🧪👻🚫 Ghostbusters: The Goosical 🚫👻🧪

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Ray Stantz, the Heart of the Ghostbusters and one of our leads!

Ray is a much bigger part of the narrative in this version of the story. while the film is mostly told from the POV of Peter, this musical follows Ray’s and Peter’s POVs equally. Ray does a lot of singing. a lot more than Peter. you'll need to have a higher range as opposed to the other 3 guys and a good set of lungs.

Below are some quotes from the movie to get you started on your audition.

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Egon Spengler, the brains of the Ghostbusters!

While Egon’s role and on-screen (minus the actual screen) time has been significantly expanded in our rewrite, his role still remains the smallest out of the main four. He sings less than Ray and Winston, and is about equal to Peter in terms of songs he participates in musically. You won’t need a huge range for this role, just a good lower register and the ability to talk very fast.

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Peter Venkman, the… Mouth of the Ghostbusters, for lack of a better term, and another one of our leads!

important note: i am much more likely to be picky about who gets this role. you will have to have a pretty good impression of either bill murray or lorenzo music.

Peter doesn’t sing all that much, and when he does it won’t be intense like Ray or Winston’s songs. he’s generally mostly a comedic character there to move along with the story and provide the audience a relatable anchor. however he is a very crucial lead. the story follows his and Ray’s POVs equally, so you will have a lot of lines. possibly more spoken lines than Ray, but i’m not sure yet. in short, if you want a lead that sings a lot, go for Ray, if you want a lead that talks a lot, go for Peter.

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Winston Zeddemore, the Soul of the Ghostbusters and our most vocally challenging lead.

Important note: Winston is an established, beloved and iconic man of color in pop culture that millions of kids grew up with. i would much, MUCH rather NOT HAVE A WHITE ACTOR PLAY THIS ROLE. i cant stop you from auditioning, but you are extremely unlikely to get the part. please be understanding and leave room for POC actors to audition.

right off the bat, i’ll warn you, Winston has quite a few challenging solo songs and duets with other characters. there are very, very few songs he doesn’t participate at least a little bit. he’s a constant, and this will be a fairly taxing role. you’ll really need to able to wail for this one. as you can probably already gather, i’ve almost completely rewritten his character. he is now introduced much MUCH earlier in the story and, not to spoil things, but he has an actual arc this time around. buckle up. it’ll be hard, but rewarding.