The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Musical

Songs by Don Schiltz, book by Ken Ludwig

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Plot Summary & Audition Tips

List of Characters in Tom Sawyer

Based on the classic novel "Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain.

A Missouri town along the Mississippi River in about the 1840's.

Performers will need to speak in Southern dialect.

Tom Sawyer (14)

a mischievous but good-hearted orphan boy, being raised by his aunt

Huckleberry Finn (14 - 16)

Tom's friend - a charming but wild orphan

Aunt Polly (35 - 50)

Tom's strict but well-meaning guardian

 

Becky Thatcher (14)

Tom's girlfriend - both feisty and sweet

 

Huck Finn

Tom's friend

Sidney "Sid" Sawyer

Tom's "goody-goody" half-brother, who rats on Tom and enjoys watching him get into trouble

Injun Joe

a murderer

Judge Josiah Thatcher

Becky's wise and well-respected father

Widow Douglas (40 - 60)

a kindly widow who takes Huck in off the street

Schoolboys: Ben Rogers, Joe Harper, George Bellamy, Lyle Bellamy, Alfred Temple
Schoolgirls: Amy Lawrence, Lucy Harper, Sabina Temple, Susie Rogers, Sereny Harper, Jessica Rogers, Naomi Temple, Sally Bellamy

 

Gideon Temple

defense attorney

Lanyard Bellamy

Mayor & Prosecutor

Lemuel Dobbins

Schoolmaster

Reverend Joshua Sprague

 

Muff Porter

a kindly vagrant wrongly accused of murder

 

Doc Robinson

Pap

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List of Songs in Tom Sawyer

• See also Big River

• Civilization (Orchestra)
• Hey, Tom Sawyer (Tom, Boys, Aunt Polly, Mr. Dobbins, Reverand Sprague, Company)
• Here’s My Plan (Tom)
• Smart Like That! (Tom, Ben, Huck, George, Lyle, Joe)
• Hands All Clean (Doc Robinson, Injun Joe)
• The Vow (Huck, Tom)
• Raising A Child By Yourself (Aunt Polly, Judge Thatcher)
• It’s In The Bible (Tom, Reverand Sprague, Congregation)
• It Just Ain’t Me (Huck)
• To Hear You Say My Name (Tom, Becky)
• Murrell’s Gold (Injun Joe, Muff Potter, Tom, Huck)
• The Testimony (Tom, Company)
• Ain’t Life Fine (Company)
• This Time Tomorrow (Aunt Polly)
• I Can Read (Widow Douglas, Huck)
• Angels Lost (Aunt Polly, Judge Thatcher, Company)
• Light (Tom)
• Finale (Reverand Sprague, Aunt Polly, Judge Thatcher, Tom, Huck, Company)