Roles:

• Donnie and Doodie
  • MARVIN TREAT, L.P.N. – An African American man in his late
    30’s-40’s. Though the part of “Marvin” was written as
    African American, it can be played by a man of any
    ethnicity.
  • DORIS “DOODIE” DONNELLY – An elderly woman, mid-70’s
  • DONNIE – A ventriloquist’s boy dummy or doll
  • ANNOUNCER – Off stage voice
  • NURSE – A woman of any age between 30 yrs. And 60 yrs.
  • Please Note: DOODIE is a ventriloquist; however, the actress playing her
    does not have to be one. Doodie is well past her prime and
    is not as good as she once was. It is important, however,
    that the actress playing DOODIE should be able to create a
    separate “voice” for DONNY. DONNY does not need to be an
    authentic ventriloquist’s dummy. He can be a boy doll.
• Love to Go
  • CHUCK- Male 20’s newlywed husband. Regular guy. Loves his wife, not her cooking.
  • CINDY- Female 20’s newlywed wife. Loves her husband. As trendy as she is environmentally conscious.
  • UNCLE ERNIE- Male 40’s. A bit of a chauvinist. There’s a reason that he’s been married six times.
• Monument Valley
  • SALLY- 40s, a writer. She may speak with a very faint northern European accent.
  • MIKE- 40s, her husband, on the phone line from New York (may be seen or simply heard)
  • THE MAN IN A SUIT- 30s to 40s, elegant and urbane
  • THE WOMAN- his wife, 30s, equally elegant and gracious
  • REBECCA- their six- or seven-year-old daughter, cheerful and bubbly

Production Details:

• This Academy production is for ages 13-20
• Once cast, there is a participation fee of $250 (scholarships available for those who qualify)
• Directed by Rick Taylor
• Music Directed by Beth Taylor
• Choreography by Hannah Farley
• Eliza Doolittle is a young flower seller with an unmistakable Cockney accent which keeps her in the lower rungs of Edwardian society. When Professor Henry Higgins tries to teach her how to speak like a proper lady, an unlikely friendship begins to flourish.

Questions:

Please email Academy Administrator, Kearney Jordan at kjordan@spokanecivictheatre.com

Roles:

• Eliza Doolittle: A flower girl who works outside Convent Garden. Strong willed and Cockney. Gender: Female, Vocal range top: G5, Vocal range bottom: A3
• Henry Higgins: A world renowned phonetist of the upper class British society. Gender: Male, Vocal range top: E4, Vocal range bottom: B2

Roles:

• Green Gables Household
  • Anne Shirley: An imaginative, talkative, red-headed orphan who comes to live with Matthew Cuthbert and Marilla Cuthbert. Anne is very sensitive and dislikes the color of her hair. She exhibits categorical interest in everything romantic.
  • Marilla Cuthbert: Matthew’s sister, she is an austere but fair woman who objects to Anne’s imaginative, unusual conduct on the grounds of its being part of the same group of behavioral misconducts that bring about dereliction of responsibility or produce a disrespectful personal image. Life experience with Anne, however, profoundly affects Marilla’s ways; in a very early instance, she experiences first-hand how worthless a confession under duress could be. Although conservative and austere, she is fond of Anne and has the glimmerings of a sense of humor.
  • Matthew Cuthbert: Marilla’s brother, he is an overly shy, albeit kind, old man with a lumbering frame and above-average strength. Matthew takes a liking to Anne from the start and the two become fast friends. Because Marilla has primary responsibility for rearing the girl, he has no qualms about “spoiling” her and indulging her in pretty clothes and other frivolities.
• Anne’s schoolmates:
  • Diana Barry: Anne’s bosom friend and a kindred spirit. Anne and Diana become best friends from the moment they meet. She is the only girl of Anne’s age who lives close to Green Gables. Anne admires Diana for being pretty and for her amiable disposition. Diana lacks Anne’s powerful imagination but is a loyal friend.