Auditions for 2025 Iron Horse Theatre Company Productions:

AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT

*All actors/performers are volunteer, unpaid positions

Dates and Times:
Saturday February 8 (3-5 pm), Sunday February 9 (3-5 pm), Monday February 10 (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

Show dates - June 13th – 28th (Play): The Epitome of Grace  *This play has been cast. 

CHARACTER NAME                GENDER                      PART SIZE                                 Age
Chief Therese Rocco                Female                    Leading Role                                40s

Show dates - August 8th – 23rd (Play): Coach and Mrs. Jagoff

JAKE SEBASTIAN: (Leading Role) A man in his fifties. He is the Fisk High School football coach and athletic director.

LYNN SEBASTIAN: (Leading Role) Jake Sebastian’s wife. She is in her forties. 
WAYNE TAYLOR: (Supporting Role) Man in his forties or fifties. Fisk High School superintendent.
VIRGINIA KOLL: (Supporting Role) Woman in her forties who is a friend of Lynn Sebastian.
MILAN TOTH: (Supporting Role) Man in his thirties. He is the Shannopin Academy football coach.
GINA BERNARDI: (Supporting Role) Woman in her forties. Fisk school board member.
DR. SHANISE BRADLEY: (Supporting Role) A woman in her mid-thirties. She is an African American physician.
BILL STOKES: (Supporting Role) Man in his twenties or thirties. He is a Fisk assistant football coach.
MILLIE MAGYAR: (Supporting Role) A woman in her fifties or sixties. She is a sports commentator on radio.

Show dates - October 10th – 25th (Play): Angel of Mercy 

FANNIE SELLINS: (Lead Role) Middle-aged grandmother, who is a leading union organizer. 
DOROTHY BROAD: (Supporting Role) Fannie Selin’s daughter. In her early twenties 
TOM DUNN: (Supporting Role) Man with a large, mustache, tough looking; in his late twenties. Top guy under the owner of the Allegheny Coal Company.
JAMES OATES: (Supporting Role) Man who is a Union organizer in late fifties.
JOE STRYSZINKI: (Supporting Role) Man with an obvious cough and leg problems.  He looks about sixty.
CHARLES SELLINS: (Supporting Role) Fannies husband. Man with hair parted down the middle, always has a smile on his face. (Also does the voice of guard and black leader)
JOHN SELLINS: (Supporting Role that plays two characters) Fannie’s son. Young man in his twenties in military uniform.  (Also plays the role of MICHAEL OSTROWSKI: Young man who betrays Fannie.)
REVEREND BURNS: (Supporting Role) Man in his fifties with glasses and hair slicked down and parted in the middle. 
MAYOR GUTTERIDGE: (Supporting Role) Man in his fifties who wears a vest and a watch chain.  
SAM KELLOGG: (Supporting Role) Man in his fifties who is a coal mine owner. A cigar smoker.
KATY MIHALSKI: (Supporting Role) Woman in her middle twenties.  
MR. MCGREGOR: (Supporting Role) Middle aged man; narrow, always in a suit.

Show dates - December 5th – 20th  (Musical): Rent

RENT is theatre at its best -- exuberant, passionate, and joyous. RENT is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. 

We expect a cast of approximately fifteen people.  RENT is a singer's and actor's show.  The dance requirements are light.  RENT is an ensemble show with standout moments for every member of the cast.   

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.