Old Courthouse Theatre Holds Auditions for THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, 9/27

The Old Courthouse Theatre announces auditions for their upcoming production of THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER.  Audition dates are September 27 and 28 from 6:00 - 8:00pm.

Performances dates are December 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 at 8:00pm, December 5, 12, 19 at 2:30pm (Sunday Matinees) and December 11, 18 at 2:30pm (Saturday Matinees).

Characters include:

Mother (Grace Bradley) - 30-40s
Father (Bob Bradley) - 30s-40s
Beth Bradley - narrator, strong voice and presence, 10-14
Charlie Bradley - traditional kid brother, 8-12
Ralph Herdman - raged, scroungy, slouching manner, touch of adolescent cool, 12-14
Imogene Herdman - loud, bossy, crafty, 10-13
Leroy Herdman - tough, sure of himself, 10-11
Claude Herdman - tough, combative, 9-10
Ollie Herdman - looking for trouble, Claude's usual partner in crime, 8-9
Gladys Herdman - small, wiry, fiesty, 7-8
Alice Wendleken - prim, proper, pain in the neck, 10-14
Mrs. Armstrong - large personality, managerial in voice and manner, 40s-60s
Mrs. Slocum - pleasant, motherly woman, 30s-60s
Mrs. Clark- 30s-60s
Mrs. Clausing - 30s-60s
Mrs. McCarthy - a younger, less imperious version of Mrs. Armstrong, 30s-40s
Maxine - 10-11
Elmer Hopkins - 12-13
Hobie - 9-12
David - 8-9
Beverly - 7-8
Shirley - 5-7
Juanita - 5-7
Doris - 8-12

2 Firemen
Reverend Hopkins (male or female) 30s-50s
Angel Choir
Shepherds

A favorite , THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, is an hilarious Christmas tale. A couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids-- probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem-- and the fun-- when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on. "An American classic," says McCall's Magazine. This delightful comedy is adapted from the best selling book and the only story ever to run twice in McCall's Magazine.

The Old Courthouse Theatre is located at 49 Spring Street SW - Concord, NC.  For more information, call 704 788-2405 or visit http://www.oldcourthousetheatre.org/.