CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
CAITLIN: An 11-year-old girl, on the autistic spectrum. She may have a curious speech pattern, may speak too loudly, too precisely. Longer passages of her dialogue might be delivered to quickly and mechanically. She hardly ever looks at people and avoids physical touch. She may also have physical tics and various routinized behaviors, like sucking her sleeves, rocking, moaning, shaking her hands, and jumping in patterns.
DAD: Caitlin’s father, plays age 40-50
MRS. BROOK: Caitlin’s school counselor, to play age 35-45
MRS. JOHNSON: Caitlin’s fifth-grade teacher, to play age 25-35
MICHAEL: Caitlin’s friend, first-grader. May be missing his r’s, to play age 7
JOSH: School bully, fifth grader, to play age 11
EMMA: A leader, fifth grader, to play age 11
BRIANNA: Pretty, trendsetter, fifth grader, to play age 11
SHANE: Energetic boy, fifth grader, to play age 11
JOSE: A follower, fifth grader, to play age 11
WILLIAM H. A boy more extreme on the autism spectrum, to play age 6-9
MR. SCHNEIDER: Michael’s father, to play age 30-40
FUNERAL GUESTS: age any
FIRST GRADERS: to play age 6-7
STUDENTS/ENSEMBLE: to play age 7-13
CASTING NOTE: The ensemble, and minor parts in the show, are extremely important in the telling of this story. All those cast in minor roles will be utilized in almost every scene, and in many cases the actors will play more than one character. Leaping Lizards is looking to cast anywhere between 10-20 actors to tell this story.
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