of social inferiority. A dreamer, emotional and highly strung. Heartfelt, determined yet carrying a vulnerability.
Gina Ekdal – His wife. Last thirties/early forties. Capable, with a deep strength. A passionate mother and matriarch who is determined to defend her life and its complex foundations.
Hedwig – Their daughter. Fourteen. Awkward, loving, emotional and losing her sight. The febrile heart of the play.
Mrs Sorby – The housekeeper and fiancée of Hakon Werle. Late fifties/early sixties. A big presence – practical and of the countryside - but now enjoying her elevated status. There is an edge of glamour to her and of, finally, making good by her imminent marriage.
Relling – A doctor. Late fifties/early sixties. Forthright, jovial and unafraid to speak his mind. He was once tied romantically to Mrs Sorby. Now the only one brave enough to stand up to Gregers.
Pettersen – A servant to Hakon Werle. Could be a man or woman in their twenties, thirties or forties.
Jensen – a hired waiter. A man in their thirties or forties.
Captain Balle - a dinner guest,
Mr Flor - a dinner guest.
DOUBLING:
Relling and Captain Balle will be doubled.
