Freaky Friday is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
An adaptation of the classic novel and beloved films, Freaky Friday follows teenager Ellie Blake and her mother, Katherine, on the weirdest, strangest, craziest, freakiest day of their whole lives. Try as they might, Katherine and Ellie just can’t seem to understand each other: Ellie wants her mom to stop trying to change her, while Katherine wants her daughter to be the best version of herself that she can be. On a fateful Friday, the day before Katherine’s wedding, something magical occurs when mother and daughter swap bodies. Now, both will have to一literally一spend a day walking in each other’s shoes, learning about each other and the struggles each goes through and forging a new mother-daughter relationship in this hilarious, energetic, and moving musical comedy.
The Downriver Actors Guild is committed to the continued growth and learning of diversity, equity, and inclusion. DAG casting teams and its directors are working to be intentional in addressing their implicit bias. We are striving to be inclusive of all diverse actors including race, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, body type, and ability. We recognize that many of these characters are written on the binary and gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors should be encouraged to submit for the roles they most identify with.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
*Note* the ages listed are "playing age". Someone younger or older may audition for the role as long as they can play the required age.
THE FAMILY
ELLIE BLAKE – 15-21; smart, funny, and messy
KATHERINE BLAKE – 35-50; Ellie’s mother; decisive, lovely, punctual
FLETCHER BLAKE – 8-12 Male or Female; Ellie’s younger sibling; eccentric and naïve; they are obsessed with their puppets, especially ANGRY BOB, and enraged purple hippo, and CASPIAN, a proper British Starfish
MIKE – 35-50; Katherine’s fiancée; confident, charming, kind
THE TEENS
GRETCHEN – 15-21; Ellie’s best friend; intense, emotional, lacks confidence
HANNAH – 15-21; also Ellie’s best friend; hacker-geek, nerd girl
ADAM – 15-21 the Listmaster (in charge of the Scavenger Hunt), adorably cool
SAVANNAH – 15-21; the villain; brilliant, aggressive, a winner
PARKER – 15-21; Ellie’s friend, completely average, best friends with Wells
WELLS – 15-21; Ellie’s friend; dorky but not meek, best friends with Parker
LAUREL – Random Teen, unimpressed
THE ADULTS
TORREY – 18-40 Katherine’s assistant; high-strung perfectionist
GRANDPA GORDON – 40-80 Katherine’s father; grumpy, stubborn, old-school
GRANDMA HELENE – 40-80 Katherine’s mother; fiercely opinionated (because she cares)
DANIELLE – 18-60 Weddings Magazine journalist; polished, grimly cheerful
LOUIS - 18-60 Weddings Magazine photographer; seen it all, loves his job
MR. BLUMEN – 30-80 school counselor; test-obsessed
PASTOR BRUNO – 25-80 cheerful, loves weddings
MRS. LUCKENBILL – 21-60 English teacher; empathetic
SENOR O’BRIEN – 21-60 Spanish teacher; pugnacious
MS. MEYERS – 21-60 Gym teacher; extremely intense
OFFICER SITZ - 21-60 SITZ and KOWALSKI never received sensitivity training
OFFICER KOWALSKI – 21-60 SITZ and KOWALSKI never received sensitivity training
MRS. TIME – 40-80 Antique shop proprietor; apathetic, doesn’t much like teenagers
THE ENSEMBLE
CATERING STAFF (including CATER WAITERS, FISH VENDOR and FLORIST)
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
SAVANNAH’S MINIONS
PARENTS (including ADAM’S MOM, GRETCHEN’S MOM, SAVANNAH’S MOM, PARKER’S DAD, and WELLS’ DAD
WEDDING GUESTS
Not all parts will be called back for readings. For those that are, the audition sides are shown below.
Audition Reading Sides:
Ellie & Katherine
Page 1 from the top till page 2 “mom!”
Ellie & Katherine
Page 18 from “Ellie, that’s wedding’s magazine…” till page 20 “you make party food”
Katherine (as Ellie) & Fletcher
Page 73 from “mom!!!” Till page 75 “I lied”
Fletcher & Adam
Page 90 from “hey man” till page 92 “what?”
Katherine & Mike
Page 118 from “Mike…I’m pretty sure…” till page 119 “all right, then, I’m gonna iron my shirt”
Ellie, Adam, Gretchen, Savannah, Hannah on page 24 from “hey Gretchen…” until page 26 “you better believe it”
Torrey, Katherine, Danielle starting at the top of page 28 and ending on page 30 “who is the real Katherine Blake?”
Katherine, Ellie, Dr Ehrin, Ms Luckenbill, Senór O’Brien from page 56 “hello” to page 58 “I can tell you what’s wrong”
All the characters Epilogue page 137-139