"A Christmas Carol" Play Looking for Boys and Girls

Kind affable man who deeply loves his family, is loyal to Scrooge and who knows what the true important things in life are.

Scrooge's nephew. A sweet, kind man who loves Christmas. He is the son of Scrooge's beloved sister Fan. Scrooge is his last remaining relative and he loves him as the last living reminder of his mother. He genuinely believes Scrooge is not as bad as everyone else in London believes.

A magical being who is part of nature and can travel back through time. They show Scrooge the Christmases of his past.

A magical being who is the physical embodiment of Christmas. Mostly jovial, and happy, this character has moments of deep sadness and anger when witnessing the ignorant, thoughtless cruelty of humans to one another.

Need to be strong and fit - A magical being can travel through to the future. For this role the performer will be required to be in a "Grim Reaper" type costume that can get heavy. Performer needs to be physically capable of wearing this costume.

Need a soprano, tenor, alto and bass. They will be singing, in harmony during certain parts of the show. These carolers can be other roles if they so desire OR they can only choose to be the singing role.

These two come to Scrooge's office to collect donations to help the poor. They are kind hearted and are not used to dealing with people of Scrooge's nature. Scrooge's opinions at the beginning of the play genuinely appall them.

A homeless orphan who tries to "sing for their supper" to Scrooge but is chased away. This character is street smart and slightly snarky when not trying to appear sweet to get money.

Owner of a stall on the streets of London who has borrowed money from Scrooge and cannot pay it back by the deadline. He is good man who is trying to take care of his family, but Scrooge and what he can do to his family truly terrifies him.

Wife of the stall keeper. She helps her husband with his business. She is genuinely afraid of what will happen to her and her family because of Scrooge and his unwillingness to bend or compromise.

Caroline's child. They have an intuitive feel of Scrooge. They are scared of him in the beginning of the show, even though they are brave enough to stand up to him a little - but they realize, before the adults, when Scrooge becomes a changed man at the end of the play.

She works for Scrooge as his part-time help. She is feisty and snarky and is one of the few people who is not afraid of Scrooge and will speak back to him. Good comedic timing is a strong plus for the performer of this role

Scrooge as a child.

School Mates of Youngest Scrooge.

Scrooge as a pre-teen/teenager.

Scrooge as a young man. This role transitions -- he starts as naïve, awkward and slightly sweet and in the next scene his is starting to become the old Scrooge we are more familiar with.

Scrooge's Fiance. She is fun and deeply loves Scrooge. Unbeknownst to Young Scrooge, she anchors him to his humanity and feelings. Once she is gone, he completely shuts himself off from his emotions. She is related to the Fezziwigs and this is how she knows Scrooge.

Scrooge's younger sister, future mother of Fred. The favored child of the family -- but her favorite family member is Scrooge. She loves Scrooge deeply and is loved deeply by him.

Scrooge's best friend at Fezziwig's. He is secretly in love with Belle but he adores and respects Scrooge too much to do anything about it. He loves to dance and live life.

Miniatures of their mother - they love to dance.

The suitors to the Fezziwig daughters.

Looks like Marley, only young. Is at the Fezziwig party. A friend of Scrooge. Surprisingly, considering what we know about him - he loves to dance.

Will play music during the party scenes.

This will be the same performer who plays Belle-- she is a carbon copy of her mother -- and Scrooge at first mistakes her for Belle.

Belle's granddaughter.

Bob Cratchit's wife. She is a devoted mother and wife. She loves Bob fiercely. She is usually mild tempered and patient - except when it comes to her family being mistreated. Then she is feisty and fiercely protective.

Small Stature is preferred. - Cratchit child who walks with a crutch. He is very sweet tempered and does not let his disability get him down.

Cratchit child.

Cratchit child.

Cratchit daughter.

They are closest to one another. They almost act like twins.

Fred's wife. Has never met her Uncle Scrooge and is a little resentful about it. For all that, she is a lovely woman who loves Fred and loves Christmas.

Wilma's Sister.

Wilma's Sister.

Friend of Fred's and a serious flirt who is very interested in one of Wilma's Sisters.

Whatever Years. - party goers at Fred's party.

One singing role - will be pulled from the Carolers - sings tenor or bass.

One singing role - will be pulled from the Carolers - sings tenor or bass.

Singing role - will be pulled from the Carolers - Soprano and alto.

Bedraggled, practically feral children.

Whatever - on the shady side of the law. He is a procurer of items - and is not very particular about how they get to him. He is very much a Fabian type character.

Goes to Old Joe to sell some of Scrooge's personal items after Scrooge dies.

Goes to Old Joe to sell some of Scrooge's personal items after Scrooge dies.