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HOMEBOUND

CHARACTERS:
LOLA
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Smart, independent, composed, observant, ambitious, and emotionally private. Lola has lived in New York for years and has not returned home in eleven years. After receiving a phone call from her mother, she decides to return to Lagos and confront a relationship and a past she has kept at a distance.
Requirements: Strong acting and singing ability. Emotional range, natural stage presence, and comfort with musical theatre. Yoruba language ability is a plus.
Song: No specific song required for initial audition. Submit a 60–90 second singing video that demonstrates vocal ability and storytelling.

TOMI
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Gentle, curious, intelligent, and searching for a stronger connection to her identity. Tomi understands Yoruba better than she speaks it. She is traveling to Lagos to meet her biological father for the first time and wants the opportunity to discover her own story.
Requirements: Strong acting and singing ability. Emotional range, natural stage presence, and comfort with musical theatre.
Song: No specific song required for initial audition. Submit a 60–90 second singing video that demonstrates vocal ability and storytelling.

TUNDE
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Charming, talkative, resourceful, funny, and street-smart. Tunde always seems to know someone who knows someone. Beneath his humor, he carries a deeper concern that he has not lived up to his family’s expectations. He presents himself as confident while quietly questioning his own success.
Requirements: Strong acting and singing ability. Excellent comedic timing, emotional range, and stage presence. Comfort with musical theatre and Nigerian cultural references.
Song: No specific song required for initial audition. Submit a 60–90 second singing video that demonstrates vocal ability and storytelling.

MAMA EFE
Gender: Female
Age: 67
Warm, wise, blunt, funny, intimidating when necessary, and deeply observant. Mama Efe has been estranged from her older sister for eighteen years. When she learns that her sister is seriously ill, she decides it is time to return home and attempt to reconcile before it is too late.
Requirements: Strong acting and singing ability. Emotional depth, commanding stage presence, warmth, and excellent storytelling ability. Comfort with African cultural references.
Song: No specific song required for initial audition. Submit a 60–90 second singing video that demonstrates vocal ability and storytelling.

REHEARSALS:
Regular rehearsals are expected to begin around February 2027 and continue through May 2027, generally approximately 2 rehearsals per week. Rehearsals will take place in Bay Shore, New York. Rehearsals may increase closer to performances, including blocking, music rehearsals, full runs, technical rehearsals and dress rehearsals. Final rehearsal dates and schedule will be established with the selected cast.

PERFORMANCES:
May/June 2027 — Exact performance dates and venue to be announced.

VIDEO AUDITIONS ACCEPTED.
Please submit:
1. Acting video — 60–90 seconds
Perform a monologue or dramatic scene that demonstrates your acting ability, emotional range and stage presence.
2. Singing video — 60–90 seconds
Perform a song that showcases your voice and ability to tell a story through music. Musical theatre, African music, gospel, soul or another style that represents your strengths is welcome.

Videos do not need to be professionally filmed. A clear phone recording is acceptable. Please make sure your face and voice can be clearly seen and heard.

Selected applicants may be invited to a callback and asked to read scenes and/or sing material from HOMEBOUND.

Please do not worry about having a Nigerian accent or being Nigerian. African performers are encouraged to audition, and Nigerian and Nigerian-diaspora performers are especially welcome, but you do not have to be Nigerian to apply.

Name : Lydia Fawole
Email: Lydia@africanbroadway.org
Phone : 9084443913

Video auditions are accepted. Please submit a link to a 60–90 second acting video and a separate 60–90 second singing video through the HOMEBOUND audition application. Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfawUmUjPuNYLbIW3n9UxBxlu3ywu_-EbWAyhc41Ig_-ugzsA/viewform Selected applicants may be invited to a callback.

NOTES:
This is an initial volunteer/unpaid production. Selected cast members should be prepared to commit to the rehearsal and performance schedule established by the production team. African performers are encouraged to audition. Nigerian and Nigerian-diaspora performers are especially welcome, but applicants do not have to be Nigerian to apply.

HOMEBOUND is an original African musical theatre production exploring family, identity, belonging, and the complicated meaning of home. Four travelers find themselves on the same journey to Lagos, each returning for a very different reason. As their stories unfold, they are forced to confront the people, memories, questions, and relationships they have left behind. Blending contemporary storytelling with African musical influences, HOMEBOUND is an intimate, character-driven production about the journeys we take, the connections we carry, and what it means to come home. HOMEBOUND is an original production by African Broadway, currently targeting performances in May/June 2027.

