CADDYSHAKES
Cast:
Male Characters
1) Danny Noonan, a caddy and our main protagonist, can pull off 18 years old
2) Praetor Prospero Smails, The Judge age 40-80
3) Hal Czervik, an entrepreneur in the construction business, obnoxious, crude, loaded with new money, can pull off a Rodney Dangerfield impression, age 30-60
4) Titus “Ty” Andronicus, a scratch golfer. tall, skilled, confident age 35-55
5) Carliolanus, the Asst. Groundskeeper, lustful, stoned, easily distracted, peckish, can pull off a good Bill Murray song impression age 30-50
6) Spaulding, the bastard grandson of Judge Smails, whiny, entitled, impatient, peckish, age 18-25
7) *Antonius (Tony) D’Annunzio, a caddy, braggadocious, tough, age 18-30
Doubles at Hal’s bodyguard #1, Launce
8) *The Bishop, seldom at the church, often on the green, age 30-60
doubles as Ringo (the orchestra conductor), Speed (Hal’s #2 bodyguard), Macduff the Head Greenskeeper, gruff, ill-tempered, thick Scottish accent, and Claudius, the male lifeguard
9) *Lou “Pair o’ Cleats” Loomis, the Merchant of Bushwood
(doubles as Polonius Noonan, Danny’s father, 35-55)
10) The Apothecary (the highest bidder at the pre-show auction or a volunteer from the audience, different every night)
Female Characters
1) Lavinia Bottom, Smails’ niece, confident, alluring, witty age 18-30
2) Miranda O’Hooligan, Danny’s hot-tempered girlfriend, a young waitress at the clubhouse age 18-25
3) Portia Smails, the Judge’s wife, age 40-80
4) Crab, the Gopher* puppeteer
(operated by the actor who plays Viola, Julia, Angie, Ariel, and Gertrude, the female lifeguard)
Viola Noonan, Danny’s little sister, 16
Angie D’Annunzio, a caddy, 18
Juliet Plutarch, clubhouse historian, 18-30
Ariel, Invisible Sprite of Storms shapeshifting and immortal
