Singing Opportunities in "Anastasia" Production

Lead, female presenting, playing age 26 Range: Mezzo Soprano, G3-F5, Healthy lower register and mix to D5 Dance: Some movement & partner dance Intimacy/Fight: Kiss on lips, cheek, and hand; Embraces. Fight sequence, interaction with weapons Anya is both the street-smart young woman who’s experienced the tribulations of the new Russia and the regal Grand Duchess Anastasia who grew up a princess and disappeared in fire.

Lead, male presenting, playing age 25-30 Range: A2-G4, Tenor/Baritone Dance: Some movement & partner dance Intimacy/Fight: Kiss on lips; Embraces. Fight sequences At the surface, Dmitry is one with the streets, willing and able to survive by the wit, charm, and nerve. At his core, he is a pure soul with a soft heart. Dmitry’s comedic timing and sardonic one-liners mask a lost boy with no roots and fear of no future.

Supporting Lead, male presenting, playing age 30s–50s (non-specific, relative to Dmitry and Lily casting) Range: A2-F4, Tenor/Baritone Dance: Significant, comic Intimacy/Fight: Embraces, hand/cheek touch & kisses Vlad is Dmitry’s partner in crime (literally) and surrogate father. Before the revolution he scammed his way through society pretending to be a count. Vlad is dramatic, crafty, and a big softie at heart.

Supporting Lead, male presenting, playing age 30s Range: A2-Gb4, Tenor/Baritone with strong upper register Dance: None Intimacy/Fight: Interaction with weapons A young official and true believer of the New Russia, his passionate nationalism and grasping to climb the ladder for country set him as the villain of Anastasia’s journey. He embodies the regime’s hand as a product of its nurture.

Supporting Lead, female presenting, playing age 35–55 Range: G3-B5, Jazz Mezzo-soprano with strong lower register Dance: Strong, comedic Intimacy/Fight: Embraces, hand/cheek touch & kisses Lily is the lady in waiting to the Dowager Empress and shown to be perhaps her only remaining friend. She has been by the Dowager’s side since before the revolution. Lily is clever and loyal to the Dowager. But when with the other exiles and elite of Paris, a light ball of energy in the jazz age.

Supporting, female presenting, playing age 70–80 Range: F3-Bb4, Alto with strong lower register Dance: None Anastasia’s grandmother, she lost everything and everyone (except Lily) on that night in 1917. She is icy, proud, and regal from a lifetime of ruling followed by a decade of intense grief. She is warm only to Anastasia, though also maternal to the rest of the family. She commands authority and attention the minute she enters a room. Strong presence is necessary.

Featured Ensemble Masculine presenting dance partners for the Romanov sisters and additional aristocrats. Dance heavy

Featured Ensemble

Featured Ensemble Includes fight choreography and intimacy training

Featured Ensemble

Featured Ensemble Dance heavy

Featured Ensemble May include interaction with weapons and fight choreography

Featured Ensemble May include interaction with weapons and fight choreography

Featured Ensemble

Featured Ensemble

Featured Ensemble

Featured Ensemble Male presenting, playing age: 50 Father to Anastasia. Warm and loving to his children and stoic in his official role. Flicker in and out of memories throughout the show. Potential to double with ensemble tracks.

Featured Ensemble Feminine presenting, playing age: 40–50 Mother to Anastasia. Not as warm as her husband as her regality shines in every movement. Flicker in and out of memories throughout the show. Potential to double with ensemble tracks.

Featured Ensemble Feminine presenting, playing age: 20s Dance heavy Sisters to Anastasia that flicker in and out of memories throughout the show. Likely to double with Neva Club Servers or other dance-heavy ensemble tracks.

Featured Ensemble Feminine presenting, playing age: 20s Dance heavy Sisters to Anastasia that flicker in and out of memories throughout the show. Likely to double with Neva Club Servers or other dance-heavy ensemble tracks.

Featured Ensemble Feminine presenting, playing age: 20s Dance heavy Sisters to Anastasia that flicker in and out of memories throughout the show. Likely to double with Neva Club Servers or other dance-heavy ensemble tracks.

Featured Ensemble Featured actors, gender/age fluid (traditionally feminine presenting) Prostitutes who “audition” for Dmitry and Vlad to be Anastasias and later turn the pair into the Communist officers.

Featured Ensemble Featured actors, gender/age fluid (traditionally feminine presenting) Prostitutes who “audition” for Dmitry and Vlad to be Anastasias and later turn the pair into the Communist officers.

Featured Ensemble Featured actors, gender/age fluid (traditionally feminine presenting) Prostitutes who “audition” for Dmitry and Vlad to be Anastasias and later turn the pair into the Communist officers.

Featured Ensemble Featured solo, age fluid An aristocrat and academic of Old Russia. Encounters Anya during their travels and recognizes the girl as the Grand Duchess. They are later arrested and executed by officers. Written in script and traditionally portrayed as masculine presenting, gender-blind casting for talent.

Featured Ensemble Featured actor, age 30–60 Member of the Russian Exiles that is attempting to be recognized as inheriting the entire Romanov estate from the Dowager Empress. A bit slimy and reaching, but arrogant. Anya recognizes them from the past therefore age will be relative to Anya and other Romanovs. Written in script and traditionally portrayed as masculine presenting, gender-blind casting for talent.

Featured Ensemble Featured actor, masculine presenting, age fluid Superior to Gleb in the Communist party. An imposing presence that represents the overarching hand of the political system. They set the tension and example over Gleb to complete their task to the very end.

Featured Ensemble Featured actors, couple, age fluid Members of the Russian exiles that attend the Neva Club with Count Leopold and the ballet sequence later.

Featured Ensemble Featured actors, couple, age fluid Members of the Russian exiles that attend the Neva Club with Count Leopold and the ballet sequence later.

Featured Ensemble Featured actor, masculine presenting, age fluid Worker at the Neva Club who reprimands Gleb for loitering and later tries to reason with him to find a place with the working class.

Featured Ensemble Seeking trained ballet dancer(s) to portray Odette, Prince Siegfried, and Von Rothbart from Swan Lake. The sequence is during the song “Quartet at the Ballet” and includes motifs from Swan Lake. The dancers portray both the classical ballet sequence the other characters are watching as well as the overarching character dynamics: Odette representing Anya, the Prince as Dmitry, and Von Rothbart as Gleb.