The Gateway | Bellport, NY
Friday, February 21, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
To schedule an audition appointment, please email:
casting@thegateway.org. Those without an appointment will not be seen. We will not be seeing non-Equity at this time.
LOA
$640 weekly minimum (Ref. to COST) - 2024-25 rates
Equity actors for roles in Gateway's 2025-26 Season (See breakdown). All principal roles will be understudied.
Please prepare a selection in the style or from the show. You may also prepare two shorter contrasting pieces. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Gateway Playhouse
215 S Country Rd
Bellport, NY 11713-2532
Expected to attend:
Rachel Armitstead: Casting Director
Kaitlyn LaGrega: Casting Assistant
TBD: Music Director
See breakdown for production specific dates.
www.thegateway.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Gateway 2025-26 Season
Rehearsals: April 15 - May 2, 2025
Performances: May 2 - June 1, 2025
Director: Randy Skinner
Peggy Sawyer - Young, talented and hopeful. An extraordinary tap dancer who can sing like a Broadway leading lady; mezzo/belt. (Range: Eb3-E5)
Dorothy Brock - an established Broadway star. Moves well and possess a strong sense of comic timing. (Range: Eb3-E5)
Julian Marsh - Powerful and charismatic. A successful Broadway director; baritone. (Range: D3-Ab4)
Billy Lawlor - Juvenile lead of “Pretty Lady” - excellent tap dancer; soaring tenor. (Range: C#3-A4)
Maggie Jones - half of the writing duo of “Pretty Lady”; Sings and moves well and plays comedy with great warmth and charm; character alto. (Range: Ab3-Bb4)
Bert Barry - half of the writing duo of “Pretty Lady”; Sings and moves well and plays comedy with vaudeville timing; character baritone. (Range: C3-D4)
Abner Dillon - wealthy southern financier and admirer of Dorothy Brock. (Range: D3-Db4)
Anytime Annie - one of the girls in the chorus; A first rate tap dancer and natural comedienne; big belt. (Range: Ab3-Bb4)
Pat Denning - a handsome vaudeville performer down on his luck; Dorothy Brock's true love; baritone. (Range: D3-Db4)
Andy Lee - the dance director of the show; A first rate tap dancer; bari-tenor. (Range: Gb3-D4)
Ensemble - true triple threats with strong tap skills
Rehearsal: June 3 - June 20, 2025
Performances: June 20 - July 13, 2025
Director/Choreographer: TBD
Vivian Ward - female, early 20s. A quirky, sexy girl who reluctantly works as a prostitute on Hollywood Boulevard, but dreams of something better. Opinionated, sensitive, sarcastic, energetic. A true survivor no matter what.
Edward Lewis - male, 40s. Smart successful business mogul who takes over companies and sells their parts. Handsome, uptight, moody, workaholic. Looks like he has it all, but does he?
Kit Deluca - female, late 20s. Professional prostitute and party girl. Always peppy, optimistic, funny and street-smart. Often bossy.
Happy Man - male, 30s. Fast-talking and smiling street hustler handing out maps to the stars' homes. He dreams of being a full-time professional singer. Knows everybody.
Mr. Thompson - Early fifties. Efficient, dapper manager of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Ex-dancer. Fashion and etiquette expert who believes in kindness.
Phillip Stuckey - Forties. Ruthless business lawyer to Edward Lewis. Total control freak. Will go high and low to close a deal.
Mr. James Morse - 50s-60s. Cagey industrial tycoon who owns large shipyards. Currently in business trouble but will go down swinging.
David Morse/Ensemble - Twenties. Grandson of Mr. Morse. Eager, impulsive, smart. Has a plan to save his grandfather's company.
Giulio/Ensemble - Twenties. Young, curious, elevator boy at the hotel. A little naive and trying hard to be responsible.
Mr. Hollister/Ensemble - High-end Beverly Hills clothing store/boutique manager. Will say or do anything to make a sale.
Senator Adams/Ensemble - 50s. Powerful Senator and chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
Ensemble - true triple threats that will double as bit roles and understudies.
Rehearsal: July 15 - August 1, 2025
Performances August 1 - August 31, 2025
Director: TBD
Choreographer: TBD
The Phantom (Erik) - haunts the opera and is in love with Christine, his protege
Christine Daeé - the Phantom’s protege and aspiring opera singer
Philippe, Count de Chandon - powerful Count who is in love with Christine
Gerard Carriere - former manager of the Opera House
Cholet - new manager of the Opera House
Carlotta - the new opera diva; Cholet’s wife
Jean-Claude - the stage manager
Inspector LeDoux - chief of Paris police that is investigating the Phantom
Ensemble - various acolytes, members of the opera company, and police officers; must sing extremely well
Rehearsal: February 24 - March 13, 2026
Performances: March 13 - April 12, 2026
Director: TBD
Choreographer: TBD
Evan Hansen - Pop Tenor G2-B4 (Bottom G to top B) 18+ to play 17 years old. Smart, sincere, and excruciatingly 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.
Zoe Murphy - Pop Soprano F3-E5 (Bottom F to E two above middle C) 18+ to play 16 years old. Sensitive and sophisticated, with a sharp sense of humor, Zoe could care less about the status games and popularity rites of high school. She feels a terrible ambivalence over her brother’s death.
Alana Beck - Pop Soprano F3-E5 (Bottom F to E two above middle C) 18+ to play 17 years old. Earnest to a fault, prone to melodrama, Alana hides a deeper loneliness beneath an ever-present smile and an almost aggressive friendliness.
Connor Murphy - Pop Bari/Tenor G2-G4 (Bottom G to Top G) 18+ to play 17 years old. 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.
Jared Kleinman - Pop Tenor A2-B4 (Bottom A to top B) 18+ to play 17 years old. Droll and sarcastic, Jared covers his own insecurities with a well-practiced swagger and a know-it-all arrogance.
Heidi Hansen - (40s) Pop Alto 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.
Cynthia Murphy - (40s) Pop Soprano 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.
Larry Murphy - (40s) Pop Bari/Tenor 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.
Ensemble: Must sing and act well.
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