"Hello, Dolly!" Musical Needs Equity Principal Actors
Equity principal actors needed for 2026 Season show "Hello, Dolly!". Please see the breakdown below. Rate: $1014 weekly minimum. Pension & Health + travel & housing where applicable. Additional info: Audition lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM. PREPARATION: Please prepare a brief song. Bring sheet music in the correct key and a stapled headshot and resume. An accompanist will be provided. 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. First Rehearsal (NYC): June 1, 2026 First Preview: June 18, 2026 Opening: June 20, 2026 Closing: July 18, 2026 If you are interested, please apply.
10 role s
Female-presenting. A widow who has decided to begin her life again. A matchmaker, meddler, opportunist, and life-loving woman. Commanding presence and comic chops. Mezzo with a wide vocal range.
Male-presenting. Proprietor of a Hay & Feed store and a client of Dolly. A well-known half-millionaire, widower, gruff, set in his ways, and authoritative. Baritone.
Male-presenting. Vandergelder’s chief clerk who yearns for one exciting day in NYC. Energetic, enthusiastic, adventurous, sweet innocence. Seeks Irene. Tenor with robust sound.
Female-presenting. A widow, beautiful, smart, fun-loving milliner with a hat shop in NYC. Dolly has introduced her to Vandergelder, but she yearns for romance. Soprano.
Male-presenting. An assistant to Cornelius at Vandergelder’s Hay & Feed store. Sweet, naïve, energized, a follower. Strong dancer. Baritone.
Female-presenting. Works as Irene’s assistant in the hat shop. Naïve, straightlaced, fresh, a follower. Strong dancer. Mezzo.
Male-presenting. Young and explosive struggling artist seeking to marry Ermengarde. Strong dancer. Tenor.
Female-presenting. Young niece of Vandergelder. Cries often, wants independence and to marry Ambrose. Strong dancer. Mezzo.
Female-presenting. Accommodating and eccentric good-time girl in need of Dolly’s matchmaking services; set up on a date with Horace Vandergelder at the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant. Quirky, characterful, powerhouse personality, major comic chops, strong singer, movement ability. Performs with ensemble in Act 1 before appearing as Ernestina in Act 2.
Male-presenting. Character type. Maitre d’ of the Harmonia Gardens restaurant. Proper and commanding with a German dialect. Comic chops, movement ability, strong singer. Performs with ensemble in Act 1 before appearing as Rudolph in Act 2.
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