The production team of Lil Sis & The Furies – a second-year collaboration project within the MFA Theatre program at Columbia University School of the Arts – is casting actor-musicians for the musical’s premiere production at The Theatre @ Schapiro (615 W. 115th St, New York, NY 10027) April 3-4, 2026.

Producer: Brissa Lopez

Playwright, Composer, Lyricist: Charlene Adhiambo

Director: Tucker Tab DeGregory

Dramaturg: Vivi Cheng

Stage Manager: Sophia Greco

Rehearsals: Friday, February 20 - Sunday, March 15 (Columbia U’s campus)

Pre-Tech & Tech: Sunday, March 22 - Thursday, April 2 (Columbia U’s The Theatre @ Schapiro)

Performances: Friday, April 3, 8 PM and Saturday, April 4, 4PM & 8 PM (Columbia U’s The Theatre @ Schapiro)

Rehearsals will occur 5-6 days per week, typically in the evenings on weekdays and mornings/afternoons on weekends. Stage Management and the Director will collaborate with actors to schedule around conflicts as much as possible. All actors must be available for Pre-Tech, Tech, and Performances Monday, March 23 - Saturday, April 4.

-Actors will receive a stipend of $75.00

-AEA actors are not permitted to participate.

-EMC and SAG-AFTRA actors are welcome to participate.

Lil Sis & The Furies is a rock musical following closeted Lil Sis from age seventeen to her early twenties who falls for her butch rock camp counselor, Melody. An ode to and a reckoning with feminist punk, Lil Sis & The Furies navigates the up- and downbeats of queer coming-of-age.


When awkward Lil Sis joins Youth Band Camp, she finds a space to safely get back in touch with music and develops new feelings. Guiding her in a camp that’s meant to be inclusive but somehow kids like Lil Sis still fall through the cracks, is Melody, the alluring lesbian bass teacher who helps her feel less alone in a predominantly white space and helps Lil Sis see what a gay, open future could be like. When Lil Sis starts developing feelings for her mentor, and attends subsequent camps, their relationship develops in complicated yet exciting ways.

Content warnings: grooming, sexual content, and racial microaggressions.

-LIL SIS (17-24): A young questioning Black woman. Must sing and play either percussion/drums, guitar, keys, violin, viola, or electric bass. Please note that this character is scripted to experience physical intimacy with other characters. These moments will be choreographed by an Intimacy Director with consideration to actors’ comfort. [Black]

-MELODY (mid-to-late 30s): A Black butch woman. Think: Lenny Kravitz, Meshell Ndeogeocello, Tracy Chapman. Must sing and play either percussion/drums, guitar, keys, violin, viola, or electric bass. Please note that this character is scripted to experience physical intimacy with other characters. These moments will be choreographed by an Intimacy Director with consideration to actors’ comfort. [Black]

– ALECTO, also plays ANNA (17), FLORA (12), TEMI (20), BETTE (60s-70s), KEHINDE (20s). Must sing and play either percussion/drums, guitar, keys, violin, viola, or electric bass. Please note that this character is scripted to experience physical intimacy with other characters. These moments will be choreographed by an Intimacy Director with consideration to actors’ comfort. [Black]

– MEGAERA, also plays MERRYWEATHER (12), DANA (50s-60s), WIFE (30s). Must sing and play either percussion/drums, guitar, keys, violin, viola, or electric bass. [white]

– TISIPHONE, also plays FAUNA (12), SHANE (70s). Must sing and play either percussion/drums, guitar, keys, violin, viola, or electric bass. [any race]

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