The Man in the Ceiling

Casting

JIMMY JIBBETT — 12 (unchanged voice; any race), Boy cartoonist
Vocal range: low A to high E

FATHER — 30’s- early 40’s (any race): Jimmy’s “trying-to-understand-it-all-but-lost-in-his-old-habits” dad.
Vocal range: High Baritone

MOTHER — 30’s- early 40’s (any race), Jimmy’s interior designer of a mother who is often on the phone, texting or rushing to the next whatever, but not really “there”.
Vocal range: Soprano/Mix with some belt

UNCLE LESTER — 40’s (any race), Jimmy’s songwriter of an uncle who can’t pay the rent and, therefore, lives with the family. He’s Mother’s brother and Father thinks he’s a floperoo.
Vocal range: Tenor-ish (needs strong A-flat)

LISI — 15-18 (any race), Jimmy’s bossy, loud, bossy, in your face, bossy sister. But she really loves Jimmy’s comics. And she’s bossy.
Vocal range: Belt with strong soprano

CHARLEY BEEMER — 15-18 (any race), The athletic boy next door who Jimmy wants to befriend and impress and who Father wishes Jimmy was more like.
Vocal range: Tenor

Reviews

“The high points of this show are musical, with Mr. Lippa providing a sublime Act I duet, “Disappear.”
—The New York Times

“Endlessly imaginative and whimsical … pure theatrical joy.”
—Dan’s Papers

“This collaboration between writer Mr. Feiffer and composer Andrew Lippa bounces along with high-voltage energy to its exuberant end.”
—27 East

“The Man in the Ceiling is a show that will stir emotions, make you laugh and in the end leave you gleeful.”
—Hamptons.com

Orchestral Information

4 Musicians

Piano

Drums/Percussion

Cello

Violin

Credits

THE MAN IN THE CEILING
Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA
Book by JULES FEIFFER
Based on the book THE MAN IN THE CEILING by JULES FEIFFER