Saturday 27 July 12pm-4pm

 

Sunday 28 July 2pm-4pm

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MASH CHARACTERS (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)

GENERAL HAMILTON HARTINGTON HAMMOND

40-60

Highest ranking officer in the play

Generally stymied by the MASH unit during his appearances

A blowhard

In charge of all M*A*S*H units along the front lines

(Actor will likely also play Dean Mercy Lodge)

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PRIVATE BOONE

18-25

Low man on the totem pole.

Mildly bumbling. “The dunce of the double natural.”

Lt. COLONEL HENRY BRAYMORE BLAKE

40-60

Commanding Officer of the MASH unit

Does his best to maintain military decorum with an understanding that he is not the leader of a normal military unit and that many of the doctors and nurses under his command are not “regular army.”

A bit of a pushover and lets the Doctors get away their shenanigans

CAPTAIN BRIDGET McCARTHY

30-40

Most senior nurse of the group

Kind to the other nurses and supportive

Defends their way to doing things to Margaret’s criticism

In charge of the nursing staff until replaced by a higher rank (Houlihan)

Accordingly, she is somewhat motherly with the other nurses and is the most conversational with the doctors

Lt. JANICE FURY

25-35

A high school beauty queen of sorts who has found herself and grown in self-confidence as a nurse in a war zone

Involved with Ugly John

SERGEANT DEVINE

20-30

(Male)

Runs the mess hall at the MASH unit

A real Brooklynite

Works in the Mess tent, is a con man always trying to sucker people in his scams

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LT LOUISE KIMBLE

25-35

Nurse with the unit

MAJOR FRANK BURNS

30-40

With Hawkeye, a chief surgeon of the MASH unit

Sanctimonious, pompous

Hates that the 4077th is not running at peak military efficiency

He’s somewhat unstable

Serious, religious

From Indiana

Son of a doctor, which allowed him to enter a comfortable private practice at an early age

Was already in the Army at outset of war

Respects the technical details of both army life and surgery, but lacks true greatness in either respect

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FATHER JOHN PATRICK MULCAHY

30-40

Catholic Chaplain of unit

From San Diego, CA.

Kind hearted person who will always help people

Prior to the war served as a missionary in China and Bolivia

Religious but accepting and enjoys interacting with the doctors, who are all of loose religious affiliation

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CAPTAIN WALTER WALDOWSKI

25-35

Dentist

The camp dentist and owner of and purveyor of the 24 hour Poker game in his tent

Suffers from serious bouts of depression on a regular basis

Looked to as the recreation director of the unit but also has episodes of “depression.”

Has made numerous threats to kill himself that his colleagues no longer take him seriously

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CAPTAIN JOHN McINTYRE (TRAPPER JOHN)

30-35

Thoracic surgeon

Originally from affluent means in Winchester, MA

Attended Dartmouth and played football and baseball

Draftee Doctor that once faces off against Hawkeye in a college football game when their schools met

They may not be old friends but that shared history lets them become fast friends when they met

Similar to Hawkeye and Duke, he has confidence in his ability as a surgeon, which leads to general indifference towards military protocol

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CAPTAIN JOHN BLACK (UGLY)

30-35

Staff anesthesiologist

Considers himself handsome and a ladies man

Co-planner of the dance

Several flirtatious moments with Nurse Janice Fury

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CORPORAL WALTER O’REILLY (RADAR)

18-25

Assistant to Colonel Blake

A young kid, possibly younger than he should be

Signal Corpsman from Ottawa, IA.

Uncanny ability to hear and sometimes predict conversations

Knows he is not the typical soldier but loves his role in the group

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CAPTAIN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PIERCE (HAWKEYE)

30-35

New chief surgeon in unit

From the coast of Maine

Son of a lobsterman

Independent spirit of a Maine native

Married with 2 children

Excelled throughout his surgical residency before being drafted and has supreme confidence in his ability, which leads to disdain for any military protocol not related to patient care

Draftee who doesn’t want to be in Korea but has no choice

Has decided that the best way to get through it is to have as much fun as possible

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CAPTAIN AUGUSTUS BEDFORD FORREST(DUKE)

30-35

New surgeon in the unit

From Georgia. A

Real Southerner

Amiable and good-natured with Southern sensibilities

Married with 2 daughters but a continuing eye for the ladies

Draftee Doctor with the same attitude as Hawkeye but is more of a southern charmer

Becomes instantly close with Hawkeye even though they are from very different parts of the country

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PRIVATE LOPEZ

23-25

One of the nurses that make the unit run

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HO-JOHN

16-20

(Male)

A Korean boy who is the Tent-boy for Doctors in the Swamp

Does their laundry and cleans for them

Later, Hawkeye tries to get him into Medical School in the States

KOREAN WOMEN

FEMALE, ANY AGE

Korean Woman #1

Korean Woman # 2

From the nearby village

(May double up with other roles if possible/necessary)

LT. NANCY PHILLIPS

25-35

Younger, less experienced nurse

Nancy is new to the unit and begins the play somewhat green in terms of experience as a war nurse

Is blamed (unfairly) for the death of a patient and reacts very badly to the cruel criticism

She however grows in confidence and outspokenness as she gains experience

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MAJOR MARGARET HOULIHAN (HOT LIPS)

35–45

Regular army

A new head nurse brought in for the unit

A good nurse herself who insists on compliance with army protocol for the nurses and physicians, she will report any noncompliance

Margaret likes Frank

Wishes the 4077th was more proper military and for a while finds a kindred spirit in Frank, until he drives her away with his craziness

Has a reputation for being a bit friendly with certain generals in the past

(Actress will likely also play Congress woman Goldfarb)

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CONGRESS-WOMAN GOLDFARB

40+

On a Korean tour

Not many lines but needs to have a good scream

(May double up wit h Dean Lodge)

DEAN MERCY LODGE

40+ (Female)

Dean of Hawkeye’s alma mater

(May double up with Congress-woman Goldfarb)

**MISS RANDAZZLE

20+

Lodge’s secretary

(This part will likely be double cast below)

**MITZI

**FRITZI

**AGNES

18-25

Three USO-style singing performers of questionable talent, fawned over by the men and disliked by the nurses

Speak in exaggerated little girl voices with strong New Jersey accents

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**Lt. CONNIE LIEBOWITZ

22+

Nurse at the Evac station with Jones

(May double up with another nurse)

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**MAJOR RUTH HASKELL

30+

Psychiatrist at the Evac station with Jones

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**CAPTAIN OLIVER WENDELL JONES (SPEARCHUCKER)

22+

Neurosurgeon

A college football star who is working as a neurosurgeon at a nearby front line medical Evac station

Hawkeye knows him and gets him brought to the 4077th

(The role of Spearchucker Jones will likely be doubled with another role)

G.I’s

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KOREANS

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MEDICAL PERSONNEL

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