American Psycho - HOUSTON (In-Person)

Saturday, March 29, 2025

To schedule an audition appointment, please email: auditions@houstonbroadwaytheatre.org

Auditions are open to union and non-union performers.

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Singer Appointments  (open to all)
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Movement Call  (invite only)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Singers may be asked to return and attend the movement call.

Please prepare a brief 1980s-style pop/rock song, showing range. Please bring sheet music in the appropriate key. An accompanist will be provided.
Also, please bring your picture and resume stapled together.

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Singers may be asked to return and attend a movement call the same day at 6:00 PM. Please bring comfortable clothes and shoes to move in.

First Rehearsal:  August 4, 2025
Performances:  September 2-14, 2025
Venue: The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts - Zilkha Hall

BREAKDOWN

AMERICAN PSYCHO
Book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Music and Lyrics by Duncan Sheik
Based on the Novel by Bret Easton Ellis

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Based on the electrifying novel by Bret Easton Ellis and set in the epicenter of excess: 1980s Manhattan, this musical tells the story of Patrick Bateman, a young and handsome Wall Street banker with impeccable taste and unquenchable desires. Patrick and his elite group of friends spend their days in chic restaurants, exclusive clubs and designer labels. But at night, Patrick takes part in a darker indulgence, and his mask of sanity is starting to slip.

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CHARACTERS: 

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PATRICK BATEMAN: Male, to play 26. Our narrator. Immaculate, well-groomed, always has the best clothes, the best furniture, the best of everything. Treats and sculpts his body to Calvin Klein ad perfection which he simultaneously takes pride in and resents. Was raised in great privilege, making him hyper-entitled, but he often struggles with what he sees as a decaying society around him, coupling his sense of self-importance with self-disgust. Has a dark sense of humor and very dark fantasies. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice.  

JEAN: Female, to play 20s. Patrick's secretary. Compassionate and caring, which feels almost alien in this world. Always looking for connection. The only person who Patrick feels truly understands him. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice.

PAUL OWEN: Male, to play mid 20s. Immaculate. Classy. Self-assured. Could be a GQ cover boy. Ivy League educated. Raised in privilege. Entitled but aware of it. Patrick's more successful colleague and can never remember who Patrick is since he is no threat. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice.

PATRICK’S MOTHER/ MRS. WOLFE/ SVETLANA: Female, to play 50s. To play Mrs. Bateman— Patrick’s wealthy, simultaneously judgmental, supportive, and disappointed, mother; Mrs. Wolfe—a real estate agent; and Svetlana— a Russian dry cleaner. All three women are hyper aware of how they present themselves to the world physically and armor themselves accordingly. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice.

EVELYN WILLIAMS: Female, to play mid 20s. Patrick's “trophy girlfriend.” Raised in wealth. Knows how to wield power in the materialistic, entitled, perfectly groomed, circles she travels in but often resents it and longs for something more real. Knows she deserves a more true, unconditional love, than Patrick can offer, but the rules of the world she lives in, demanding a perfect appearing partner, wedding, and marriage, makes her stay.  Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice.

TIM PRICE: Male, to play mid 20s. Patrick's best friend. Ivy League educated. Raised in privilege. Has all he could want but longs for something more that he can’t articulate, which can unleash an anger and negativity in him that he doesn’t quite understand. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice.

LUIS CARRUTHERS: Male, to play mid 20s. Patrick's co-worker. Always feels like he’s not quite up to snuff with his coworkers and friends. Has different tastes in music and clothes than them. Always taking stock of himself to see if he is living up to the culture’s definition of what it means to be ‘masculine.’ Dating a woman but secretly in love with Patrick. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice.

DETECTIVE KIMBALL/ HOMELESS MAN: Male, to play 40s – 50s. Private Detective investigating Paul Owen's disappearance. Direct. Suspicious. Very good at his job. Al was once very successful but fell through the cracks like so many others. Singing a plus but not necessary for this role.

COURTNEY LAWRENCE: Female, to play mid 20s. Ivy League. Smartest in her class but hit that ever present glass ceiling and resents it, which fuels her need to be perfect in every way. Dating Luis who she loves but also knows deep down is gay. Secretly sleeping with Patrick to satiate herself sexually. The affair also allows herself to walk a very fine self-destructive line since he dates her best friend; a part of her wants her entire life, that she hates too often, to go up in flames. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice.

CRAIG MCDERMOTT/ ATM/ TOM CRUISE: Male, to play mid 20s. Good-looking. Patrick's co-worker. Born to wealth. Ivy League educated but he was a legacy admission, which has made him hard, needing to prove to himself that he belongs, making him obsessed with his physical appearance and acquiring material things. This armor makes him brutal especially toward women. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice.

DAVID VAN PATTEN: Male, to play mid 20s. Patrick's co-worker. Hyper focused on looking, acting, sounding, being, like the ultra-successful, fit, self-obsessed, chauvinistic, men in his business and social circle. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice.

SEAN BATEMAN/ DOORMAN/ DORSIA HOST‍
Male, to play early 20s. Patrick’s younger brother, a writer, just out of college. Has been given everything on a silver play. Tries to fight against that by being a writer but can’t let go of the privilege. Resents and is jealous of his brother. Strong mover. Strong pop/rock voice.

SABRINA/ VIDEO STORE CLERK
Female, to play 20s. A sex worker. Does what she needs to survive. Always has been able to take care of herself and protect herself. Strong dancer. Strong pop/rock voice.

CHRISTINE/ HARDBODY WAITRESS/ HARDBODY TRAINER
Female, to play late teens/early 20s. A sex worker. Knows the ropes, but too trusting. Strong dancer. Strong pop/rock voice.

VICTORIA/ HARDBODY BARTENDER
Female, to play 20s. To play Victoria—Patrick’s neighbor from his building. Inherited money. Well educated. Wants the world to be a better place. Wants to be a “good neighbor.” Strong dancer. Strong pop/rock voice.

VANDEN
‍Female, to play early 20s. A club kid. Very “of the moment.” Strong dancer. Strong pop/rock voice.

Director:  Joe Calarco
Music Director:  Michael Ferrara
Choreographer:  Hope Easterbrook