Our licensing team will be unavailable from 11am on Friday 23rd May due to our Junior Theatre Festival taking place in Birmingham. They'll be contactable again from 9am on Wednesday 28th May.
Casting
← Back to Emperor's New Clothes (Ahrens & Flaherty's)
Cast Size: Small (Up to 10 performers)
Dance Requirements: Standard
Character Breakdown
Arno
The palace's scrub boy who is outgoing and impulsive. He says the first thing that comes into his head.
Gender: male
Age: 15 to 20
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Swindler
Makes the "Magic" clothes for Marcus. He is a conniving, imaginative showman extremely skilled at his art of trickery.
Gender: male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Deena
The Royal Clothesmaker who is motherly, level-headed, bossy and nervous.
Gender: female
Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: B3
William
The Royal Advisor who is fatherly, and a little henpecked. He tries to be authoritative and responsible, but generally fails.
Gender: male
Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Marcus
The Emperor and our story's protagonist. He has a powerful imagination and is very intelligent, however he lacks self-confidence.
Gender: male
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2