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Six Characters in Search of an Author


Ad Astra Production

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  • “Truth, reality, and theatre collide on one stage.”

    Step into the theatre—and into uncertainty. Six Characters in Search of an Author begins as an ordinary rehearsal, until six silhouetted figures emerge from the shadows, demanding their story be told. Unfinished, abandoned, and insistent, they carry a truth too unsettling to be contained.

    A philosophical duel erupts between the Father and the Director, as each questions the nature of reality, perception, and performance. Around them, the Mother, Step-Daughter, and Son insist on their own experiences, their memories, and their pain, refusing to be simplified or silenced. The actors in the ensemble respond with disbelief and ridicule, intensifying the clash between lived experience and staged representation.

    Haunting, provocative, and unlike anything else in modern theatre, Pirandello’s masterpiece invites audiences into a world where ideas collide, certainty dissolves, and the stage becomes a space for questions that cannot be ignored.

  • Director’s Notes will be here when the show commences.

  • Content Warnings TBA

  • The Father | Gregory J Wilken

    The Mother | Anna Loren

    The Step-Daughter | Emma Kidd

    The Son | Davis Dingle

    The Boy  | TBA

    The Girl | Ammi Johnson & Tia Godbold

    Madame Pace | Lucinda Shaw

    The Director | Jonty Hansen

    The Leading Actress | Mia Gimenez

    The Dog | Ebony Wilken

    The Leading Actor | Nathan Turner

    The Supporting Actress | Flavia Carrillo Truyenque

    The Young Actor | Yianni Sines

    The Young Actress | Carmen O'Connell

    The Stage Manager | Stella Peterson

    The Stage Hand | Alex Flew

    Acting Troupe | Leonardo Grinover, Cherie McCaffery, Brock O’Rourke, Grace Swadling

  • Director | Heidi Gledhill

    Assistant Director | Colin W. Smith

    Stage Manager | Courtney Farrar

    Dramaturg | Desley Martin

    Production Assistant | Trish Rosales

    Lighting Design | Teddy Waddingham

    Costume Design | Helen Trupp

    Sound Design | Tommi Civilli

    Tech Operators | TBA


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