Mission
The mission of the Hamilton-Gibson Women's Project is to provide opportunities for women* of all ages to enrich and empower their lives through community performing arts. We will create more and diverse roles for women in plays and offer workshops on the full range of theatre skills. As an incubator for female creativity, we will enrich Hamilton-Gibson Productions by funneling trained and talented women into positions onstage and backstage, in the green room and the boardroom.
*our mission includes anyone not identifying as male
*our mission includes anyone not identifying as male
Upcoming Auditions
Audition Roles
|
|
|
About
The Hamilton-Gibson Women's Project began in 2016 as a result of the realization that more women than men audition for HG plays, and that there were often more roles for men than for women. Barbara Biddison, Linda Iseri, and Lilace Guignard volunteered to work together to provide leadership to address this clear need. In 2018 Jessie Thompson joined Barbara and Lilace at the helm, after Linda Iseri left the area.
HGWP helps women connect in a variety of ways in the context of theatre arts. Since its inception, women have had greater opportunities to act, but also to write, direct, design (sets and lights), run sound and light boards, and produce eclectic entertainment for Northcentral Pennsylvania. Some seasons there are opportunities for men to act, direct, help backstage, and take workshops. We are grateful for several grants over the years from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and for our loyal sponsors.
Take a look at what the HGWP has done over the years! Our history
HGWP helps women connect in a variety of ways in the context of theatre arts. Since its inception, women have had greater opportunities to act, but also to write, direct, design (sets and lights), run sound and light boards, and produce eclectic entertainment for Northcentral Pennsylvania. Some seasons there are opportunities for men to act, direct, help backstage, and take workshops. We are grateful for several grants over the years from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and for our loyal sponsors.
Take a look at what the HGWP has done over the years! Our history
Vertical Divider
Auditions:
Thursday, February 2 @ 6:30 p.m.—all roles
Saturday, February 4 @ 9 a.m.—for those only interested in the Greek chorus
Saturday, February 4 @ 10 a.m.—all roles
Monday, February 6 @ 6:30 p.m.—all roles
Performances:
Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 23 @ 2:30 p.m.
Auditions are in the Warehouse Gallery
Performances are in the Warehouse Theatre
Directed by Lilace Guignard
Casting is color blind. Many roles are not age-specific because gods, goddesses, and dead scientists are ageless.
Been wanting to get on stage but don’t want to memorize a lot and don’t have much time? Try out for the Greek chorus (all but two members speak their lines).
Synopsis: Sometime in the not-to-distant future, Chava, a young astral scientist studying a moon of Jupiter that has fresh water, is celebrating her birthday in a dive bar. All she wants is a glass of water but all that is available (except from the rare black-market water-runner) is vodka. Meanwhile, on Mount Olympus, Zeus informs his progeny (Hermes, Aphrodite, Artemis, and Athena) that he’s pulling the plug on the earth earlier than planned. The Goddesses and Hermes argue for having faith in humans, especially Chava, and through several shenanigans and rap-style verse try to persuade and/or trick Zeus.
Mythology, science, Beatles songs, and some lines from T.S. Eliot are woven into this play that will make good use of our new light and sound systems. There is humor. There is dark intensity.
Greek chorus--11 people of all ages
The Greek chorus will be in three scenes. These will rehearse separately till the last two weeks.
Characters--(3 roles for men)
Chava: a woman in her thirties, give or take, who has a nonexistent love life and is developing a craft that can take a human to Europa, her parents are dead
Bartender: can be played as male, nonbinary, or lesbian; bartends
Aphrodite: goddess of love and beauty, not above tricking her powerful father
Athena: goddess of battle strategy and wisdom and, therefore, science
Artemis: the chaste goddess of wild nature, a tough girl
Hermes: trickster, messenger of the gods, able to move easily between the mortal world and divine, protector of travelers and thieves—also orators
Zeus: king of the gods, father to the four listed above, known for being egotistical and lustful
These male scientists are all played by women.
Galileo: 1564-1642, Italian, first to believe the earth moved, revolving around the sun
Sir Isaac Newton: 1643-1727, British, the theory of universal gravity
Charles Darwin: 1809-1882, British, the theory of evolution
Albert Einstein: 1879-1955, German-born and later an American citizen, theory of relativity and influential in the US developing the atomic bomb
Thursday, February 2 @ 6:30 p.m.—all roles
Saturday, February 4 @ 9 a.m.—for those only interested in the Greek chorus
Saturday, February 4 @ 10 a.m.—all roles
Monday, February 6 @ 6:30 p.m.—all roles
Performances:
Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 23 @ 2:30 p.m.
Auditions are in the Warehouse Gallery
Performances are in the Warehouse Theatre
Directed by Lilace Guignard
Casting is color blind. Many roles are not age-specific because gods, goddesses, and dead scientists are ageless.
Been wanting to get on stage but don’t want to memorize a lot and don’t have much time? Try out for the Greek chorus (all but two members speak their lines).
Synopsis: Sometime in the not-to-distant future, Chava, a young astral scientist studying a moon of Jupiter that has fresh water, is celebrating her birthday in a dive bar. All she wants is a glass of water but all that is available (except from the rare black-market water-runner) is vodka. Meanwhile, on Mount Olympus, Zeus informs his progeny (Hermes, Aphrodite, Artemis, and Athena) that he’s pulling the plug on the earth earlier than planned. The Goddesses and Hermes argue for having faith in humans, especially Chava, and through several shenanigans and rap-style verse try to persuade and/or trick Zeus.
Mythology, science, Beatles songs, and some lines from T.S. Eliot are woven into this play that will make good use of our new light and sound systems. There is humor. There is dark intensity.
Greek chorus--11 people of all ages
The Greek chorus will be in three scenes. These will rehearse separately till the last two weeks.
Characters--(3 roles for men)
Chava: a woman in her thirties, give or take, who has a nonexistent love life and is developing a craft that can take a human to Europa, her parents are dead
Bartender: can be played as male, nonbinary, or lesbian; bartends
Aphrodite: goddess of love and beauty, not above tricking her powerful father
Athena: goddess of battle strategy and wisdom and, therefore, science
Artemis: the chaste goddess of wild nature, a tough girl
Hermes: trickster, messenger of the gods, able to move easily between the mortal world and divine, protector of travelers and thieves—also orators
Zeus: king of the gods, father to the four listed above, known for being egotistical and lustful
These male scientists are all played by women.
Galileo: 1564-1642, Italian, first to believe the earth moved, revolving around the sun
Sir Isaac Newton: 1643-1727, British, the theory of universal gravity
Charles Darwin: 1809-1882, British, the theory of evolution
Albert Einstein: 1879-1955, German-born and later an American citizen, theory of relativity and influential in the US developing the atomic bomb
Activities
Whether you like the spotlight or the backstage blue light—and even if you only have a day here and there—you can be part of HGWP!
