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The Music of KALA is crafted to challenge more experienced musicians, while also giving beginner and intermediate performers opportunities to succeed and grow..
Featured roles include tuneful solos, rock-tinged bops, and pop-inspired harmonies, while each group of supporting roles has several moments to shine. Every cast and chorus member is an important part of the fabric of the show!
The pit orchestra is based around a piano-driven rock band, supplemented by a cinematic string and wind ensemble. Fun, playable books for every instrumentalist.
The violin, clarinet, and cello parts have been reduced in the Synthesizer 2 book to maximize the ensemble in larger theatres and substitute for additional instruments in smaller spaces.
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Youth theatre can and should be smart, magical, and complex. Thought-provoking and enjoyable, both for the kids performing and for the adults who support them.
Too often, young performers are asked to play roles that their life experiences have left them ill-prepared to embody fully. However, this doesn't mean they are poor actors. They deserve challenging roles that allow them to genuinely explore and create characters based on the desires, hard questions, and experiences of which they have deep and present knowledge.
They can and should bring their own creative lenses and lived realities to their portrayals of these roles... to find the human in the magical and the magical in the human!
Jennifer M. Heaton
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When you license KALA for a production run, the basic package includes PDF files of:
The Complete Script
Full Conductor’s Score
Piano/Vocal Score
Synthesizer 1
Synthesizer 2 (String/Wind Reduction)
Electric Guitar w/Pedals
Bass Guitar w/Pedals
Drum Kit
Violin I
Violin II
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet (doubling)
Cello
Access to the Original Demo Soundtrack
Additional add-ons can be purchased and/or rented, including:
Access to shareable rehearsal tracks
Access to complete instrumental performance tracks
A complete printed set of scores and parts.
Please see the calculator (below) for pricing.
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FEATURED ROLES
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Girl, 13 years old:
A young woman who seeks excitement and a place to fit in. Her family moves a lot, so she is new to her community. She and her brother are adopted.
G3-B4 (Plaintive Alto) -
Girl, 11 or 12:
Nora’s sweet and quirky, but naïve friend. Loquacious and loyal.
B3-C5 (Closet Belter) -
Boy, 9 years old:
Nora’s rambunctious younger brother.
C3-Eb4 (Tenor or Soprano 8va) -
Boy, older than Nora (young teen):
A bully. Head of the popular crowd. Power-hungry and unpleasant, he becomes the leader of the Bogglegobs.
D3-Eb4 (Soulful Tenor) -
Trans/Non-Binary, older than Nora (young teen):
A mysterious and appealing character who may be more than they seem.
F3-Ab4 (High Tenor or Low Alto)
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Woman, Adult (unclear age):
The ghost of an unkempt neighbor. She is the stuff of suburban legends, but she knows truths that no one else can understand.
A3-E5 (Haunting Soprano)
[Community/Professional: This role may be played by an adult.]
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Female-Presenting:
An ageless, powerful faerie.
G3-D5 (Rock Diva)[Community/Professional: This role may be played by an adult.]
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Male-presenting:
The fun-loving, but unintentionally dangerous leader of the Fetefae.
C3-C4 (Jazzy Baritone)[Community/Professional: This role may be played by an adult.]
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Boy, Mid-to-older teen:
A huge intimidating ogre who really wants to be a tooth faerie. He was kicked out of the ogre army for being a softy and a coward.
C3-Db4 (Latin Pop Star)[Community/Professional: This role may be played by an adult.]
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Girl, 8-10 years old:
First appears as a vicious sphinx (with voice-altering technology), but she turns out to be a young girl in disguise. She is exceptionally smart, but has a tendency to lie.
C4-C5 (Synthpop Ingenue)
Musical Numbers
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SUPPORTING ROLES
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The popular crowd from Nora’s new school. They are not nice to anyone who is not in their group. (They later become the BOGGLEGOBS. (see below))
Opportunities for spoken lines, musical solos, ensemble and dance features.
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Kids of all different ages. (They later become the BOGGLEGOBS. (see below))
Short, focused stage appearances, with song features and a costume change.[An opportunity to bring novice elementary and middle school students into the production.]
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An assortment of adults who are frozen by magic.
Non-speaking and non-singing.
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6-12 Performers
A wild group of faeries who care only about having fun. Featured musical solo, ensemble, and dance elements for all vocal ranges (“Dance Until You Drop”)
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6-12 Performers
Wicked faeries who bring on the most dangerous parts of a heavy storm.
Featured dance number (“Storm Dance”)
Non-speaking and non-singing.[Community/Professional: Some or all of these roles may be played by adults.]
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Kala’s army of scary ogres. They are big and tough, but not very smart.
Lots of physical activity with chorus backup and no spoken lines.
[Community/Professional: Some or all of these roles may be played by adults.]
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Shaylah’s holographic protectors.
Intended to be pre-recorded and projected, but can be performed live.
Alto/Tenor and Bass sung parts, plus some spoken lines and a combat sequence.
[Community/Professional: These roles may be played by adults.]
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Evil, hateful faeries created by Kala to replace the Ogre Army.
Max, Max’s Friends, and The Kids all transform into the BOGGLEGOBS.