The cast is filled with local favorites, all of whom have been seen on this stage in these bits of silliness in years past. Sally McCarthy who has played many boys in previous editions is on hand as Pinocchio. Sam Reilly takes on the femme fatale/seductress role again and once again becomes the best good girl in town. Joanne Maurer delightfully portrays the eager helper for the hero. Monk Schane-Lydon is the blue fairy and other characters I will speak about later on.

Cathy Lee-Visscher plays Honest Don, a wonderful combination of the wily, wicked wolf (of Wall Street) and the political master-no-mind of the nation he rules over.  Mark Wilson is the least Italian Italian woodworker and a whole slew of characters, including Rudolpho the corrupt, are played by Catherine Schane-Lydon, otherwise known as the company's music director/accompanist. The whale is played by cardboard. These seven players do just that - they play and play and play and with each change of scene their work gets funnier and funnier as they sing new lyrics to songs we already know ("i'm Damn Pretty" can easily be traced to Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim; "I Give My Wand a Twirl" is a sing-along parody of  the finest Jerry Herman tune you will find.) and though there are fewer than usual in this show the memory pieces are replaced with the traditional Pinocchio visual jokes including the growing nose and the donkey tails and ears.  Cross-dressing is part of the tradition and this plot-heavy piece gives many of the players a perfect opportunity to perform their gender-switched roles.