Here are the questions I asked:
1) Name five dream roles of your gender.
2) Name two dream roles of the other gender.
3) A show you just want to be in the ensemble of
4) Show you've been in before and want to do again
5) Two shows you would want to direct (This one is skippable if you aren't into directing)
6) Two shows you would want to choreograph (Also skippable)
7) Two shows you want to do costumes for (Also skippable)
8 Two shows you need to do before you die
I had a ton of people respond so first of all THANK YOU! Here are their responses by question. (Some questions I shared all responses and for some, I just picked and chose answers I thought were interesting.)
1. Name five dream roles of your gender.
Boys:
- Bailey Gorman: Edward Bloom - Big Fish, Seymour - Little Shop of Horrors, Nick Bottom - Something Rotten, Man In Chair - Drowsy Chaperone, Bruce Bechdel - Fun Home
- Julian Mendoza: The Phantom - Phantom of the Opera, Jean Valjean - Les Miserables, Jack - Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd - Sweeney Todd, Link Larkin - Hairspray
- Bryce Dilullo: Elder Cunningham - Book of Mormon, Dewey Finn - School of Rock, Nikki-Avenue Q, Phoebus - Hunchback of Notre Dame, Nick Bottom - Something Rotten
- Nick Williams: Elder Price - The Book of Mormon, Link Larkin - Hairspray (which he is playing this summer at AYT!), Jack - Into the Woods, Curly Mclain - Oklahoma, Rolf Gruber - The Sound of Music
- Devon Policci: Clyde Barrow - Bonnie and Clyde, Joseph - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Doody - Grease, Ren - Footloose, Jack Kelly - Newsies
- Grey Smith: Dewey Finn - School of Rock, Javert - Les Miserables, Bruce Bechdel - Fun Home, Christopher Boone - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Victor Frankenstein - Frankenstein
- Adam Lundgreen: Gabe - Next to Normal, Marius - Les Miserables, Willard - Footloose, George Washington - Hamilton, Papa Ge - Once on This Island
- Hank Woods: Robert - Company, Sweeney Todd - Sweeney Todd, Biff - Death of a Salesman, Javert - Les Miserables, Tevye - Fiddler on the Roof
- Ethan Shanker: Hedwig - Hedwig, Franz - Rock of Ages, Peter - Bare, Carmen Ghia - The Producers, Monty Navarro - Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Girls:
- Lily Castle: Kathy - Last Five Years, Rose - Dogfight, Leading Player - Pippin, Jenna - Waitress, Sister Mary - Sister Act
- Caroline Jackson: Girl - Once, Glinda - Wicked, Alice - Alice in Wonderland, Ulla - The Producers, Roxie - Chicago
- Lauren Anderson: Elle Woods - Legally Blonde, Eliza Schuyler - Hamilton, Belle - Beauty and the Beast, Carole King - Beautiful, Meg Giry - Phantom of the Opera
- Avery Lee: Bea - Something Rotten, Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd, Aida - Aida, Mimi - Rent, Lady of the Lake - Spamalot
- Summer Beckman: Christine - Phantom of the Opera, Johanna - Sweeney Todd, Elle Woods - Legally Blonde, Veronica Sawyer - Heathers, Eponine - Les Miserables, Audrey - Little Shop of Horrors
- Becca Webb: Elphaba - Wicked, Veronica - Heathers, Tracy - Hairspray, Peggy/Maria Reynolds - Hamilton, Eponine - Les Miserables, Peter Pan - Peter Pan
- Miranda Smith: Narrator - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Adelaide - Guys and Dolls, Sandra Bloom - Big Fish, Minnie Fay - Hello Dolly!, Peter Pan - Peter Pan
- Summer Farnsworth: Millie - Thoroughly Modern Millie, Miss Honey - Matilda, Fantine - Les Miserables, Meg Giry - Love Never Dies, Glinda - Wicked (I know IM BASIC)
- Sophia Bavishi: CARRIE (!!!) - Carrie, Veronica - Heathers, Sylvia - Sylvia, Eponine - Les Miserables, Mad Hatter - Wonderland, Ivy - bare
