Equity Performers for "Jesus Christ Superstar" Musical
Searching for Equity actors for Theatre's 2026 Season show "Jesus Christ Superstar". ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Please review the breakdown below. Rate: CORST $807 weekly minimum (Cat. zz) Additional info: All roles will be understudied. PREPARATION: Please prepare two brief contrasting songs. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. 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. First Rehearsal: August 7, 2026. Performances August 20-30, 2026. If you are interested, please apply.
9 roles
Tenor (A2–G5) – Title role, leader of the twelve disciples, called the “Son of God” and the “King of the Jews.” Jesus has a difficult time accepting his fate without answers on why he must die.
Tenor (D3–D5) – One of the twelve apostles of Jesus; concerned for the poor and the consequences of Jesus’s fame. Judas believes in Jesus’s teaching but has started to grow weary of those in power coming after him and his followers.
Mezzo-Soprano (F3–E5) – A female follower of Jesus who finds herself falling in love with him.
Tenor (A2–B4) – Governor of Judea who foresees the events of Jesus’s crucifixion from beginning to aftermath in a dream and finds himself being presented with that very situation.
Bass (C2–F4) – One of the main antagonists of the show. A high priest who sees Jesus as a threat to the nation.
Countertenor (G2–D5) – One of the main antagonists of the show. A fellow priest at the side of Caiaphas, whom Caiaphas persuades into seeing Jesus as a threat.
Baritone (A2–G4) – One of Jesus’s twelve apostles; denies Jesus three times on the night 6 of Jesus’s arrest to save himself.
Tenor (G3–B4) – One of Jesus’s twelve apostles; urges Jesus to lead his followers into battle against the Romans.
Baritone (C3–G4) – The King of Galilee; Jesus is brought to him for judgment after first being taken to Pilate.
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