Character Descriptions from Musicals, Plays and Operas

Featured

To Kill a Mockingbird

  brother pale thin leathery guardian anti-social southern southern accent 

Featured

To Kill a Mockingbird

  farmer client poor southern southern accent honorable indebted follower respected principled 

Ensemble

To Kill a Mockingbird

  southern good-hearted townsman farmer defender southern accent employer 

Lead

To the Moon

  child role innocent ambitious eager kind 2m scenes new work 

Lead

To the Moon

  husband smoker annoyed marriage marital breakdown 2m scenes englightened new work 

Supporting

To the Moon

  wife frustrated hurt marriage emotional crossroads marital breakdown 

Lead

Together, we are Anna

  new work contemporary indian cynical taxi driver street-smart 1m 1f scenes ten minute plays 

Lead

Together, we are Anna

  mother wife indian determined traveller new work contemporary concerned grandmother 1m 1f scenes ten minute plays 

Lead

Tom-Tom: An Epic of Music and the Negro

  composers of color black composer female composer african-american african-american cast african-american composers spirituals jazz cabaret race racism home gender politics slavery slave trade plantations slaves christianity voodoo identity longing diaspora africa african harlem religious religion christian reverend boy coming of age lyric tenor spinto tenor 

Lead

Tom-Tom: An Epic of Music and the Negro

  composers of color black composer female composer african-american composer african-american cast spirituals jazz cabaret race racism gender politics slavery slave trade plantations slaves christianity voodoo identity home longing diaspora mothers children villagers african africa harlem innocence purity singer dancer daughter mother daughter relationship lyric soprano coming of age sacrifice victim 

Lead

Tom-Tom: An Epic of Music and the Negro

  composers of color black composer female composer african-american composer african-american african-american cast spirituals jazz gospel race racism slavery slaves slave trade plantations identity home longing diaspora african africa harlem mother mother daughter relationship homemaker motherly religious religious conversion lyric mezzo lyric contralto 

Lead

Tom-Tom: An Epic of Music and the Negro

  composers of color black composer female composer african-american african-american composer african-american cast race racism gender politics slavery slave trade plantations slaves christianity voodoo identity home longing diaspora villagers african africa harlem spiritual murder murderer lyric baritone high baritone