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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Friday, November 21, 2014
10 AM to 6 PM
lunch 1:30 to 2:30
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Contract
Other
Developmental Lab Agreement; $1000/week
Location
Ripley-Grier 520 (Everyone must show
government photo ID to enter building.)
520 8th Ave. (36th/37th)
New York, NY
17th floor
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Seeking
2 Equity Female actors who sing for 2 available roles.
All other roles have been CAST. However, actors auditioning may be considered for possible replacements if needed.
See breakdown.
Preparation
Prepare a Pop, Rock or contemporary theater song. Bring sheet music; accompanist provided.
Please bring a picture and resume, STAPLED TOGETHER.
Other Dates
AEA LAB DATES: March 9th-26th 2015
Other
A new musical about connections, lost and found.
Personnel
Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Book by Steven Levenson
Directed by Michael Greif
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
A new musical about connections, lost and found. Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Book by Steven Levenson. And directed by Michael Greif.
SEEKING the following 2 roles:
Zoe Murphy
(17) A sensitive, sophisticated, high school junior. Cool without realizing it, Zoe could care less about the status games and popularity rites of high school. Funny and bright, she has grown up in the long shadow cast by her volatile older brother, Connor, tyrannized along with the rest of her family by his out-of-control behavior. Few rooms are as familiar to her as the inside of a family therapist’s office. Zoe compensates for her brother’s darkness by striving to be warm, nice to everyone, the kind of person who goes out of her way to learn the names of the kids who sit by themselves at lunch. She feels a terrible ambivalence over her brother’s death, finding it difficult to forgive him for all he did, and at the same time to forgive that part of herself that feels nothing but relief in the fact that he’s gone.
Alana Beck
(17) Fastidious, passionate to the point of strident, often prone to melodrama, high school senior Alana is not entirely adept at heeding social cues. She has few friends, but lacks the self-awareness to understand why. Beneath her extroverted demeanor, Alana is in fact haunted by a terrible and abiding loneliness. The death of a classmate—whom she knew only distantly—sets off something unexpected inside of her. She feels compelled to memorialize him, determined that the world never forget him. Alana is transformed by her fixation on the tragedy, driven ultimately by her deep identification with her dead classmate, and the nagging question: is she were to die tomorrow, would there be anyone to remember her?
The following roles have already by CAST. Actors auditioning may be considered for possible replacements:
Evan Hansen
Role CAST. (17) Smart, sincere, and cripplingly self-conscious, Evan prefers to hover in the background, a supporting player in his own life, too afraid to step forward into the spotlight and risk ridicule or, what might be worse, no one noticing him at all. ROLE IS CAST
Connor Murphy
Role CAST. (17) An angry, disaffected loner, Connor has been a troubled kid for as long as anyone can remember, an enigma and a source of endless consternation to his long-suffering parents. ROLE IS CAST
Jared Schulberg
Role CAST. (17) Droll and sarcastic, Jared is forced by his parents to hang out with a family friend Evan, for whom he claims to have nothing but disdain. Jared covers his obvious insecurities with a well-practiced braggadocio and a know-it-all arrogance. ROLE IS CAST
Heidi Hansen
Role CAST. (40s) Evan’s mother. Overworked and stretched too thin, Heidi loves her son fiercely, but fears they have begun to grow apart. She is prepared to do anything to repair the damage. ROLE IS CAST
Cynthia Murphy
Role CAST. (40s) Connor and Zoe’s mother. To Evan, she seems to be the perfect mother, nurturing, available, and willing to talk about anything. To her own children, it’s a bit more complicated. ROLE IS CAST
Larry Murphy
Role CAST. (40s) Connor and Zoe’s father. Though often tense and taciturn, Larry shows a different face to the world, representing for Evan the dad he always wished for: strong, confident and more than anything reliable, someone to be counted. ROLE IS CAST
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