SATURDAY, 14 MAY 2022 AT 10:00
Audition Notice for Ghosts
Melville Theatre Company
Event by Melville Theatre Company
Melville Theatre Company
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Melville Theatre Company presents
Ghosts
By Henrik Ibsen
Adapted by Eamon Flack
Directed by Thomas Dimmick
Ghosts
By Henrik Ibsen
Adapted by Eamon Flack
Directed by Thomas Dimmick
Production dates: 5th – 20th August 2022
Performance Location: Melville Theatre
Performance Location: Melville Theatre
Rehearsals: 3 times a week. Rehearsals may be later on all evenings during the production week.
Rehearsal Location: Melville Theatre
Audition: 14th of May 2022. Potentially callbacks on the 15th.
Rehearsal Location: Melville Theatre
Audition: 14th of May 2022. Potentially callbacks on the 15th.
Audition Location: Melville Theatre
To book a time, & for more info please follow link: https://www.slottr.com/ghosts
To book a time, & for more info please follow link: https://www.slottr.com/ghosts
We are currently holding the one day of auditions, if you are unable to make it, please send an email and if we open a second day we will be in contact.
Actors are to perform a short dramatic monologue, no longer than two minutes. If you are struggling to find a short monologue, you are encouraged to edit down a longer one for clarity and ease of performance.
Auditions are being held in ten minute windows, please make sure you arrive early to fill in an audition form. If you have a CV, please bring it along as well, though it isn’t necessary.
Any further questions, please send an email to t_dimmick@hotmail.com
Actors are to perform a short dramatic monologue, no longer than two minutes. If you are struggling to find a short monologue, you are encouraged to edit down a longer one for clarity and ease of performance.
Auditions are being held in ten minute windows, please make sure you arrive early to fill in an audition form. If you have a CV, please bring it along as well, though it isn’t necessary.
Any further questions, please send an email to t_dimmick@hotmail.com
Synopsis
Since the death of her charismatic but abusive husband, Helene Alving has been treading water in a sea of empty days. What keeps her going is a deeply held belief that salvation can only lie in telling her son Oswald the truth about his father. But when Oswald returns after living as an artist in France, he has his own truth to reveal. He is already living the consequences of his father’s life…
Since the death of her charismatic but abusive husband, Helene Alving has been treading water in a sea of empty days. What keeps her going is a deeply held belief that salvation can only lie in telling her son Oswald the truth about his father. But when Oswald returns after living as an artist in France, he has his own truth to reveal. He is already living the consequences of his father’s life…
About the Play
It was first performed in 1882 and audiences at the time were shocked and found it to be indecent. It attacked the institute of religion, dealt with incest and venereal disease; everything a moral person wouldn’t dream of. Even the King of Sweden and Norway said in 1898 that it was not a good play, to which Ibsen responded, “Your Majesty, I had to write Ghosts!”
Yet unlike A Doll’s House of Hedda Gabler, Ghosts is not as well known to modern audiences. With that in mind, Melville will be holding a public reading of the play, where anyone interested in auditioning, wants to know more about the show or would just like to hear the play, is invited to come along.
It was first performed in 1882 and audiences at the time were shocked and found it to be indecent. It attacked the institute of religion, dealt with incest and venereal disease; everything a moral person wouldn’t dream of. Even the King of Sweden and Norway said in 1898 that it was not a good play, to which Ibsen responded, “Your Majesty, I had to write Ghosts!”
Yet unlike A Doll’s House of Hedda Gabler, Ghosts is not as well known to modern audiences. With that in mind, Melville will be holding a public reading of the play, where anyone interested in auditioning, wants to know more about the show or would just like to hear the play, is invited to come along.
Roles
All ages indicated are playing ages.
All ages indicated are playing ages.
Mrs Helene Alving: 40’s to 50’s
Helene Alving is the wealthy widow of Chamberlain “Captain” Alving. She is about to open a memorial to her dead husband—an orphanage—and is pleased that their son, Osvald, is back from Paris. She considers herself to be forward-thinking and she reads many progressive books; however, when faced with complicated moral decisions, she still exhibits a more conservative perspective.
Pastor Manders: 40’s to 50’s
A local religious figure, Pastor Manders is concerned with his reputation and the morality of his parishioners. He does not approve of the supposedly immoral behaviour of Osvald in Paris, nor of Mrs. Alving’s progressive reading.
Oswald Alving: 20’s to 30’s.
The son of Captain and Mrs. Alving. Osvald is a painter in Paris, where he delights in “the joy of life.” However, he has been sick and cannot work. He comes back to Norway to help celebrate the opening of the orphanage that was built in his father’s memory.
Regine Engstrand: 20’s to 30’s
Mrs. Alving’s maid. Regina is Jakob Engstrand’s daughter. She takes great pride in working for the Alvings. She has feelings for Osvald but does not know what to do with them.
Jakob Engstrand: 40’s to 50’s
An alcoholic carpenter. He plans to open a hotel for seamen and wants Regina, his daughter to come work there.
Helene Alving is the wealthy widow of Chamberlain “Captain” Alving. She is about to open a memorial to her dead husband—an orphanage—and is pleased that their son, Osvald, is back from Paris. She considers herself to be forward-thinking and she reads many progressive books; however, when faced with complicated moral decisions, she still exhibits a more conservative perspective.
Pastor Manders: 40’s to 50’s
A local religious figure, Pastor Manders is concerned with his reputation and the morality of his parishioners. He does not approve of the supposedly immoral behaviour of Osvald in Paris, nor of Mrs. Alving’s progressive reading.
Oswald Alving: 20’s to 30’s.
The son of Captain and Mrs. Alving. Osvald is a painter in Paris, where he delights in “the joy of life.” However, he has been sick and cannot work. He comes back to Norway to help celebrate the opening of the orphanage that was built in his father’s memory.
Regine Engstrand: 20’s to 30’s
Mrs. Alving’s maid. Regina is Jakob Engstrand’s daughter. She takes great pride in working for the Alvings. She has feelings for Osvald but does not know what to do with them.
Jakob Engstrand: 40’s to 50’s
An alcoholic carpenter. He plans to open a hotel for seamen and wants Regina, his daughter to come work there.
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