Calling All Actors, Singers, Dancers, and Crew!

Set just before the Great Depression, Edward, a daydreaming businessman, puts his career on the line to pursue his passion of music, but going against the grain brings on the resistance of his fiancée, his family, and the corporate world. Why won’t society just let him be a bum? Come for a good laugh and unforgettable music in this high-energy comedy featuring singing, dancing bums and jazzy hits such as “Half-Eaten Burger”, “The Corporate Gods”, and “Boring, Serious Businessman”.

Available Roles:

Edward	Male, a reluctant businessman with a dream of becoming a jazz musician
Rhubarbara	Female, Edward's domineering fiancée who may have once had a dream of her own
Weasel	Male, Edward's conniving and jealous coworker, willing to do whatever it takes to claw his way to the top
Dirty Dan	Male, the self-proclaimed 'king of the bums' and 'all-knowing spirit of the street' - a truly free spirit and mentor to Edward
Chester / Cholula	Male/female, a truly down-and-out vagrant, a lost soul looking for a chance to get his feet back on the ground
Mubble	Male/female, a simple-minded vagrant who, in the spirit of Harpo Marx, doesn't speak (at least not intelligbly), likely with serious trauma from the Great War
Ella Vaughan	Female, 'the greatest jazz singer in the world' and the focus of Edward's daydreams'
Mr./Mrs. Engerman	Male/female, Edward's emotionally unstable boss, who's 'just the right amount of scary', especially when he tries to show love
Mildred	Female, Mr. Engerman's no-nonsense secretary
Pansy	Female, Edward's bubbly and unfiltered mother
Dirk	Male, Edward's chip-on-the-shoulder and equally unfiltered father
Judge	Male/female, a firm believer in justice and equity ... that is, if it's all right with Mr. Engerman
Officer	Male/female, a strict enforcer of the law, who can be bribed for $5
Chorus	Male/female, businessmen, secretaries, townspeople, vagrants