Actors for "The Master Builder" and "The Lady From The Sea"

In her youth she secretly married a mysterious sailor who vanished, and has now married an older doctor in a remote northern Fjord town in an effort to fully move forward. Has lost a child. Haunted by a secret obsession, wracked with guilt, and beginning to entertain potentially magical relationships to reality - has worn a very composed and remote mask to hide this inner life that is starting to slip. Doubles as Aline (MASTER BUILDER): Wife to Halvard Solness.

Chief doctor of a remote Fjord region. Irresistibly drawn to Ellida. Has tried to make her into a conventional wife and mother to replace his first wife who died by suicide. Sincerely loves Ellida, but feels like a different animal. Upright, but not too strong. Not used to being challenged. Will double as the role of Halvard Solness (MASTER BUILDER): 48-60. Brilliant and domineering architect who has risen from nothing over a long career to become the top man in his field.

Daughter to Dr. Wangel by his first marriage. Has taken over much of the house holding from her deceased mother. Tries hard to be diplomatic, responsible and kind, all while harboring a deep desire to leave the Fjord and travel the world and study. Disappointed in the false fantasy of her once beloved tutor. Thinks she may never leave, and some part of her has accepted this. Will double as the role of Kaja (MASTER BUILDER).

To play 17-24. The 17 year old daughter of Dr. Wangel. Devilish, calculated, loves to be thrilled, pitiless, at times petulant and at her core desiring a mother. Observant and playful at the same time, loves to run experiments. Takes any opportunity she can to push the boundaries in considered ways. Despises something about ordinary and placid living. Will also play the same role (6 years later) in THE MASTER BUILDER: The same Hilda from LFS, roughly 6 years later, now 23/24.

Eclectic former actor and transplant in the town who is now a painter, hair dresser, dance instructor, tour guide and conductor. Strange transplant on the island who has “become a local” without ever really becoming a local. Mysterious in a clueless way, and dispenses wisdom just the same. Will double as Knut Brovik (MASTER BUILDER): Former master builder in the area, now the destitute employee of the Master Builder.

37 year old former tutor of Bolete who has come to town with the secret intention of asking her hand in marriage. Extremely intelligent and perceptive if somewhat traditional - has never married and is feeling desperate for love in a region where all potential partners are former students of his. His only love interest was Ellida whom he knew separately when they were younger. MAY DOUBLE AS RAGNAR in THE MASTER BUILDER, OR UNDERSTUDY RAGNAR and DR. HERDAL.

Strangely blunt and unaware, alive in his own world and clumsy in contact with the world around him, potentially a benign narcissist. A sickly man who doesn’t know he’s near death (though everyone else does), who dreams with rapt assurance of being a sculptor. Captivated by his own sense of mythic artistry in a very sincere way. Desperately wants connection with women but doesn’t quite know that is something he wants. MAY DOUBLE AS RAGNAR IN MASTER BUILDER, OR UNDERSTUDY RAGNAR and DR. HERDAL.

The fixation of Ellida’s imagination and fantasy; a mysterious figure from her past who speaks in certainties, darkly mystical and deeply earthy at the same time. A travelling sailor from Finmark who has spent his life at sea, and after murdering the captain of his ship, had to flee Norway and Ellida but not before an impromptu and secret wedding. “Attracts and terrifies”. MAY DOUBLE AS RAGNAR IN MASTER BUILDER, OR UNDERSTUDY RAGNAR and DR. HERDAL.

The son of Knut and employee to the master builder. Has been put down his entire career by the MB into believing he’s untalented and incapable of being an architect in his own right, although he possesses great talent. Desperate for an opportunity to build while his sick father is still alive. Dutiful, resentful but polite and yielding, eventually deeply embittered. WILL DOUBLE AS EITHER STRANGER, ARNHOLM, or LYNGSTRAND in LADY FROM THE SEA.

Written as an older man: in ours, a young doctor in the town, would have been a Freudian analyst if that existed at this point. In a secret alliance with Aline to determine if the master builder is sick in the mind. Plays a great act at cluelessness. Curious, helpful, powerful in the way therapists / analysts can be because of their position. Dedicated to Aline in a potentially not perfectly pure way. WILL UNDERSTUDY STRANGER, LYNGSTRAND, and ARNHOLM in LADY FROM THE SEA.

To understudy HILDA (both plays), Bolette, Kaja.

To understudy MASTER BUILDER, Ballested, Knut.

Will cover a combination of roles, TBD.

Will cover a combination of roles, TBD.