Casting

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Cast Size: Flexible Cast Size
Cast Type: Ensemble Cast
Dance Requirements: Standard

Character Breakdown

Eliot Rosewater
A tall, bulky, slightly unkempt, often distracted sweetheart of a man. Heir to Rosewater fortune, and President of the Rosewater Foundation. Optimistic, quixotic, a bit insane - troubled by darker past.
Gender: male
Age: 35 to 45
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Sylvia Rosewater
Eliot Rosewater's wife. Nervous, attractive, well-bred and well-intentioned.
Gender: female
Age: 35 to 45
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: F3
Senator Rosewater
Eliot's father, an elderly, very wealthy, practical minded Senator from Indiana.
Gender: male
Age: 70 to 80
Mr. Mcallister
The Senator's lawyer. Old guard, practical, hardworking.
Gender: male
Age: 60 to 70
Norman Mushari
An oily, ever-watchful, young newcomer to McAllister's firm. Ambitious and cut-throat.
Gender: male
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Mary Moody
The tired, battered, often-pregnant resident hooker of Rosewater County. Doubles as Blanche, Miss Swarthmore, Non, Telethon Hostess.
Gender: female
Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: B3
Dawn Leonard
A mousy, shy, washed-out middle-aged Rosewater County woman who dresses like a teenager. Double as Caroline Rosewater, File Clerk, Telephone Operator, Hostess.
Gender: female
Age: 45 to 60
Vocal range top: Eb5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Diana Moon Glampers
The dumbest, homeliest, and possibly most overweight woman in Rosewater County. Has a variety of ailments, both real and imagined. Has worked for the Rosewater family. Doubles as File Clerk, Telephone Operator.
Gender: female
Age: 60 to 70
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: B3
Charley Warmergram
Lanky, goodnatured fire-chief of Rosewater County. Doubles as Applicatn 1, Arthur Garvey Ulm, Fireman Ray.
Gender: male
Age: 45 to 60
Vocal range top: B3
Vocal range bottom: C2
Delbert Peach
An alcholic derelict in Rosewater County. Double as Executive, Man in Suicide Parlor, Fireman Bill, Man in Bar.
Gender: male
Age: 20 to 40
Vocal range top: G3
Vocal range bottom: B2
Noyes Finnerty
Tough ex-convict in Rosewater County. Doubles as Mail-Boy, Fireman Al, Science Fiction Writer 1, Fred Rosewater, Bus Driver.
Gender: male
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: Eb4
Vocal range bottom: C#3
Jerome Hayes
A not-too-bright young greaser from Rosewater County. Double as Applicant 2, Kid, Fireman Paul, Sgt. Boyle.
Gender: male
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: G3
Vocal range bottom: G2
Psychiatrist
A nervous, serious, dead-pan professional. Doubles as Fireman John, The Alien, Science Fiction Writer 2, Man in Phone Booth, Passenger.
Gender: male
Age: 30 to 50
Kilgore Trout
The noted science fiction writer, a rumpled, bearded, tennis-shoed visionary. (It is suggested that his voice be the Voice No Unlike God's which is heard from time to time in the show.
Gender: male
Age: 40 to 50