Joy On Broadway, LLC | New York, NY
Friday, March 28, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Off Broadway
$1383 weekly minimum (Category E)
Equity actors for roles in JOY: THE MUSICAL (See breakdown).
Please prepare a short contemporary musical theatre or pop/rock song and bring sheet music. Actors should also bring a stapled-together headshot and resume.
Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Holding room - Studio 304
Book: Ken Davenport
Music and Lyrics: AnnMarie Milazzo
Director: Lorin Latarro
Associate Director: Nick Corley
Choreographer: Josh Bergasse
Music Director: Andy Einhorn
Producers: Ken Davenport and Sandi Moran
General Management: ShowTown Theatricals
Casting Director: The TRC Company / Claire Burke, CSA
Casting Associate: Spencer Gualdoni, CSA
Expected to attend:
Casting Director: Claire Burke
Rehearsal Start Date: May 12th, 2025
Preview Date: June 23rd, 2025
Opening Date: July 24th, 2025
Closing Date: August 24th, 2025
Extension Date: August 31st, 2025
Venue: Laura Pels Theatre
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
JOY (30s, she/her): ROLE IS CAST. A single mom from Long Island struggling to make ends meet. Joy has a long-ignored passion and talent for inventing and for using her inventions to help others. Over the course of the musical, she comes into her own. And throughout, she is equal parts joy incarnate and rough around the edges. Life has not been kind to Joy, but it’s made her tough, caused her to radiate light and positivity, and prepared her to fight the battles ahead of her with optimism and ingenuity. Strong belt with head/mix.
TOOTS (early 60s, she/her): ROLE IS CAST. Joy’s mother. A recluse who hasn’t left the house in years. She appears to have no faith or interest in her daughter and her daily activities consist of watching People’s Court and buying products on QVC that get shipped to the house. Very skilled with comedy and a very strong singer. Strong belt with head/mix.
RUDY (early 60s, he/him): ROLE IS CAST. Joy’s father. A car salesmen-esque character of a man who over-promises and under delivers despite meaning well. He is crass, yet charming at the same time and spends much of the musical going at it with his ex-wife. Very skilled with comedy. Strong baritone/tenor range - up to G/Ab.
TONY (30s, he/him): ROLE IS CAST. Joy’s ex-husband. A Sinatra wannabe who starts the musical living in his ex-wife’s basement waiting for his career as a performer to take off. His heart is in the right place, but he doesn’t follow through, forgetting to pick his daughter up at school, not paying any of the bills, etc. He is all charm and also a mess. Strong tenor.
CHRISTIE (10, she/her): ROLE IS CAST. Joy and Tony’s daughter. Whip smart, especially when it comes to emotional intelligence. She is perceptive, insightful, and sometimes a little too clever for her own good, but she also has moments of vulnerability in which we are reminded that she’s just a 10-year-old who needs her parents to come through for her. A very strong singer; Christie has two numbers of her own and is present throughout most of the show. Strong belt with head/mix.
LORRAINE (40s/50s, she/her): Rudy’s enigma of a new girlfriend whom he met dancing at the Havana Club. Very skilled with comedy. Strong alto (up to an E).
COWBOY EDDIE (40s/50s, he/him): A bigoted, cunning, and cruel man who attempts to swindle Joy out of her money and take her invention away from her. Eddie is from Texas and has a very thick accent. High Rock Tenor.
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