Mary Poppins - NYC EPA (07.20.26)

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, July 20, 2026

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)

Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

CONTRACT

COST

$1214 weekly minimum (Tier 4)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in MARY POPPINS (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare a brief cut of a golden age musical theater song in the style of the show. No pop/rock. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Pearl Studios (500)

500 8th Ave

New York, NY 10018-6504

Holding room - Studio 1206

PERSONNEL

Producing Artistic Director: Mark S. Hoebee

Associate Artistic Director: Jen Bender

Associate Producer: Christopher Slavik

Director: Mark S. Hoebee

Choreographer: Denis Jones

Music Director: Ben McNaboe

Casting Director: The TRC Company / Spencer Gualdoni, CSA

Expected to attend:

Mark S. Hoebee (PMP Producing Artistic Director and Mary Poppins Director)

Spencer Gualdoni (Casting Director)

OTHER DATES

Rehearsals Begin: October 26, 2026

1st Performance: November 18, 2026

Opening Night: November 22, 2026

Closing: January 3, 2027

OTHER

Paper Mill Playhouse is located in Millburn, NJ, which is approximately 22 miles from Times Square.

Transportation for actors will be provided by van to and from midtown Manhattan.

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.

Breakdown

MARY POPPINS

Paper Mill Playhouse is committed to anti-racism and anti-oppression practices in all areas, including casting. We acknowledge histories of systemic exclusionary practices and will continue to dismantle barriers to theatre making. Paper Mill Playhouse welcomes diversity and inclusion across the spectrum of race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, and artists with disabilities. The audition process is open to all actors and stage managers.

SEEKING:

[MARY POPPINS] Female-Presenting; Mid 20s-30s; Open Ethnicity. Jane and Michael Banks’s new nanny. She is extraordinary and strange, neat and tidy, delightfully vain yet particular, and sometimes a little frightening but always exciting. She is practically perfect in every way and always means what she says. A mezzo-soprano with strong upper range. Floating and lyrical, always precise and crystal clear. Vocal range Gb3-C6.

[BERT] Male-Presenting; 30s-40s; Open Ethnicity. The narrator of the story, is a good friend to Mary Poppins. An everyman, Bert has many occupations, including hurdy-gurdy player, sidewalk artist and chimney sweep. Bert watches over the children as well as the goings on in Cherry Tree Lane. He has charm, speaks with a Cockney accent and is a song-and-dance man. Baritone. Vocal range B2-F#4.

[GEORGE BANKS] Male-Presenting; Mid 30s-40s; Open Ethnicity. The father to Jane and Michael Banks, is a banker to the very fiber of his being. Demanding “precision and order” in his household, he is a pipe-and-slippers man who doesn’t have much to do with his children and believes that he had the perfect upbringing by his nanny, the cruel Miss Andrew. His emotional armor, however, conceals a sensitive soul. Baritone. Vocal range Bb2-Eb4.

[WINIFRED BANKS] Female-Presenting; Mid 30s-40s; Open Ethnicity. George’s wife and Jane and Michael’s mother. A former actress, she is loving and distracted homemaker who is busy trying to live up to her husband's desire to only associate with “the best people” as well as be the model wife and mother. She suffers from the conflicting feelings that she's not up to the job of “being Mrs. Banks,” yet, she is, and more. She has great warmth and tenderness to her tone. Mezzo-soprano. Vocal range A3-D5.

[MRS. BRILL] Female-Presenting; 50s-60s; Open Ethnicity. The housekeeper and cook for the Banks family. Overworked and harassed, she’s always complaining that the house is understaffed. Her intimidating exterior is a cover for the warmth underneath. Mrs. Brill doesn't have a high opinion of nannies in general and Mary Poppins in particular. Alto. Vocal range F#3-D#5.

[BIRD WOMAN] Female-Presenting; 40s-60s; Open Ethnicity. Covered in a patchwork of old shawls, and her pockets are stuffed with bags of crumbs for the birds. She tries to sell her crumbs for the birds. She tries to sell her crumbs to passersby, who ignore her as if she doesn’t exist. Sings “Feed The Birds.” Doubles as [MISS ANDREW] George’s overbearing and scary nanny. With her bottle of nasty-tasting brimstone and treacle to keep naughty children in line, she is a bully who only knows one way of doing things - her way. Mezzo-soprano. Vocal range Gb3-F5.

[ADMIRAL BOOM] Male-Presenting; 50s-60s; Open Ethnicity. A retired Royal Navy man and neighbor of the Banks family. A physically large man with a loud and booming voice, he speaks in Navy jargon and has a soft spot for his neighbor, Miss Lark. Doubles as [BANK CHAIRMAN] The head of the bank where Mr. Banks is employed, is an Edwardian stuffed-shirt.

[JANE BANKS] Female-Presenting; 11-12 years old; Open Ethnicity. The high-spirited daughter of Mr. and Mr. Banks, is bright and precocious but can be willful and inclined to snobbishness. Child Soprano. Vocal range A3-F#5.

[MICHAEL BANKS] Male-Presenting; 9-10 years old; Open Ethnicity. The cute and cheeky son of Mr. and Mrs. Banks. Excitable and naughty, he adores his father and tries to be like him. Both he and Jane misbehave in order to get the attention of their parents. Child Soprano – unchanged voice. Vocal range A3-E5.