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Roles and Characters in XANADU

Named Characters
(with major scenes and solo songs)

CLIO/KIRA - The youngest of Zeus's daughters and the muses. The muse of history and the leader of the muses.  She falls in love with Sonny. Is adventurous, honest and determined.
Needs to speak in an Australian accent and roller skate!

SONNY - A self-critical, mortal, chalk artist who falls in love with Kira. Handsome, but not particularly smart. He embodies 1980s pop culture and is very much a California dreamer.
Needs to be able to say "Dude!" and roller skate!

DANNY MAGUIRE - The hard-nosed "all work and no play" businessman who owns the theater he once built for his love. Used to be a budding artist like Sonny, but has since let money and greed consume him.

MELPOMENE - Kira's oldest sister. Muse of tragedy. Mother of the Sirens. She is jealous that Kira is the leader of the muses rather than herself, and therefore creates the plot for her downfall. 

CALLIOPE - Another of Kira's older sisters and the muse of epics. She is jealous of Kira and as Melpomene's sidekick, plots with her for Kira's downfall.

Roles and Characters in XANADU

Other Characters
(with a few scenes and select solo lines. 
These are smaller roles featured from the ensemble, and can sometimes be doubled by the same actor)

THALIA - One of Kira's older sisters and muse of comedy

EUTERPE - One of Kira's older sisters and muse of music

ERATO - One of Kira's older sisters and muse of lyrics. As Eros, she is responsible for shooting Kira with the arrow of love brought on by Melpomene's spell

TERPSICORE - One of Kira's older sisters and muse of dance

THETIS - Demi-goddess of water.  She retells the story of Achilles to Zeus in Mount Olympus

HERMES - The messenger of the gods. He is deeply masculine in voice but sassy and flippant in attitude.

The Ensemble
(The Ensemble covers all these other characters)

Sirens, Backup Singers, Hera, Suthiba, Cyclops, Centaur,
Young Danny, Skaters