CASTING ATTRIBUTES
All Female, Ensemble cast, Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Expandable casting, Flexible casting
CASTING NOTES
The original production of this collection used a cast of 6, each performing one or two monologues and all performing the title piece. Other productions may choose a larger or smaller cast. There are a total of ten monologues to be performed by individuals and one monologue to be performed by the ensemble. Plus one recorded male voice.
CHORUS SIZE
N/A (Not a musical)
Little Blood-Button
GIRL - early to mid-20s, sassy, good-looking, flirtatious, tough
The Boy
WOMAN - 30s, attractive, just slightly ravaged, a teacher
Wife Of...
BETTY LOU - early 30s, plain, girlish
The Orange
GIRL - high school age, painfully thin but attractive, both uneasy and arrogant
Nuclear Holocaust
PATIENT - middle-aged, a mental patient, has a disturbing manner
Darling I'm Telling You
DANCER - youngish, attractive, a go-go dancer, bruised
VOICE - male
Wealthy Lady
LADY - middle-aged, attractive, gracious
Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
WOMAN - middle-age, trim, stiffly conventional and proper, malformed and faceless
Slow Motion
WOMAN - young
Pregnant
BABY - an eerie, amplified voice
WOMAN - very pregnant, sweet, forthright, pleading
