The action of the play
takes place in a corner
restaurant in a small town
about 30 miles west of
Kansas City.
A bus is stranded at this
restaurant due to a snow
storm.
Grace
Hoylard---(age 35 to
60)--a grass widow, owner of
the restaurant, she's had
a trouble-some
life, can have a
sharp tongue, with an
undertone of sadness
Elma
Duckworth---(age 15 to
20)--a high school student who
is a waitress at Grace's
restaurant, smart in the ways
of book
knowledge, innocent in
the ways of
the world
Will
Masters---(age 30 to
50)--the town sheriff, tough
but fair, he's been around the
block and even though he
doesn't act it, you don't want
to mess with him
Carl
---(age 35 to 60)-- a bus
driver, been stopping at the
restaurant for a long time, he's
a joker, good at his job,
outgoing (especially with
Grace)
Dr.
Gerald Lyman--(age 35 to
50)---one of the riders on the
bus, highly educated professor, an
alcoholic, troubled, with a
questionable past
Cherie
----(age 20 to 30)---bus
rider, a pretty girl with an
edge, wants to be glamorous, she's
had a rough life, streetwise
but dreams, in a predicament, nervous,
complicated
Bo
Decker---(age 20 to
30)---bus rider, the reason
for Cherie's predicament,
uninitiated in the
ways of the world,
boisterous and conceded yet
confused and
unsure, inherited a
large ranch at an early
age
Virgil
Blessing ---(age 40 to
50)---bus rider, Bo's right
hand ranch-hand, he's
been Bo's mentor
and protector for a long time,
he's got an old sad soul, and
he's got decisions to make,
hard decisions
Auditions
for "Hello, Dolly!" July 28 & 29 at
7-9pm (Callbacks on 30th)
For the
audition:please prepare 32
bars of a song of your
choice – with sheet music
or a
capella.Sides from the
script will be
available to look at
beginning one hour before
the audition and actors
will be
asked to read based on
their singing audition.There will be a
brief movement combination
taught twice during the
evening.Please wear clothes
and shoes
you are comfortable moving
in.
"Hello, Dolly!" -
Character Descriptions
Mrs.
Dolly Gallagher Levi - 30-70 year old woman
(Mezzo/Alto Belter)
An indefatigable meddling
matchmaker of strikingly
dramatic appearance; a widow in
her middle years.Dolly lives life to its fullest. There is not a
moment that passes her by that
isn’t full, alive, rich and bold.Her joy for life and her
bold personality arereally a mask based in
who she used to be.Twice in the play she takes off the mask and
lets us see her heart: the true
womanunderneath.
Ambrose
Kemper - 16-25 year old young man
A young artist seeking to
marry Ermengarde.
Horace
Vandergelder - 50-80 year old man
(Baritone)
Proprietor of a Hay &
Feed Store in Yonkers, NY and a
client of Mrs.
Levi.A
widower of some means.Crotchety, mean andappears
to
care only about money.
Ermengarde
- 17 year old young woman
(actor can be 16-25)
niece of Horace
Vandergelder.Cries - all the time.
Cornelius
Hackl -33 year old man
(Baritenor)
Vandergelder’s chief
clerk, awkward and a bit of a
nerd.
Barnaby
Tucker - 17 year old young man
(actor can be 16-25) (Baritenor)
Assistant to Cornelius.Innocent, naïve, and full
of energy.
Minnie
Fay - 16-25 year old young
woman (Mezzo/Alto)
Employee in Irene
Molloy’s Hat Shop, bubbly,
naïve, talks a mile a minute, and won’t shut
up
Irene
Molloy -30-45 year old woman(Soprano/Mezzo-soprano)
A hat maker with a hat
shop near 14th Street
in New York City.Mrs. Levi introduced her
to Horace Vandergelder.She is a widow, despises hats and is
ready for a new adventure
Ernestina
- 40-80 year old woman
A client of Mrs. Levi’s,
large presence, tacky, uncouth
with a sizeable
figure
