DEAR EVAN HANSEN Equity Principal Actors - Coachella Valley Repertory Auditions

DEAR EVAN HANSEN - Cathedral City, CA EPA

Coachella Valley Repertory | Cathedral City, CA

AUDITION DATE

Friday, September 5, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (P)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition please go to:
https://cvrep.org/news/auditions-2/.

CONTRACT

SPT
$761 weekly minimum (SPT 8)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in DEAR EVAN HANSEN (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare two contrasting 16-32 bar cuts, or 16 bars of a song and a one-minute contemporary monologue. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring a hard copy of your headshot and résumé stapled together.

LOCATION

Coachella Valley Repertory
Coachella Valley Repertory Playhouse
68510 E Palm Canyon Dr
Cathedral City, CA 92234

Free parking is located in the city parking garage 1 block from CVRep, on Lalo Guerrero. Upon arrival, please use the entrance under the green awning on Lalo Guerrero and sign in.

PERSONNEL

Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Book by Seven Levenson

Expected to attend:
Executive Artistic Director: Adam Karsten
Managing Director: Jeniffer Hankinson
Music Director: Stephen Hulsey

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: November 17, 2025
Opening: December 3, 2025
Closing: December 21, 2025

OTHER

www.cvrep.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

EQUITY INFORMATION

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.

BREAKDOWN

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

A note about casting:
Many of the roles may be listed with he/him or she/her pronouns or gender identifying notes. We do not want to limit our casting as such and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with.

CVRep encourages submissions from individuals of all races, ethnicities, national origins, gender expressions, body types, and abilities. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide.

SEEKING:

[EVAN HANSEN] 18+ to play 17, Male identifying. Smart, sincere, and excruciatingly self-conscious, Evan prefers to hover in the background, too afraid to step forward into the spotlight and risk ridicule or, what might be worse, no one noticing him at all. Strong Pop Tenor G2-B4

[ZOE MURPHY] 18+ to play 16. Female identifying. Sensitive and sophisticated with a sharp sense of humor, one of those popular kids who doesn’t care and doesn’t play the high school social status games. Zoe is troubled by the ambivalence she feels over her brother’s death. Pop Soprano – F3-E5

[ALANA BECK] 18+ to play 17. Female identifying. Earnest to a fault, prone to and thrives on melodrama all of which hides a deeper loneliness and insecurity beneath an ever-present smile and an almost aggressive friendliness. Pop Soprano F3-E5

[CONNOR MURPHY] 18+ to play 17. Male identifying. An angry and disaffected loner, Connor has been a troubled kid for as long as anyone can remember. He is approached with caution by his peers and is a mystery to his parents. Pop Bari-Tenor G2-G4

[JARED KLEINMAN] 18+ to play 17. Male identifying. Droll and sarcastic, he covers his insecurities with a well-practiced swagger and a know-it-all arrogance. Pop Tenor A2-B4

[HEIDI HANSEN] 40s-50s. Female identifying. Evan’s mother, she loves him fiercely but isn’t always able to “help” him and fears they have begun to grow apart. She is prepared to do anything to support her son and repair the damage. Pop Alto F#3-E5

[CYNTHIA MURPHY] 40s-50s. Female identifying. Connor and Zoe’s mother. She appears to be the perfect mother, kind, nurturing, available, easy to talk to, but her own children may feel otherwise. Pop Soprano F#3-E5

[LARRY MURPHY] 40s-50s. Male identifying. Connor and Zoe's father, initially distant, he becomes more involved in the family's life after Connor's passing. Pop Bari-tenor F#2 to G4