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Character Breakdown: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
(ages are a guideline and are subject to change) PSEUDOLUS: A2 - High G Baritone, Age Range 30-55 A Roman slave, owned by Hero, seeking to win freedom by helping Hero win the heart of Philia. Must have an impeccable comic sense. HERO: A2 - F#4 Tenor, Age Range 18-25 Senex's son, the handsome, innocent master, in love with Philia. PHILIA: A3 - G5 Soprano, Age Range 18-25 A virgin in the house of Marcus Lycus, and Hero's love interest. An ingenue who doesn't know how funny she really is. HYSTERIUM: A2 - G4 Tenor, Age Range 25-35 Nervous and hapless slave of Senex & Domina and unwitting accomplice in Psuedolus' schemes. SENEX: B flat-G flat Baritone, Age Range 40s-60s A henpecked, sardonic Roman Senator with a wandering eye. Hero's father and the aging master of the house. MARCUS LYCUS: A2 - F4 Baritone, Age Range 30s-50s A purveyor of courtesans, who operates next door to the house of Senex DOMINA: A3 - F#5 Mezzo-Soprano, Age Range 40s-50s Wife of Senex. A manipulative, shrewish woman loathed by even her husband. ERRONIUS: A2 - F4 Baritone, Age Range 60s-70s (can be younger and aged) Senex's elderly neighbor, a sometimes befuddled old man. He's spent the past twenty years searching for his two children, kidnapped in infancy by pirates. MILES GLORIOSUS: A2 - F4 Bass Baritone, Age Range 30s-40s A captain in the Roman army to whom Marcus Lycus has promised Philia. A braggart of the highest order, he is, in his own words, his "own ideal." THE COURTESANS (6 women) Age Range 18-30s Slaves in the House of Sennex. Funny and sexy! THE PROTEANS (3 males): Age Range is flexible Choristers who play multiple roles (slaves, citizens, soldiers and eunuchs). They accompany Pseudolus in "Comedy Tonight" and other numbers within the show. |