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A heavy-set, saturnine man in his forties who might, say, be a blacksmith or a dockhand. There is about him an air of brooding, slightly nerve-chilling self-absorption.
Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd
A self-absorbed, once-successful actress now touring the country-side.
Desiree in A Little Night Music
A doctor obsessed with discovering the true nature behind the good and evil in man and Emma's fiancée. After he uses an experimental formula on himself, his evil side takes control.
Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde in Jekyll & Hyde
The second youngest sister who tragically dies of Scarlet Fever. Peace-maker, lover, and an optimist who is always encouraging her sisters to dream.
Beth March in Little Women
A struggling musician and former drug addict. He is reminiscent of Kurt Cobain. Battles with being HIV-positive.
Roger in Rent
A young, strong-willed woman who is outwardly quiet, watchful and shy. Her beauty does not come from her physical appearance but rather from her character, humor, and strength.
Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre
A mermaid and King Triton's youngest daughter. She is obsessed with everything about the human world, and dreams of becoming a part of life above the water. Hardheaded, naive, and emotional, but also kindhearted.
Ariel in The Little Mermaid
A struggling, queer nightlife performer who is on a journey to find her other half. She is grunge; a dreamer who has been disillusioned by broken relationships.
Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story, he is a corrupt policeman who secretly kills off the guilty offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.
Officer Lockstock in Urinetown
An accountant. Boring and mousy, he is a hesitant optimist who longs for something more.
Leo Bloom in The Producers
A cockney flower girl from Lisson Grove working outside Covent Garden.
Eliza in My Fair Lady
She is large and in charge. Confident, talented, and incredibly determined. A romantic with a good heart and desire to cut up the dance floor.
Hairspray
A father with many daughters. He resembles a male Queen Victoria in his sensibilities. Possesses kindness, warmth, and good-humor. The love for his daughters is undeniable.
Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance
The orphanage matron who hates children but is fond of liquor. Very disillusioned, bitter, and cold.
Miss Hannigan in Annie
She made friends with her dictionary at a very young age, helping her to make it to the competition. She starts enormously shy, and shyly blossoms.
Olive Ovstrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
A brassy evangelist turned nightclub singer.
Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes
Sarcastic, ugly-then-gorgeous, obsessive protector of Rapunzel who is straightforward and aggressive.
The Witch in Into the Woods
A self-critical and depressed, mortal, chalk artist. Handsome, but not particularly smart. He embodies 1980s pop culture and is very much a California dreamer.
Sonny Malone in Xanadu
The pretty, young nurse at The Cookie Jar. Meticulous, practical.
Fay in Anyone Can Whistle
The Devil's seductress assistant. Sexy and confident.
Lola in Damn Yankees
A Roman slave, owned by Hero, who seeks to win his freedom by helping his young master win the heart of Philia. Quick-witted, scheming, childlike spirit.
Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
An obnoxious, hyperactive child addicted to television, video games, and the internet.
Mike Teavee in Willy Wonka
A fresh-faced kid just out of college and the protagonist. Puppet.
Princeton in Avenue Q
Owner of a café, beautiful, world-weary, passionate, with a dry wit.
Dina in The Band’s Visit
Handsome. A professional clown. Dangerous and charming all at once. Sexually ravenous. Hurts somewhere deep inside, and slowly descends into jealous insanity..
Burrs in The Wild Party
A charming small-town boy who craves notoriety.
Clyde Barrow in Bonnie & Clyde
Faithful, bright-eyed, eager servant and friend with a hunchback.
Igor in Young Frankenstein
His famous Magic Foot method of spelling has boosted him to spelling glory, even though he only has one working nostril and a touchy, bullying personality.
William Barfee in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
A young and naive, but strong-willed Vietnamese girl. An orphan and has been forced to work at a local club.
Kim in Miss Saigon
Character arcs from an ambitious guy on a promising first date with a dazzling career to someone who is blinded by success and ego. He is very lovable, yet makes unintentional choices that sabotages his own happiness.
Jamie in The Last Five Years
A prize fighter's physique draped in satin. A talented drag queen with a killer voice and winning ways.
