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Amy Carter as Veruca Salt

Veruca Salt is a Spoiled Girl Who Also Gets A Gruesome Demise in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical.

Role[]

She is a rich girl who likes ballet. She lives in England (West End/UK Tour)/Russia (Broadway) with her mother and her father. Her age is 12. Her father is a billionaire who owns a peanut company. She is the second Golden Ticket Winner. Her father sent his factory workers to unwrap chocolate bars to find a Golden Ticket.

In the factory, she shows her bratty and annoying self often. When she introduces herself to Willy Wonka, she attempts to impress him with a cute appearance, but is eventually angered and immediately yells and bickers at him. In the Chocolate Room, she screams in surprise and horror when Augustus Gloop falls into the chocolate waterfall before he is sucked up the pipes above. She is next shown mocking Violet Beauregarde. As Violet swells rounder and rounder into an ENORMOUS blueberry, Veruca is seen comically pointing at her in a false astonishment. Violet then swipes her pointing finger down and throws her a threatening gesture before she once again panics and waddles into the mixing vat. Veruca continues to tease the ballooning Violet by stretching her arms out as wide as possible to mock her massive body, whilst Veruca remains as thin as a whistle. She later shows a slightly sadistic side when she is seen to be visibly happy as chunks of the exploded Violet rain down, amused by Violet's sticky end.

In the Nut Room, where she meets her unholy demise, she sees the squirrels and demands to have one, but Wonka says "no" which angers her. As she goes in to get a squirrel, she is judged as a bad nut. She then dances a ballet with the Oompa-Loompas riding on the giant squirrels. Her father goes in the room to rescue her, but they both are forced into the bad nut chute. They then spin around as they are sucked to the furnace below.

In the Broadway version, Veruca chases Jeremy, one of the squirrels into the Nut Room and dances a darker version of the song before being torn apart by the squirrels. Mr. Salt leaves to rescue her. Wonka assures the ticket winners; Mike, Charlie, Mrs. Teavee, Grandpa Joe, that the Oompa Loompas will somehow put her back together with glue sticks.

Veruca appears in the songs:

  • "When Veruca Says"
  • "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (UK Tour)
  • "It Must Be Believed To Be Seen"
  • "Strike That, Reverse It"
  • "Simply Second Nature"
  • "Pure Imagination" (Broadway and UK Tour)
  • "Auf Wiedersehen Augustus Gloop"
  • "Juicy!"
  • "When Willy Met Oompa"
  • "You Got Whacha Want" (UK Tour)
  • "Veruca's Nutcracker Sweet"

Appearance[]

Veruca wears pink ballet slippers, a baby pink and white tutu and a diamond necklace. In the factory, she wears white gloves and a pink baby seal fur coat.

Trivia[]

  • In the 1971 and 2005 movies and the novel, Veruca is British. In the Broadway musical, she's Russian. In the West End musical and the UK Tour, she remains British.
  • In the Broadway version, a puppet of Veruca is shown when the squirrels tear her apart. This was done after Emma Pfaeffle exited the stage when she climbed up the conveyor belt.
  • In the West End production, Veruca and her father both die after they go down the nutcracker. In the Broadway production, Mr. Salt survives and he goes to rescue his daughter after she is torn apart by the squirrels.
  • Emma Pfaeffle, who played Veruca on Broadway, does ballet in real life. She began dancing, singing, and acting when she was 5 years old. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance from SUNY Purchase College.
  • In the West End version, a white light is used to create the illusion that Veruca and her father are spinning down the hole. The stage then lowers them down where the audience can no longer see them. They then exit from under the stage.

Portrayals[]

Original West End[]

Former West End[]

Broadway[]

First National Tour[]

  • Jessica Cohen (September 2018–September 2019)
  • Halli Tolland (September 2019–October 2019)

Second National Tour[]

  • Angela Palladini (January 1, 2020–June 19, 2022)

Australia[]

  • Karina Russell

Italy[]

  • Marta Melchiorre

Oslo[]

  • Catharina Vu

Brazil[]

  • Anna Luiza Cuba
  • Isabella Daneluz
  • Luisa Bresser

Paris[]

  • Zoé Poggi
  • Enaëlle Dion

Denmark[]

  • Sophie Marie Jeppesen

The Netherlands[]

  • Jikke de Wit
  • Chiara Deelen
  • Madelief Adriaansen
  • Nova Meens
  • Aimée Floore

Madrid/Spanish National Tour[]

  • Marta Melchiorre

Belgium[]

  • Nori de Winter

UK and Ireland Tour[]

  • Kazmin Borrer

Japan[]

  • Aone Maisaki
  • Rimu Miyake
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