“Creating” Since 1990
CREATIVE YOUTH THEATER
Female Parts
SS = sings solo
SG = sings in group
NS = doesn’t have to sing.
Character Parts for
BYE BYE BIRDIE
Male Parts
SS = sings solo
SG = sings in group
NS = doesn’t have to sing.
- Conrad Birdie -
Musical singing sensation with millions of fans and fan clubs. Very egotistical! Sings like Elvis. (SS or we can mime this. Plays guitar or mime it.) - Albert Peterson -
Personal talent agent to Conrad. Afraid to make a commitment to Rosie, his girlfriend. Desperate for success. (SG) - Hugo Peabody -
Teenager. Kim's boyfriend who is very jealous. He doesn’t want her involved in the Birdie fan club. (SG) - Mr. MacAfee -
Kim's dad who is over- reactive and funny, and very indecisive. (SG) - Harvey -
Hugo's teenage friend who can't seem to get a date. (NS) - Brandon-
Kim's younger brother who loves to do science experiments. (NS or SG) - Jeffrey -
Kim's younger brother who loves to spy on his sister. (NS or SG) - Friends of Brandon Several boy parts (NS)
- Friends of Jeffrey -
several younger boy parts (NS) - Friends of Hugo. Lots of various teen boy parts (NS)
- Martin Roberts the teacher at the school who wants to date Rosie. (Smaller part) (NS)
- Steven Jamison Producer of the Ed Sullivan Show. (NS)
- Henry Pickens-
Mayor of Cedar Creek. Opinionated. A real worrier! (NS)
- Rosie -
Albert’s secretary and frustrated girl friend. She is very outspoken! (SS) - Mama -
Albert's strange and demanding mama who keeps him from marrying Rosie. (NS) - Kim MacAfee young girl who gets chosen to represent the girls who love Conrad Birdie at his going away into the service. (No she doesn’t really get kissed.) (SG)
- Mrs. MacAfee -
Kim's mom; She tries to hold the house together. (SG?) - Ursula-
Kim's best friend who loves to gossip. - Julie -
Kim's little sister who wants to be just like her. (SG) - Friends of Julie -
(Jamie and Tessa) (NS or SG) - Teen friends of Kim and members of the fan club -
Lots of various teen girl parts and they are all fun “teenagers” with crushes on Conrad!! (Becky, Sami, Rachel, Elena, Brenda, Karlie) (SG)
The plot of the play!
Conrad Birdie has been drafted. He is headed into the military, but first he is coming to Sweet Apple, Ohio to give “one last symbolic kiss” to a member of one of his fan clubs, Kim MacAfee. As Birdie comes to the town, mayhem breaks out.
The MacAfee family, Birdie’s agent, the agent’s girlfriend, the girls in the fan club, the kids, and Kim’s boyfriend and his friends all get involved in the crazy hysteria!
NOTE: If you rent the movie, there are several versions. We are going to do a creative rendition combining several ideas from the various videos making the play appropriate for kids and teens. It will be my creative and conservative rendition.
Bye Bye Birdie is a musical, but there are less songs than in other musicals. It is first a foremost a play, with some songs. We can “adjust” the music and who sings what to fit the cast. If you are not a singer, let me know on your registration form. There are a few group songs that are fun and famous songs.
Meet the Crew
Back Stage Manager-
Front Lighting Director -
Sound and Lights Director-
Costumes and Prompting -
2 Cast moms: Jill Karber and __________________