Now seeking equity actors for contract principal roles for “Hamilton“, currently running on Broadway.
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 Direction: Alex Lacamoire
General Manager: Andy Jones
Casting: The Telsey Office
Viewing auditions:
Bethany Knox, Casting Director
Peter Dunn, Casting Associate
Alexis Brown, Casting Assistant
SEEKING
- ALEXANDER HAMILTON: Male. Non-white, 30s, Tenor-Baritone. An earnest, ambitious hothead, a man possessed. Speaks his mind, no matter the cost. Raps VERY well. Eminem meets Sweeney Todd. PRINCIPAL
- ELIZA HAMILTON: 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: Female. Non-white, 20s-30s, Mezzo – Soprano, Sings and raps 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: 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: 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): Male. Non-white, 20s-30s, Tenor- Bari, Sings and raps 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): Male. Non-white, 20s-30s, Tenor/baritone, Sings and raps 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): Male. Non-white, late teens 20s, Tenor, Sings and raps 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): 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: 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
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare a brief cut of a pop/rock song that shows your style and vocal range. If you do not have access to accompaniment, you may sing your song of choice a cappella. If you are not able to sing a song of your choosing, please feel free to use the accompaniment provided. Sheet music and accompaniment MP3 are available at the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zgn… . Submit at https://tinyurl.com/HamiltonEP…
Submission Deadline: November 17th 2022
Source: Playbill