DEAR EVAN HANSEN Equity Principal Actors - Actors Theater Series, Inc. Auditions

DEAR EVAN HANSEN - LA EPA

Actors Theater Series, Inc. | Fullerton, CA

Notice: Audition

Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, July 13, 2026
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (P)
Lunch 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

CONTRACT

COST: $1154 weekly minimum (Tier 3)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in DEAR EVAN HANSEN (See

BREAKDOWN

). All Equity stage managerial positions have been filled.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a song of your choice from Dear Evan Hansen or another choice in the genre. Select a song (or portion) that fits in the time allotted for the audition. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring sheet music/music book and a stapled headshot and resume.

LOCATION

La Mirada Theatre Rehearsal Space
15519 Phoebe Ave
La Mirada, CA 90638

PERSONNEL

Producers: Tom McCoy and Cathy Rigby
Producing Artistic Director: B.T. McNicholl
Director: Stephen C. Anthony
Music Director: Ryan O'Connell
Casting Director: Julia Flores
Expected to attend: Music Director: Ryan O'Connell
Casting Director: Julia Flores
Accompanist: Anthony Zediker

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal: 10/13/26
Open: 10/30/26
Close: 11/22/26

OTHER

Production will be rehearsed and performed in La Mirada, California. EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. Equity

CONTRACT

s prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

A note on character and casting: While others’ portrayals of these roles may be informative, please don’t feel the need to imitate any version you may have seen before. These roles are written with great emotional specificity, but we are eager to see them through a variety of lenses and lived experiences across all racial, gender, and neurodivergent identities. Pronouns listed are derived from the text, but we are open to a broader range in casting. We encourage you to bring your most authentic self to the material and look forward to seeing your work.

SEEKING:

EVAN HANSEN: (18+ to play 17) Evan is driven by deep longing for friendship and connection, at odds with the conflicting belief he is a burden to others. Deeply feeling, highly perceptive, fragile. Even through anxiety and depression, it is equally important we see his earnest optimism and determination to make his senior year positive. (Pop Tenor G2-B4 with strong falsetto)

HEIDI HANSEN: (Late 30s to 40s) Evan’s mother, fiercely loving single parent, burning the candle at both ends. Grappling with the guilt of her absence and the fear of failing her son. In that transitional time raising a 17-year-old where each instinct contradicts the last — to nurture gently, risking keeping him fragile? Or to push him into adulthood, risking a break that may not heal? (Pop Belter F3-Eb5)

CONNOR MURPHY: (18+ to play 17) Zoe’s brother. Evan’s classmate. Lonely, pained, bitter, disillusioned by perceived cruelty and carelessness, Connor decides to take his own life. He continues to appear as a projection of Evan’s mind, giving voice to Evan’s hopes and fears, offering Evan solace, kinship, highlighting their commonality. (Pop Tenor G2-G#4)

ZOE MURPHY: (18+ to play 16) Connor's younger sister. Evan’s longtime crush. Highly intelligent, guarded. She sees the contradiction of her family’s outward affluent social appearance juxtaposed with the dysfunction inside it; this may have jaded her beyond her years. She moves through school social spheres with apparent ease and non-attachment, masking the pain of living in her brother’s shadow. (Pop Sop/Belter F3-E5)

ALANA BECK: (18+ to play 17). A classmate of Evan’s. Highly motivated, hyper-organized, ambitious, kind. While exuding confidence, she carries a deep hidden loneliness. While her ambition can blur into opportunism, it is rooted in genuine yearning for connection and community. (Pop Belter F3-E5)

JARED KLEINMAN: (Male-identifying, 18+ to play 17), Evan’s classmate. Uses sarcastic humor to hide insecurities. Jared may not even be keenly aware of his own loneliness. Cynical but not heartless, he’s far more emotionally invested in than he would dare to let on. (Pop Tenor A2-B4)

CYNTHIA MURPHY: (Mid 40s-50s) Connor and Zoe's mom. Warm, gentle, welcoming, wears her heart on her sleeve. Longs for connection with her family. Cynthia spends much of her show grieving the loss of her son, and searching for hope in Evan. (Pop Alto F#3-E5.)

LARRY MURPHY: (Mid 40s-50s) Connor and Zoe's busy and distant father. A lawyer. A man of few words and fewer emotional tools. His relationship with Connor was strained, and the guilt of his failure manifests as anger, denial, resentment. It is important that we meet a guarded, almost cold realist, and see his walls come down as Evan warms the family dynamic. (Pop Bari-tenor F#2-G4)