Casting Call for Boys and Girls for "Hadestown" Teen Edition
Auditions for "Hadestown" Teen Edition. The auditions are open to students in grades 7-12. Please see the dteails below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: After its origins as a DIY community theatre project in 2006 and a studio album in 2010, Hadestown electrified audiences with its 2016 world premiere at New York Theatre Workshop, becoming the longest-running show in that celebrated theatre’s 40-year history. The production then received its Canadian premiere at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre in 2017 and then a 2018 sold-out engagement at London’s National Theatre. Hadestown opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on April 17, 2019, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin, starring Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada and Patrick Page. Hadestown made its West End debut in February 2024 at the Lyric Theatre, London. Directed by Chavkin, the production featured Dónal Finn, Grace Hodgett Young, Zachary James, Melanie La Barrie and Gloria Onitiri. Additional info: December 12 Callbacks 2:00-3:30. (Middle schools 2:45-3:30) (Students who receive a callback will be notified by email on or before December 11) December 13-Cast List If interested, please apply.
8 roles
Lyre-playing poet, gifted and naïve (Tenor with strong falsetto, range: D3-C5 (opt. Eb5))
A runaway, tough and vulnerable (Mezzo-Soprano, range: F#3-D5)
Compulsive industrialist, boss-king of Hadestown (Bass, range: F2-C#4)
Queen of nature and the seasons, a lush (Mezzo-Soprano/Alto, range: F3-C5)
Charismatic guide and storyteller, mentor to Orpheus (Tenor/Bass, range: C3-B4)
Three sisters, vicious and delicious, voices in the head (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, range E3-D5 (Fate 1 up to Eb5))
Spirits of labor and community, a physical and choral presence (SATB)
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