Casting

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

Character Breakdown

Theodore Roosevelt
The bullish President of the United States. Confident and stubborn, he is a maverick who leads as such. A big child at heart. Loves his children and Alice; cannot help but indulge their whims.
Gender: male
Age: 45 to 55
Vocal range top: B5
Vocal range bottom: F3
Alice
Teddy's rebellious daughter from his first marriage. A young Katherine Hepburn. She is a free spirit, who lives life to the fullest and wants women to have the same rights as men.
Gender: female
Age: 18 to 21
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Edith
The 'woman behind the man.' Wise, calm, and soft-spoken, she is in many ways the complete opposite of Teddy except in her passion for life. Possesses warrior-like strength.
Gender: female
Age: 40 to 50
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Nick Longworth
An Ohio congressman in the House of Representatives. Bald, but very handsome. A man of the world with a scandalous reputation. Falls in love with Alice.
Gender: male
Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Eleanor Roosevelt
Teddy's niece. Shy and a little awkward. A hopeless romantic and far less freewheeling than her best friend and cousin, Alice.
Gender: female
Age: 18 to 21
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Henry Cabot Lodge
A dapper Senator and proper Bostonian. He is one of Teddy's cronies dislikes Alice the least.
Gender: male
Age: 50 to 60
Vocal range top: A5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Elihu Root
One of Teddy's cronies. Conservative but vocal. Has a small crush on Alice, despite being continually annoyed with her interruptions into political affairs.
Gender: male
Age: 55 to 65
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: G3
William H. Taft
A voluminously-mustached, 300-pound crony of Teddy's. Always scheming how to get Alice out of the way of Teddy's policy-making. He is a bit goofy.
Gender: male
Age: 45 to 55
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: G3
J.p. Morgan
The steel tycoon. A forceful man with power who is looking out for his own business ventures.
Gender: male
Age: 60 to 70
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: C4
Edward Henry Harriman
The railroad tycoon. A powerful and forceful man looking out for his own business ventures.
Gender: male
Age: 55 to 65
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: C4
Ensemble
Members Of The Press; Marines; Photographers; Diplomats; Congressmen; Senators; Partygoers; Servants; Male Ghosts; Foreign Diplomats (Herr Ambassador, Monsieur Jesserand, Sergei)