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Character Breakdown Let it Be Christmas - Character Breakdown Female, age range 15-25, the mother of the baby Jesus. She is in love with Joe and engaged to be married to him. She is terrified and confused by the news that she will miraculously be with child, but she obediently accepts God’s will for her life and the role she is to play in His MARY plan for the world. Strong alto-soprano, instrumentalist a plus. (Songs: Eight Days a Week, All My Loving, Love Me Do, Blackbird, We Can Work it Out, I Will, Beautiful Boy, etc.) Male, age range 16-26, engaged to Mary. The news that she is miraculously pregnant hits him hard. He doesn’t know whether or not to believe her story. But after he is visited by an Angel JOSEPH in a dream, he makes the tough decision to stand by his woman and to help raise this child. Strong Tenor, instrumentalist a plus. (Songs: All My Loving, Love Me Do, We Can Work it Out, Yesterday, I’m So Tired, I Will, Help, Beautiful Boy, etc.) Female, age range 15-25, three or four girls on Mary’s squad. Strong personalities and style, THE ALL-GIRL strong singers, especially with harmonies, proficient instrumentalists in guitar, bass and/or BAND drums. (Songs: All My Loving, Love Me Do, Hey Jude, etc.) Male, age range 16-26, three or four guys on Joe’s squad. Strong personalities and style, THE ALL-BOY strong singers, especially with harmonies, proficient instrumentalists in guitar, bass and/or BAND drums. (Songs: Eight Days a Week, All My Loving, Hey Jude, etc.) Female, any age, very strong dancer, not necessarily a vocalist. She represents the Holy Spirit THE BLACKBIRD through dance and delivers the news to Mary that she will become miraculously pregnant and the mother to the savior of the world. A woman of a certain age. She is certainly too old to have a baby, but through God’s miracle, ELIZABETH she becomes pregnant. She is a relative of Mary and the mother of John the Baptist. Strong Alto-Mezzo. (Song: In My Life) Male, the king. He is deeply threatened by the news that a new king is about to be born. HEROD He hatches a plan to kill all the newborn babies in the land. Strong baritone to tenor, evil, plotting and maniacal presence. (Songs: Across the Universe, Helter Skelter) Male or Female, two lower class bohemians, watching their flock by night. They are sore afraid when the Angels deliver the news of Jesus’ birth, but they decide to follow the star to find the THE SHEPHERDS newborn savior, born in a manger. (Songs: Two of Us, Eleanor Rigby, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Here Comes the Sun) Male or Female, three deeply spiritual and intelligent kings who decide to deceive Herod and THE WISE MEN follow the star to worship at the feet of the baby Jesus. They then decide not to report back to Herod that they have found Him. (Songs: Nowhere Man, Because) Female, extremely strong dancer/singers. They dance through the entire show, bringing God’s THE ANGELS word to the people of earth. (Songs: Magical Mystery Tour, Maybe I’m Amazed, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Golden Slumbers) Male and Female, kids ranging from 5-12, teens ranging from 13-19, and Adults ranging from 20-99. They are the story-tellers who discover and deliver the good news that God is coming to earth as a baby. Strong vocalists of every vocal range, strong with harmonies, good movers THE ENSEMBLE and some strong dancers. (Songs: Come Together, The Word, Don’t Let Me Down, Hey Jude, Help, Magical Mystery Tour, Here Comes the Sun, Birthday, Let it Be, All You Need is Love, Happy Christmas) Epic Theatre Company | epictheatrecompany.org | [email protected].
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