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Character Breakdown

For auditions, please prepare a song in the style of this show, or a song from this show. The cast album can be found here. You also might be asked to read a side from the show. (If planning on auditioning for Cindy Lou Who, please read the specific instructions for that role.)

The Grinch

Our main protagonist. He has spent years living in seclusion. He is fed-up with Christmas and ingeniously decides to steal it. A beastly, charming, often silly curmudgeon. He is hilariously scary but with a softy’s heart underneath — think more Wile E. Coyote than Voldemort. He fancies himself a Vaudeville superstar with “champion-stock” DNA and has a personality that outsizes everybody else in Whoville.

Gender: male
Vocal range top: D4
Vocal range bottom: D2

Old Max

Our storyteller who unexpectedly has a final memory that inspires him to celebrate the night of the Grinch’s transformation with the audience. A wise and somewhat weary old soul on the last legs of a spectacular life. He is trustworthy and charming and can “spin a yarn” like the best of them.

Gender: male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2

Young Max

Misery loves company, but this peppy new pup refuses to succumb to the Grinch’s negativity and pessimism. He is lovable, charming, and always eager to please. He is indefatigably positive and fun. Everything the Grinch tries to destroy, Max catches before it breaks, never tiring of the Grinch’s antics.

Gender: male
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2

Cindy Lou Who

She is the youngest child of the central Who family. She is the one person with a genuine heart of gold that can find and express love to the Grinch. She is still young enough to be guided by her sense of wonder and empathy and believes in the possibility for goodness in the Grinch.

Gender: female
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: A3

Please prepare this song to sing for auditions … this will be the most popular child girl role. Please feel comfortable with this song to show off your range!

Papa Who

The Father of the central Who Family. He is the calm eye of the storm, goodness and confidence pours out of him. He accidently indoctrinates the children of Whoville with the story of the boogeyman Grinch.

Gender: male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2

Mama Who

The Mother of the central Who Family. She is overwhelmed by the Christmas hysteria, and she is unsuccessfully struggling to maintain control of both her children and Grandpa and Grandma Who. Adorably annoying, funny, and a loving mother.

Gender: female
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: C4

Grandpa Who

The eldest of the central Who family. He is gruff, comically grumpy, and enjoys antagonizing Mama Who and trying to scare the children with ghost stories. He loves Christmas and his grandchildren but is driven batty by both.

Gender: male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: D3

Grandma Who

The matriarch of the central Who family who can solve any problem, a peacemaker. She is loving and warm. The children respect and listen to her, and she has the patience to calm both them and Mama Who.

Gender: female
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: D4

Boo Who

Annie Who

Donny Who

Betty-Lou Who

Ensemble: Includes Citizens of Whoville and Children of Whoville.