A TUNA CHRISTMAS - Spotlighters Theatre Non Equity Auditions

AUDITIONS for - - -
A TUNA CHRISTMAS
Book: Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, & Ed Howard
direction: Fuzz Roark

Synopsis: It's Christmas in Tuna, TX, the third smallest town in Texas. Radio station OKKK news personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities, including the hot competition in the annual lawn display contest and the mischievous pranks of the Christmas Phantom. In other news, voracious Joe Bob Lipsey's production of A Christmas Carol is jeopardized by unpaid electric bills. All the while Aunt Pearl's chickens are terrorized by an evil Blue Jay. And we all wonder, will Bertha's husband ever come home?

Performance Dates: Nov 20 - Dec 20, 2015

AUDITION DATES:
Saturday August 22, 2015 11am - 2pm
Sunday August 23, 2015 4pm - 7pm

Casting 6 actors (3 male, 3 female - or some combination) for 22 characters.
All actors will play both male and female roles - (lots of wigs and padding!).
Comedic timing and ability to present strong characters needed.

For the audition - prepare short (1-2min) comedic character monologue(character voices are a plus).
Actors will also read scenes from script with other actors.
Rehearsals will be Mon - Thur, 7p-10p (typically), starting in mid September 2015.
Questions - please email
JRoark957@gmail.com


Tentative Character Breakdown:
Actor A: Thurston Wheelis, R.R. Snavely, Inita Goodwin (3)
Actor B: Bertha Bumiller, Sheriff Givens, Leondard Childers, Joe Bob Lipsey (4)
Actor C: Elmer Watkins, Aunt Pearl Burras, Ike Thompson, Phoebe Burkhalter (4)
Actor D: Arles Struvie, Charlene Bumiller, Helen Bedd (3)
Actor E: Didi Snavely, Jody Bumiller, Stanley Bumiller, Dixie Deberry (4)
Actor F: Petey Fisk, Vera Carp, Farley Burkhalter, Garland Poteet (4)
- subject to change......