- Sarah Davidson: Baker's Wife - Into the Woods, Fiona - Shrek, Eva - Evita, Sharpay - High School Musical, Narrator - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Sarah Pansing: Cathy - The Last 5 Years, Natalie or Diana in next to normal, Christine Daae - Phantom of the Opera, Any Role - RENT , Belle - Beauty and the Beast, Veronica Sawyer - Heathers
- Grace Lisicki: Natalie - next to normal, Narrator - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Carrie - Carrie, Mimi - Rent, Campbell - Bring It On
- Mackenna Goodrich: Any of the female roles - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Sheila - Hair, Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd, Fantine - Les Miserables, Roxie - Chicago
2. Name two dream roles of the other gender
Boys:
- Bailey Gorman: Veronica - Heathers, Celie - The Color Purple (ugh, so amazing)
- Julian Mendoza: The Witch - Into the Woods, Fantine - Les Miserables, Christine - Phantom of the Opera, Veronica Sawyer - Heathers, Belle - Beauty and the Beast
- Bryce Dilullo: Grandma Addams - Addams Family, Aida - Aida
- Nick Williams: Elphaba - Wicked, Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd
- Devon Policci: Rizzo - Grease, Wednesday - Addams Family
- Grey Smith: Margaret - Money and Friends, Agnes - She Kills Monsters
- Adam Lundgreen: Bonnie - Bonnie and Clyde, Eponine - Les Miserables
- Hank Woods: Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd, Natalie - next to normal, Elle Woods - Legally Blonde
- Ethan Shanker: Matron "Mama" Morton - Chicago, Snow White - Into the Woods ;)
Girls:
- Lily Castle: Dewey - School of Rock, Christopher - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Caroline Jackson: Elder Price - Book of Mormon, Melchior Gabor - Spring Awakening
- Lauren Anderson: Huey Calhoun - Memphis, King George - Hamilton
- Avery Lee: Jafar - Aladdin, Lola - Kinky Boots
- Summer Beckman: Jack - Into the Woods, Phantom - Phantom of the Opera, JD - Heathers, Sweeney Todd - Sweeney Todd, Jean Valjean - Les Miserables
- Becca Webb: Jojo - Seussical, Jack - Newsies, John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton - Hamilton
- Miranda Smith: Sweeney Todd - Sweeney Todd, Ren - Footloose, Seaweed - Hairspray, Dewey Finn - School of Rock, Edward Bloom - Big Fish
- Summer Farnsworth: Gabe - next to normal, Monty Navarro - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
- Sophia Bavishi: JD - Heathers, Elder Price - Book of Mormon
- Sarah Davidson: Frankie Valli - Jersey Boys, Evan - 13
- Sarah Pansing: Pippin - Pippin, JD - Heathers, Moritz - Spring Awakening
- Grace Lisicki: Angel - RENT, Moritz - Spring Awakening
- Mackenna Goodrich: Elder Cunningham - Book of Mormon, Will Shakespeare - Something Rotten
3. A show you just want to be in the ensemble of
Lily Castle and Grey Smith: A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Caroline Jackson: Anything Goes, Bryce Dilullo: RENT, Lauren Anderson and Ethan Shanker: American Idiot, Summer Beckman: Matilda, Summer Farnsworth: Love Never Dies, Sophia Bavishi: Pippin, In the Heights, Sarah Davidson: Something Rotten, Grace Lisicki: Joseph and the Amazing..., Mackenna Goodrich: Cabaret
A LOT of people said Hamilton or West Side Story
4. Shows you've been in before and want to do again
Bailey Gorman: Cinderella as Jean-Michel. We only got three performances and I wish we could have had more! I loved playing him :), Mackenna Goodrich and Caroline Jackson: The Drowsy Chaperone, Bryce Dilullo: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Summer Farnsworth: Curtains, Adam Lundgreen: Peter Pan and Wendy, Footloose, Hank Woods: Bert - Mary Poppins, Ethan Shanker: Avenue Q (as a different role), Sophia Bavishi and Miranda Smith: Bonnie and Clyde
Quite a few people said Grease, Hairspray, and Beauty and the Beast.
