Auditions for 2026 Iron Horse Theatre Company Productions:

AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT

*All actors/performers are volunteer, unpaid positions

Dates and Times:
Saturday February 7 (3-5 pm), Sunday February 8 (3-5 pm), Monday February 9 (7:00 -9:00pm)
 

Location: 
Iron Horse Community Theatre 348 Maplewood Ave. Ambridge, Pa. 15003

• You do not need to sign up for a slot. It is a first come first served audition. Just come in any time during the days and times posted.

Auditioning for a play: Please be prepared to do a short, memorized monologue. Head shots and resume’ are not required, but appreciated if you have them. We may also ask you to do a cold reading from the script.

Auditioning for a musical: Please be prepared to do a short, memorized monologue and 16 to 32 bars of a contemporary musical theatre song.  Unfortunately we will not have an accompanist. You can sing acapella or use your cell phone with a music track.  Head shots and resume’ are not required, but appreciated if you have them. We may also ask you to do a cold reading from the script. 

Plays, Musical, and Roles

 Copenhagen: Show dates - June 12th – 27th  (drama)

3 Characters:

Niels Bohr: Nobel Prize–winning physicist. Bohr is a humble, elder statesman of physics, revered by scientists around the world. Referred to as the “Pope” of modern physics, with Einstein being God. He is half Jewish.

Werner Heisenberg:  Nobel Prize–winning physicist. A brilliant scientist and protégé of Niels Bohr, Heisenberg is presented as a young and naive man, not grasping the brutality and terror fomented by the Nazi regime. 

Margrethe Bohr: Niels Bohr's wife. An observer of the relationship between Niels and Werner, Margrethe is a witness, a sort of interlocutor. She supports, and feels a bit protective toward her husband, and is suspicious of Bohr.

Pierre and Marie: Show dates - August 7th – 22rd (comedy)

5 Characters:

Pierre Curie: A scientist
Marie Curie: A scientist 
Georgette: The Curies' blunt nanny
Chevrier: An ambitious academic department head
Gustave Bemont: A colleague of Pierre Curie 

Young Frankenstein: Show dates - October 9th – 24th (musical comedy)

15 Characters:

The Monster 
Male 
Baritone, Bass 
 

Igor 
Male 
Tenor, Baritone 
 

Elizabeth Benning 
Female 
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano 
 

Inspector Hans Kemp 
Male 
Baritone, Bass 
 

Harold the Hermit 
Male 
Baritone, Bass 
 

Inga 
Female 
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano 
 

Frau Blücher 
Female 
Mezzo-Soprano, Alto 
 

Featured

Dr. Victor von Frankenstein 
Male 
Baritone, Bass 
 

Telegraph Boy 
Male 
Spoken 

Man 
Male 
Spoken 
 

Ziggy 
Male 
Tenor, Baritone, Bass 
 

Medical Student 
Male 
Tenor, Baritone, Bass 
 

Transylvania Quartet 
Male 
Tenor, Baritone, Bass 
 

Herald 
Male 
Tenor, Baritone, Bass 
 

Mr. Hilltop 
Male 
Silent 
 

Ada and the Engine: Show dates - December 4th – 19th  (music-laced drama)

6 Characters:

Ada Byron Lovelace: A visionary mathematician who dreams of a world where machines can create art and music.

Charles Babbage: The brilliant mathematician and inventor of the Difference Engine, who partners with Ada.

Lady Anabella Byron: Ada's mother, a strict mathematician who pushes Ada towards logic and away from poetry.

Lord Byron: Ada's infamous poet father, who appears as a character, representing inspiration and perhaps scandal.

Lord William Lovelace: Ada's husband, who supports her intellectual pursuits.
Mary Somerville: A renowned scientist and mentor to Ada, bridging the worlds of math and literature. 

If you are interested auditioning for any of the above plays or musical, please fill in the contact information below. You do not need to have prior acting experience to audition. Bringing a head shot is optional. If you can, please bring any memorized monologue to the audition, we would love to see it. The audition will also include a cold reading from the script. If auditioning for our musical, please be prepared to sing. Thanks, and good luck to those who come out and audition for our 2025 season.