Cast of Characters

Cast of Characters for audition preparation. We are looking for these characters plus additional ensemble characters.

AUDREY	The bleached-blond, Billie-Dawn-like, secret love of Seymour's life. If you took Judy Holiday, Carol Channing, Marilyn Monroe and Goldie Hawn, removed their education and feelings of self-worth, dressed them in spiked heels and trashy but modest dresses, and then shook them all up in a test tube to extract what's sweetest and most vunerable-that'd be Audrey. Low A to High D
CRYSTAL, RONNETTE AND CHIFFON	Three female street urchins who function as participants in the action and a Greek Chorus outside it. They’re young, hip, smart and the only people in the whole cast who REALLY know what’s going on. In their “Greek Chorus” capacity, they occassionally sing to the audience directly. And when they do, it's often with a "secret-smile" that says: "we know something you don't know."
MR. MUSHNIK	Their boss. A failure of an East Side florist. His accent, if he has one, is more that of middle class New York than of Eastern Europe. He seldom smiles but often sweats. Low G to High E flat
ORIN	A tall, dark, handsome dentist with a black leather jacket and violent tendencies. He is NOT, however, a leftover from the movie version of GREASE. Think instead of an egotistical pretty-boy — all got up like a greaser but thinking like an insurance salesman and talking like a radio announcer.
SEYMOUR	Mid-twenties and perhaps balding a little. Our insecure, naive, put-upon, florist’s clerk hero. Above all, he’s a sweet and well-meaning little man. He is not a silly, pratfalling nerd, and therefore should not be played as the hero of a Jerry Lewis film. Low A to High G
THE PLANT (AUDREY II)	An anthropomorphic cross between a Venus flytrap and an avocado. It has a huge, nasty-looking pod which gains a shark-like aspect when open and snapping at food. The creature is played by a series of four increasing large puppets, manipulated by two Puppeteers. The first time we see The Plant, it is less than one foot tall. The last time we see it, it fills the entire stage.
VOICE OF THE PLANT	Provided by an actor on an offstage microphone. It is important that this actor have clear visual access to the puppets onstage, so that he can provide accurate lip-synch. The sound is a cross between Otis Redding, Barry White, and Wolfman Jack. Think of The Voice as that of a street-smart, funky, conniving villain — Rhythm and Blues’ answer to Richard the Third.

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