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Casting
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Cast Size: Medium (11 to 20 performers)
Cast Type: Children
Dance Requirements: Standard
Character Breakdown
Milo
A lazy boy who has lost his sense of adventure and is bored with everything in life. He enters the tollbooth and is forced to meet trials head-on with his thinking cap. Brave and adventurous.
Gender: male
Age: 10 to 13
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Whether Man
The eccentric keeper of the "Land of Expectations" whose job it is to hurry people beyond expectations. He tells whether or not something will happen, though he may not know specifically what it is that's going to happen.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 55
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: D4
Tock The Dog
The ticking watchdog and loyal companion, teacher and protector of Milo. Other than the clock in his chest, he is a normal dog in all respects.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 55
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Young Azaz
Son of the King and brother of Young Mathemagician. Develops a love of words and thinks they are more important than numbers.
Gender: male
Age: 8 to 12
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: D4
Young Mathemagician
Son of the King and brother of Young Azaz. Develops a love of numbers and thinks they are more important than words.
Gender: male
Age: 8 to 12
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: D4
Princesses Rhyme
The sisters of Azaz and Mathemagician who are banished when they try to end the feud between their brothers. Beautiful and kind. Their absence truly signals the end of rhyme and reason in all the land.
Gender: female
Age: 20 to 35
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Princess Reason
The sisters of Azaz and Mathemagician who are banished when they try to end the feud between their brothers. Beautiful and kind. Their absence truly signals the end of rhyme and reason in all the land.
Azaz
Ruler of Dictionopolis and the Mathemagician's brother. He is a devout lover of words and thinks they are more important than numbers. Sometimes menacing and gruff, but alternately giving and kind.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 50
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Mathemagician
Ruler of Digitopolis and the brother of Azaz. He is a devout lover of numbers. Majestic, egotistical, and stubborn. A showman. Goodhearted underneath it all.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 50
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Spelling Bee
An expert at word-construction who quarrels violently with the Humbug. Confident and knowing, but playful and merry.
Gender: female
Age: 30 to 60
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Humbug
A grumpy, old insect who instigates Milo and Tock's plan to free the Princesses. Never knows whose side he is on, so takes them all. Always somewhat hysterical.
Gender: male
Age: 40 to 65
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: B3
Dodecahedron
A resident of Digitopolis with 12 faces for varying emotions. Loves precision and being able to solve problems, especially using her calculator.
Gender: female
Age: 25 to 50
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Doctor Of Dissonance
A grandiose, over-the-top Doctor. Diagnoses healthy patients with a noise deficiency and then tries to sell them bottles of abstract noise. A bit pushy.
Gender: any
Age: 35 to 65
Ensemble
Advisors; Demons; Lethargarians; Vendors; Minors; Milo's Classmates
Narrator
Acts as the storyteller for the musical and guides us through Milo's rediscovery of his sense of adventure.
Gender: any