We’re looking for actors with strong singing voices and experience in musical theater
Roles
MALE
LEAD ACTOR:
Evan Hansen
White / Caucasian | 18-24 yrs old
Range: Strong Pop Vocalist, G2-B4.
Smart, sincere, and painfully 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.
FEMALE
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Heidi Hansen
White / Caucasian | 40-49 yrs old
Range: Strong Pop Vocalist, F3-Eb5 (belt).
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.
MALE
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Connor Murphy
White / Caucasian | 18-24 yrs old
Range: Strong Pop Vocalist, G2-G4.
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.Apply
FEMALE
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Zoe Murphy
White / Caucasian | 18-24 yrs old
Range: Strong Pop Vocalist, F3-E5 (belt).
A sensitive, sophisticated high school junior. Cool without realizing it, Zoe couldn’t care less about the status games and popularity rites of high school. Funny and bright, she has grown up in the long shadow cast by her volatile older brother, Connor, tyrannized along with the rest of her family by his out-of-control behavior. Few rooms are as familiar to her as the inside of a family therapist’s office. Zoe compensates for her brother’s darkness by
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FEMALE
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Cynthia Murphy
White / Caucasian | 40-49 yrs old
Range: Strong Pop Vocalist, F#3-E5 (belt).
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.
MALE
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Larry Murphy
White / Caucasian | 40-49 yrs old
Range: Strong Pop Vocalist, F#2-G4.
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.
FEMALE
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Alana Beck
Black / African Descent | 18-24 yrs old
Range: Strong Pop Vocalist, F3-E5 (belt).
A diligent, conscientious, straight-A high school senior, Alana is a do-gooder and a rule follower. Her acute self-awareness and social anxiety make it difficult to connect with others. Beneath her extroverted demeanor, she is in fact haunted by a terrible and abiding loneliness. Alana seizes the death of a classmate as an opportunity finally to find a sense of belonging. Well-intentioned and self-effacing, Alana is transformed by her fixation on the tr
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MALE
ACTOR:
Jared Kleinman
White / Caucasian | 18-24 yrs old
Range: Strong Pop Vocalist, A2-B4 G4.
Droll and sarcastic, Jared carries himself with the kind of practiced swagger only the deeply insecure can truly pull off. He is forced by his parents to hang out with family friend Evan, for whom he claims to have nothing but disdain. Jared masks his self-doubt with braggadocio and a know-it-all arrogance.
