SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR UPCOMING AUDITIONS
Seeking video submissions for the reading of RANKED, A New Musical.
Buy your grades. Buy your future. But what happens when the rest of the world finds out?
RANKED premiered in Northern California, weeks after the College Admissions Scandal took the
nation by storm, and is the subject of the 2022 HBO feature documentary, “
My So-Called High
School Rank.” RANKED tells the story of a dystopian world where competition reaches new
heights as publicized academic excellence defines each student's worth. Numbers from the
musical have been performed by Broadway stars Joshua and Amanda De La Cruz singing a duet
of “
Come Up For Air”, as well as Amber Ardolino, JJ Niemann and Alex Wong covering “
Eye on
the Prize”. For more information please go to
RankedMusical.com.
Book by Kyle Holmes
Music and Lyrics by David Taylor Gomes
Directed by Mindy Cooper
Casting by Stephanie Klapper Casting
Dates: March 2 – 4, 2024 – Austin, TX – Paid
This abridged 45 minute reading will be featured as part of the SXSW EDU Conference.
Seeking a diverse company of actors who sing, age 18+ to play 14 – 18 years old.
ALL ACTORS MUST BE NON UNION AND BASED IN AUSTIN.
Seeking actors of all ethnicities, backgrounds, and gender identities.
To submit, please send a video of yourself singing 32 bars of a contemporary pop or rock song.
Please send via an unlisted YouTube link or Vimeo link to CastingRanked@gmail.com.
Please submit ASAP but no later than Thursday, January 25th at noon EST
Please put “RANKED SUBMISSION – YOUR NAME” in the subject line. In the body of the email,
please include your name and contact info. Attach a copy of your headshot and resume. We
will review all videos and be in touch if we wish to schedule an online audition appointment.
Online audition appointments will be by invitation only.
Please see the attached document for full CHARACTER BREAKDOWN.
Lily is Above the Average, barely. Soon the giant, and very public, academic leaderboards will
update everyone’s class rank, and for another day, everyone will know their place. If you fall
Below the Average - say goodbye to college, and pretty much everything else. In the face of an
intense and perverse culture of performance, Lily must find her place in the status quo as she
watches friends and enemies alike destroy themselves and each other to score their way to the
top. When an impossible lie is discovered, the fate of these students' futures hangs in the
balance.
What are you worth? Who decides? And what do you do when it all comes crashing down?
Characters
LILY LARSEN (Female, 18+ to play 14) Our anxious freshman protagonist, Lily is new to the world
of high-stakes academic rankings and still learning the ropes. She feels tremendous pressure
from her older sister Alexis, and her peers, and goes to great lengths to try and get just one
moment of reprieve from it all. John and their budding relationship eventually comes to
represent what her life could be if she let all of the stress go.
Vocal Description: Strong Pop/Rock mezzo-soprano belts to an Eb5
JOHN CARTER (Male, 18+ to play 15) Sophomore. Earnest and playful, John and his older sister
Jordan stopped caring about academics and being “Above the Average” after their mother died.
He uses humor to get by, but after meeting Lily and developing an interest in her, begins to
question if maybe he should care a little bit more about his future.
Vocal Description: Strong Pop Baritone belts to a F#4
SYDNEY SUMMERS (Female, 18+ to play 17) Senior. Sydney is driven and cutthroat. She’s ranked
#1 in her class, and got there by being brilliant, staying focused, and knowing exactly how to
play the game. She wields her power and keeps everyone in their place through her Squad.
Despite her cold demeanor, she has a soft spot for her twin brother Ryan.
Vocal Description: Powerful Pop Alto/Soprano with vocal riffing belts to an Eb5
RYAN SUMMERS (Male, 18+ to play 17) Senior. Charming, charismatic, and blissfully unaware of
his privilege. Girls love him, and guys want to be him. He’s ranked near the top of his class, but
certainly doesn’t show the same intellectual promise as his Above the Average peers. Ryan lives
his life carefree, and doesn’t understand why his girlfriend, Alexis, can’t do the same.
Vocal Description: Tenor Belts to an A5
ALEXIS LARSEN (Female, 18+ to play 17) Senior. Cautious and concerned, Alexis has worked
incredibly hard to be near the top of her class. She lets her guard down for Ryan, but shows her
drive and determination when coaching Lily on how to follow in her footsteps and keep their
family’s secrets.
Vocal Description: True Alto, Sweet and endearing pop/folk voice. F3-D5
CARLY (Female, 18+ to play 17) Senior. Carly is part of Sydney’s Squad. While she is smart
enough academically to be at the top, she lacks some social competence and is usually a step
behind whatever point her squad is making.
Vocal Description: Mezzo-Soprano, strong with harmonies
FRANCIS (Male, 18+ to play 16) Junior, Francis is the snark of Sydney’s Squad. He carries himself
with a bit of a strut, his comments are often backhanded and he would not hesitate to take
Sydney’s place if the opportunity presented itself.
Vocal Description: Tenor, strong with harmonies
ENSEMBLE (2 - Any gender, 18+ to play 14-18) Ensemble tracks cover a variety of characters that
fill out the personality of the cutthroat, oftentimes sadistic, school. Overzealous student
government kids, the cutthroat freshman study group, anxious Below the Average students, and
the librarian who just wants to be left to his books.
Vocal Description: Strong with harmonies, solos throughout.
Videos
