The beginning of the script shows how you can double and perform the play with 10 actors. You may be able to cut Anne and her gossip character, but otherwise you do really do need 10 at a minimum. (You can reassign gossip lines to other characters if you make that cut.) Even then 9 is difficult.
If it is not too late you could look at Agatha Christi's "The Mouse Trap" - Small cast and great show!
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Rebecca Barger
Holy Family High School
CO
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-12-2023 13:35
From: Jennifer Jordan
Subject: Kate Hamill's Sense and Sensibility
Has anyone directed "Sense and Sensibility" with less than 10 actors? I am having a helluva time this fall finding enough actors.
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[Jenni] [Jordan]
[Director of Theater and Dance]
[11th Grade Coordinator]
[Day Student Advisor]
[Miss Hall's School]
[Pittsfield] [MA]
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