MEXODUS Equity Principal Actors - Showtown Downtown LLC Auditions

MEXODUS (OBWAY) - NYC EPA

Showtown Downtown LLC | New York, NY

AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, July 29, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:30PM - 2:30PM

CONTRACT

Off Broadway
$1439 weekly minimum (Cat. E) -- The minimum base weekly salary for the positions being auditioned for is established by a collective bargaining agreement between The Off-Broadway League, on behalf of the abovenamed producer, and Actors' Equity Association.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in MEXODUS (see breakdown).
Local New York area actors are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a short song of your choice in the style of John Legend, Stevie Wonder, etc. A piano accompanist will be provided, but we welcome self-accompanied selections on either guitar or piano. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Pearl Studios (500)
500 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6504
Studio 402 (Holding)

PERSONNEL

By and Featuring Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson
Directed by David Mendizábal
Producers: Audible Theater and P3 Productions
Employer: Showtown Downtown LLC
Venue: Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Casting Director: Claire Yenson, CSA

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: August 4, 2025
Understudies on Contract: August 18, 2025
First Performance: September 9, 2025
Opening: September 18, 2025
Closing: October 11, 2025
Possible Extension: November 1, 2025

OTHER

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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

BREAKDOWN

MEXODUS

SYNOPSIS

“Exceptional in form and intriguing in content… thrilling,” (The Washington Post) MEXODUS is a live-looping hip-hop musical created and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, Directed by David Mendizábal making its New York Premiere this fall. You've heard about the Underground Railroad that ran North, but are you ready for the story of path to freedom that ran South? MEXODUS unveils the little-told journey of thousands who crossed the Rio Grande to find freedom in Mexico. This groundbreaking theatrical experience, called “genius in motion” by the San Francisco Chronicle, tells the story of one such freedom seeker and the unexpected ally who helps him. A collision of history and sound. Of Black and Brown solidarity. Of resistance and release.

SEEKING:

UNDERSTUDY FOR NYGEL/HENRY. He/him. 20s-30s. African American. A charismatic story teller. Easy going and seemingly effortless. He morphs into Henry; a young, family-less enslaved man who has to cross the Rio Grande in order to be emancipated. He’s very guarded but loves deeply. He’s in constant contemplation of what it means to be “free.” Vocal range G3-A4. Very comfortable with rap (in an MF Doom way, not an MT way). Has advanced piano and guitar skills. NOTE: not required, but major pluses: trumpet, bass, string instruments, any/all other musical instruments, live looping.

CAST:

BRIAN/CARLOS (CAST - Brian Quijada). He/him. 20s-30s. Latine. A charismatic story teller. Easy going and seemingly effortless. Must be very comfortable with rap (in an MF Doom way, not an MT way). Has advanced piano and guitar skills. NOTE: Not required, but major pluses: trumpet, bass, string instruments, any/all other musical instruments, live looping.

NYGEL/HENRY (CAST - Nygel D. Robinson). He/him. 20s-30s. African American. A charismatic story teller. Easy going and seemingly effortless. He morphs into Henry; a young, family-less enslaved man who has to cross the Rio Grande in order to be emancipated. He’s very guarded but loves deeply. He’s in constant contemplation of what it means to be “free.” Vocal range G3-A4. Must be very comfortable with rap (in an MF Doom way, not an MT way). Has advanced piano and guitar skills. NOTE: Not required, but major pluses: trumpet, bass, string instruments, any/all other musical instruments, live looping.

UNDERSTUDY FOR BRIAN/CARLOS (CAST - Alan Mendez). He/him. 20s-30s. Latine. A charismatic story teller. Easy going and seemingly effortless. Must be very comfortable with rap (in an MF Doom way, not an MT way). Has advanced piano and guitar skills. NOTE: Not required, but major pluses: trumpet, bass, string instruments, any/all other musical instruments, live looping.