Casting

Smart, kind, and well read. Her life has been upended by her parents’ bitter divorce, and she finds herself in a new school where she becomes the target of the most popular girl. To escape, she turns to books.

A classic fairy-tale prince. He’s charming, sincere, and intelligent. Oliver wishes for the freedom to live beyond the confines of the story that has been written for him. The authors want the actor who plays Prince Oliver to double as Edgar at the end of the play. Edgar is the son of Jessamyn Jacobs, the author of the book Delilah is obsessed with.

The school librarian, who has a long- standing literary crush on Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. She’s sassy, is strong, knows exactly who she is, and encourages Delilah to join the writing club.

a strong, confident mermaid who’s tired of playing second fiddle to a prince. Ondine leads “Do It For You” along with fellow mermaids Marina and Kyrie.

The quintessential princess: beautiful, eloquent, and ready to live happily ever after. However, once the book is closed, she is the exact opposite: self- absorbed, grating, and not very bright.

Strong, confident, and perfectly fine with being the odd one out: the living embodiment of “live the story you want if it’s not the story you’re in.”

The school’s resident queen bee. She’s very smart but uses her intelligence to rule the school as an entitled “mean girl.”

Allie’s boyfriend, definitely a “dude’s dude.” Content with being one of Allie’s minions, he doesn’t have an informed opinion about pretty much anything and not many original thoughts either.

Allie’s right-hand gal. She goes along with Allie’s bullying and definitely prefers being a minion to being bullied by Allie.

The social media director of Allie’s minions. A teen internet troll who bullies Delilah through social media posts, he’s fine to go along with Allie’s schemes.

A classic evil villain, but when the book is closed, he is the exact opposite: ultra-sensitive, kindhearted, and in touch with his feelings.

Delilah’s stressed-out mom. She’s going through a divorce, and while she’s trying to make everything work, she just can’t seem to get ahead. Grace has good intentions; she’s just overwhelmed.

Prince Oliver’s best friend who is half dog due to a curse placed on him by the evil Rapskullio earlier in the fairy-tale book. He is hopelessly in love with Princess Seraphima, who doesn’t understand that he isn’t really a dog.

A grunting, monosyllabic monster; when the book is closed, he wishes that he were playing a different part.

Prince Oliver’s fairy-tale mother. When the book is closed, she lets her sass fly free and isn’t afraid to express an opinion.

Attendant to Queen Maureen.

The high school chemistry teacher.

A widowed mother of a teenage boy and author of Between the Lines. She’s a little quirky, but she’s also very smart and intuitive.

Includes the following roles: Butterflies (Marjorie, Cecil, Alistair, Francine), Students (including “Inner Thoughts” Students 1–4), Fairy-Tale Characters (including “Best Day Ever” Soloists 1–4), Process Server, Lunch Lady, Mascot, Marching Band, Pixie, Additional Pixies, Merfolk, Doctor, and Orderlies.