a myth
tells a story in which human limits can be crossed
a hymn
addresses a power that might cross those limits for us
A group of finite people with infinite appetites gathers to search for a way beyond the limits of the human condition.
Across Adam Guettel’s score, myth and hymn become two different ways of confronting the unknowable.
The songs ask whether the distances between people, bodies, faith, work, death, and uncertainty can ever truly be overcome — and what it means to keep living when no answer arrives.
casting
Seeking six actor-singers for a small, ensemble-driven company, accompanied by a live chamber ensemble.
Each performer carries principal material while remaining part of the collective world of the piece throughout. The staging will be intentionally spare, with the score, bodies, light, and ensemble relationship doing most of the storytelling.
These tracks are a working casting structure, not six isolated “characters.” The production may continue to adjust assignments as the ensemble takes shape.
- Performance dates
- January 15–17, 2027
- Venue
- Chain Theatre, New York City
- Rehearsal period
- Rehearsals are anticipated in two blocks, approximately December 7–18, 2026 and January 4–10, 2027, primarily on weekday evenings and weekends. Exact calls will be scheduled around company availability. We anticipate approximately 12–18 hours of pre-tech rehearsal per performer. Tech, dress, and performance calls will be fixed and mandatory.
- Union status
- AEA and non-AEA performers are welcome to submit.
About union status
Engagement of AEA members is contingent on the production qualifying and being registered under the Actors’ Equity NYC Showcase Code, or another applicable Equity arrangement. Final union status may require adjustments to the production or performance structure.
- Compensation
- $750 flat stipend per performer.
track 1
Principal material
- Migratory V
- Children of the Heavenly King — featured material
- Come to Jesus — duet
- Voice / range
- To be announced
- Casting notes
- To be announced
track 2
Principal material
- Icarus — Icarus
- Hero and Leander
- Come to Jesus — duet
- Voice / range
- To be announced
- Casting notes
- To be announced
track 3
Principal material
- Pegasus — Pegasus
- How Can I Lose You?
- Voice / range
- To be announced
- Casting notes
- To be announced
track 4
Principal material
- Pegasus — Bellerophon
- Awaiting You
- Voice / range
- To be announced
- Casting notes
- To be announced
track 5
Principal material
- Life is But a Dream
- Pegasus — The Gadfly
- There’s a Shout — soloist
- Voice / range
- To be announced
- Casting notes
- To be announced
track 6
Principal material
- Icarus — Daedalus
- Sisyphus — Sisyphus
- Voice / range
- To be announced
- Casting notes
- To be announced
audition
- Audition dates
- To be announced
- Callbacks
- To be announced
- Submission deadline
- To be announced
- Location
- To be announced
- What to prepare
- To be announced
- Accompanist / tracks provided
- To be announced
- Rehearsal period
- Rehearsals are anticipated in two blocks, approximately December 7–18, 2026 and January 4–10, 2027, primarily on weekday evenings and weekends.
- Rehearsal expectations
- Exact calls will be scheduled around company availability. We anticipate approximately 12–18 hours of pre-tech rehearsal per performer. Tech, dress, and performance calls will be fixed and mandatory.
- Performance dates
- January 15–17, 2027
- Union status
- AEA and non-AEA performers are welcome to submit.
About union status
Engagement of AEA members is contingent on the production qualifying and being registered under the Actors’ Equity NYC Showcase Code, or another applicable Equity arrangement. Final union status may require adjustments to the production or performance structure.
- Compensation
- $750 flat stipend per performer.