5. Two shows you would want to direct
Bailey Gorman: 13 (I am assistant directing this summer at AYT) and Sunday in the Park with George, Lily Castle: Anything Rodgers and Hammerstein, Kinky Boots, Bryce Dilullo: Sweeney Todd, American Psycho, Avery Lee: Into the Woods, Little Shop of Horrors, Miranda Smith: Tale of Two Cities, Grey Smith: Misery, Money and Friends, Summer Farnsworth: The Secret Garden, Hank Woods: Company, Sophia Bavishi: bare, Daddy Long Legs, Sarah Pansing: Les Miserables, Grace Lisicki: Waitress, Mackenna Goodrich: The Drowsy Chaperone, Spring Awakening
Quite a few people said Bonnie and Clyde, Spring Awakening, and next to normal.
6. Two shows you would want to choreograph
Bryce Dilullo: Bonnie and Clyde, Camelot (while watching this way back when at AYT, I left the theatre in love with so many ideas. Seeing that show brought me into musical theatre, fun fact.), Avery Lee: The Wiz, Miranda Smith: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Sophia Bavishi: The Little Mermaid, Sarah Davidson: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sarah Pansing: Rent, Grace Lisicki: Chicago, Mackenna Goodrich: Elf, Chorus Line
Quite a few people said Cats, In the Heights, Hairspray, Pippin and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
7. Two shows you would want to costume
Bailey Gorman: Little Women, Grease, Julian Mendoza: Guys and Dolls, Bryce Dilullo: Avenue Q (I want to make puppets), Aladdin, Lauren Anderson: Beauty and the Beast, Avery Lee: Dreamgirls, The Lion King, Miranda Smith: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Summer Farnsworth: Big Fish, Sophia Bavishi: Wonderland, Sarah Davidson: The Addams Family, Hair, Sarah Pansing: Heathers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
Quite a few people said The Little Mermaid, Cinderella and Shrek.
8. Two shows you need to be in before you die.
- Adam Lundgreen: Les Miserables, next to normal
- Avery Lee: Beauty and the Beast, Porgy & Bess
- Bailey Gorman: Edward Bloom in Big Fish, Hamilton
- Becca Webb: Wicked, Newsies
- Bryce Dilullo: Book of Mormon, School of Rock
- Caroline Jackson: Hamilton, Spring Awakening (The Deaf West version)
- Devon Policci: Newsies, Bonnie and Clyde
- Ethan Shanker: Spring Awakening, Hedwig
- Grey Smith: School of Rock, Something Rotten
- Grace Lisicki: Phantom of the Opera, Hamilton
- Hank Woods: Les Miserables, Into the Woods
- Julian Mendoza: The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables
- Lauren Anderson: Hamilton, Heathers
- Lily Castle: Les Miserables, Wicked
- Mackenna Goodrich: Little Shop of Horrors (First musical I ever saw and the one I've seen the most times), American Idiot (my first album was a Green Day album)
- Nick Williams: The Book of Mormon, The Sound of Music
- Sarah Davidson: Cats, The Little Mermaid
- Sarah Pansing: RENT, next to normal, Wonderland, Wicked, West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera
- Sophia Bavishi: Carrie, bare
- Summer Beckman: Phantom of the Opera, Legally Blonde
- Summer Farnsworth: next to normal, Wicked
Shows with multiple picks: Les Miserables, next to normal, Hamilton, Wicked, Newsies, Book of Mormon, School of Rock, Spring Awakening, Phantom of the Opera
Thank you to everyone for their thoughtful responses!
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