Performance Rights and Doubling

This might seem like a silly quesstion, but do performance rights and royalty restrictions extend to doubling, or lack thereof?

There is a show that I am eyeing to direct, which is typically done with a cast of three. In the character listing it only shows the three main characters, but two of the actors double in featured roles. The group that I work with is a community theatre, so I was hoping to expand the cast by having the featured roles be played by a small ensemble. I also feel like it would make a clearer distinction for the audience on which character is which.

Hogan is right, you need to first, read carefully...this is often addressed in the script. If nothing ghee, contact whomever has the rights...if they don't know the answer, they'll get it for you.

Phantom4ever said: "Usually when there is something that particular that the playwright wants, you wouldn't be able to miss the notices. They would be on the website of the licensing company, it would be on the scripts, it would be in the contract, the perusal copy, everything. "

That's not true. First of all, the script is the notice (NB that the script itself is not silent on the doubling) and any unapproved variation is at your peril. Secondly, this is not something one would reasonably anticipate: most people WANT to double. The original advice remains: always ask. Any suggestion to the contrary is irresponsible.