SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY
RANDA COVINGTON – A perfectionist and workaholic, is struggling to cope with a surprise career derailment that, unfortunately, reveals that she has no life and no idea how to get one.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 30 – 40
DOT HAIGLER – Still reeling from her husband’s recent demise and the loss of their plans for an idyllic retirement, faces the unsettling prospect of starting a new life from scratch in a new town, and all alone.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 50 – 69
MARLAFAYE MOSLEY – Earthy and boisterous, a good old Texas gal, has blasted into Savannah in the wake of losing her husband to a twenty-three-year-old dental hygienist. The strength of her desire to establish a new life is equaled only by her desire to wreak a righteous revenge on her ex.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 50 – 59
JINX JENKINS – Also new to town, a spunky ball of fire, offers her services as a much-needed life coach for these women. However, blinded by her determination and efforts to get their lives on track, she overlooks the fact that she’s the one most in need of sage advice.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 40 – 59
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
BELLE – Belle is the original fairy tale heroine–kind, gentle, and beautiful–but with an important 21st Century twist. She is a strong, intelligent, spirited and independent young woman. Belle is the moral conscience of the story, elevated by her thoughts and deeds. The maturity and depth of her character allow her to see the true beauty and spirit within The Beast, and to love him for it. This role requires a very strong singer who portrays innocence with her singing and speaking voice.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 18 – 30’s
Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano: Low A-High F
THE BEAST – The Beast’s tortured soul is evident for all to see. He is paying the ultimate price for a moment of mean-spiritedness, and wishes beyond wishing that he could rectify his mistake. There is anger and menace in The Beast’s appearance and behavior, but increasingly we see his soft and endearing side as he interacts with Belle. It becomes clear that he is a loving, feeling, human being trapped within a hideous creature’s body. This role requires a very strong singer, and the actor must have a strong speaking voice and stage presence.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 20-30
Vocal Range: Baritone: A–High F
GASTON – Gaston is the absolute antithesis of The Beast. Although he is physically handsome, he is shallow, completely self-centered, not very bright, and thrives on attention. However, when his ego is bruised he becomes a very dangerous foe for The Beast, Belle and Maurice. This role requires a strong singer and character actor who moves well.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 20-35
Vocal Range: Baritone: A–High F
LEFOU – Lefou is Gaston’s dim-witted, servile sidekick. He goes to extraordinary lengths and suffers repeated humiliation in his efforts to please his master. The actor must be comfortable with physical comedy, and the role requires strong character acting.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 18 – 25
Vocal Range: Baritone: B–High F Sharp
MAURICE – Despite being a bit scatter-brained, there is no mistaking Maurice’s steadfast love for his daughter Belle. Kindly, gentle, enthusiastic and inventive, he becomes single-minded and determined when Belle faces danger. Maurice and Belle sing the lovely duet No Matter What.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 40+
Vocal Range: Baritone: B flat–High D flat
BABETTE – Babette is a saucy, enchanted feather-duster, and the object of Lumiere’s affections. This role requires good character acting and she should move well, as she dances a tango with Lumiere during Be Our Guest. This character speaks with a French accent.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 20-30
Vocal Range: Alto: C–C
LUMIERE – Lumiere is the French butler who was transformed into a Candelabrum. He is light-hearted, suave, romantic, smooth-talking, and charming. He has a romantic involvement with Babette. This character speaks with a French accent. This role requires strong character acting, and he should move well.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 20-30
Vocal Range: Baritone: A–High F sharp
COGSWORTH – Cogsworth is a tightly-wound, enchanted mantle clock and the head of the Beast’s household. He is a stuffy Englishman who loves perfection. This character speaks with a British accent. This role requires strong character acting.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: late 20’s – 30+
Vocal Range: Baritone: A–High E
MRS. POTTS – Mrs. Potts is a warm-hearted, maternal enchanted teapot. She sings the title song Beauty and the Beast. This character speaks with a British accent.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 30+
Vocal Range: Mezzo-Soprano: Low F sharp– High G
CHIP – Chip is an inquisitive little teacup who is the son of Mrs. Potts.
