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Singers Needed for "Man of La Mancha" Show

Chapel Hill, NC, United States
ID: 289397Exp: 7/30/2025
Description:

The company is holding auditions for "Man of La Mancha" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Man of La Mancha is one of the world’s most popular musicals. Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th-century masterwork Don Quixote and set during the Spanish Inquisition, the original 1965 production won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Miguel de Cervantes is in prison awaiting trial during the Spanish Inquisition. He and his fellow prisoners perform a play-within-a-play, telling the story of the elderly Alonso Quijano, who renames himself “Don Quixote” and goes on a quest to right all wrongs in the world. The rousing, Spanish-inflected score includes the classic numbers “The Impossible Dream,” “I, Don Quixote,” “Dulcinea,” “I Really Like Him” and “Little Bird.” **PLEASE NOTE: This musical deals with complicated themes including poverty, sexual assault, and mental health. While actors under 18 may audition for very select roles, permission from parents to participate is required given the sensitive subject matter. Additional info: Performances on October 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 7PM and Oct 12 and 19 at 2:30 PM. Rehearsals will begin approximately August 18th. Rehearsals have typically been held on Sunday (afternoon and evening), Monday (evening), Wednesday (evening) and Thursday (evening) of each week, but this is subject to change based on cast availability. Open auditions are being held virtually. Please record a video of approximately 16 - 32 bars from a musical and host online. Provide the link to the video below. Auditions will include learning/performing a short piece of music from the show and a cold reading and a short dance audition. Actors will be called at different times depending on the characters they are reading for. Please apply if interested.

21 roles

Miguel de CervantesMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Don Quixote/Alonso Quijana) - Tenor/High Baritone - actor, playwright, and would-be knight. He is a romantic—some say crazy—and has a vision of a far better and nobler world where knights and chivalry rule the day. Adult/Senior

Sancho PanzoMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Tenor - A manservant. He has served Quixote/Cervantes for many years and is devoted to him, even with all his idiosyncrasies. Adult/Senior

Dr. Sanson CarrascoMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Antonia’s fiancé and Knight of the Mirrors) AND The Duke - Baritone/Tenor - As the character of the Duke he is the sidekick to the Governor; however, when he plays Dr. Carrasco, he is Antonia’s fiancé. He thinks Don Quixote is mad and insists that he come home and be treated for his malady. Young Adult/Adult.

PadreMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Tenor/High Baritone - A sensitive character who recognizes beauty in Miguel’s imagination. Young Adult/Adult/Senior

BarberMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Tenor - A happy, comic character whose shaving bowl is apparently a magical relic. Young Adult/Adult/Senior

Innkeeper AND GovernorMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Baritone/Bass - A large and powerful man, he is kind as the Innkeeper but as the Governor is the leader of the inmate society in the prison. Adult/Senior

Seven Muleteers/PrisonersMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Young Adult/Adult/Senior

AnselmoMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Tenor (+ Falsetto) - A muleteer

PedroMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

The head muleteer, Pedro is a mean and vicious man, leading an attack on Aldonza.

JoseMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A muleteer

TenorioMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A muleteer

PacoMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A muleteer

JuanMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A muleteer

Guitar PlayerMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

This character must be able to play classical Spanish guitar

Captain of the InquisitionMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Spoken. Adult/Senior

Soldiers/Prison GuardsMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Young Adult/Adult/Senior

Aldonza/DulcineaFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Mezzo-Soprano - A serving woman and a part-time prostitute at the inn, Aldonza is rough on the exterior but has a gentle heart inside and yearns to believe what Don Quixote tells her. Quixote falls in love with her and insists her name is Dulcinea and that she is a beautiful, gentle woman. Young Adult/Adult

AntoniaFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Mezzo-Soprano - Quixote’s niece and Dr. Carrasco’s fiancée. Young Adult

HousekeeperFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Mezzo-Soprano - employee of Alonso. Adult/Senior

FerminaFemale18-30 y.o.All ethnicities

A servant girl.

MariaFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

The Innkeeper’s wife, less kindly than her husband.