Okay I am gonna steal some because they are just too fabulous!! Okay, I didn't cast Amanda Seyfried because she has to do Mamma Mia! first!! :) Oh and I am in love with understudies so I made some :)
Regina........Ashley Spencer Cady..........Bailey Hanks (she could put a different spin on it) Gretchen......Tracy Jai Edwards Karen.........Becky Gulsvig Regina's Mom..Gaelen Gilliland Ms. Norbury...Sutton Foster
Regina........Becky Gulsvig Cady..........Christy Carolson Romano (I loved her in Beauty...) Gretchen......Tiffany Engen Karen.........Kate Rockwell Ms. Norbury...Gaelen Gilliland
Um, except for Spring Awakening and 13, most shows don't really cast age appropriate. Look at RENT, Legally Blonde, etc. My cast is fairly young and would look fine on stage.
what you all seem to be missing is they would not cast 20 year olds in the role of high-schoolers. They would cast kids(well teens).
Hahahaha, that's funny. I think YOU seem to be missing something here. When Saved was Off-Broadway every one of those "highschoolers" was out of college except, I believe, Emily Walton. They would most definitely cast people at least in their 20s.
And I don't see Morgan Weed as a Janice at all for some reason. All the other casting ideas sound pretty feasible.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
Cady- Annaliese Van Der Pol Regina- Leigh Ann Larkin Karen- Amanda Seyfried Gretchen- Lea Michele Damien- Tyler Maynard Janis- Carly Jibson Mrs. Norbury- Julia Murney
Regina: Jessica Lee Goldyn Cady: Sierra Boggess Ms. Norbury: Alice Ripley Karen: Annaleigh Ashford Gretchen: Brynn O'Malley Janis: Eden Espinosa Damian: Tony Yazbeck Aaron: Sean Palmer Mrs. George: Galeen Gilliand Mr. Duvall: Samuel E. Wright Cady's Mom: Orfeh Cady's Dad: Jeff Mcarthy
Alice Ripley would be an awesome Ms Norbury, she has the sense of humor for it.
here's my little spin...
Cady- Sutton Foster Regina- Megan Hilty Karen- Annaleigh Ashford Gretchen- Ashley Brown Damien- Hunter Bell Janis- Kate Shindle Aaron- Sean Palmer Mrs. Norbury- Alice Ripley or even Sherie Renee Scott Cady's Mom - Ana Gasteyer Cady's Dad - Andy Karl
Whoever says money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to shop. - Bo Derek
Wasn't there a real stage version of this show? Perhaps it was just in workshops, but I can almost swear that I saw a picture and an article about it in "Backstage". Celia Keenan-Bolger was one of them.
According to imdb, Rachel McAdams was born in November of 1978...Mean Girls came out in the Spring of 2004. She was 25, and may have been 24 when she filmed it.