The Story
Set against a background filled with ABBA songs, our story starts in the small Greek island of Kalokairi in 1999 where young Donna Sheridan runs a hotel called Villa Donna. Donna's young 20-year-old daughter Sophie is planning to get married to her fiancé Sky and wants her father to be present to give her away on her special day. One problem. She has absolutely no clue who her father is. Sophie comes across Donna's diary that she kept the summer she became pregnant with Sophie and discovers three possible suitors. An irishman Sam Carmichael, a swede Bill Anderson, and a brit Harry Bright. Sophie decides to invite all three men to her wedding without Donna knowing about it and drama ensues in the journey for Sophie to figure out who her real father is.
The Main Characters
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Donna Sheridan
A hotel owner and young mother to Sophie, Donna is a very feisty, fun loving, hardworking, strong and usually understanding lady. She's the group leader and lead singer of Donna & The Dynamos a group that she started while in college with her two best friends. She doesn't know exactly who Sophie's father is and she's keeping her narrowed list a secret.
Sophie Sheridan
A young 20-year-old bride to be and daughter to Donna, Sophie is determined to have her father walk her down the aisle at her wedding. After looking through her mother's diaries she invites the three possible suitors. Sophie is often described as being fun, kind, loving, honest, determined, and feisty to an extent, much like her mother in a lot of ways.
Sky Rymand
Fiancé to Sophie, Sky was traveling around the world and attempting to find himself when he met Sophie in Greece. He's described as fun, attractive, a social butterfly and a traveler.
Sam Carmichael
Sam is an architect and an Irishman and one of the possible fathers of Sophie. When he was younger he met Donna and fell in love with her, but he was engaged to another woman and left. He still loves Donna a lot however. He's described as being fun loving, determined, devoted and optimistic.
Bill Anderson
Bill is a sailor from Sweden and one of the possible fathers of Sophie. He met Donna when they were younger when she was traveling to Greece for the first time and he helped her get to the island. He's described as being very funny, good, and kind.
Harry Bright
Harry is a well dressed and often stuffy banker from England and one of the possible fathers of Sophie. He's described as being serious, not very spontaneous and very kind. We later find out that he is in fact attracted to men and it's very important to us that we keep that representation in.
Tanya Chesham-Leigh
Tanya is one of Donna's best friends since meeting at Oxford in college. She's very wealthy and has been married and divorced three times. She's one of the backup singers of Donna & The Dynamos and she's described as being very fun, not full of herself, funny, sensual, and occasionally into younger men.
Rosie Mulligan
Rosie is one of Donna's best friends since meeting at Oxford in college. She's a very successful celebrity chef in her home country of England, authoring widely popular cookbooks. She's never been married and considers herself to be a lone wolf as she strongly believes she'll never meet her 'mr. right'. She's described as being funny, sarcastic, very forward and independent.
These are just the main roles. Click on the button that says supporting characters to see our other current auditions.
The Supporting Characters
Lisa
Lisa is one of Sophie's best friends and one of her bridesmaids. Her personality is described as being fun, kind and good.
Ali
Ali is one of Sophie's best friends and one of her bridesmaids. She's also seen friends with Tanya when she's courted by Pepper. She's described as being fun, good, kind and energetic.
Stavros
Stavros is a character that doesn't appear in the movie for very long, but he's a fan of Tanya and asks her to sign his cookbook that he'd been carrying. He's a sweet and softhearted individual. And we're more than happy to genderbend him.
Pepper
Pepper is a bartender on the island of Kalokairi and really close to Sky, in fact the best man at his wedding. He's in his twenties and very attracted to older women, more specifically Tanya. He hits on her and tries to court her. He's described as being crazy and romantic.
Petros
Petros is a character that doesn't appear in the movie for too long, but he's Harry's boyfriend that he met on the island in the time there. They're seen having fun together and happy.
Father Alex
Father Alex is the greek priest that intends to marry Sophie and Sky. He has a few fun lines throughout the film. This a role that we're definitely willing to gender bend.