“Purple Rain” has found its Prince.

Singer-songwriter Kris Kollins, a Washington, D.C., native who now lives in Miami, has been tapped to play the Kid, the Prince stand-in for the stage adaptation of the semi-autobiographical 1984 film.

The musical, which will be amplified by songs from Prince’s expansive repertoire that were not in the movie, runs Oct. 16-Nov. 16 at Minneapolis’ State Theatre. After its world premiere in Minnesota, the show is aiming for Broadway.

Kollins, who plays piano, was discovered on social media after a nationwide search, according to show officials. He is one of two stars in the musical that the producers announced Tuesday.

The other is Rachel Webb, a soulful and lyrical siren who recently played Juliet in the national tour of “& Juliet” that ran at the Orphe

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