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Talent Needed for Production of "Dear Evan Hansen" Show

Ashland, OR, United States
ID: 316037Exp: 8/4/2026
$631/week
Description:

The company is holding auditions for "Dear Evan Hansen" show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Rate: CONTRACT Independent Theatre Contract $631.65 weekly minimum - 2026 rate Additional info: First Rehearsal: March 8th, 2027 Opening: April 2nd Closing: May 23rd Please prepare a 1-minute comedic monologue and a 32-bar cut of a contemporary musical theatre selection, or two contrasting 1-minute monologues. Also, bring your headshot and resume.

8 roles

Evan HansenMale18-22 y.o.All ethnicities

Smart, sincere, and excruciatingly self-conscious, Evan prefers to hover in the background, a supporting player in his own life, too afraid to step forward into the spotlight and risk ridicule or, what might be worse, no one noticing him at all. To play high school age. G2-C5.

Heidi HansenBoth genders30-40 y.o.All ethnicities

Evan’s mother. Overworked and stretched too thin, Heidi loves her son fiercely but fears they have begun to grow apart. She is prepared to do anything to repair the damage.F3-Eb5.

Zoe MurphyBoth genders18-22 y.o.All ethnicities

Sensitive and sophisticated, with a sharp sense of humor, Zoe could care less about the status games and popularity rites of high school. She feels a terrible ambivalence over her brother’s death To play high school age. F3-E5.

Connor MurphyBoth genders18-22 y.o.All ethnicities

An angry, disaffected loner, Connor has been a troubled kid for as long as anyone can remember, an enigma and a source of endless consternation to his long-suffering parents. To play high school age. C3-G#4.

Cynthia MurphyBoth genders35-45 y.o.All ethnicities

Connor and Zoe’s mother. To Evan, she seems to be the perfect mother, nurturing, available, and willing to talk about anything. To her own children, it’s a bit more complicated.. F3-E5.

Larry MurphyBoth genders35-45 y.o.All ethnicities

Connor and Zoe’s father. Though often tense and taciturn, Larry shows a different face to the world, representing for Evan the dad he always wished for: strong, confident, and more than anything, reliable, someone to be counted on. Bb2-G4.

Jared KleinmanBoth genders18-22 y.o.All ethnicities

Droll and sarcastic, Jared covers his own insecurities with a well-practiced swagger and a know-it-all arrogance. To play high school age. D3-B4.

Alana BeckBoth genders18-22 y.o.All ethnicities

Earnest to a fault, prone to melodrama, Alana hides a deeper loneliness beneath an ever-present smile and an almost aggressive friendliness. To play high school age. F3-E5.