DEAR EVAN HANSEN - White Plains PAC Non Equity Auditions

White Plains Performing Arts Center: Mainstage Auditions

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

PERSONNEL

Book by
Steven Levenson

Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Director: Marc Tumminelli

Music Director: Stephen Ferri

Choreographer: Cameron Anika Hill

The White Plains Performing Arts Center is seeking both AEA & non-union performers for Dear Evan Hansen . We are seeking a cast with fantastic singing, acting and dancing abilities to play principal and supporting roles (breakdown below.)

Please note there is NO housing for this production. Theater is located 35 minutes from NYC.

SYNOPSIS

Seventeen-year-old Evan Hansen has felt invisible his entire life. But when a tragedy shocks his community and thrusts him into the center of a rapidly evolving controversy, Evan is given the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to be somebody else. As his web of well-intentioned lies begins to unravel, though, Evan is forced to confront the fact that the price of belonging may be far steeper than he bargained for.

IMPORTANT DATES

1st Rehearsal: September 14 (rehearses in NYC, within 10am-6pm range)

Tech: Sept 25-Oct 1 in White Plains
Shows: October 2-4, 8-11, 15-18, 22-25 (3-4 performances/week)

Please bring any and all conflicts to the auditions and note that the rehearsals times may vary. You must be available for all shows and tech week to audition.
Venue: White Plains Performing Arts Center 11 City Place, 3rd Floor (City Center)White Plains NY 10601(35 min from NYC via train/car) wppac.com

CONTRACT: ITC

Total of 3-4 performances/week

*$640/week min. Rehearsals & $535/week min, performances (plus pension/health weeks) pending approval
Non-union: Fee Minimum $2,700+ (based on role)

Travel via MNR provided.

Casting Breakdown:

*You must be 18+ to audition for this production

Evan Hansen (Male to play 17)

Smart, sincere, and excruciatingly self-conscious, Evan prefers to hover in the background, a supporting player in his own life, too afraid to step forward into the spotlight and risk ridicule or, what might be worse, no one noticing him at all. Gender: Male, Vocal range G2-C5

Zoe Murphy (Female, to play 17)

Sensitive and sophisticated, with a sharp sense of humor, Zoe could care less about the status games and popularity rites of high school. She feels a terrible ambivalence over her brother’s death. Gender: Female Vocal range: F3-E5

Connor Murphy (Male, to play 17)

An angry, disaffected loner, Connor has been a troubled kid for as long as anyone can remember, an enigma and a source of endless consternation to his long-suffering parents. Gender: Male, Vocal range: C3- G#4

Cynthia Murphy (Female, 40’s)

Connor and Zoe’s mother. To Evan, she seems to be the perfect mother, nurturing, available, and willing to talk about anything. To her own children, it’s a bit more complicated. Gender: Female Vocal range: F3- E5

Larry Murphy (Male, 40’s)

Connor and Zoe’s father. Though often tense and taciturn, Larry shows a different face to the world, representing for Evan the dad he always wished for: strong, confident, and more than anything, reliable, someone to be counted on. Gender: Male, Vocal range top: Bb2-G4

Jared Kleinman (Male, to play 17)

Droll and sarcastic, Jared covers his own insecurities with a well-practiced swagger and a know-it-all arrogance. Gender: Male Vocal rang: D3- B4

Alana Beck (Female, to play 17 )

Earnest to a fault, prone to melodrama, Alana hides a deeper loneliness beneath an ever-present smile and an almost aggressive friendliness.

Vocal range F3-E5

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

VIDEOS ARE DUE: August 21

-Please sing a cut of a song from the show (preferred). We have provided a few song options you can use in the material link below.

-No in person audition/callback invites will go out until all videos are viewed as pre-screen for the week of August 24th

MATERIAL LINK:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14DKkOcA0OUg7xsbD5BXSwv93eAr9x0Mu?usp=sharing

Questions email:
auditions@wppac.com

Submit all materials via this link:
https://airtable.com/apppzw5ewMbZLR5xj/pag8lNK6zL02HbFj7/form

1. Videos must be uploaded to (youtube, vimeo etc) and sent as a link. Please No password protected videos or downloads etc.

2. Include Headshot and Resume (In one file)

3. In your recording, slate your name, union status,

4. Make sure we see as much of you as possible.

Make sure there is no editing, effects etc to your vocal recording