Eliza Tour LLC
AUDITION DATES
Fri, Jan 24, 2020
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
Mon, Jan 27, 2020
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
Wed, Jan 29, 2020
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
CONTRACT
Production (League) $2168/week min
SEEKING
Equity actor/singers. All roles have been CAST. Seeking for possible future replacements
All SM positions have been filled.
PREPARATION
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
PERSONNEL
Producer: Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theatre
Director: Thomas Kail
Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Choreographer: Andy Blankenbuehler
Orchestrations/Music Supervisor: Alex Lacamoire
General Manager: Andy Jones
Casting: Telsey + Company
Lauren Harris and Meghan Ryan, Casting Directors
OTHER DATES
First Performance in Los Angeles: March 12, 2020
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for 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
All roles are all currently cast. Seeking for possible future replacements.
SEEKING:
ALEXANDER HAMILTON: (role CAST). 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: (role CAST). 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: (role CAST). 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: (role CAST). 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: (role CAST). 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): (role CAST). 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): (role CAST). 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): (role CAST). 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): (role CAST). 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: (role CAST). 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
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
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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