Paper Mill Playhouse | Millburn, NJ
Friday, February 14, 2025
10:00 AM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
COST: $1156 weekly minimum (Tier 4)
Equity chorus singers for DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID (See breakdown). Paper Mill Playhouse is committed to anti-racism and anti-oppression practices in all areas, including casting. We acknowledge histories of systemic exclusionary practices and will continue to dismantle barriers to theatre making. Paper Mill Playhouse welcomes diversity and inclusion across the spectrum of race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, and artists with disabilities. The audition process is open to all actors and stage managers.
Please prepare 16-32 bars of a musical theatre song in the style of the show. No pop music, please. Bring a headshot and resume, and sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided.
Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Holding room - Studio 314
Producing Artistic Director: Mark S. Hoebee
Associate Artistic Director: Jen Bender
Associate Producer: Christopher Slavik
Director & Choreographer: JoAnn M. Hunter
Music Director: Nate Patten
Flight Choreographer: Paul Rubin
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting / Kevin Metzger-Timson, CSA & Xavier Rubiano, CSA
Expected to attend:
Music Director: Nate Patten
Associate Artistic Director: Jen Bender
Casting Director: Kevin Metzger-Timson
Casting Director: Xavier Rubiano
1st Rehearsal: May 5, 2025
1st Preview: May 29, 2025
Opening: June 1, 2025
Closing: June 29, 2025
Personnel (Con't)
Music By: Alan Menken
Lyrics By: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
Book By: Doug Wright
ECC Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Notice: Audition Call Type: ECC
LOUIS: 40s-50s. A human, French Chef extraordinaire, a culinary perfectionist with a particular affinity for dishes with fishes. A good dancer. Vocal range: Sings Les Poissons a la Maurice Chevalier. Vocal range: Character baritone. Featured Ensemble. This role may understudy a principal role. TBD.
ENSEMBLE: All ages. Under the sea: fishes and sea creatures, and of course, the mermaids and mermen of Triton’s watery realm. On land: the human citizens of the fairy-tale kingdom of every child’s dreams, from cooks to courtiers, from ladies in waiting to men at sea. On the beach: those winged clowns, the gulls who dwell as happily bobbing on the ocean’s waves as running up and down the shore. Seeking excellent singers and dancers, aerial/lyra experience a plus. All vocal ranges. May play various featured roles and/or understudy principal roles. PERFORMERS CAST AS THE ARIEL AND ERIC DOUBLES OR AS UNDERSTUDIES FOR PRINCIPAL ROLES THAT FLY SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS OR SUFFER FROM MOTION SICKNESS.
The above ensemble roles may understudy one of the following principal roles:
ARIEL: 18-22. A young mermaid girl on the verge of maturity, but with a frisky sense of fun. Innocent, smart, curious, pro-active. Not a pushover or overly sentimental. She wants to learn and is headstrong and spirited, overflowing with feelings that are fathoms deep, and daring to dream about a different world, the world above the sea. Moves well. Vocal range: Crystal clear flawless belt to E. THIS ROLE WILL FLY AND SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS OR SUFFER FROM MOTION SICKNESS.
PRINCE ERIC: 18-22. A prince among men, possessed of all the royal attributes that leave people breathless. But beneath the easy charm, the handsome face and the instinctive courage, lurks a reluctant ruler who’d happily trade his crown for a life on the bounding main, who’d gladly renounce his throne in search of something to fight for, someone to love. Dancer/Mover a plus. Vocal range: Able to sing in a very controlled lyrical tenor or baritenor. Gorgeous soaring sound to A.
KING TRITON: 40s-50s. The Son of Poseidon, King of the Undersea World, with a profound belief that the Human World is dangerous and to be shunned. A powerful, uncompromising monarch, and the harried father of seven mermaid daughters. Commanding, regal, charismatic – and, when it comes to his girls, especially his youngest, Ariel – a doting and deeply devoted father. Vocal range: Booming baritone to strong E. THIS ROLE WILL FLY AND SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS OR SUFFER FROM MOTION SICKNESS.
URSULA: 30s-40s. A Sea Witch and Triton’s estranged (and none-too-happy-about-it) sister, banished forever for dabbling in The Black Arts. Personality as huge as her ambition. Tentacles as numerous as her devilish spells. Wildly smart, sinister and sarcastic. Luxuriously sexy, sultry and statuesque. Desperate to overthrow her brother and reclaim the undersea realm once and for all! Vocal range: Dramatic alto with a big belt.
GRIMSBY: 40s-60s. Prince Eric’s British guardian. Long-suffering, no-nonsense and big-hearted. More a companion and confidant than a guardian, without whose astute counsel Eric would be lost, and at sea. A source of advice, a center of gravity. Occasionally exasperated by, but entirely devoted to, his young charge, the Prince. Vocal range: Light character vocals only, patter a la Gilbert and Sullivan.
SEBASTIAN: 20s-40s, Black. A crab. The court composer, world-class suck-up to King Triton, and a ‘side-stepper’ by nature. Ariel’s unwilling protector under the sea, and later, in the inhospitable world above. Speaks with a Caribbean accent. Good sense of comedy, good dancer and singer. Vocal range: Strong character calypso sound. Baritone to E.
SCUTTLE: 20s-40s. A seagull. Fancies himself the ocean’s Greatest Living Expert on humans and their peculiar (and often revolting) stuff. Full of confidence, positivity, and, of course, feathers. Ariel depends on him for the bird’s-eye view of the world and life. A real song and dance man-type. Vocal range: Very strong character tenor or baritenor with a solid high A. THIS ROLE WILL FLY AND SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS OR SUFFER FROM MOTION SICKNESS.
FLOUNDER: 18+ to play younger. A little fish in a big pond. A faithful friend small enough to look up to the little mermaid, Ariel. What he lacks in courage he more than makes up for in enthusiasm. Vocal range: Belt to a strong D. THIS ROLE WILL FLY AND SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS OR SUFFER FROM MOTION SICKNESS.
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: 20s-40s. Two eels, high-voltage low-lifes who are Ursula’s lackeys and partners in crime. Slippery, slimy snakes in the (sea) grass. Good comic timing and good movers. Will be on heelies or skateboards, so roller skating, rollerblading, and/or skateboarding skills a plus. Vocal range: Light seductive tenor to B with falsetto to a high D.
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