Lola/Simon in Kinky Boots
The ultimate 'ring leader.' Masterfully charming and manipulative. A chameleon of sorts. Obsessed with putting on a great show for the audience.
Leading Player in Pippin
The Black protagonist, who ages from 16 to 80 over the course of the story. Tough, wary, intelligent and essentially vulnerable, she risks all for her child.
Dessa in Dessa Rose
An actor’s actor. A focused perfectionist, outspoken, stubborn, abrasive and frustrated at where his career hasn’t taken him. Highly intelligent and desperate to do the one thing he loves more than life itself… act..
Michael Dorsey in Tootsie
A cowboy, in love with Laurey, but plays cat and mouse games with her.
Curly in Oklahoma!
A carousel barker
Billy Bigelow in Carousel
The sly, charming star of the show. Lithe, eccentric. His larger than life persona can go from charming and comical, to magically mysterious and dark.
Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
A hopeless romantic and innocent young girl. She falls in love and finds herself at the center of the violent conflict between two gangs. Puerto Rican.
Maria in West Side Story
A naïve and trusting youth, who blindly follows the teachings of his teacher.
Candide in Candide
A young North Carolina woman whose face was scarred in a childhood accident. She is stubborn and prickly, but filled with equal parts hope and obsession that she may heal and be made beautiful..
Violet in Violet
Spirited. Gentle. Kind. Determined. At the beginning of our story, she is a postulant seeking admission into a religious order of nuns at Nonnberg Abbey
Maria in The Sound of Music
A self involved French Knight who is very used to excelling at everything.
Lancelot in Camelot
The youngest of Zeus's daughters and the muses. Pretty. Adventurous. Honest and determined. Muse of history and the leader of the muses.
Kira (clio) in Xanadu
Our story's conniving protagonist, he is a handsome and youthful con artist. Grew up learning to disappear into another skin to avoid his problems.
Frank Abagnale, Jr. in Catch Me If You Can
An imposing character. The ultimate ‘law and order’ figure. Obsessed, to the point of irrationality, with rigid and merciless moral code.
Javert in Les Misérables
A beautiful, brave Nubian Princess who is loyal to her people but is torn between her heritage and love for an Egyptian Captain.
Aida in Aida
An embittered young genius stricken deaf, dumb, and blind after a childhood trauma.
Tommy in The Who’s Tommy
The quintessential Valley Girl who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School and realizes that she has more to offer than just a pretty face and a bubbly personality.
Elle Woods in Legally Blonde
A young, clever, aspiring American con artist. He is a sloppy, yet attractive womanizer.
Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
An embittered young genius stricken deaf, dumb, and blind after a childhood trauma.
Tommy in The Who’s Tommy
A peasant girl who has been adopted, she is a dark skinned island girl with much curiosity and energy.
Ti Moune in Once on This Island
Lead performer at the Hot Box nightclub. Pretty, outspoken, stubborn.
Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls
A diner waitress who dreams of life as a musician. She is a naturally shy girl, naive of the world around her.
Rose in Dogfight
A struggling composer on the brink of his 30th birthday.
Jon in Tick, Tick… Boom!
a 43 year-old cartoonist
Alison in Fun Home
His character ranges from an influential songwriter and film producer to an innocent, bright-eyed optimist in NYC. Talented and handsome but misled, tragic, and tormented.
Franklin Shepard in Merrily We Roll Along
The banished Sea Witch and sister of King Triton. Supposedly spurned at childhood, she will use whatever method necessary to steal the kingdom and claim it as her own. Malevolent, calculating, and deceptive.
Ursula in The Little Mermaid
Our story's main character, he is a compassionate and gentle elephant. Commonly misunderstood because of his larger size. He is protective and loving of all creatures in the jungle.
Horton the Elephant in Seussical
Works as a maid. She is a divorcee with four children and resistant to change in the world. Bitter, tired, devoted.
Caroline in Caroline, or Change
A beautiful and free-spirited Romani woman who possesses the strong sense of justice and morality that Frollo lacks.
