Rap for Your Shot! HAMILTON Holds Open Auditions Today in NYC

It's time to take your shot! According to a casting notice, Broadway's Hamilton is holding open auditions for "singers who rap" today, May 3, 2016 at Chelsea Studios in New York City.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical is looking for men and women, ages 20s to 30s, for the non-white characters as written and conceived for the currently running Broadway production and upcoming tours of HAMILTON. Note: This audition will not include the roles of King George or Ensemble Dancers.

HAMILTON hopefuls should bring sheet music for a pop/rock song, as well as a picture and resume with their contact information. An accompanist will be provided.

Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend. No prior theatre experience necessary.

If you can't audition live but are still interested, follow the instructions at HamiltonBroadway.com/auditions.

The new musical Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also plays the title role. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. Hamilton is inspired by Ron Chernow's biography "Alexander Hamilton."

The cast of Hamilton is comprised of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Daveed Diggs(Marquis De Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler), Christopher Jackson (George Washington), Jonathan Groff (King George), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler, Maria Reynolds), Javier Muñoz (Hamilton alternate), Okieriete Onaodowan (Hercules Mulligan, James Madison), Leslie Odom, Jr. (Aaron Burr),Anthony Ramos (John Laurens, PhilipHamilton) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton).

From bastard orphan to Washington's right hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal to Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy, Hamilton is an exploration of a political mastermind. George Washington Thomas Jefferson, Eliza Hamilton, and lifelong Hamilton friend and foe, Aaron Burr, all attend this revolutionary tale of America's fiery past told through the sounds of the ever-changing nation we've become. Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail directs this new musical about taking your shot, speaking your mind, and turning the world upside down.

Photo Credit: Joan Marcus