Dear Evan Hansen Auditions

AUDITION INFORMATION

Sunday, July 19 @ 6PM
Monday, July 20 @ 6PM

Callbacks, if needed, will take place in the evening on Tuesday, July 21.

Performers should plan to arrive at the start of the audition time. Please contact casting@thegrandoperahouse.com if you cannot be there at the top of the audition time.

Actors will be notified if they are needed for callbacks. If you are not called back, it does not mean you are not being considered for a role.

Location:

Auditions will be held at The Grand’s Rehearsal space in the Arcade Building, 880 Locust St., Suites 222 and 228.  Please enter through the Locust Street entrance.  When you enter, take the stairs on the right to the second floor. The rooms are right at the top of the stairs.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Fill out the digital audition form HERE prior to your arrival to save time at auditions. Those auditioning should be prepared to list all conflicts or potential conflicts that overlap with a production’s rehearsal and performance schedule.
• Prepare a 1 min cut (approximately 32 bars) of a musical theater song in the style of the show. Please bring sheet music in the correct key as an accompanist will be provided.
• Actors may be asked to read from a selection of short sides.

Alternate Audition and Video Submissions:
Actors unable to attend auditions may submit an audition video to casting@thegrandoperahouse.com. Video submissions should contain 32 bars of a musical theater song in the style of the show showcasing range. Adding a dance section to your audition tape is optional. Video submissions must be received no later than 6pm Monday, July 20.

GENERAL PRODUCTION INFORMATION:

This production is open to adult actors, ages 18 and above.

Performances
September 11, 12, 18 and 19 @ 7:30PM
September 13 and 20 @ 2:00PM

Full company rehearsals will begin tentatively Monday, July 27
Dress/Technical and Brush-up Rehearsals are September 6 – 10 and 16
Availability for dress/technical rehearsals and all performances is mandatory

Detailed Rehearsal schedules will be made available upon the completion of casting.

CASTING INFORMATION:

The creative team seeks a diverse company of adult actors, ages 18-above. Actors of all ethnicities will be equally considered for all roles and actors of color are encouraged to audition. All roles are open.

Evan Hansen (tenor, male-identified, any ethnicity) – 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.

Heidi Hansen (soprano/mezzo-soprano, female-identified, any ethnicity) – Evan’s mother. Overworked and stretched too thin, Heidi loves her son fiercely, but fears they have begun to grow apart. She is prepared to do anything to repair the damage.

Zoe Murphy (soprano, female-identified, any ethnicity) – 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.

Connor Murphy (tenor/baritone, male-identified, any ethnicity) – 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.

Cynthia Murphy (soprano/mezzo-soprano, female-identified, any ethnicity) – 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.

Larry Murphy (baritone, male-identified, any ethnicity) – 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.

Jared Kleinman (tenor, male-identified, any ethnicity) – Droll and sarcastic, Jared covers his own insecurities with a well-practiced swagger and a know-it-all arrogance.

Alana Beck (mezzo-soprano, female-identified, any ethnicity) – Earnest to a fault, prone to melodrama, Alana hides a deeper loneliness beneath an ever-present smile and an almost aggressive friendliness.