Esmeralda in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
Egyptian; leader of the Egyptian Ceremonial Police Orchestra; a shy, formal man, carrying a buried burden of sadness
Tewfiq in The Band’s Visit
The story's protagonist. He has the mind, spirit, and innocence of a 13 year-old trapped in the body of a 30 year-old.
Josh Baskin in Big
Daughter of the Thénardiers but in no way behaves like them. Fired by an unrequited love for Marius. Gamine. Hasn’t learned to disguise her emotions; wears her heart on her sleeve.
Eponine in Les Misérables
A high-stakes gambler whose luck never seems to run out, and a wild card who surprises himself when he falls in love with the unlikeliest of women.
Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls
The charismatic leader of the Manhattan newsies, is an oprhaned dreamer and artist who yearns to get out of the crowded streets of New York and make a better life for himself out West.
Jack Kelly in Newsies
The first female captain for American Airlines Pilot.
Beverly Bass in Come From Away
Polished. Authoritative. Sad. Kind. A retired naval captain who holds his children at arms-length to hide his emotions from the death of his wife.
Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music
A down-on-his-luck musician in Dublin. He is lovesick and lost.
Guy in Once
An eccentric, brilliant, English inventor and loving father and son. His inventions and children are his life.
Caractacus Potts
in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
A spunky, modern woman trying to make it in New York City.
Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie
Sexy. Sharp. Delusional bipolar depressive.
Diana in Next to Normal
She is a working housewife who has lost her confidence and dream to be a plus-size clothing designer. Boisterous and commanding. Often played by a male in drag.
Edna in Hairspray
Innocent. With every passing day, she grows more curious about the world around her and her changing body. Both vulnerable and a willing participant in her evolution.
Wendla in Spring Awakening
A boy who stumbles upon a ballet class and develops a passion for dance.
Billy in Billy Elliot
A street-wise orphan. Spunky, friendly, big-voiced.
Annie in Annie
A keen observer who appears happy but holds pain in his heart. He is the only one of his friends still single. Terrified of marriage and fears a lifelong loneliness.
Robert in Company
A rather cold artist obsessed with his work at the cost of his personal life. Constantly troubled and borderline obsessive.
Sunday in the Park with George
Stylish and intelligent. Her face is more beautiful now than it was thirty years ago. A woman who made her husband her life, the journey has hardened her and replaced the traces of life with cold sop.histication and poise.
Phyllis Rogers Stone in Follies
A young girl with exceptional intelligence.
Matilda in Matilda
The eager new employee at Maraczek's Parfumerie. Despite being a skilled saleswoman, she easily becomes intimated and nervous. Attractive, bright, and a lover of literature.
Amalia in She Loves Me
A feisty,independent single-parent who doesn't need a man to make her life complete.
Donna in Mamma Mia!
A beautiful Italian woman, generous, luminous, and funny, now married to a farmer and living in Iowa.
Francesca in The Bridges of Madison County
Gloomy young man who is depressed about his girlfriend issues. A naive, self-absorbed, deadbeat alcoholic who needs to get his life together.
Nomax in Five Guys Named Moe
The most popular kid at East High, he is the star of the basketball team who yearns to be more than what people want him to be.
Troy Bolton in Disney’s High School Musical
A brash, caring, optimistic hair stylist who is friends with Elle and longs to find a man for herself.
Paulette in Legally Blonde
Anne's earthy maid and closest confidante. She seizes every moment to rustle in the hay.
Petra in A Little Night Music
Character arcs from an ambitious, fresh-faced girl in a new relationship to a woman stunned by a betrayal and a divorce that she is only beginning to understand.
Cathy in The Last Five Years
A proud and talented pianist. A Black man who believes that he can take part in the new America and will be treated fairly.
Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime
The leader of the gang known as the 'Drapes'. A misunderstood teen who acts like a rebel, but has a sensitive side.
Wade ‘Cry Baby’ Walker in Cry-Baby
FBI agent. A knowledgeable and habitual workaholic who idolizes the moment he catches his perp. Lives a private life of loneliness and depression.
Carl Hanratty in Catch Me If You Can
An HIV-positive stripper with drug addictions. Slender and sickly, she conceals it all at her job in the local strip club.
