Casting Note

The roles of SCARLET/DUCKIE/HOBBS can be played by any gender and pronouns may be changed accordingly. The name SCARLET may be changed to SCOTTIE.

Always Something There... is committed to supporting a cast and crew of diverse theatre workers. This diversity includes, but is not limited to, gender identities, ethnic and racial backgrounds, sexual orientations, body types, ages, and ability.

Samantha Craig

A girl with a huge heart, classic teenage angst, and a newly discovered voice (Age: 18).

Gender: female

Vocal range top: E5

Vocal range bottom: G3

Samantha Craig (Stevens/Roy)

Initially seen as a woman at the bottom of the barrel, and later as a woman living her best life (Age 45).

Gender: female

Vocal range top: Db5

Vocal range bottom: Gb3

Camelia Shacklebaum

Samantha's best friend. A trend setter and feminist before feminism was trendy (Age: 18).

Vocal range top: E5

Vocal range bottom: G3

Cooper Roy

Samantha's secret crush, he is shy and sensitive in the way that Led Zeppelin fans often are (Age: 18).

Gender: male

Vocal range top: Ab4

Vocal range bottom: C#3

Johnny Stevens

This boy will not survive the #metoo movement as he ages. Samantha's bully of a high school boyfriend and eventual ex-husband (Age: 18).

Gender: male

Vocal range top: G4

Vocal range bottom: D3

Winston Lee

Cooper's friend. He basically started Dungeons and Dragons as like a thing. One day, he will invent "apps" and marry Camelia (Age: 18).

Gender: male

Vocal range top: A4

Vocal range bottom: D3

Ensemble Woman

 HOTEL CLERK (a wry sense of humor and an unusual hairdo will get her far). SAMANTHA'S MOM (never met a Jane Fonda video she couldn't drink a Tab while watching. She's the kind of mom with secret passions who also sometimes forgets her daughter's birthday) (Age: 40s).

Gender: female

Señora Jackson

Spanish Teacher at the high school.

Gender: female

Vocal range top: D5

Vocal range bottom: E4

Studio Club Singer

A Madonna lookalike at Studio Nightclub.

Gender: female

Ensemble Man

STAGE MANAGER, PRINCIPAL KANEFSKY, ADULT COOPER ROY (Samantha's husband in a revised alt-realty) (Age: 40s).

Gender: male

Ensemble Teens

TEEN 1: HOTEL CONCIERGE, DEBBIE WALLER, Sam's replacement in the band. Never met another girl she wasn't ready to buoy. A sensitive, pragmatic feminist ahead of her time. A Joan Cusack-esque gal. Vocal Range: [C#4-Eb5]

TEEN 2: HOBBS TOTONCHI. "Hobbs on Keys" is what he wants on his gravestone. Ella is what he wants for the dance. Vocal Range: [C3-G#4]

TEEN 3: DUCKIE MELBER, the anxious drummer in Cooper's band with a mad crush on Scarlet. Vocal Range: [C3-G#4]

TEEN 4: ELLA MENKEN, Sam and Camelia’s friend. She loves lip gloss so much, she keeps one in each pocket, her locker, and her Trapper-Keeper. She is a closet brainiac. Vocal Range: [Ab3-D5]

TEEN 5: SCARLET WALTON, Sam and Camelia's other friend. She is serious about two things in the world: Ralph Macchio and fashion. Vocal Range: [Ab3-D5]

TEEN 6: GAVIN LOUIS, Johnny's sidekick. He's never been in an actual fight, but he has threatened to "punch the lights out" of 27 kids in his graduating class this week. Vocal Range: [Gb3-G4]

TEEN 7: HOTEL GUEST, STUDENT, LESLIE HUFFINGTON (a Teen Madonna lookalike). Vocal Range: [B3-B4]

TEEN 8: STUDENT, LACY (Adult Sam and Adult Cooper's daughter).

TEEN 9: STUDENT, GREG (Adult Sam and Adult Cooper's son).