HAMILTON (Philp Tour) Equity Principal Auditions - National Tour Auditions

Posted June 5, 2017
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HAMILTON (Philp Tour) - National Tour

HAMILTON (Philp Tour) - NYC EPA

Producing Org TBD


AUDITION DATE

Jun 19, 2017

10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)

Lunch 1:30 to 2:30

Jun 20, 2017**

10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)

Lunch 1:30 to 2:30

Jun 23, 2017**

10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)

Lunch 1:30 to 2:30

CONTRACT

Production (League)

$1974/week

SEEKING

Equity actor/singers for various roles in the upcoming Tour.

PREPARATION

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

LOCATION

Pearl Studios NYC (519)

519 8th Ave
12th Fl

New York, NY 10018

**6/20 & 6/23 Location

Pearl Studios NYC (500)

500 8th Avenue

New York, NY 10018-6504

PERSONNEL

Producer: Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theater
Director: Thomas Kail
Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Choreographer: Andy Blankenbuehler
Orchestrations/Music Supervisor: Alex Lacamoire
General Manager: Andy Jones
Casting: Telsey + Company

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal in NYC: o/a December 18, 2017
First Rehearsal Seattle: o/a January 15, 2017
First Performance in Seattle: o/a February 6, 2017

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.

BREAKDOWN

ALEXANDER HAMILTON:
Male. Non-white, 30s, Tenor-Baritone. An earnest, ambitious hothead, a man possessed. Speaks his mind, no matter the cost. Must be able to rap VERY well. Eminem meets Sweeney Todd. PRINCIPAL

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. PRINCIPAL

ANGELICA SCHUYLER:
Female. Non-white, 20s-30s, Mezzo - Soprano, MUST be able to sing and rap 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. PRINCIPAL

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. PRINCIPAL

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. PRINCIPAL

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE/THOMAS JEFFERSON (dual role):
Male. Non-white, 20s-30s, Tenor-Bari, MUST be able to sing and rap 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. PRINCIPAL

HERCULES MULLIGAN/JAMES MADISON (dual role):
Male. Non-white, 20s-30s, Tenor/baritone, MUST be able to sing and rap 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. PRINCIPAL

JOHN LAURENS/PHILIP HAMILTON (dual role):
Male. Non-white, late teens- 20s, Tenor, MUST be able to sing and rap 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. PRINCIPAL

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. PRINCIPAL

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. PRINCIPAL


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 audition.

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