Hell's Kitchen, Broadway, Equity NYC EPA
About the project
Alicia Keys, music-lyrics: Kristoffer Diaz, book; Michael Greif, dir.; Camille A. Brown, choreo.; Adam Blackstone, music supervisor; Tom Kitt, music consultant; Heidi Griffiths/Kate Murray, casting; Chalin Tulyathan, casting assoc.; Heidi Griffiths, Kate Murray, casting dirs.; Chalin Tulyathan, casting assoc.; Emily Whitaker, accompanist
Casting Equity actors for future replacements in "Hell's Kitchen" on Broadway. Synopsis: In the mid 90’s, in an apartment high above the energy and grit of Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, 17-year-old Ali looks toward the horizon until she can just see the Hudson River. Despite the warnings of her over protective mother, the symphony of the street calls to her—promising freedom, excitement, and the possibility of love. When an inspiring piano teacher facing her own mortality recognizes Ali’s musical talent, she helps Ali to find her voice and how she can make the city her own.
Roles in this project
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Open run with no closing date set at the Schubert Theatre in NYC.
Compensation & Contract
Key Details
- Feb 22, 2025: 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM EST
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. Prepare a cut (no more than two minutes in length) of an Alicia Keys song, or a song in the style of Alicia Keys. Bring sheet music for piano accompanist. No singing without sheet music. Bring your headshot and resume stapled together. 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.
Additional Materials
ALI:
ROLE IS CAST. Character is a young Black woman. 18+ to play 17. LEAD
role. An extraordinary singer who is comfortable with R&B/pop/jazz
vocals. A strong, stubborn girl with a rebellious streak who is trying
to carve out her own identity independent of her mother’s
overprotective, ever-watchful eye.
JERSEY: ROLE IS CAST.
Character is a White woman in her late 30s-mid 40s. An extraordinary
& powerfully-voiced singer with a brassy sound and lots of vocal
flexibility. Possesses a strong, HIGH belt and ability to mix.
Comfortable with improvisation, R&B/pop/jazz vocals, and harmonies.
Because of the improvisational nature of the music, there is no limit on
high belt range. Ali’s mother, raising her as a single mom. Tough,
outspoken, not afraid of a fight. What she says, goes. Extremely
protective of her daughter, to the degree that strikes fear into the
hearts of all Ali’s friends. Distrustful of the outside world, most
particularly of the intentions of men, she’ll do anything she can to
keep her daughter safe and give her the best shot at life.
DAVIS:
ROLE IS CAST. Character is a Black man in his 40s. An exceptional
singer who is comfortable with R&B/pop/jazz vocals who can hold down
harmonies. Ali’s father. A traveling musician, who has been absent for
her entire life. Charming and likable. A true artist. His true love is
music, and although he also loves his family, it’s difficult–maybe
impossible–for him to make space for both.
KNUCK: ROLE IS CAST.
Character is a Black man in his 20s. Muscular Build. Tenor. An extremely
strong soul/R&B singer who is skilled in and comfortable with
improv and ad lib. Think the vocal harmonies of 1980’s groups like Boyz
II Men, Jodeci, New Edition etc. Experience with drumming and/or
percussion is a big plus (please note on resume). A young man who has
grown up holding his own in Ali’s gritty Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood,
who Ali falls in love with. He’s a house painter by trade and a dreamer
by nature. Knuck finds his joy playing the bucket drums to entertain
himself, his friends and his neighbors. Although the world--including
Ali's mother--insists on seeing him as a "thug," beneath his seemingly
tough exterior is a sensitive and soulful young man with a gentle and
generous spirit, who is growing increasingly frustrated with a world
that insists on stereotyping him and treating him as a threat.
MISS
LIZA JANE: ROLE IS CAST. Character is a Black woman in her 50s. An
exceptionally strong, powerfully-voiced singer who is comfortable with
R&B/pop/jazz vocals and harmonizing. A longtime resident of Ali’s
building who becomes Ali’s piano teacher. Outwardly stern and taciturn,
with incredible gravitas and presence. Puts tremendous value on
discipline and focus, but despite her imposing presence, approaches Ali
with patience and empathy, and teaches her about life and adulthood, in
addition to music.
OFFSTAGE STANDBY FOR JERSEY: ROLE IS CAST.
This is an offstage role, to standby for JERSEY: Character is a White
woman in her late 30s-mid 40s. An extraordinary & powerfully-voiced
singer with a brassy sound and lots of vocal flexibility. Possesses a
strong, HIGH belt and ability to mix. Comfortable with improvisation,
R&B/pop/jazz vocals, and harmonies. Because of the improvisational
nature of the music, there is no limit on high belt range. Ali’s mother,
raising her as a single mom. Tough, outspoken, not afraid of a fight.
What she says, goes. Extremely protective of her daughter, to the degree
that strikes fear into the hearts of all Ali’s friends. Distrustful of
the outside world, most particularly of the intentions of men, she’ll do
anything she can to keep her daughter safe and give her the best shot
at life. This is an OFFSTAGE ROLE.
