"Carousel" Show in Need of Performers

Baritone - (B2-G4). Billy is a carousel barker who loses his job and spends the show searching for a way to provide for his family. He struggles to overcome his difficult past, and takes out his frustrations on the people closest to him. He has a rough exterior, but a secret sensitive side which he keeps private to everyone. He loves Julie deeply, and regrets the pain he inflicts upon her.

Soprano - (Db4-Gb5). Julie is a mill worker who quickly falls in love with Billy and loses her job to be with him. She is constantly at war between her head and her heart. She loves a man who she knows isn’t good for her, and she is torn between her love for him, and her common sense telling her that the ending will be sad. She is strong but gentle. She is sweet, but not submissive.

Soprano - (D4-G5). Carrie Julie’s best friend. Kind and caring, Carrie is engaged to the very practical, Enoch Snow. Carrie is the foil to Julie. Where Julie leads with her heart, Carrie leads with logic. Carrie makes all the “right” choices that make sense. Though she is headstrong, she is also a bit naive. She is very loyal to those close to her and cares deeply for Julie and Enoch.

Tenor - (B2-A4). Enoch is Carrie’s fiancee. He is practical and logical. He is a planner. He owns a boat, and plans to make a fortune running a business and selling sardines. He has his whole life mapped out, and expects Carrie to fall in to those plans, exactly as he has envisioned them. He believes in the American dream of building his success from the ground up, and living happily with a wife and several children.

Soprano - (C4-G5). Nettie is Julie’s cousin. Nettie is a self-sufficient business owner on the coast. She is the mother figure of the show, not only for Julie and Carrie, but to the whole community as well. She is warm and loving; a figure of strength for all.

Baritone - (C2-D4). Jigger is a no-good scalawag. When he wants something, he takes it, even if it doesn’t belong to him, whether it be money or women. He is a friend and bad-influence to Billy.

Non-singing. Louise is Julie and Billy’s 15 year old daughter. She has had a rough life. Her father’s negative legacy has left her the outcast of the town. She is mocked by her peers, and looked down on by society. She is deeply insecure and lonely, but she is not hopeless.

Non-singing. The Starkeeper is the heavenly judge looking over Billy throughout the performance. In the end, Billy must face his actions in the backyard of Heaven, and the Starkeeper is the wise, friendly, but stern judge who forces him to look back on his life and take accountability for his mistakes.

Non-singing. Mrs. Mullins is the owner of the Carousel. She hires Billy in the opening number at the expense of some unwelcome advances. She is a bitter and possessive woman. She wants Billy to be her lover, despite the clearly uncomfortable way this makes him feel. She uses money to help manipulate others.

6 male, 5 female.