Gender: Either
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 8-12
Vocal Range: Boy Soprano: D–High D
MADAME DE LA GRANDE BOUCHE – Madame is a former opera diva turned enchanted wardrobe.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 25+
Vocal Range: Soprano: C sharp–High G
MONSIEUR D’ARQUE (Stage Age: 25+) D’arque is the creepy, scheming proprietor of the local insane asylum, The Maison De Lune. He doubles as a townsperson.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 25+
Vocal Range: Baritone: Tenor: D–High A
THREE SILLY GIRLS (Stage Age:16-25) The silly girls are three pretty young maids who swoon over Gaston. They are featured dancers who double as enchanted objects.
Gender: female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 16-25
Vocal Range: Soprano
ENSEMBLE (TOWNSPEOPLE – THE ENCHANTED OBJECTS) Roles for men, women, and children. Children must be at least 8 years old. The ensemble is very busy, as they are both townspeople and enchanted objects. There are several solo lines in songs like Belle and The Mob Song, and many great dance numbers (Gaston, Be Our Guest, and Human Again). The Enchantress and Young Prince, the Baker, the Baker’s wife and the Bookseller are all chorus members. Four chorus members will be wolves who fight the Beast.
THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES: DREAM ON
BETTY JEAN – is the class clown and tomboy of the group, best friends with Cindy Lou. Always quick with a comeback, red-headed Betty Jean has a loving heart that is easy to break. She finally leaves her philandering husband, and discovers the inner strength to survive on her own. Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: mid late 20’s & late 30’s
Vocal Range: Alto with strong low range.
CINDY LOU – was always the prettiest girl at Springfield High. While her hopes were previously shattered, this raven-haired beauty takes one final chance to make her childhood dreams of stardom come true. Sassy, wicked, with a heart of gold.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: mid late 20’s & late 30’s
Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano with belt–sings lead on many songs
MISSY – is the over-achiever of the group, keeping control of everything in her path as the group’s organizing force. With her new husband Mr. Lee watching from the front row, this mousy-haired type-A personality reveals that she has a baby on the way, and all bets are off as she prepares for the adventure of a lifetime.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: mid late 20’s & late 30’s
Vocal Range: Soprano with wide range and very high vocals.
SUZY – is giddy, happy-go-lucky, slightly ditzy, and best friends with Missy. Forever in love with her childhood sweetheart (now husband), this fearless blonde worries that her marriage might be on the rocks as the Matchbox plant in town closes and husband Ritchie is forced to look for work out of town.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: mid late 20’s & late 30’s
Vocal Range: Mezzo Alto with a sweet, soulful sound and big belts.
SISTER ACT
DELORIS VAN CARTIER – A feisty, strong-willed, larger than life character. an aspiring performer, trying to find both fame and a place in the world; when forced to hide in the convent, she initially refuses to embrace her new lifestyle but learns to embrace it when she works with the choir; loud-mouthed, and sassy, and driven, but ultimately caring.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: African American
Age: Mid-20s to mid-30s.
Vocal range: F#5; vocal range bottom: E3.
MOTHER SUPERIOR – Haughty, well spoken, stickler for rules and routine with a tough exterior, but she is not so confident when alone with God. We see a softer side to her by the end of the show. She really doesn’t want Deloris in her convent.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: Late 40s
Vocal Range: E5; vocal range bottom: D3.
SISTER MARY ROBERT – A small, postulant nun. Very timid and quiet, until she eventually finds her ‘voice’. She hasn’t chosen to be a nun; she is only there because she knows nothing else. Her wallflower lifestyle has made her live a shell of a life;
Gender: Female
Age: Late teens to early 20s
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Vocal Range: A5; vocal range bottom: F#3.
