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"Reefer Madness: the musical" is a satire of the 1930s propaganda film. It begins with a narrator discussing the effects of marijuana to a group of parents, and then goes into the film depicting a situation where marijuana ruined a life.
Audition Preparation Suggestions for Reefer Madness
This show is full of the charleston, which all teenagers will have to perform. Mary, Jack, Sally, Poppy, and the chorus all need to be competent dancers. |
- Narrator
- an all-knowing and rather twisted man
- Jimmy Harper (non-dancer)
- an all-american boy who tries 'the reefer' and gets himself in trouble - cannot dance
- Mary Lane
- a good girl who attends church, Jimmy's girlfriend, she tries 'the reefer' as well
- Jack
- an abusive man who recruits young kids to try his reefer
- Mae
- the owner of the reefer house, and Jack's girlfriend
- Ralph
- an ex-college man, taken in by 'the reefer'
- Sally
- a very dumb but attractive young woman, taken in by 'the reefer'
- Poppy
- owner of the 5-and-dime, dances with Jack
- Joan of Arc
- French, religious, funny...what else?
- Jesus
- well..he's Jesus....with a sense of humor
- the Devil
- rather...red
- Chorus (parents, teenagers, dancers, angels, zombies, prison inmates, townspeople)
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