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​​​ABOUT THE SHOW: Based on Lloyd Kaufman's cult film and winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical, this charming beauty and the beast love story and laugh-out-loud musical has it all: an unlikely hero, his beautiful girlfriend, and two quick-change actors who play...well, everyone else in the show. Melvin Ferd wants to clean up Tromaville, the most polluted town in New Jersey. Foiled by the mayor's bullies, he is dumped into a vat of radioactive toxic waste, only to reemerge as The Toxic Avenger, New Jersey's first superhero!

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THE ROLES:

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MELVIN FERD THE THIRD / TOXIC AVENGER

Always trying to be the hero, but he isn't very good at it until he is turned into the Toxic Avenger. Determined to save New Jersey from toxic waste. He is a nerd but prone to bouts of rage in the face of corruption. Unattractive and sensitive. In love with Sarah.

Gender: Male / Age: 20s to 30s

Suggested vocal range top: C6 / bottom: D4

 

SARAH THE BLIND LIBRARIAN

Blind. The classic heroine. Sexy and sensual. Always speaks exactly what's on her mind. An aspiring writer of graphic romance novels.

Gender: Female / Age: 20s to 30s

Suggested vocal range top: E5 / bottom: G3

 

MAYOR BABS BELGOODY / MA FERD / NUN

As the Mayor, she is corrupt and scheming. Accepts loads of cash in return for storing the toxic waste. Set on one day being the governor of New Jersey by any means necessary.

Gender: Female / Age: 20s to 50s

Suggested vocal range top: G5 / G3

 

DUDE 1

Appears as numerous supporting roles, both male and female, such as PROFESSOR KEN, SLUGGO the bully, LITTLE OLD LADY, and SHINEQUA the friend.

Gender: Male / Age: 20s to 30s

Suggested vocal range top: D6 / bottom: A3

 

DUDE 2

Appears as numerous supporting roles, both male and female, such as DR. FISHBEIN, BOZO the bully, SAL the cop, and LORENZO the hairdresser.

Gender: Male / Age: 20s to 30s

Suggested vocal range top: B5 / bottom: A3

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