A CHRISTMAS CAROL Submission - Entertainment Live Events LLC @ North Shore Music Theatre Auditions

A CHRISTMAS CAROL - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Entertainment Live Events LLC @ North Shore Music Theatre

CONTRACT

COST $834 weekly minimum (TIER 2)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in A CHRISTMAS CAROL (see breakdown).

BIPOC/AAPI actors are encouraged to submit.

Travel/housing provided.

All stage manager positions have been filled.

INSTRUCTIONS

Sides/music found here: https://www.nsmt.org/sides.html - brief classic theatre/aria selection of your choice is also sufficient - nothing contemporary. Send video, with a photo/resume in an accessible link and/or downloadable format (Google Drive, Dropbox, Vimeo, etc.)

Deadline: Mon, Sep 27, 2021

SUBMIT TO

mchappell@nsmt.org

PERSONNEL

Bill Hanney, Producer
Kevin P Hill, Artistic Director and Director/Choreographer (Viewing Auditions)
Matthew Chappell, Associate Producer/Casting Director (Viewing Auditions)
Milton Granger, Music Director
Adapted by Jon Kimbell based on the novella by Charles Dickens
Assisted by David James & David Zoffoli
Featuring traditional music of the season and original music composed and arranged by Alby Potts and James Woodland

OTHER DATES

First rehearsal (in Beverly MA): Nov 16
Opens: Dec 3
Closes: Dec 23

OTHER

All company members must provide proof of vaccination.

Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.

BREAKDOWN

THE NARRATOR - (older Tiny Tim), Male-identifying, Caucasian, Age: early 20’s – early 30’s. A poet and artist; the teller of this ghostly tale. Sings well. Actor portrays older Tiny Tim. Actors with a mild physical disability encouraged to submit. Character uses a cane/crutch to walk.

FRED – Male-identifying, Any ethnicity, Age: 20’s. Handsome nephew of old Scrooge, with a cheerful voice and a sparkling laugh. Sings well.

JACOB MARLEY - Male-identifying, Any ethnicity, Age: 30’s - Scrooge’s first and only business partner; dead as a doornail. Non-singing role. Flying involved.

THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT / MAN 1 - Male-identifying, Any ethnicity, Age: Late 20's - early 40's. A giant of harvest and plenty, glorious to behold. Sings very well. NOTE: Character walks on painter stilts for entire show.

MR. FEZZIWIG / MAN 2 - Male-identifying, Any ethnicity, Age: 30 - 50. Voluminous in his great jovial benevolence. Sings well. Understudies role of SCROOGE.

EBENEZER SCROOGE (CAST) - a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone. A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner.

BOB CRATCHIT (CAST) - A clerk in the service of Ebenezer Scrooge and the loving father of a fine family.

MRS. CRATCHIT (CAST) - Bob’s wife, poor in possessions but rich in family. Also, CHRISTMAS PAST- The first of the three spirits, she is of the air – resplendent in stars.

MRS. FEZZIWIG (CAST) - One vast substantial smile, Also, MRS. DILBER - Scrooge’s housekeeper, a martyr and, later, a disreputable seller of goods.

PEARLIES (CAST) - versatile tumbler/acrobat/poltergeists, inspired by 19th century London’s Cockney buskers — street entertainers who performed for donations. These street performers typically wore topcoats covered with pearl buttons; hence, the name. In our story, these spirits are visitors from the realm of imagination and are allies of the Narrator in the telling of his tale by attending the Spirits and otherwise moving the action of the play forward.

Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.