SISTER MARY PATRICK – A large, bubbly, excitable, over the top, larger than life character. Very innocent and not at all worldly-wise; everyone’s friend.
Gender: Female
Age: Mid-20s to 30s
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Vocal Range:
SISTER MARY LAZARUS – Choir mistress who gets moved aside. Bit of a grump! Nothing fazes her, she takes everything in her stride, even rapping!
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Age: 40+
Vocal Range: B4; vocal range bottom: F3.
MONSIGNOR O’HARA – A friendly, good natured gentleman. Always bright and positive, even though his parish is almost non-existent and faces closure. He loves the change that Deloris brings to his church.
Gender: Male
Age: 35+
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Vocal Range: G4; vocal range bottom: E3.
CURTIS MID – Confident, chilled out, gangster. He is always in control of the people around him, his actions and any situation he finds himself in. He is untouchable, or so he thinks.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 +
Ethnicity: Any
Vocal Range: Ab4; vocal range bottom: A2.
EDDIE – the desk chief at the Philadelphia police station and a high school classmate of Deloris who helps get her into hiding; faces a lot of nerves when under pressure, causing him to sweat profusely; he still yearns for Deloris after all these years, and dreams of being her hero;
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: Mid-20s to mid-30s.
vocal range: B4; vocal range bottom: Ab2.
POLICE OFFICER – Totally uncool! Bit of a nerd, but there is a cool guy hidden inside him, waiting to get out! He is often downtrodden but takes everything in his stride and is a good cop.
TJ – Youngest of Curtis’ henchman and his nephew, which is the only reason he has the job! He is naïve, daft and childlike and easily manipulated, constantly in a state of ignorant bliss. Finds humour in everything he can.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 20s
Vocal Range: Eb5; vocal range bottom: Db3.
JOEY – Curtis’ head henchman. Does what he is told without question. Thinks he is a cool ladies’ man, but he really isn’t!!
Gender – Male
Age: Late 20’s – 30+
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Vocal Range: top: Eb5; bottom: Bb2.
PABLO – Curtis’ Hispanic henchman. He is quiet, moody and the toughest of the gangsters. Most of his dialogue is in Spanish. He is a slick smooth dude, but slow!
Gender – Male
Age: Late 20’s – 30+
Ethnicity: Latino/Hispanic
Vocal Range: top: F5; vocal range bottom: C4.
ERNIE – Curtis’ oldest henchman. He gets killed in Act 1, Scene 2, for grassing on Curtis to the police.
Gender – Male
Age: 20+
Ethnicity: Any
SISTER MARY MARTIN-OF-TOURS – a nun of the convent; clearly in her own world, but has her moments of surprising clarity.
Gender: Female
Age; 50+
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
SISTER MARY THERESA – a nun of the convent, the oldest of the group; decrepit at a glance, but secretly packs a punch.
Gender: Female
Age; 50+
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
MICHELLE & TINA – good movers. Nightclub backing singers. Insolent and always quick with a retort;
Gender: Female
Age: 20-30
Ethnicity: any
Vocal Range: top: F5; vocal range bottom: Bb3.
