Please note: The age ranges listed are the characters’ ages, not necessarily the ages of the actors.
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Seymour: Employed in the run-down East Side Flower Shop in skid row. Seymour is the insecure, naïve, put-upon florist’s clerk – our hero. He’s sweet and well-meaning, somewhat shy, awkward; lacking in social skills. He should not be played as a silly pratfalling nerd.
Audrey: The other employee of the East Side Flower Shop, she is honest and attractive, but has very low self-esteem and therefore dresses like trash, attracting all the wrong guys. Not well-educated, and a bit air-headed.
Mr. Mushnik: Owner of the flower shop; the boss. He is a failure of a florist. Jewish middle class New York. Sweats a lot. Jackie Mason type.
Orin: Egotistical, rough and insensitive; Audrey’s abusive boyfriend. He’s a sadistic dentist, all got up like a greaser, but thinks like an insurance salesman and is in love with the sound of his own voice.
Audrey II (The Plant): The voice of the plant, provided by an actor on an offstage microphone: A street- smart, funky, conniving villain. The vocal quality is a cross between Otis Redding, Barry White, and Wolfman Jack. Rhythm and Blues’ answer to Richard the Third.
Crystal, Ronnette and Chiffon: Female street urchins who function as both participants within the action of the play, and also as our primary story-tellers who help move the story along and provide some narrative. They’re hip, smart, and the only characters who really know what’s going on. They occasionally sing to the audience directly, with a secret smile that says, we know something you don’t know…. They are do-wop girls; think “Supremes,” “Dream Girls”… their three strong voices blend well together.
Mr. Bernstein: a fast-talking media hotshot
Mrs. Luce: a wealthy representative from Life Magazine; a schmoozing business type; puts on airs
Skip Snip: a smooth, trench-coated East Coast talent agent
Patrick Martin: a sleazy opportunist
Customer: An overly enthusiastic passer-by; male or female.
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