Full-Length (60-70 Min.)
Adventure / Fantasy
2W, 3M, 1 Any

Musical

The Trumpet of the Swan

A Novel Symphony for Actors and Orchestra


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Synopsis

E.B. White’s classic novel is now an exhilarating symphonic concert experience for young people and their families, adapted by Marsha Norman with music by Jason Robert Brown. The Trumpet of the Swan, like all of White’s novels, concerns a youngster who must overcome a problem. In Louis’s case, he is a trumpeter swan born without a voice.  On an epic journey of challenge and discovery, Louis finds the gift of music through his father’s heartbreaking and heroic love.

Casting & Production


Casting

SAM (also reads BOY SAM)

SAM’S FATHER/FATHER SWAN (also reads MR. BRICKLE, GAME WARDEN, BELLMAN)

SAM’S MOTHER/MOTHER SWAN (also reads CAMPER, LADY IN BILLINGS, PASSENGER, CAMP NURSE, COOK, WAITRESS)

SERENA (also reads SISTER SWAN, GIRL IN BILLINGS, CLERK, GIRL PASSENGER)

MAN (Reads BROTHER SWAN, OWNER, PARK RANGER, APPLEGATE, CAMPER, BOATMAN, PASSENGER, ABE LUCAS, KEEPER, HEAD MAN IN CHARGE OF BIRDS, POLICEMAN)

LOUIE’S THOUGHTS


Orchestral Information

Solo Trumpet (“Louie”)
2 Flutes (2nd doubles Picc.)
Oboe (doubles English Horn)
2 Clarinets (2nd doubles Bass Clarinet)
Bassoon
4 French Horns
2 Trumpets
2 Trombones (Tenor/Bass)
Harp
Piano/Celesta
Solo Electric Fretless Bass Guitar
Violins 1-2
Viola
Violoncello
Contrabass
Percussion (Timpani, Drum set, Vibes, Glock, Sus. Cym., Xylophone, Triangle, Slapstick, Crash Cymbal, Mark Tree, Small Cymbal, Woodblock, Tambourine, Bell Tree, Crotales (C4,F4, E5), Chimes (G4, C5), Concert Bass Drum, Shaker, Steel Plate, Brake Drum)