
13 The Musical Characters
Jewish Community Center Community Theatre (JCCCT)
Evan: A twelve-and-a-half-year-old Jewish city boy from New York City. Just having moved to Indiana, he is trying to find a place to fit in. This bright, goodhearted guy is about to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah and needs to find people to invite.
Tenor
Vocal range top: Bb2 – Bb4
Archie: A good-humored, intelligent, but unpopular kid, whose energy and looks are unlike anything else in Appleton. Patrice’s best friend. Funny, fast, with a flair for the dramatic. He walks on crutches as the result of muscular dystrophy – his disease gives him a perspective on life that is in many ways beyond his years.
Full Tenor
Vocal range: Ab2- Bb4
Brett: The prototypical vain junior high school football star. Cool, handsome, and about as smart as a postage stamp. Rude to anyone who isn’t in his clique, Brett is only concerned about being cool and making out.
Talky Tenor + Falsetto
Vocal range: Bb2-C5
Patrice: A shy, intelligent, bookworm and a grounded, kind girl. She is the first person which Evan meets and they soon become friends. She is tired of everyone betraying her, and is Archie’s best friend.
Mezzo Belter
Vocal range: Eb3-E5
Kendra: The prettiest and most popular girl in school. She has a major crush on Brett and they are an on-and-off couple. The bubbly, popular, head cheerleader. Lucy’s best friend and unknowing rival. Kendra is good at heart, but she is naive and very impressionable.
Light Mezzo
Vocal range: Bb3-D5
Lucy: Kendra’s best friend who’s always tired of being second-best. Sneaky and feisty and shallow, she hopes getting with Brett will solve her insecurities.
Dark Mezzo
Vocal range: F#3-D5
Malcolm: One of Brett’s sidekicks. Whatever Brett says goes. Loving his popularity.
Baritenor + Falsetto
Vocal range top: F#3-C5
Eddie: Brett’s other sidekick. Light-hearted and loving his popularity.
Baritone + Falsetto
Vocal range top: Bb2-C5
Cassie: A cheerleader and friends with Lucy and Kendra. Cassie is a very fashion forward girl, a diva, and loves to gossip.
F#3- F5 Soprano Belter
Charlotte: A cheerleader and friends with Lucy and Kendra. She likes to text and hang out with friends. She is very gullible.
A#3-F5 Mezzo Belter
Molly: A cheerleader and friends with Lucy and Kendra. She loves gossip, starting a rumor, and getting into everyone’s business.
F#3-C#5 Mezzo Belter
Richie: Friends with Brett, Malcolm and Eddie. Richie is explosive, the class clown, the goofball. He is very likable and is a big social kind of guy.
A2-C5 (E5) High Tenor + Falsetto
Simon: Friends with Brett, Malcolm and Eddie. Simon is the quiet, unassuming kid that just wants to get by, yet finds himself in the middle of everything.
C2-C5 Tenor
Questions? Contact Eila.Nash@theJ.org.