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)