Child Singing Audition for "A Christmas Story" Play
Auditions for child singers for the play "A Christmas Story." Please find the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a net stocking; Ralphie's fantasy scenarios and more. A Christmas Story is destined to become a theatrical holiday perennial. Additional info: Please note: there is a production fee applied. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. (please see audition sides in advance) Auditionees will only need to come to one night of auditions unless requested to return. Bring a list of any conflicts you may have during the rehearsal process. September 30 - December 22, 2024 Callbacks - TBD Only need to attend ONE day. Choose which days work best for you! FIRST MANDATORY CAST MEETING/THRU/HEADSHOTS: Monday, Sept 30th from 6:30-8:30 pm BASIC REHEARSAL SCHEDULE: Starts SEPT 30 and end on DEC 22, 2024 OFF Thanksgiving Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays 6:30-8:30 pm, some potential additional days TBD Not all actors will be called for every rehearsal Additional rehearsals may be scheduled during weekends/holidays if scheduling allows The schedule will be finalized after auditions at the director's discretion. MANDATORY DRESS REHEARSALS/PERFORMANCE DATES: Thursday, December 12 at 7:30 pm (Final Dress) Friday, December 13th at 7:30 pm Saturday, December 14th at 3:00pm & 7:30pm Sunday, December 15th at 3:00 pm Thursday, December 19th at 7:30 pm (Pick-up rehearsal) Friday, December 20th at 7:30 pm Saturday, December 21st at 3:00pm & 7:30pm Sunday, December 22nd at 3:00 pm Please see the attachment for details. If you are interested please apply.
12 roles
A 5th grade boy who wants an Air Rifle for Christmas: specifically the Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun. He is a bright, winsome, mischievous, cute kid…someone you wouldn’t mind having as a next door neighbor. (He might shovel your driveway for you–and then use your shovel as a sled!) Ralphie’s imagination runs wild.
A good-natured curmudgeon with a deadpan sense of humor, “Ralph” focuses the action, keeps the story moving and holds the audiences’ attention with his presence and spark.
She is the student that always has the answer in class and loves doing homework, getting the best of grades. She has a crush on Ralphie.
He is a classmate and best buddy of Ralphie’s; Flick is the guinea pig in the flagpole licking experiment.
Best friend of Esther Jane, and knows all about her “crush.”
She is the secret engine that runs the family, keeping the household together with a smile–despite bickering children, limited funds, an xrated lamp in the living room window, a cranky furnace and a crankier husband. She would never let The Old Man know that she is more in charge than he is! Vibrant, warm, affable–but not a pushover–she is always busy, especially anytime she is in the kitchen, and even more so at Christmastime!
Also a classmate and best buddy of Ralphie; Schwartz becomes the scapegoat when Ralphie utters an unmentionable word.
Gruff and grumbling on the exterior, Ralphie’s Dad has a good heart. He doesn’t overtly show it, but he does love his family. He’s a blue collar guy, he usually expects the worst out of most situations; but is transformed into a true “song and dance” man in his moments of fantasy.
Ralphie’s younger brother, tries to keep up with him, and is young enough that he can be convinced to eat his dinner like a baby piggy!
Ralphie’s 5th grade teacher, a 1940s educator, she is prim and proper but stern when necessary–though warm and even humorous when the situation merits it.
Well he’s Santa….
He is a textbook example of a schoolyard bully, Scut is loud, obnoxious and intimidating. This truant is a year or two older than Ralphie and his friends, and wears a perpetual scowl under his coonskin cap. He always appears at the most inopportune time to harass his victims. In the end, when he shows himself to be the biggest coward of all.
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