Casting

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Cast Size: Medium (11 to 20 performers)
Cast Type: Ensemble Cast
Dance Requirements: Standard

Character Breakdown

Tom Morgan
First Mate of the schooner Hispaniola and the narrator of our story. Friendly and jolly, he holds a fondness for Jim.
Gender: male
Age: 35 to 55
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Billy Bones
A former pirate and common customer at Mrs. Hawkins' inn. Seems to always be very drunk and is leery of everything around him.
Gender: male
Age: 40 to 65
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: A2
Mrs. Hawkins
Proprietress of the Admiral Benbow Inn and Jim's mother. Extremely matronly to her family, workers, and the pirates that frequent her inn. She tries to encourage Jim to find the treasure using his brain.
Gender: female
Age: 40 to 60
Vocal range top: F#5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Jim Hawkins
Mrs. Hawkins' teenage son, he dreams of a life on the sea. Joins the Hispaniola's crew by gaining possession of a treasure map. Wide-eyed and a bit gullible.
Gender: male
Age: 14 to 18
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Meg
A snarky barmaid at the Inn with attitude towards life at sea. Mrs. Hawkins forces her to disguise herself as a man to watch over Jim on the Hispaniola, which puts her in several clumsy and uncomfortable situations.
Gender: female
Age: 18 to 25
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Pew
A menacing blind conspirator who gives Billy Bones the Black Spot. He is tricky and ruthless.
Gender: male
Age: 30 to 60
Captain Alexander Smollett
Master of the Hispaniola. Commanding and firm, he ensures that everything is always "ship shape."
Gender: male
Age: 35 to 55
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Israel Hands
The Coxswain of the Hispaniola and one of Long John's mutinous cohorts. Impatient and wary with an affinity for drinking.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 55
Vocal range top: G3
Vocal range bottom: B2
George Merry
The Hispaniola's Navigator and one of Long John's mutinous cohorts. Greedy and selfish.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 55
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Job Anderson
The Boatswain of the Hispaniola. One of Long John's mutineers, he tries to turn the other men against him and Jim.
Gender: male
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Dick Johnson
The Hispaniola's Senior Deck Hand. An old friend of Long John, he schemes with him to get treasure.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 55
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Long John Silver (barbecue)
The peg-leg cook. He befriends Jim, but their friendship falls in conflict with his plotting to mutiny and get the buried treasure on Skeleton Island. Wise, experienced, and brave.
Gender: male
Age: 40 to 60
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Ben Gunn
A former pirate, marooned on the island by Long John and his men on a previous voyage. Wild-looking and longing for luxuries of his former life.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 45
Vocal range top: Gb4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Ensemble
Sailors And Pirates; Hornpipe Dancers; Acrobatic Specialistis; Wives And Sweethearts