HAMILTON Equity Principal Auditions - Richard Rodgers Theatre Auditions

Posted March 12, 2015
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HAMILTON - NYC Equity Principal Auditions

Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theatre | New York, NY

Date of Audition:
3/25, 3/27, 3/31/2015


Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions (3 days)
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Friday, March 27th, 2015
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
10 AM to 6 PM each day. Lunch 1:30 to 2:30

Contract
Production (League)
$1861/week min

Location
Telsey + Company
311 West 43rd Street, 10th floor
New York, NY


Seeking
Equity actors who sing for various principal roles.

See breakdown for more info.

Preparation
Prepare a brief contemporary song that shows your style and vocal range. Bring sheet music; accompanist will be provided.

Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

Other Dates
First Rehearsal: June 2015
First Performance: July 13th, 2015
Opening: August 6th, 2015

Other

Casting: Telsey + Company/ Bethany Knox

General Manager: Andy Jones

Personnel
Director: Thomas Kail
Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Choreographer: Andy Blankenbuehler
Orchestrations/Music Direction: Alex Lacamoire

· EPA Rules are in effect.

· A monitor will be provided.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.


Breakdown

SEEKING:

ALEXANDER HAMILTON:
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.

ELIZA HAMILTON:
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:
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.

AARON BURR:
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:
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):
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.

HERCULES MULLIGAN/JAMES MADISON (dual role):
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.

JOHN LAURENS/PHILIP HAMILTON (dual role):
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.

PEGGY SCHUYLER/MARIA REYNOLDS (dual role.):
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:
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.

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