Producing Org: TBD
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Date: Monday, January 5, 2026
Location: Pearl Studios (500), 500 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018-6504
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Break: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Rooms: 12th Floor – Studio 1201 (Auditions), 1204 (Holding Room)
Production (League) Personnel: $2,717 weekly minimum. See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
Equity actors for roles in BEACHES (see breakdown).
Casting Director: Peter Van Dam, CSA (Expected in the room)
Please prepare a short musical theatre song of your choice and bring sheet music. Bring your book in case we need to hear a second song, and a picture and resume stapled together.
1st Rehearsal: 2/16/26
1st Preview: on or about 3/27/26
Opening: 4/22/26
End of Contract: TBD, but no earlier than 10/31/26, or later than 1/3/27
Venue: The Majestic Theatre
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts 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.
Producers: Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso, Douglas McJannet, Right Angle Entertainment, Ryan Bogner, Tracey McFarland, and Crossroads Live
Book by: Iris Rainer Dart & Thom Thomas
Music by: Mike Stoller
Lyrics by: Iris Rainer Dart
Director: Lonny Price
Co-Director: Matt Cowart
Choreographer: Jennifer Rias
Music Supervisor & Arranger: Joseph Thalken
Orchestrations: Charlie Rosen
Music Director: Paul Staroba
General Management: Alchemy Production Group
Casting Director: The TRC Company / Peter Van Dam, CSA (Expected in the room)
Based on the novel BEACHES by Iris Rainer Dart
Developed in collaboration with David Austin
LITTLE CEE CEE – Female presenting, 8–10. An old-time comic in the body of a singing, dancing 9âyearâold girl (think Bette Midler as a kid). Spectacularly talented — not just for her age, but for any age. Already a diva. Wild red hair, loves quirky, sparkly clothes, has a vocabulary of adult words (many outrageously inappropriate). Probably has never had a friend her own age. Strong, powerful singer (mostly belt, a little mix). Must dance well; tap is a plus. No taller than 4'4.
LITTLE BERTIE – Female presenting, 8–10. Even at age eight, Little Bertie lives under the stringent rules of propriety taught by her widowed mother. Only when she meets Little Cee Cee are her eyes opened to how the world can be outside her sheltered, restricted life. Solid singer with a pretty voice; mix and a little belt. No taller than 4'4.
CEE CEE – Female presenting, mid 30s–early 40s. Think Bette Midler at the height of her career. Beloved, funny, talented as an actress as well as a singer. Rough around the edges but with a big loving heart. THIS ROLE IS CAST.
BERTIE – Female presenting, mid 30s–early 40s. Still longing to break out of the debutante mold but not yet knowing how. She marries Michael to please her mother but never, as she later admits, falls in love with him. Until Nina is born, Cee Cee is Bertie's only source of joy and laughter. THIS ROLE IS CAST.
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