Casting
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Cast Size: Medium (11 to 20 performers)
Cast Type: Ensemble Cast
Character Breakdown
Dina
Owner of a café, beautiful, world-weary, passionate, with a dry wit
Gender: female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: D3
Tewfiq
Egyptian; leader of the Egyptian Ceremonial Police Orchestra; a shy, formal man, carrying a buried burden of sadness
Gender: male
Vocal range top: D4
Vocal range bottom: A#2
Itzik
Gender: male
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Haled
Egyptian; trumpet player in the Orchestra; handsome, smooth, a bit of a flirt, loves jazz; trumpet skills are a plus but not required
Gender: male
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Camal
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: F2
Papi
Disheveled, works at café, nervous around girls
Gender: male
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Telephone Guy
Man who waits by a phone, very romantic
Gender: male
Vocal range top: Bb4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Avrum
Gender: male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: G2
Zelger
Gender: male
Vocal range top: D4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Julia
Gender: female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: C4
Sammy
A married man and sometime-lover of Dina
Gender: male
Vocal range top: Bb4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Anna
Julia’s cousin, sexy and extroverted
Gender: female
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: C4
Iris
Gender: female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Simon
Egyptian; the assistant conductor and clarinetist in the Orchestra, once wanted to be a composer; clarinet skills are a plus but not required
Gender: male
Vocal range top: Eb4
Vocal range bottom: C3
The Band
Members of the Alexandria Police Ceremonial Orchestra