Auditions for 2024 Iron Horse Theatre Company Productions:

AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT

*All actors/performers are volunteer, unpaid positions

Dates and Times:
Saturday February 3 (3-5 pm), Sunday February 4 (3-5 pm), Monday February 5 (7:00 -9:00pm)
 

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

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 contemporary musical theatre song. Also, please bring sheet music or accompaniment without vocal tracks. 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 14th – 30th (Play): The Golden Rose  

CHARACTER NAME                GENDER                      PART SIZE                                 Age
Dr. Christoph Muller                 Male                    large supporting role                       40s

Dr. Wilhelm Schmidt                Male                    large supporting role                       40s

Johan Goentgen                       Male                   small supporting role                      30s/40s 

Wihelm Stakowsky                   Male                   small supporting role                      30s/40s

Show dates - August 9th – 24th (Play): Painting Churches

CHARACTER NAME                GENDER                  PART SIZE                                     Age
Fannie Church                          Female                      Lead                                          60s/70 s

Gardner Church                        Male                          Lead                                           60s/70s

Margaret Church                      Female                      Lead                                              30s

Show dates - October 11th – 26th (Play): The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NIghttime 

CHARACTER NAME                GENDER                  PART SIZE                                     Age
Christopher                               Male                           Lead                                            18-25        Siobhan                                Male/Female

Ed                                               Male                                                                               40s/50s    Judy                                           Female 

Voice ONE/Mrs. Shears (+ others)                            

Voice TWO/Roger (+ others)

Voice THREE/Policeman (+ others)

Voice FOUR/Rev. Peters (+ others) 

Voice FIVE/No. 40 (+ others)

Voice SIX/Mrs. Alexander (+ others)                                     

Show dates - December 6th – 21st (3 one-act plays): A Holiday Celebration

CHARACTER NAME                GENDER                       PART SIZE                                Age
  *See  charater list                   Male                                Lead                                        50+

    below                                      Female                            Lead                                    20s/30s

                                                     Male                                Lead                                     20s/30s

Each actor plays 2 roles in 2 of the following one-act plays:

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

DELLA a young woman, wife of

JIM a young man

THE FIRST NIGHT OF CHANUKAH

DAVID a young Jewish American

MORRIS an older Russian Jewish immigrant

STARMAN, WISH ME LUCK

STARMAN a homeless older man, out of touch with reality

CONTESSA an older woman, alcoholic but independent

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 2023 season.