HOMEBOUND - African Broadway Non Equity Auditions

HOMEBOUND
An Original African Musical Theatre Production
African Broadway

African Broadway is casting 4 actor-singers for HOMEBOUND, an original musical theatre production exploring family, identity, belonging, and the meaning of home.

The story follows four people traveling to Lagos, each returning home for a deeply personal reason. As their journeys intersect, they confront questions of family, identity, relationships, and the parts of themselves they have left behind.

HOMEBOUND is designed as an intimate black-box musical, combining contemporary storytelling with African musical influences and emotionally driven original music.

CASTING

LOLA — Female, 30–35
Lola is smart, independent, composed, observant, ambitious, stubborn, and emotionally private. She has lived in New York and has not been home in eleven years. After receiving a phone call from her mother, she decides to return to Lagos and confront a relationship and a past she has kept at a distance.

Strong acting and singing ability required. Emotional range, natural stage presence, and comfort with musical theatre. Yoruba language ability is a plus.

TOMI — Female, 20–25
Tomi is gentle, curious, intelligent, and searching for a stronger connection to her identity. She understands Yoruba better than she speaks it. She is traveling to Lagos to meet her biological father for the first time and wants the opportunity to discover her own story.

Strong acting and singing ability required. Emotional range, natural stage presence, and comfort with musical theatre.

TUNDE — Male, 38–50
Tunde is charming, talkative, resourceful, funny, and street-smart. He always seems to know someone who knows someone. Beneath his humor is a man who worries that he has not lived up to his family's expectations.

Strong acting and singing ability required. Excellent comedic timing, emotional range, stage presence, and comfort with musical theatre and Nigerian cultural references.

MAMA EFE — Female, 40+
Mama Efe is warm, wise, blunt, funny, intimidating when necessary, and deeply observant. She has been estranged from her older sister for eighteen years. When she learns that her sister is seriously ill, she decides it is time to return home and attempt to reconcile before it is too late.

Strong dramatic acting and singing ability required. Emotional depth, commanding stage presence, warmth, and excellent storytelling ability. Comfort with African cultural references. Ability to speak or understand an African language is a plus.

AUDITION PROCESS

Video auditions are accepted.

Please submit:

1. Acting video — 60–90 seconds demonstrating your acting ability, emotional range, and stage presence.

2. Singing video — 60–90 seconds demonstrating your vocal ability and storytelling through music.

Videos do not need to be professionally filmed. A clear phone recording is acceptable.

Selected applicants may be invited to a callback and asked to read scenes and/or sing material from HOMEBOUND.

To apply, visit:
https://africanbroadway.org/homebound/

Click the HOMEBOUND audition application link and complete the application.

PRODUCTION DETAILS

Rehearsals: Bay Shore, New York
Regular rehearsals expected to begin: February 2027
Performance target: May/June 2027
Format: Intimate black-box musical
Production: African Broadway
Union Status: Non-Union
Compensation: Volunteer/unpaid initial production
Video auditions accepted

African performers are encouraged to audition. Nigerian and Nigerian-diaspora performers are especially welcome, but you do not have to be Nigerian to apply.

This is an opportunity to be part of the development and initial production of an original musical theatre work.

African Broadway is committed to developing original stories rooted in African experiences and creating space for artists across the African diaspora and beyond.