The Black Box Arts Center

The Black Box Arts Center The Black Box Arts Center is a venue in Shepherdstown that hosts a variety of performing arts companies.

The Black Box is a community space in Shepherdstown featuring an auditorium with flexible seating, lobby, and green room available for performances, classes, parties, exhibits, and events of any kind. The auditorium or lobby area can be rented for $10 an hour; the entire facility (stage, including use of lights and sound; lobby; and green room) for $50 an hour. For more information, contact [email protected].

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AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT! JANUARY 4th & 5th at 7pm!All info below, please fill out form before coming to auditions.https://...
12/09/2025

AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT! JANUARY 4th & 5th at 7pm!
All info below, please fill out form before coming to auditions.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EHvycg3LHlkMB7WcVBs5p_7-d1CHNwg9IdV_GlNr_Eg/edit?usp=drivesdk

Audition Dates: January 4th at 7pm and January 5th at 7pm.
Rehearsals: Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm, starting January 11.
Tech Week: March 8th - 12th
Performances: March 13 - 15 and 20 - 22

THE AUDITION
In lieu of monologues, I'm interested in hearing how you connect with the text and how you interpret it. The evening will consist of readings. If there is a particular side you'd like to read and you didn't get the chance to, let me know and we will make sure you do get to read it!
ROLES
The following is a list of roles in the play that include (very basic) character descriptions as well as potential triggering content.

HEDDA GABLER
Female identifying or non-binary actor.
Newly married and trapped by society’s expectations. Finds it harder to keep control of things as things progress. Possibly q***r.
Triggering Content:
Depicted: Use of fi****ms, emotional cruelty, suicidal ideation, su***de by firearm.
Implied: Possible coercive relationship with Brack, emotional isolation, implied sexual manipulation, pregnancy.

GEORGE TESMAN
Male identifying or non-binary actor.
A kind academic, though perhaps a bit naive. Possibly q***r.
Triggering Content:
Depicted: Loss of a close family member, tense domestic moments, loss of wife and possibly his child, possible coercive relationship with Brack.
Implied: Financial insecurity, job insecurity.

JUDGE BRACK
Male identifying actor.
Smooth and confident with shifting morality. Has no problem with manipulation. Possibly q***r.
Triggering Content:
Depicted: Manipulative control, implied sexual coercion, exerting dominance by wielding his position in society.
Implied: Blackmail

THEA ELVSTED
Female identifying actor.
Gentle and kind, devoted to the end.
Triggering Content:
Depicted: Marital distress, emotional dependence on another, loss of person close to them.
Implied: Emotional neglect

EILERT LOVBORG
Gender non-conforming/non-binary actor.
Brilliant but complex and self-destructive.
Triggering Content:
Depicted: Intoxication, emotional collapse, substance abuse, suicidal ideation.
Implied: History of substance abuse, possible coercion, possible su***de.

JULIANA TESMAN
Female identifying actor.
George’s aunt. Warm and maternal
Triggering Content:
Depicted: Financial strain, subject to condescension, loss of a loved one.
Implied: Class/Gender expectations

BERTE
Female identifying actor.
The Tesman’s maid. Observant and anxious.
Triggering Content:
Depicted: Class/Gender expectations, witness to domestic tensions.

We are a theater space where all are welcome to learn, grow, and wander.

The Roving Peregrine Theatre Company values and respects every individual for the unique gifts they bring.
We are dedicated to continuing our mission and celebrating our differences. We believe in opening doors for
people of all backgrounds, races, ethnicities, and identities. Peregrine embraces diversity, values inclusivity and
strives for equity. Peregrine also encourages conversations and actions that bring our community closer
together. Our goal is for every member of the Peregrine community and beyond to feel welcomed, valued, and
safe to express their truest selves in our theater spaces and beyond them.

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113 S Princess Street
Shepherdstown, WV
25443

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