Cast of Characters
13 men, 10 women, chorus, plus at least 1 girl and 1 boy
- ALMA HIX - Gossipy wife of a Quartet member
- AMARYLLIS - Marian's young piano student (Alto: C - E)
- CHARLIE COWELL - A rival salesman
- CONDUCTOR
- CONSTABLE LOCK
- ETHEL TOFFELMIER - The "pianola" girl
- EULALIE MACKECKNIE SHINN - Mayor Shinn's peacock wife (Alto: D - D)
- GRACIE SHINN
- HAROLD HILL - A dynamic con man (Baritone: A flat - High F)
- MARCELLUS WASHBURN - Harold's chummy friend (Tenor: G - High A)
- MARIAN PAROO - Stuffy, "stuck-up", town librarian and music teacher (Soprano: Low G - High A)
- MRS. PAROO - Marion's Irish Mother (Mezzo Soprano: A flat - E flat)
- MRS. SQUIRES - Gossipy wife of a Quartet member
- NEWSPAPER READERS
- RIVER CITY KIDS
- RIVER CITY TOWNSPEOPLE
- THE QUARTET - Ewart Dunlop, Oliver His, Jacey Squires, Olin Britt - Four judgmental school board members.
- TOMMY DJILAS - The town "bad" boy
- TRAVELING SALESMEN
- WINTHROP PAROO - Marian's lisping baby brother (Alto: C - E flat)
- ZANEETA SHINN - The mayor's daffy daughter
