CHARACTER BREAKDOWN BY SHOW

Performers of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, races, ages, and with all abilities will be considered for all roles below unless otherwise specifically stated due to scripted requirements in service of telling the story.

 

ANNIE

PLEASE NOTE

For this production, ALL PERFORMERS must be willing and able to work with and around the dogs in the production. Backstage space may be shared, even if onstage time is not shared. Cori checks will be filed for all adults participating in the production. It is understood that no actors have prior offenses that would prohibit them from working with youth performers.

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Annie - Female presenting, to play 11 years old, any ethnicity. Energetic and Optimistic orphan whose pluck inspires others to hope for brighter days ahead. Female presenting actress to play 11 years old. Must be a Strong Singer.

Oliver Warbucks - This Role Is Cast 

Miss Hannigan - This Role Is Cast 

Grace Farrell - This Role Is Cast 

Rooster Hannigan - This Role Is Cast

Lily St. Regis - This Role Is Cast

ENSEMBLE- Adult performers to play a variety of different roles. All genders, races, and ethnicities encouraged to audition. Should be strong singers. Some dance required. 

    Drake/Ensemble - This Role Is Cast

    Franklin D. Roosevelt - This Role is Cast

    Cecille/Ensemble  - Female Presenting House Staff and other roles

    Annette/Ensemble - Female Presenting House Staff and other roles

    Mrs. Greer/Ensemble - Female Presenting House Staff and other roles

    Mrs. Pugh/Ensemble - Female Presenting House Staff and other roles

    Lt. Ward/Ensemble - Male Presenting House Staff and other roles

    Bert Healy/Ensemble - Male Presenting House Staff and other roles

    Harold Ickes/Ensemble - Male Presenting House Staff and other roles

    Bundles/Ensemble - Male Presenting House Staff and other roles

ORPHANS - A diverse group of young (to play ages 5-11)  female presenting actresses to play the other girls in the orphanage. Should be strong singers and movers. MUST BE ABLE TO READ/MEMORIZE LINES.

    Molly - The littlest orphan. 

    Pepper - The toughest girl in the orphanage. 

    Duffy - The oldest girl in the orphanage. 

    Kate - The next to littlest orphan. 

    Tessie - The crybaby in the orphanage. 

    July - The quietest orphan. 

 

HAIRSPRAY

PLEASE NOTE

We intend to cast this show as best tells the story, centered around the racial divide of 1960s Baltimore. While the show focuses on troubles between White and Black Cultures, we understand that Race relations were and are more complicated than this. For this reason, we list the roles by which community they represent below with “Black” and “White” but encourage all who feel they can help tell this story to audition.

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Tracy Turnblad- This Role is Cast

Edna Turnblad - To play Female, age 40-50. White. Tracy’s kind, agoraphobic, plus-sized mother. This role is to be played in full drag by the performer and often with a distinctive voice. Fuller figured performer, Movement required.

Wilbur Turnblad - Male Presenting, age 40-50. White. Tracy’s father, owner of a joke shop and devoted husband to Edna. He is Tracy’s greatest supporter! Movement required.

Corny Collins - This Role is Cast

Penny Pingleton - Female Presenting, to play High School. White. Tracy’s 

loveable best friend who is always at her side except for every time her mother has grounded her for life. Has a surprising Belt, good comedic timing.

Amber Von Tussle - Female Presenting, to play High School. White. Self (or mother) appointed princess of The Corny Collins Show. Selfish, Bratty and her mother’s daughter through and through, she will do anything to win “Miss Teenage Hairspray”. Strong Dancer and Singer.

Velma Von Tussle - Female Presenting, age 35-50. White. Former Beauty 

Queen and Current Producer of The Corny Collins show, Velma will do anything to have her daughter become a star. As someone who is very set in “how it’s been”, her deep-seeded discrimination is a major motivator for the plot.

Link Larkin - Male Presenting, to play High School. White. An elvis-like heartthrob on the Corny Collins Show. Must be a strong singer and dancer.

Seaweed J. Stubbs - Male Presenting, to play High School. Black.  Motormouth’s son and talented dancer on the Corny Collins Show (on the one day a month he’s allowed to dance). Befriends Tracy in detention, inspires her fight to desegregate the show, and falls for Penny. 

Motormouth Maybelle - Female Presenting, age 40-50. Black. Owner of a record store, mother of Seaweed and Little Inez, and host of the Corny Collins show once a month. Baltimore’s Queen of Soul, she helps Edna find pride in being herself. Plus-Sized Actress with Strong Belt and minimal movement required.

