"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" Seeks Kids

Audition for "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever". Please see the details below. About the project: The book is narrated in first person perspective by Elizabeth "Beth" Bradley, daughter of the pageant's director. The six Herdman children - Imogene, Ralph, Claude, Leroy, Ollie, and Gladys - are notorious for their rowdy misfit behavior, including cigar smoking, cussing, drinking jug wine, and shoplifting. They have never been disciplined because their father hopped a train and never came back when Gladys was just a baby and their mother is always working multiple shifts to make ends meet. Despite their poor performance, the Herdmans steadily pass through elementary school (since holding any one of them back would mean having two or more of them in the same grade). They go to Sunday school for the first time after being told that the church offers snacks. The narrator's mother is flabbergasted when they all volunteer for the lead roles in the Christmas pageant: Mary (Imogene), Joseph (Ralph), the Three Wise Men (Claude, Ollie, and Leroy), and the Angel of the Lord (Gladys), the last of whom likens her role to a character from Amazing Comics. Since they have bullied all the usual cast members into remaining silent during the call for volunteers, the director has no choice but to cast them. Furthermore, an actual infant would be traditionally cast in the Christmas pageant as Jesus, but ever since the Herdmans took over the other major roles, all the local mothers with babies keep their children away out of fear, prompting Beth's mother to use a doll instead. Additional info: Production dates: December 6-7-8 and December 13-14-15 2024 NOTE: The age ranges are flexible, they are not hard and fast. If interested, please apply.