Be glad for your tallness!! I'm 4'11 and get typed out for even a lot of Ensemble stuff because most Ensembles want females who are like, 5'2 to 5'6. So I can only play kids/teens and roles written for shorter people. I can't tell you how many times I've been in Bye Bye Birdie and Annie, lol. And I could never EVER be a Rockette!!
I'm 5'4", so you're taller than one of the guys. Lol. I don't know about casting, but a lot of people said that Glinda has to be shorter than Elphaba...Not anymore...
"I used to want to be tall, and then I thought, 'If I were tall, then people would say I was pretty and not cute.' And then I realized that there are worse things than being called cute. They could say I was a bitch, which would be terrible in my book. So I've decided that this height ain't so bad."
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5'4 and 1/2. That;s a pretty decent height. I would think that height would play a more important role in casting for guys. Hunter Foster has said that he hasn't gotten roles because he isn't tall enough. You don't really hear a lot about girls being told they're too short or tall.
A lot of people told me I am a good or "perfect" height for theatre, because I am not too tall and not too short so it's never a very drastic decision on if someone wants me or not!