Casting Notice:
General Open Call for Hedgerow’s 2025-2026 Season

Hedgerow Theatre invites submissions for a general open call audition for the 2025-2026 season. Actors interested in securing an audition on Tuesday, September 16th (5-9p) should complete this audition  form including uploading their headshot and resume for consideration. Please submit audition forms by Sunday, Sept 14th at 7p in order to be considered for an audition slot. All audition appointments will be scheduled and confirmed via email. Auditions will be scheduled in 10 minute increments, and actors are invited to prepare and share a 60-second monologue of their choosing.

Auditions, callbacks, rehearsals, and performances will take place at Hedgerow Theatre located at 64 Rose Valley Rd, Media, PA 19063
Rehearsals will also take place at the Hedgerow House (1/2 mile up the road from the theatre) at 146 W Rose Valley Rd, Rose Valley, PA 19086

Hedgerow Theatre encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and performers with disabilities to submit. 

General Audition Call for Hedgerow’s 2025-2026 season:
Fly Me to the Moon by Marie Jones; directed by Emma Gibson (cast)

Little Women adapted by Kate Hamill; directed by Abby Weissman (9 roles available)
Rehearsals begin week of Oct 27; Tech: Nov 21-23 + 25,; Preview Nov 26; Opening Nov 27; Closing Dec 29

Draw the Circle by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen; directed by Andrew Watring (1 role available)
Rehearsals begin the week of Dec 30; Tech Jan 16-18 + 20; Previews: Jan 21-22; Opening: Jan 23; Closing: Feb 1

Dear Jack, Dear Louise by Ken Ludwig; directed by Peter Reynolds (2 roles available)
Rehearsals begin the week of Jan 19; Tech: Feb 6-8 + 10; Previews: Feb 11-12; Opening Feb 13; Closing Mar 1

AVAILABLE ROLES -

Little Women
Step into the heart of the March family’s world, where sisters Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth grow up together amid the American Civil War. Brave, bright, and endlessly imaginative, each sister faces the challenge of balancing her dreams with the weight of society’s expectations. Through moments of laughter, loss, and love, they discover that the true strength of family lies in unity, even when the world around them feels uncertain. Hedgerow Theatre presents the regional premiere of playwright Katie Hamill’s fresh adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic featuring live musical accompaniment. This holiday season, gather with your loved ones to celebrate a timeless tale of family, friendship, and the bonds that hold communities together.

Doubling for nine actors. This production of Little Women will be scored by live music, so we are particularly seeking actor/musicians for many tracks, as specified below. 

Actor 1 
Marmee March: The matriarch of the March family. A social revolutionary, ahead of her time. Good sense of humor. A warrior; keeps the family together. Tough. Strong. Intelligent.

Aunt March: (70+) The most unpleasant old woman imaginable. Has lots of money; privileged. Strong, political and personal opinions, which people endure. Judgmental. Has an intermittent, hacking, disgusting cough.

Actor 2
Meg March: The oldest March daughter. Acts as Marmee‘s second in the house. A romantic at heart – likes to dress up and have little luxuries in life.

Actor 3
Jo March: The second oldest March. A deep fire within her. Extremely ambitious and frustrated by the distance between where she is and where she wants to be. Impatient. Wants to change the world. Very smart and knows it. A mix of insecurity and aspiration. Boyish and rough and tumble. Sometimes antagonistic. Not the most tolerant of differing opinions. Can be quite awkward or abrupt; bad temper when riled. A great sense of humor. Passionate. Ahead of her time. A warrior. Does not fit comfortably within the parameters of her given gender role. We especially encourage trans and gender non-conforming actors to submit themselves for consideration for the roles of Jo and Laurie. 

Actor 4
Beth March: The third March. An extremely special person. Very sweet and paralytically shy; has to be removed from school because of her paralyzing social anxieties. A agoraphobic. Almost incapable of going out into the world; she is sheltered by her family. Loves deeply and has deep empathy for everyone. Love the simple things in life – so much that it hurts. Sees much more than anyone realizes. Brave and sensitive; quick to forgive and heal wounds. An observer. 

Actor 4 must be able to play the piano. 

Actor 5
Amy March: The youngest March. Opinionated and spunky; popular and quite focused on style. Not the most tolerant of differing viewpoints. Socially intelligent. Sometimes puts on airs. Perhaps a bit spoiled. A perfect little lady – except for her temper, and for her not so great command of “vocabulary.” Grows up to be quite beautiful and elegant. Madly in love with Laurie, around whom she is never cool.

Actor 6
Hannah: Irish. The March’s longtime housekeeper, Cook, and de facto Babysitter. A treasure; a terror; a traditionalist. Takes no nonsense. Matter of fact; she’s the boss of that kitchen, for sure.

Mrs. Mingott: A very rich, stylish woman. Vanderbilt-esque, Condescending, not terribly pleasant; fancies herself charitable.

Messenger: A female messenger.

Actor 6 will ideally play one or more instruments. 

