"The Best Christmas Pageant Eve" Needs Boys and Girls
Child performers are welcome to audition for "The Best Christmas Pageant Eve". Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Additional info: All, please bring a printed headshot (or recent photo), a theatrical resume if you have one, and a complete list of any calendar conflicts from October through December. Individual Slots: Kids will meet the production team one at a time. Please prepare one verse of any Christmas carol to sing completely acapella (unaccompanied). Directors will also ask a quick, fun personality question to get to know you. Youth Chemistry Reads: All youth will stay for this brief window to be paired up to read scenes together. You do not need to sign up for this. Please do not plan to leave before the reading. All audition sides are attached. Please review the materials before arriving. The production will run December 4-20, 2026. If interested, please apply.
12 roles
The show’s narrator; Grace/Bob’s daughter. Beth needs a strong voice and stage presence; is in most scenes dealing with a range of moods and situations.
Beth’s brother - the typical kid brother.
The oldest Herdman; ragged, scroungy, slouching manner, touch of adolescent cool.
Loud, bossy, tough, crafty. The Herdman leader.
Tough, very sure of himself.
Tough, combative. A crime buddy to Ollie.
Tough, combative. A crime buddy to Claude.
Small, wiry, feisty. Often funny; sometimes means it.
Prim, proper, pain in the neck.
Beth’s church Sunday school classmate.
The minister’s son; dislikes church; not fond of the Herdmans.
Hobie, David, Beverly, Juanita, Doris
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