Little Inez - Female Presenting, to play early High School. Black. Seaweed’s spunky, tough, and outgoing younger sister. Wants desperately to dance on The Corny Collins Show. Must be a strong Singer and Dancer.

THE DYNAMITES - Female Presenting to play High School and Adult. Black.  A trio of Singers/Dancers to play a girl group reminiscent of The Supremes as well as other ensemble roles including Dancing High Schoolers.

    Judine/Ensemble - This Role is Cast

    Kamilah/Ensemble

    Shayna/Ensemble 

Female Authority Figure - This Role is Cast

Male Authority Figure - Male Presenting, age 40-50. White. Plays multiple adult male ensemble roles including Mr. Pinky and Mr. Spritzer. Strong Character Actor, minimal movement required.

ENSEMBLE - All Genders to play High School and Adult. Strong Dancers

    Thad/Ensemble - Male Presenting, Black. 

    Gilbert/Ensemble - Male Presenting, Black. 

    Duane/Ensemble - Male Presenting, Black. 

    Brenda/Ensemble - Female Presenting, White. 

    Tammy/Ensemble - Female Presenting, White. 

    Shelley/Ensemble - Female Presenting, White.

    Lou Ann/Ensemble - Female Presenting, White. 

    Fender/Ensemble - Male Presenting, White. 

    Brad/Ensemble - Male Presenting, White.

    IQ/Ensemble - Male Presenting, White. 

    Sketch/Ensemble - Male Presenting, White. 

 

COMPANY

Robert/Bobby - This Role is Cast

Sarah - Female Presenting, Adult.  Harry’s wife, Learner of Karate.

Harry - Male Presenting, Adult. Sarah’s husband, struggling to stay on the wagon.

Susan - Female Presenting, Adult. Peter’s Wife/Ex. Motherly towards Robert, Southern Belle.

Peter - Male Presenting, Adult. Susan’s Husband/Ex. Opens up to Robert on a deeper level.

Jenny - This Role is Cast

David - Male Presenting, Adult. Jenny’s Husband. Father. Enjoys reliving the college days with Robert.

Amy - This Role is Cast

Paul - This Role is Cast

Joanne - Female Presenting, “Too old to be part of the young crowd, but not old enough to be part of the older crowd.” Has a brassy exterior, but a deeply caring side she shows to Bobby and her husband, Larry.

Larry - Male Presenting, Older Adult. A good romantic balance for his wife, Joanne.

April - This Role is Cast

Marta - Female Presenting, Younger Adult. The most open-minded and modern 

thinking girlfriend of Robert’s.

Kathy - This Role is Cast

 

CAN-CAN

Pistache - This Role is Cast

Aristide - Male Presenting, Age 40-50. The new “uptight” judge in town who eventually must decide between enforcing the law and shutting down the dance hall and following his heart and helping its owner overturn the law. Minimal dance needed, must be a strong singer.

Claudine - Female Presenting, Age 25-35. The lead dancer at the Bal du Paradis. Claudine agrees to go on a date with a famous, if somewhat letchy, art critic in the hopes of helping her artist boyfriend achieve fame and fortune. Must be a strong dancer and singer.

Boris - Male Presenting, Age 25-40. Claudine’s bumbling and cowardly  artist boyfriend. Accidentally challenges the famous art critic Hilaire to a duel. Strong Character Actor, Minimal Dance Required.

Hilaire - This Role is Cast

Hercule - Male Presenting, Age 20s-30s. An Artist Friend of Boris. Singer and Character Actor, Minimal Dance Required.

Theophile - Male Presenting, Age 20s-30s An Artist Friend of Boris. Singer and Character Actor, Minimal Dance Required.

Etienne - Male Presenting, Age 20s-30s An Artist Friend of Boris. Singer and Character Actor, Minimal Dance Required.

Gabrielle - Female Presenting, Age 20s-30s A dancer at the Bal du Paradis. Strong Dancer and Singer.

Marie - Female Presenting, Age 20s-30s  A dancer at the Bal du Paradis. Strong Dancer and Singer.

Celestine - Female Presenting, Age 20s-30s A dancer at the Bal du Paradis. Strong Dancer and Singer.

ENSEMBLE - A Diverse group of Dancers to play a variety of different roles including dancers at the hall, waiters, judges, party guests, and others, Approximately Ages 20-40. All genders, races, and ethnicities are encouraged to audition. Should be strong singers.