Casting
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Cast Size: Medium (11 to 20 performers)
Cast Type: Trained Singers
Dance Requirements: None
Character Breakdown
Sweeney Todd
A talented barber with a bloodthirsty need for revenge.
Vocal range top: Bb4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Anthony Hope
A young man who returns to London and sets his heart on Johanna, Todd's daughter.
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Beggar Woman
A deranged and schizophrenic woman with a secret.
Vocal range top: G#5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Mrs. Lovett
An entrepreneurial shop owner with a diabolical passion for pies... and Todd.
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: F#3
Judge Turpin
A corrupt and lecherous official who hides in the guise of sanctimonious honor.
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: E2
The Beadle
A pompous public official whose real loyalty is only to the corrupt Turpin.
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Johanna
Judge Turpin's young, lovely ward and Todd's long-lost daughter. Innocent and aching to free herself from Turpin's grasp.
Vocal range top: Bb6
Vocal range bottom: C4
Tobias
A young boy who is apprenticed to Pirelli, but finds a strange, surrogate family in Todd and Mrs. Lovett.
Vocal range top: A5
Vocal range bottom: D3
Pirelli
A flamboyant Italian with a secret past. A charlatan and rival barber.
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: G#2
Ensemble
At least one of each part (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass) must be a strong singer. They have solo section in the piece.