Small Cast Shows
Small Cast Shows
meia
Swing Joined: 12/5/05
#0Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 12:43am
I am looking to direct a show at a college but it needs to have a fairly small cast (under 10 people). Are there any really good choices?
Thanks
#1re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 12:46amPlay or Musical?
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#2re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 12:49amInto The Woods. I think the original cast had...14 people i think but that also included small parts like Cinderella's father and the steward...does it NEED to be under 10 people? Into The Woods is amazing.
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#5re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 1:17ami'm in songs for a new world now. there is also the fantasticks.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 1:22amMoby Dick: The Musical (lol) can be done with a large cast or a small cast. i'm currently doing it in a cast of only 12, i'm sure it can be adjusted to 10.
#7re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 1:22am
since you did not specify play of musical, i'll give you a play as well:
Brighton Beach Memoirs
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#8re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 1:25amFor plays...just about anything written by David Ives. Sure Thing, Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage...many others. All hilarious, all written for about 2-6 people.
StageWhore
Broadway Star Joined: 11/11/05
#9re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 1:42am
My school recently did a one-act play called "Booby Trap" (formerly called "Booby in the Trap"). It has one main character with a few others popping in and out.
Also, Proof is quite good.
Synopsis/ production info
"`I grow old... I grow old... I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.` What does that mean, Mr. Marlowe?"
"Not a bloody thing. It just sounds good."
He smiled. "That is from the `Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.` Here's another one. `In the room women come and go/Talking of Michael Angelo.' Does that suggest anything to you, sir?"
"Yeah -- it suggests to me that the guy didn't know very much about women."
"My sentiments exactly, sir. Nonetheless I admire T. S. Eliot very much."
"Did you say, 'nonetheless'?"
- The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
TheatreSlave
Understudy Joined: 11/3/05
#10re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 3:44am
Christopher Durang's 'denity Crisis ( if I recall correctly, 3 women, 3 men but you need some pretty strong actors)
"Clue, The Musical"- Not a great script, but fabulous songs and only needs about 7 people and no choregraphy is necessary if you aren't able (but you need an actor with an incredible memory and great talent to play Mr. Boddy, and a piano player who is willing to actually have lines)
Blithe Spirit- 2 men, 5 women, incredibly fun show to do (and if using grey for the ghosts doesn't work, try using glitter/shimmer. We did and it was fabulous).
Two By Two- 4 men, 4 women. Some potential set challenges, but all-in-all a fun show. Good music (if you're in a religiously conservative area, might not be the best idea, though. We got some hate mail when I did this in college).
"The World of Carl Sandburg" (I think that's the title)- Flexible gender distribution, not a "musical" but need a couple of singers and at leat one who plays guitar. Retrospctive of the poet's work. Good challenges for actors, a bit weird for audiences, but still fun to do.
"Talk to Me Like the Rain..."- Tennessee Williams. A "10-minute one-act" in the "27 Wagonloads of Cotton" compilation. 1 man, 1 woman. Beautifully written And this is from someone who usually hates TN Williams), but can be hard to act with the wrong partner. The woman has a seriously long speech to memorize at the end of the show.
Those are my first thoughts. I'm sure I can think of others, if given the time.
Carpe Noctem, y'all ;-P
"We are all misfits, I guess, in the theatre. Otherwise we wouldn't be here." ~Michael Kandel, "Ogre"
sidwich
Understudy Joined: 2/14/05
#11re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 4:01am"Romance/Romance" is a cast of 4, I think. I don't *think* "Is there Life After High School" has a big cast, but I don't know it well enough to say for sure.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#12re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 6:36amNunsense has a small cast I think. And it's hilarious.
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#13re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 9:08am
Pageant
Dames At Sea
They're Playing Our Song
Little Shop of Horrors
Ruthless
The Taffetas
Forever Plaid
". . . POP . . ."
meia
Swing Joined: 12/5/05
Switz78
Featured Actor Joined: 12/9/04
#15re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 1:24pm
little by little - 2 women 1 man
assassins
a year with frog and toad
the frogs
quilters-6 women I believe
a class act
five guys named moe
all night strut
grand night for singing
i do! i do!
these are off the top of my head
go to mti and put in your criteria and they will give you a slew of options
sweeneyfan
Stand-by Joined: 11/29/05
#16re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 1:27pmBlood Brothers
"Cor! me bones is weary!" -Mrs. Lovett
#17re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 1:49pm
Oh God. Don't listen to Jess925. Do not do Moby Dick the musical, everyone will hate it.
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is good.
#18re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 1:54pmanother vote for Charlie Brown, its the classic small-cast musical. for plays, anything by Tennessee Williams is ideal. or you could do what we did, we did about 4 or 5 of the one-acts from 27 wagonloads of cotton. those are all great. the lady of larkspur lotion is my favorite, it has 3 people in it. the long goodbye is another, it has about 4 or 5. and its probably the longest one in there, could probably stand on its own as a short play.
you may know what you need but to get what you want better see that you keep what you have
OOTI2004
Broadway Star Joined: 10/29/05
#19re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 2:12pm
Not sure but isn't Godspell a fairly small cast,
and Once on this Island can be done with few people as well
the original only had 11 people in it
sweeneyfan
Stand-by Joined: 11/29/05
#21re: Small Cast Shows
Posted: 12/7/05 at 2:21pmI hear IN MY LIFE will be available soon....
"Cor! me bones is weary!" -Mrs. Lovett
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