HELL'S KITCHEN (TOUR) — Principal Actors Auditions

HELL'S KITCHEN (TOUR) - NYC EPA

HK Tour LLC | New York, NY

Notice: Audition

AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, October 6, 2026
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CONTRACT

Touring Agreement
$1,077 weekly minimum (Level 5) - Principal salary $2K - 3K/week range

SEEKING

Equity actors for future replacements in the Touring production of HELL'S KITCHEN (See

BREAKDOWN

PREPARATION

Please prepare a two minute or less cut of an Alicia Keys song, or a song in the style of Alicia Keys. Please bring sheet music for piano accompanist. No singing without sheet music. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036

PERSONNEL

Director: Michael Greif
Music & Lyrics: Alicia Keys
Book: Kristoffer Diaz
Choreographer: Camille A. Brown
Music Supervisor: Adam Blackstone
Music Consultant: Tom Kitt

Expected to attend:
Casting Director(s): Heidi Griffiths and Kate Murray
Casting Associate: Chalin Tulyathan

OTHER DATES

Currently on tour.

OTHER

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.

Equity's

CONTRACT

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

HELL'S KITCHEN

SYNOPSIS:
In the mid-'90s, in an apartment high above the energy and grit of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, 17-year-old Ali looks toward the horizon until she can just see the Hudson River. Despite the warnings of her over-protective mother, the symphony of the street calls to her—promising freedom, excitement, and the possibility of love. When an inspiring piano teacher facing her own mortality recognizes Ali's musical talent, she helps Ali to find her voice and how she can make the city her own.

[ALI] ROLE IS CAST. Character is a young Black woman. 18+ to play 17. An extraordinary singer who is comfortable with R&B/pop/jazz vocals. Vocal range Eb3 - F5 (G5 head voice). A strong, stubborn girl with a rebellious streak who is trying to carve out her own identity independent of her mother's overprotective, ever-watchful eye.

[JERSEY] ROLE IS CAST. Character is a White woman in her late 30's-mid 40's. An extraordinary & powerfully-voiced singer with a brassy sound and lots of vocal flexibility. Possesses a strong, HIGH belt and ability to mix. Comfortable with improvisation, R&B/pop/jazz vocals, and harmonies. Vocal range Eb3 — Ab5, but because of the improvisational nature of the music, there is no limit on high belt range. Ali's mother, raising her as a single mom. Tough, outspoken, not afraid of a fight. What she says, goes. Extremely protective of her daughter, to the degree that strikes fear into the hearts of all Ali's friends. Distrustful of the outside world, most particularly of the intentions of men, she'll do anything she can to keep her daughter safe and give her the best shot at life.

[DAVIS] ROLE IS CAST. Character is a Black man in his 40's. Tenor, vocal range Eb3 — E5. An exceptional singer who is comfortable with R&B/pop/jazz vocals who can hold down harmonies. Ali's father. A traveling musician, who has been absent for her entire life. Charming and likable. A true artist. His true love is music, and although he also loves his family, it's difficult—maybe impossible—for him to make space for both.

[KNUCK] ROLE IS CAST. Character is a Black man in his 20's. Muscular Build. Tenor, vocal range B2 — Bb4. An extremely strong soul/R&B singer who is skilled in and comfortable with improv and ad lib. Think the vocal harmonies of 1980's groups like Boyz II Men, Jodeci, New Edition etc. Experience with drumming and/or percussion is a big plus. A young man who has grown up holding his own in Ali's gritty Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, who Ali falls in love with. He's a house painter by trade and a dreamer by nature. Knuck finds his joy playing the bucket drums to entertain himself, his friends and his neighbors. Although the world—including Ali's mother—insists on seeing him as a thug, beneath his seemingly tough exterior is a sensitive and soulful young man with a gentle and generous spirit, who is growing increasingly frustrated with a world that insists on stereotyping him and treating him as a threat.

[MISS LIZA JANE] ROLE IS CAST. Character is a Black woman in her 50's. Vocal range B2 — D5. An exceptionally strong, powerfully-voiced singer who is comfortable with R&B/pop/jazz vocals and harmonizing. A longtime resident of Ali's building who becomes Ali's piano teacher. Outwardly stern and taciturn, with incredible gravitas and presence. Puts tremendous value on discipline and focus, but despite her imposing presence, approaches Ali with patience and empathy, and teaches her about life and adulthood, in addition to music.