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Theatrefolk’s Top 10: Large Cast Plays

Time for a Tfolk Top Ten Plays For…

Large Casts! Maybe your policy is to give a part to everyone who auditions. Or maybe your drama club is bursting with students. Either way, you need plays with a lot of characters. And not just characters who stand in the background holding up the scenery.

Click the link and you’ll be taken to the webpage for each play. There you’ll get the details and read sample pages.

All the best with your search!


The Pauper Princess

Cast size: 10M+28W+34 Either

A twist on The Price and the Pauper with two girls in the lead roles and Elizabethan England as the location. The Princess is Princess Elizabeth and the Pauper is a girl hiding as a boy in a location theatre production. A huge cast with roles for everyone who tries out.

Rebootilization

Cast size: 13M+15W+25 Either, Expandable to 85+

Stories all over the world are under attack. Pages are going blank in a pandemic so big, the government’s involved. SynCryn has the original narrative DNA for every story and it’s an easy reboot process, so long as…. nothing goes wrong. Parts for everyone.

The Absolutely Insidious and Terrifying Truth About Cat Hair

Cast size: 8 Either, Plus ensemble of 8-100

A hilarious piece with an insanely large cast. How will you theatricalize cat hair that is plotting the downfall of humanity even as we speak? Personification at its best.

Circus Olympus

Cast size: 6M+9W, expandable to 12 M+20W

A gleeful celebration of greek myth with excellent large cast expansion and parts for all abilities. Circus elements are optional and are suggested for each myth.

Being Bianca: The Semi Complete Guide

Cast size: 2M+10W+38 Either

When told she should engage in volunteer work, Bianca decides on a great service to mankind: She will teach us all how to “Be Bianca.” (the semi-complete guide). Every life step is Bianca-ized! It may not be the best idea, but it is the most entertaining.

The Myths at the End of the World

Cast size: 2M+3W+2 Either, Expandable to 30

Four campers are not only lost in the wood, they are lost at the edge of the world with no land, water, stars or sun. The only thing to do is to release stories from around the world and from the wind. Excellent opportunities for mask and movement. A unique cross- curricular storytelling adventure.

The Art of Rejection

Cast size: The Art of Rejection 1M +1W+14 Either, Chaired 13 Either

Two plays that look at being alone – whether it’s the only letter in a sea of numbers, or alone in making the right decision to sit or stand. A combination of humanity and the avant-garde the two together make for a great competition piece.

The Canterbury Tales

Cast size: 4M+4W, Easily Expandable to 16+19W

Chaucer’s classic collection of tales comes to life in a full-length adaptation. Great characters, lots of humour, and strong ensemble work. Text uses modern English.

Cobweb Dreams

Cast size: 2M+17W+7 Either

Cobweb Dreams is a fun-filled fantasy that runs parallel to the events of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Cobweb is not having fun in Titania’s train. She dreams of a life where she plays pranks all day long and doesn’t have to be a stuffy, stuck-up fairy in waiting. Oh will this midsummer night never end?

The Snow Queen

Cast size: M+20W+31 Either

A magical theatrical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of a sister’s love, an ice cold heart, and a fantastical journey. It’s the original Snow Queen story brought to life.


Products Referenced

The Canterbury Tales

adapted by Lindsay Price Canadian Author from Chaucer

Chaucer's classic collection of tales comes to life in a lively adaptation. Great characters, lots of humour, strong ensemble work. Text uses modern English.

Circus Olympus

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

The Greek Geek Circus has come to town with a ton of myths to share. A gleeful celebration with a large cast expansion, parts for all and a choice of length.

Bianca wants to help everyone be the best they can be. Well, she wants everyone to be just like her. Because what's better than being Bianca? Huge cast comedy.

R is a letter stuck in a world of numbers. Potential is too scared to get out of the chair. Two one-acts about rejection, fear, and the everyday courage it takes to keep going.

Cat hair is taking over the world in this hilarious huge cast one act.

Rebootilization

by Alan Haehnel

Stories are under attack. It's a pandemic so big, the government’s involved. The rebootilization plan is foolproof so long as pirates don't get loose....

Four campers are not only lost in the wood, they are lost at the edge of the world with no land, water, stars or sun. The only way to bring life back is to ask the right questions that will release stories from the wind.

Cobweb Dreams

by Lindsay Price Canadian Author

Cobweb dreams of a different life, away from Titania's train.

The Pauper Princess

by Holly Beardsley inspired by Mark Twain

A retelling of Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper.

The Snow Queen

adapted by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt Canadian Author from Hans Christian Andersen

A theatrical adaptation of The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen.

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