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Don’t Dream It Be It a tribute cabaret

Singers of any voice part or gender

Individual performers are responsible for practicing their piece. Anyone interested in selected for the company group numbers will be sent music & videos to practice at home.

Please record yourself(video or audio) singing 16 bars or more of your preferred performance song as well as a backup song if you have one. Accompanied or Accapella is fine and you can even sight read or resd lyrics for submissions but you will need to be off book for the performance and have a backing track for performance which we are happy to help you find for cover songs as needed.

Please send video or audio submissions to Nicoloratura@gmail.com

If you need ideas for numbers from some lesser known works check out;
Spamalot – King Arthur
A Christmas Carol(by Alan Menkin)- Ebenezer Scrouge
Beauty and the Beast the Enchated Chistmas – Maestro Forte
Annie – Rooster
Three Penny Opera – Macheath/Mack
My favorite year – Alan Swann
Simplicity – original album
Fearless – original album
Read My Lips – original album

Performance Location
The Workshop 1869 Wantagh Ave, Wantagh, NY 11793

Currently auditioning theatrical singers age 16+ for a tribute cabaret in memorial to Tim Curry. Being held on Long Island the evening of September 27th.

Any and all songs sung by Tim Curry in any Movie, TV Show, Stage Musical, etc.
(Please note solo Frank RHPS numbers are already taken)
Both conventional and parody performances are welcome.
Individuals, duets, trios, and group numbers are accepted.
WE ARE CASTING ALL GENDERS! We encourage all performers regardless of age, race, gender identity, etc. to submit.

We will also be planning two group numbers that include a little bit of easy dance movement as well as a certain number with puppets.

If interested in taking part in these group numbers you must be able to learn the staging from home as there will be no in person rehearsals. Priority on the 2nd number will go to those who have their own puppet and/or puppetry experience.

Costumes are encouraged but not required.
Spots will only be granted to LIVE SINGERS. We will not be accepting lip sycned or shadow cast esc acts act this time.

To apply please send an email to Nicoloratura@gmail.com
Please introduce yourself in your email as well as a include a video clio or audio recording of the song you would like to perform.

Can’t wait to hear you!

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Hardscrabble Theater

Two Cents

Audition Dates: 9/3/2026, 9/4/2026, 9/5/2026, 9/6/2026

Todd- Late 20’s-early 30’s
Lead
Todd is a homeless war veteran living on the streets of New Orleans. In spite of his circumstances with PTSD and bad choices he is very in touch with his circumstances and fighting to make his way home all the while still trying to help others. This is a lead role.

Johnny- Late 20’s-early 30’s
Supporting
Johnny is Todd’s brother in battle. In this role we see Johnny in a flashback scene while he and Todd are in battle. They are bonded in their friendship and we get a glimpse of what haunts Todd in the present.

While the role of Johnny is for one scene it is a crucial piece of the story and one of the most emotionally packed of the play.

Rehearsals: Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Hardscrabble Theater starting 9/15/26 at 7 p.m.

Performance: Sunday, November 8, 2026 3 p.m.

This is a virtual audition. Please email for request to send video submission and for sides. Amy Nicole – amy.tangel@yahoo.com

Mandatory attendance required for rehearsals. Tech week will be 11/2-11/7. Performance will be Sunday, November 8 at 3 p.m.

Performance Location: Hardscrabble Theater 298 Conklin St. Farmingdale, NY 11735

The new original play, Two Cents written by Amy Nicole, is making its full-production premiere after spending the past 4 years touring with staged readings in LA, NY, Sag Harbor, West Babylon, and London as part of the Camden Fringe Festival.  Set in New Orleans, Two Cents tells the story of Grace, a young woman set out to find answers to her past when she encounters Todd, a homeless veteran trying to find his way home. With one simple question and a little bit of fate, Grace and Todd’s lost souls befriend each other as they search for answers to solve Grace’s family mystery. Together they each look to their French Quarter friends Miss Celia and Mr. Williams for insight and find more than they could have imagined.