Floyd Collins Cast Requirements

CAST REQUIREMENTS FOR FLOYD COLLINS

Jewell Estes - teenage boy (ability to play folk guitar a plus) (Baritone)

Nellie Collins - Floyd’s younger sister (basically Soprano, but with somewhat of a lower range)

Homer Collins - Floyd’s younger brother (Tenor)

Miss Jane - Floyd’s stepmother (Alto)

Lee Collins - Floyd’s father (Baritone)

Floyd Collins - a farmer/caver (Bari/tenor)

Ed Bishop - a local caver (Baritone)

Bee Doyle - owner of the farm where Floyd gets trapped

H.T. Carmichael - an engineer

Reporters (must be able to sing 3-part harmony):

Skeets Miller - reporter for Louisville Courier-Journal

Cliff Roney - a young filmmaker/Reporter

Dr. Hazlett - a doctor from Chicago/Reporter

Reporter/Conman

Ensemble will consist of the above, plus approx. 4 or 5 women.