Actor 7
Theodore “Laurie” Laurence: A sweet and handsome young man. Sensitive. Funny, charming, and caring. In his fantasies, he’s a white Knight: riding in to rescue a damsel in distress. A natural musician. Wealthy thanks to his inheritance; generous, does not have to think about money. Does not always fit comfortably within the parameters of his given gender role – he doesn’t want to grow up to be a soldier or tedious man of business. Finds a family in the Marches. Actor 7 must be able to play the piano. We especially encourage trans and gender non-conforming actors to submit themselves for consideration for the roles of Jo and Laurie. 

Actor 8
John Brooks: Laurie’s Sometimes stiff and awkward tutor. A rule follower. A poor man, well educated. Has a very noticeable limp – probably served in the war and was sent home, although may have been disqualified from service altogether. Feels deeply. Quite madly in love with Meg.

Parrot: Aunt March’s parrot: pure evil. A musty, disgusting bird. Probably an actual demon in parrot form.

Doctor: (Non-speaking)

Actor 8 will ideally play one or more instruments. 

Actor 9
Mr Laurence: Laurie’s grandfather, Responsible for Laurie’s Upbringing. A wealthy man. A gentleman in the strictest sense. Not comfortable with emotional language; bad at expressing himself. Has a rigid sense of what is appropriate behavior, especially for a man. Tends toward gruffness or temper. Probably quite unintentionally frightening. Deeply regretful of incidents in his past, but unable to express it.

Robert March: Father to the March girls. Never speaks, but his presence looms large. Wounded in the war; never quite recovers. A significant limp. Struggles with his injuries, both emotional and physical.

Mr. Dashwood: A publisher of cheap newspapers and novels. A businessman, working in a man’s world. Fancies himself a realist. Not a nice guy. Fancies himself a nice guy.
Actor 9 will ideally play one or more instruments. 

Little Women: Non-AEA roles - compensation $400/week.

Draw the Circle
Draw the Circle is an autobiographical one-person play by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen that chronicles his gender transition from a suburban girl to a Brooklyn man, told entirely through the perspectives of friends, family, and acquaintances, with the solo actor portraying each character (but never speaks for the playwright, Deen). The play explores themes of identity, transition, and unconditional love, particularly within Deen's conservative Indian family, and is a funny, deeply moving, and compassionate account of the difficulties transgender people face and the universal human experiences of love, loss, and fear.

Casting: a South Asian actor - trans-male, cis-male, male-presenting, gender non-conforming actor to portray 18 characters throughout (across gender, race, age) including the parents, partner, relatives, doctor, friends, acquaintances of the playwright.

Draw the Circle: AEA or non-AEA actor.
An AEA actor would engage under the Single Engagement Contract (Hedgerow is a Category 1, Tier B organization)
A non-AEA actor’s compensation is $450/week.

Dear Jack, Dear Louise
A love story begins when two strangers meet by letter during World War II. U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, begins writing to Louise Rabiner, an aspiring actress and dancer in New York City, hoping to meet her someday, if the war allows. As the war wages on, however, it threatens to end their relationship before it even starts. Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig tells the joyous, heart-warming story of his parents’ courtship during World War II, and the results are anything but expected.

Jack Ludwig
Male30-35 y.o All ethnicities
Practical and somewhat reserved. He is Jewish and was born and raised in York, Pennsylvania. Drafted into the Army in WWII, he is a medic stationed in Medford, Oregon. He is a bit proper and shy about dating. He writes to Louise and hopes to date her (their fathers are friends). He is enchanted by her freedom and her passion to be a Broadway actress. They fall in love through their letters. 

Louise Rabiner
Female24-29 y.o.All ethnicities
A passionate young Dancer and Actress who has big dreams of reaching Broadway. She is Jewish and Brooklyn born and raised, but lives in the theatre district at the Curtain Call Boarding House for young actresses who train and audition to make it in New York. She writes letters back and forth to Jack. She is taken with his shyness and reserve and falls in love with him through their letters. 

Dear Jack, Dear Louise: Non-AEA roles - compensation $400/week

Rehearsals are 30 hours per week and up to 5 hours/day (including tech)
Performances are scheduled for up to 5 per week.

Actors interested in securing an audition on Tuesday, September 16th (5-9p) should complete this audition form including uploading their headshot and resume for consideration. Please submit audition forms by Sunday, Sept 14th at 7p in order to be considered for an audition slot. All audition appointments will be scheduled and confirmed via email. Auditions will be scheduled in 10 minute increments, and actors are invited to prepare and share a 60-second monologue of their choosing.

Auditions, callbacks, rehearsals, and performances will take place at Hedgerow Theatre located at 64 Rose Valley Rd, Media, PA 19063
Rehearsals will also take place at the Hedgerow House (1/2 mile up the road from the theatre) at 146 W Rose Valley Rd, Rose Valley, PA 19086

Hedgerow Theatre encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and performers with disabilities to submit.