FOOTLIGHT FRENZY
PAUL BECKER – A mild mannered school principal. Devoted but hen-pecked husband. In TARNISHED SILVER, the play within the play, he is Nicky Vandermorgan, the hopeful young jazz composer and heir to the family millions.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 30 – 39
LAURA BECKER – Paul’s wife and mother of two problem children. Also, the hyperactive president of the P.T.A. In TARNISHED SILVER she plays Addie Starr, a downtown nightclub singer who’s about to move uptown.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 30 – 37
TONY LANGDON – Maniacal has-been Broadway director who sees this production of his play TARNISHED SILVER as his last chance bid for fame and fortune. Has cast himself in TARNISHED SILVER as Uncle Julian (and later Uncle Julian’s ghost). Nicky’s cantankerous uncle who controls the Vandermorgan millions.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 30 – 50
ALEX MALONE – The schools slightly overweight accountant and a confirmed ladies man who prefers partying to performing. In TARNISHED SILVER he plays Chas Courtney, polo playing cad and old school chum of Nicky. Also a confirmed ladies man who prefers partying to polo.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 25 – 35
DEBBIE TURNER – The Rye School for Unusual Children’s new drama teacher and aspiring daydreaming Hollywood Starlet. In TARNISHED SILVER, she plays Gwendolyn Vandermorgan, Nicky’s refined, uptown, debutant sister who’s heading downtown.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 20 – 25
BENNY DRIBBLE – The Rye School’s janitor. He has romantic dreams, but is too shy and klutzy to get a girl. In TARNISHED SILVER, he is cast as Johnny Chicago, a fearless 30’s style gangster who owns THE HOTSY TOTSY CLUB, a downtown speakeasy.
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Any
Age: 20 – 25
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
SCOUT: A young girl about to experience the events that will shape the rest of her life, she should, ideally, seem as young as nine. Scout is courageous and forthright. If a question occurs to her, she’ll ask it.
Gender: Female
Age: 9-12
Ethnicity: caucasian
JEM: He is a few years older than his sister Scout, and like his sister – perhaps even more than his sister – he’s reaching out to understand their unusual and thus not conventionally-admirable father. Probably the strongest undercurrent in Jem is his desire to communicate with his father.
Gender: Male
Age: 10-14
Ethnicity: caucasian
ATTICUS: He’s tall, quietly impressive, reserved, civilized and nearly fifty. He wears glasses and because of the poor sight in his left eye, looks with his right eye when he wants to see something well. It’s typical of Atticus that when he found out he was an extraordinary shot with a rifle, he gave up shooting – because he considered it gave him an unfair advantage over the animals. He’s quietly courageous and without heroics, he does what he considers just. As someone comments about him – “we trust him to do right.”
Gender: Male
Age: late 30’s-mid 50’s
Ethnicity: Caucasian
CALPURNIA: proud and capable, she has raised the motherless Scout and Jem. She’s a self-educated woman and she’s made quite a good job of it. Her standards are high and her discipline as applied to Scout and Jem is uncompromising.
Gender: Female
Age: late 30’s-mid 50’s
Ethnicity: African American
DILL: Small, blonde and wise beyond his years, he is about the same age as Jem. Dill is neater and better dressed than his friends. There’s an undercurrent of sophistication to him, but his laugh is sudden and happy. Obviously there is a lack in Dill’s own home life, and he senses something in Atticus that’s missing from his own family relationship.
Gender: Male
Age: 10-13
Ethnicity: Caucasian
MAUDIE ATKINSON: Younger than Atticus, but of his generation, she’s a lovely sensitive woman. Though belonging to the time and place of this play, she has a wisdom and compassion that suggests the best instincts of the South of that period.
Gender: Female
Age: late 30’s – 45
Ethnicity: Caucasian
WALTER CUMMINGHAM: Cunningham is a hard-up farmer who shares the prejudices of this time and place but who is nevertheless a man who can be reached as a human being. He also has seeds of leadership, for when his attitude is changed during the confrontations with Atticus, he takes the others with him.
Gender: Male
Age: late 30’s – 45
Ethnicity: Caucasian
REVEREND SYKES: Rev. Sykes is the black minister of the Flint Purchase Church, called that because it was paid for with the first money earned by the freed slaves. He’s an imposing man with a strong stage presence. He should have a strong “minister’s” voice.
Gender: Male
Age: late 40+
Ethnicity: African American
HECK TATE: Heck is the town sheriff and a complex man. He does his duty as he sees it, and enforces the law without favor. The key to this man’s actual feelings is revealed in his final speeches to Atticus, and this attitude should be an undercurrent to his earlier actions.
