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Character Breakdown

Willy Wonka

The sly, charming star of the show. Lithe, eccentric. His larger-than-life persona can go from charming and comical, to magically mysterious and dark.

Gender: Male

Vocal range top: G4

Vocal range bottom: A2

 

Charlie Bucket

Sweet, smart, hopeful and loving. A boy with wonderful innocence and vulnerability.

Gender: Male

Vocal range top: F5

Vocal range bottom: G#3

 

Grandpa Joe

Impish. He is Charlie's imaginative, fun, kind and loving grandfather. After many years being confined to a bed, his childish energy returns when Charlie finds the Golden Ticket.

Gender: Male

Vocal range top: G4

Vocal range bottom: G#2

 

Mrs. Bucket, and Ensemble Role(s)

Charlie's warm and kind-hearted mother. Worrier. Generous and loving.

Gender: Female

Vocal range top: E5

Vocal range bottom: G3

 

Grandma Josephine, and Ensemble Role(s)

Gender: Female

Vocal range top: D5

Vocal range bottom: C4

 

Grandma Georgina, and Ensemble Role(s)

Gender: Female

Vocal range top: E5

Vocal range bottom: Ab3

 

Grandpa George, and Ensemble Role(s)

Gender: Male

Vocal range top: E4

Vocal range bottom: F2

 

Mrs. Gloop

Augustus's German, moronic, Wagnerian mother. Mirthlessly smiles as though it were affixed to the front of her face.

Gender: Female

Vocal range top: D5

Vocal range bottom: Bb3

 

Augustus Gloop

Rampantly over-active TEENAGE boy.  

Gender: Male

Vocal range top: G5

Vocal range bottom: Bb3

 

Mr. Salt

Veruca's goofy, eccentric, distracted, hilarious father. Finds it impossible to say no, giving in to every ridiculous demand his daughter makes. Russian accent.

Gender: Male

Vocal range top: Ab4

Vocal range bottom: Ab2

 

Veruca Salt

Vicious and determined TEENAGE girl.  Spoiled; as she always gets what she wants.  Russian Ballerina

Gender: Female

Vocal range top: Db5

Vocal range bottom: Ab4

 

Mr. Beauregarde

Violet's ineffectual and promoting father. Ignores his back-talking, insult-hurling daughter.  

Gender: Male

Vocal range top: G4

Vocal range bottom: F#3

 

Violet Beauregarde

Confident, forward, and full of attitude TEENAGE girl. 

Gender: Female

Vocal range top: F#5

Vocal range bottom: C#4

 

Mike Teavee

A fireplug TEENAGE boy with a ridiculous amount of energy and self-absorption.  

Gender: Male

Vocal range top: Bb4

Vocal range bottom: G3

 

Mrs. Teavee

She needs amphetamines to get through the day and deal with her outrageous son. Tense, extreme, and hilarious.

Gender: Female

Vocal range top: Eb5

Vocal range bottom: G3

 

Mrs. Green, Ensemble Role(s)

Street Veggie Seller pushes a selling cart around, optimistically friendly.

Gender: Female

 

Jerry Jubilee, Ensemble Role(s)

He is the TV News Announcer who over projects his dialogue.

Gender: Male

 

Cherry Sunday, Ensemble Role(s)

She is the TV News Correspondent who is loud and over projects her dialogue and has a not so secret crush on Jerry.

Gender: Female

 

Lead Oompa Loompas

All great singers/dancers and puppeteers.  Fun, energetic mysterious workers at the chocolate factory.  Doubles as Reporters, Street People etc.  Lots of stage time in big production numbers in both Act 1 and Act 2

Gender:  Male, Female

 

Oompa Loompas

Fun roles in a few factory numbers as well as doubling in ensemble roles in both Act 1 and Act 2.

Gender:  Male, Female

 

Ensemble Roles may include:a

City people, Reporters, KGB bodyguards, German dancers/singers, Russian Ballerinas, Pop Influencer Groupies, America’s Cheerleaders.  Each group has fun production numbers to be a part of.

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