Mimi in Rent
An idealistic, compassionate and generous young King. He tends to be unsure of himself, but serves as a huge inspiration to others and strives to lead based on honor and chivalry.
King Arthur in Camelot
A senior head cheerleader whose world gets turned upside-down when she transfers schools
Campbell in Bring It On
The dairyman
Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof
An irrepressible, clear-eyed, almost puckish hero, he is a window washer who applies for a job at the World Wide Wicket Company and attempts to climb the 'ladder of success.'
J. Pierrepont Finch
in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
She has just been released from a mental institution after 20 years. Both comic and scary with a heartbreaking vulnerability underneath it all.
Lucia in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
A wealthy, spoiled Brit. She is accustomed to having her father indulge her every whim and desires.
Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka
The pretty young heroine. Initially dreams of leaving her dull Kansas life, but discovers that home is where her heart is.
Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
A young, sweet, soon-to-be-wealthy lady at Mme. Dubonnet's school and a clear-voiced romantic.
Polly Browne in The Boy Friend
British, upper-class professional bachelor, world-famous phonetics expert.
Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady
A dedicated newsie with a bum leg that’s painful, but helps sell more papes.
Crutchie in Newsies
A dedicated newsie with a bum leg that’s painful, but helps sell more papes.
Crutchie in Newsies
The consummate con man. Naturally animated and bombastic, he is never at a loss for charm and manners.
Max Bialystock in The Producers
The stuffy town librarian and music teacher.
Marian Paroo in The Music Man
Colonel Ricci's cousin. Very sickly and unattractive, she is deeply emotionally damaged. Her desire to be loved teeters between longing and desperation. Smart, well read, and bold.
Fosca in Passion
Fleet-footed guide, messenger of the gods, and<br>conductor of souls to the underworld.
Hermes in Hadestown
A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator .
Little Sally in Urinetown
Born a human but raised at the North Pole. He is eager to find his place in the world. He is a child at heart and that child-like curiosity makes him both endearing and gets him into trouble..
Buddy in Elf
If you took Judy Holliday, Carol Channing, Marilyn Monroe and Goldie Hawn, removed their education and feelings of self-worth, dressed them in spiked heels and a low-cut black dress and then shook them all up in a test tube to extract what's sweetest and most vulnerable about each one, that would be
Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors
A smart, headstrong boy who refuses to bow down to society's rules. An atheist and radical student.
Melchior in Spring Awakening
An established employee of Maraczek's Parfumerie, he resembles a hopeless romantic. Shy, intelligent, and soft spoken.<br>
Georg in She Loves Me
The Bard. Over the top with a huge ego.
Shakespeare in Something Rotten!
A big, green, terrifying ogre who lives alone on a swamp.
Shrek in Shrek
Opinionated, passionate, and a bit boisterous, he wears his age with pride. Starving for independence from England.
John Adams in 1776
A mortally ill bookkeeper from the small town life looking for new excitement. He is a smart man wanting to live life to the fullest while he can. Humble, joyous, and grateful.
Otto Kringelein in Grand Hotel
Over it and everybody, a burned-out TV weatherman, resentful, entitled.
Phil in Groundhog Day
A composer and magician known as the Opera Ghost
Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera
She is extraordinary and strange, neat and tidy, delightfully vain yet particular, and sometimes a little frightening but always exciting. She is practically perfect in every way and always means what she says.
Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins
A slow-witted silent film diva with a big personality and a harshly unpleasant voice.
Lina in Singin’ in the Rain
An anthropomorphic cross between a Venus flytrap and an avocado
Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors
An upstanding, proactive politician, philanthropist and lawyer. He is the future mayor of New York.
Fiorello Laguardia in Fiorello!
The deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame and Claude Frollo’s charge. Lonely and staunchly obedient to Frollo, he possesses a vivid imagination that brings to life the bells and gargoyles of the cathedral.
Quasimodo in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
A voluptuous, sexually-charged woman adored by all of the men. She may appear dim-witted, but she knows how to manipulate men to get what she wants.
Hedy in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
The owner of the Dreamland club. He is half-Vietnamese and half-French. Sleazy and ruthless.
The Engineer in Miss Saigon