HAMILTON (Broadway and Philip Tour) Equity Principal Actors - Various Producers Auditions

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Various Producers

AUDITION DATE

CONTRACT

Production (League) / Touring Agreement
$2638 weekly minimum - Production
$2499 weekly minimum - (Level 1) Touring

SEEKING

Equity actors for possible future replacements in the Broadway production and the Philip Tour of HAMILTON (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare a short cut of a pop/rock song that shows your style and vocal range. A piano accompanist will be provided. Bring sheet music and your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Holding room - Studio 304

PERSONNEL

Producer: Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theatre
Director: Thomas Kail
Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Choreographer: Andy Blankenbuehler
Orchestrations/Music Direction: Alex Lacamoire
General Manager: Andy Jones
Casting: The Telsey Office
Expected to attend:
Alexis Brown (Casting Director)

OTHER DATES

Currently running

OTHER

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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

BREAKDOWN

HAMILTON (Broadway and Philip Tour)

SEEKING:

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Male. Non-white, 30s, Tenor-Baritone. An earnest, ambitious hothead, a man possessed. Speaks his mind, no matter the cost. Raps VERY well. Eminem meets Sweeney Todd.

ELIZA HAMILTON

Female. Non-white, 20s – 30s, Soprano. Fiercely loyal, self-possessed, proud. Evolves from lovesick, wealthy young woman to the sole keeper of her late husband’s legacy. Alicia Keys meets Elphaba.

ANGELICA SCHUYLER

Female. Non-white, 20s-30s, Mezzo - Soprano, sings and raps well. Fierce, dazzling, brilliant, can read a room and everyone in it instantly. Deeply in love with Hamilton, who is married to her beloved sister Eliza. Nicki Minaj meets Desiree Armfeldt.

AARON BURR

Male. Non-white, 20s-30s, Tenor/Baritone, sings and raps in equal measure. Our narrator. A cool, steely reserve. An orphan raised in wealth, plays his cards and opinions close to the vest. Slow to anger, but when he gets there, look out. Javert meets Mos Def.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

Male. Non-white, 30s-40s, Tenor/Baritone, sings and raps in equal measure. Authoritative, regal, aloof, aware of his place in history at all times. John Legend meets Mufasa.

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE/THOMAS JEFFERSON (dual role)

Male. Non-white, 20s-30s, Tenor-Bari, Sings and raps well. LAFAYETTE is an earnest, idealistic Frenchman who reveals himself to be a superb military commander/rapper. Think Lancelot meets Ludacris. JEFFERSON is relaxed, jazzy, brilliant, whose effortless cool is ruffled ONLY by Hamilton. Harold Hill meets Drake.

HERCULES MULLIGAN/JAMES MADISON (dual role)

Male. Non-white, 20s-30s, Tenor/baritone, Sings and raps well. MULLIGAN is the life of the party, dripping with swagger, streetwise and hilarious. Joins the revolution to get out of being a tailor’s apprentice, and befriends Laurens, Hamilton and Lafayette. Busta Rhymes meets Donald O’Connor. MADISON is incisively intelligent, quiet, professional. A former Hamilton ally, he becomes Jefferson’s detail man concerning all matters — he gets things done. RZA meets Zach from Chorus Line.

JOHN LAURENS/PHILIP HAMILTON (dual role)

Male. Non-white, late teens-20s, Tenor, Sings and raps well. LAURENS is an ardent young abolitionist and idealist, born into privilege, joining the Revolution. Hamilton’s loyal best friend. Nas meets Elder Price. PHILIP HAMILTON. Prodigious, full of life, a wordsmith in the mold of his father Alexander. Tupac meets J. Pierrepont Finch.

PEGGY SCHUYLER/MARIA REYNOLDS (dual role)

Female. Non-white, late teens-20s, Mezzo-Soprano. PEGGY SCHUYLER: Sweet, shy, youngest of the three Schuyler Sisters. The Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child. MARIA REYNOLDS: Sultry, young, calculating. Affects the role of a damsel in distress to seduce Hamilton. Jasmine Sullivan meets Carla from Nine.

KING GEORGE

Male. Caucasian, 30s-40s, Tenor, British accent. The King of England. Entitled, pouty nihilist. Sees the American Colonies as a deluded former lover, who will come crawling back. Rufus Wainwright meets King Herod in JCS.