Gender: Male
Age: late 30’s – 45
Ethnicity: Caucasian
STEPHANIE CRAWFORD: She’s a neighborhood gossip, and she enjoys it to the hilt. There’s an enthusiasm in her talking over the people of her town that makes it almost humorous. Sometimes she says things that are petty, but partly it’s because she simply can’t keep herself from stirring things up.
Gender: Female
Age: late 50+
Ethnicity: Caucasian
BOO RADLEY: Arthur Radley is a pale recluse who hasn’t been outside his house in fifteen years. It takes an extraordinary emergency to bring him out, and once out he’s uncertain about how to deal with people, and with his mission accomplished, he’s eager to return to his sanctuary.
Gender: Male
Age: late 30’s – 45
Ethnicity: Caucasian
MRS. DUBOSE: She is an old woman – ill, walking with difficulty, her pain making her biting, bitter, and angry. However, she’s fighting a secret battle within herself, a battle about which few people are aware, and her existence has in it a point of importance for Jem and Scout .
Gender: Female
Age: 70+
Ethnicity: Caucasian
TOM ROBINSON: Robinson is black, handsome and vital, but with a left hand crippled by a childhood accident and held against his chest. He’s married to Helen and they have young children. He faces up to a false charge with quiet dignity. There’s an undercurrent in him of kindness, sensitivity and consideration.
Gender: Male
Age: 25 – 35
Ethnicity: African American
JUDGE TAYLOR: The judge is a wintry man of the South, who does what he can within the context of his time to see justice done in his court. While he tries to run his court impartially, his sympathy is with Tom.
Gender: Male
Age: 45+
Ethnicity: Caucasian
MR. GILMER: He is a public prosecutor who is doing his job in trying to convict Tom. In many ways his manner is cruel and hurtful. And yet under all this, he too has unexpressed doubts as to Tom’s guilt, and his heart isn’t really in this conviction. Still – he goes after it, and it’s a hard thing.
Gender: Male
Age: 30+
Ethnicity: Caucasian
BOB EWELL: Ewell is a little bantam-cock of a man who lives with his large family by the town dump. As Harper Lee describes their situation – “The town gave them Christmas baskets, welfare money, and the back of their hand.” Bob thinks this trial will make him an important man, and when Atticus destroys his credibility, Bob’s rage and frustration border on paranoia.
Gender: Male
Age: late 30’s – 45
Ethnicity: Caucasian
MAYBELLA: The oldest daughter of Bob Ewell, she’s a desperately lonely and overworked young woman whose need for companionship – any companionship – has overwhelmed every other emotion. However, when her effort to reach out explodes in her face, she fights just as desperately for what she thinks is survival.
Gender: Female
Age: 18-22
Ethnicity: Caucasian
EXTRAS: Townspeople, Farmers, Rev. Sykes congregation, Mob and Spectators: Various ages and either male or female.
I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
ACTRESS #1 – plays multiple roles, extremely good vocal artist, as the songs feature lots of close harmonies, a cappella singing and quite a wide vocal range, soprano range.
Gender: Female
Age: 25-45
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Vocal Range: low A to top Bb
ACTRESS #2 – plays multiple roles, extremely good vocal artist, as the songs feature lots of close harmonies, a cappella singing and quite a wide vocal range, alto range.
Gender: Female
Age: 25-45
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Vocal Range: low F# to Db
ACTOR #1 – plays multiple roles, extremely good vocal artist, as the songs feature lots of close harmonies, a cappella singing and quite a wide vocal range, baritone / tenor ranges.
Gender: Male
Age: 25-45
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Vocal Range: middle C to high G#
ACTOR #2 – plays multiple roles, extremely good vocal artist, as the songs feature lots of close harmonies, a cappella singing and quite a wide vocal range, baritone / tenor ranges.
Gender: Male
Age: 25-45
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Vocal Range: middle C to high G#
AN ACT OF GOD