The musical takes place in New York City in the mid 1950's All cast members except SNAP SAWYER must be excellent singers. send resume, headshot and mp3s to info@maxamgroup.org
PRINCIPALS BRYAN STANLEY (MALE, EARLY THIRTIES), an earnest looking New York City junior high school Social Studies teacher with an open, intelligent face, is married with one child, has been worn down by the buffets of life, could really use the huge money prize awarded by the TV quiz show.
HARRISON BROWNING (MALE, MIDDLE-AGED), TV quiz show producer, sophisticated, smart, charming, can be a mesmerizing con-man or everyone's favorite uncle whichever will best suit his purpose.
SNAP SAWYER (MALE, THIRTIES), TV quiz show host, the American Dream incarnate, good looking, brilliantined, wholesomely, toothfully, WASPishly, almost embarrassingly American. Non-singing role.
JENNY WILSON (FEMALE, LATE TWENTIES), smart, pleasant looking but rather mousey and perhaps pudgy typist, feels trapped in her job and in her life, could really use not only the prize money but the confidence-building fame being a television quiz show contestant could bring her. MARTY
CONRAD (FEMALE, THIRTIES), TV quiz show talent coordinator, funny, warm, urban career woman, energetic, fast talking, good with people, an Eve Arden type.
CLARA WILSON (FEMALE, FIFTIES), widowed mother of JENNY, unhappy in her life, often takes it out on her daughter for whom she rarely has a good word, has a dream of the romantic life she might have lived if only things had been different.
SUSAN STANLEY (FEMALE, EARLY THIRTIES), attractive but sharp-tongued, unhappy wife of BRYAN, is tired of living on a shoestring as a school teacher's wife, encourages, almost threatens him to audition for the quiz show as a possible way of changing their lives.
Mrs. HILDA JOHNSON, a retired librarian, looks like everybody's favorite aunt or grandma. A sweet, lovable, modest little old lady with a charming, self-effacing sense of humor.
ENSEMBLE Good looking men and women who are excellent singers, can move well and will play a variety of smaller roles of different ages and types.
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