- Zach, the imperious, successful director running the audition
- Larry, his assistant
The Auditioners:
- Don Kerr, a married man who once worked in a strip club
- Maggie Winslow, a sweet woman who had an absent father
- Mike Costa, an aggressive dancer who learned to tap at an early age
- Connie Wong, a petite Chinese-American who seems ageless
- Greg Gardner, a stylish Jewish gay man
- Cassie, a once successful solo dancer down on her luck, a former lover of Zach's
- Sheila Bryant, a sexy aging dancer
- Bobby Mills, her friend who jokes about his upbringing in Buffalo, New York
- Bebe Benzenheimer, who feels she is not pretty and hides it with humor
- Judy Turner, a tall, gawky, but funny dancer
- Richie Walters, an enthusiastic black man who once planned to be a kindergarten teacher
- Al DeLuca, an Italian-American who takes care of his wife
- Kristine Urich (DeLuca), his scatter-brained wife who can't sing
- Val Clark, a foul-mouthed but sexy dancer who has a secret
- Mark Anthony, a fresh faced dancer who relates tales of his Catholic upbringing
- Paul San Marco, a Puerto Rican who first worked in a drag show
- Diana Morales, his friend, another Puerto Rican who had trouble in acting class
Cut dancers:
- Tricia, who has a brief vocal solo
- Vicki, who never studied ballet
- Lois, who dances like a ballerina
- Roy, who can't get the arms right ("Wrong arms Roy")
- Butch, who gives attitude in the audition
- Tom, an all-American jock
- Frank, who looks at his feet when he dances ("headband")
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