We Bought A Zoo

“We Bought A Zoo” is based on the Benjamin Mee memoir of the same name. It tells the story of how Mee and his family used their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo and restore it to its former glory.

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CASTING FOR THE ROLE OF DYLAN MEE

Benjamin's 14-year-old son (submit 13-18 to play 14). Dylan took his mother's death very hard and retreated into his world of drawing but took it to an oddly dark place. He is a creative & talented young artist but outside observers worry about what he is actually drawing... and what it's missing. Constantly in trouble at school, he gets suspended and expelled often - not a bad kid, just a misunderstood misfit. Dylan isn't much of a big brother or a son until the journey of the zoo sheds new light on his dark world. He has deep feelings behind his eyes with an edgy style, not unlike what a young Tim Burton must have been like.

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CASTING FOR THE ROLE OF ROSIE MEE

Benjamin's 6-year-old and extremely lively daughter (submit 6-8 to play 6). Rosie is a loving and disarmingly adorable child, even with the death of her mother, which she seems to handle better than her father and brother. She's an old soul and is able to share her love for just about everything, especially the animals at the zoo. One might forget that she is only 6 years old, as Rosie seems to be the glue keeping her family together, but she needs her family as much as any other child.

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CASTING FOR THE ROLE OF LILY

15-years-old and a rural beauty (submit 14-19 to play 15). She works at the zoo's restaurant but she's too young to work legally so she's paid under the table and she, too, lives on the property. Her only parental figure seems to be Kelly from whom she learns to be at great ease with the animals. When Dylan arrives at the zoo, she finds him immediately fascinating. Her little world is rocked by his city boy looks and she doesn't hold back in her quirky flirtatiousness and daily sandwich deliveries.

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