JCC -- Fairy Tale Play

Hey guys!

If you're interested in performing in the fairy tale, please send me an email by Wednesday with your top 5 character choices. Additionally, if you're interested in helping with costumes or props, shoot me an email as well. We'll meet to discuss this on Wednesday after the meeting. I should have the scripts ready for Wednesay (at the latest), but here's a list of characters and their descriptions:

Speaking Roles:

• Narrator 1: Narrates the story (I'll be doing this one -- as writer I get top dibs ^^)
• Narrator 2: Speaks all male character voices; must be able to provide voices that sound different
• Narrator 3: Speaks all female character voices; must be able to provide voices that sound different

Large Roles:

• Old Man: Momotaro's father; on stage a lot; narrated by Narrator 2
• Old Woman: Momotaro's mother; on stage a lot; narrated by Narrator 3
• Momotaro: "the Peach Boy"; on stage a lot; narrated by Narrator 2

Medium Roles:

• Dog: travels with Momotaro; narrated by Narrator 2
• Monkey: travels with Momotaro; narrated by Narrator 3
• Pheasant: travels with Momotaro; narrated by Narrator 3
• Akandoji: an evil demon; narrated by Narrator 2

Scenery Roles:

• Cherry Tree/Akandoji's soldiers: tree stands on stage; soldiers run out of castle screaming
• River 1: must make wooshing/running water sounds
• River 2: must make wooshing/running water sounds
• Peach Half 1/Bush: Peach Half must scream one line ("No! Don't cut me up! Aaaauuugghh!!"); bush is sniffed by dog
• Peach Half 2/Castle: Peach Half must scream one line (see above); castle must lower a door

Essentially, any part narrated by narrator 2 or 3 could be spoken by the character if he/she so wishes, but there will be quite a few lines to learn then. Also, the parts doubled up (cherry tree/soldiers; peach/bush; peach/castle) don't necessarily have to be doubled up, but depend on number of people we have. If worst comes to worst, the narrators could act as the river or we can double up on more roles (old man/dog; old woman/pheasant; tree/soldiers/akandoji; momotaro; only 1 narrator; peach/castle; river/bush)

At any rate, let me know your top 5 character choices, whether you would prefer to speak or not or be scenery or not, and whether you're interested in working on costumes/scenery or not.

Thanks for all your help!
--anna