Comments on: What parts are in the musical Bye bye Birdie? http://www.p-u-t.co.uk/what-parts-are-in-the-musical-bye-bye-birdie/ Put your Game in ORder Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:31:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dana Stansfield http://www.p-u-t.co.uk/what-parts-are-in-the-musical-bye-bye-birdie/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Dana Stansfield Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:19:10 +0000 http://www.p-u-t.co.uk/what-parts-are-in-the-musical-bye-bye-birdie/#comment-390 Unless this is a school production, the only parts suitable for someone 15 yrs old would be Kim (one of the main female characters), or her friends, and they all have to sing and/or dance. The show is primarily about the perpetual battle between teenagers and their parents. If this is a community theater production, most likely the roles of the parents and other adult characters will be played by adults. If it's a school production, though, there are a lot of female parts, both singing and speaking: Kim's mother, Mrs. Macafee; Rosie Alvarez; and Mrs. Mae Peterson. Unless this is a school production, the only parts suitable for someone 15 yrs old would be Kim (one of the main female characters), or her friends, and they all have to sing and/or dance.

The show is primarily about the perpetual battle between teenagers and their parents. If this is a community theater production, most likely the roles of the parents and other adult characters will be played by adults. If it’s a school production, though, there are a lot of female parts, both singing and speaking: Kim’s mother, Mrs. Macafee; Rosie Alvarez; and Mrs. Mae Peterson.

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