A CHRISTMAS CAROL
– Equity Performer Auditions by APPOINTMENT in FL
freeFall Theatre Company St. Petersburg FL SPT Currently $328/week minimum.
Artistic Dir / Stage Dir: Eric Davis
Managing Dir: Jim Sorensen
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Book: L. Ahrens & Mike Ockrent
Based on the story by Dickens
1st reh: 11/22/11. Runs 12/8/11 – 1/1/12.
Equity Performer Auditions (Principal/Chorus) by APPOINTMENT:
Sunday, October 9, 2011 freeFall Theatre Mainstage
Monday, October 10, 2011 6099 Central Avenue
1 PM – 6 PM both days. St. Petersburg FL 33710
No scheduled break.
For an appointment, contact Jim Sorensen at
auditions@freefalltheatre.com or phone 727/498-5205, x3. E-mail strongly preferred. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
Please prepare a song that shows you off to your best ability. Bring sheet music in the correct key; accompanist is provided, but may not transpose.
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
Seeking (all roles are available; seeking a company of 11-13 adult actors and multiple children to fill all roles/part):
Beadle / Creditor:
Worker in Scrooge's bank. Baritone.
Bob Cratchit:
Hardworking clerk in Scrooge's employ. Dedicated to his family, especially to his young son Tiny Tim. Maintains a kind heart, even in the face of Scrooge's mean-spiritedness. Baritenor.
Emily:
Young, lovely and goodhearted. Truly in love with Young Ebenezer. Happy with the simple things in life – friends, family and the joy that comes from loving someone and being loved in return. Soprano.
Fred Anderson:
Warm and compassionate. Scrooge's nephew. Feels sorry for the old man, yet still obligated to him, being family. Baritenor.
Ghost Of Christmas Future / Blind Old Hag:
Alto.
Ghost Of Christmas Past / Lamplighter:
Young, twinkly, spritely apparition, full of the Christmas spirit. Boy soprano.
Ghost Of Christmas Present:
Baritone.
Grace Smythe:
Young daughter of Mr. Smythe. Accompanies her father to ask Scrooge for leniency following her mother's death. Respectable, but poor. Soprano.
Jacob Marley:
Returned from the grave to warn Scrooge of the consequences of living the life of a miser. Baritenor.
Mr. Fezziwig:
Kind-hearted bank-owner; helps Ebenezer Scrooge get his start. Later, must ask Scrooge for help, and is turned away. Tenor.
Mr. Smythe:
Recently widowed and left with a young daughter, Grace. Hopes Scrooge will be lenient and give him time to pay his debt. Respectable, but poor. Baritone.
Mrs. Cratchit:
Wonderful wife and mother, hopeful and generous. Alto.
Mrs. Fezziwig:
Cheerful wife of Mr. Fezziwig the banker. Happy to reach out and help her fellow man. Later, becomes poor, and can't understand why Scrooge won't help her husband. Soprano).
Old Joe:
Rag-picker who scavenges off the dead. Baritone.
Sally Anderson:
Wife of Scrooge's nephew Fred. Tired of having "Uncle Scrooge" over for Christmas dinner each year. Alto.
Ebenezer Scrooge:
Old man whose great wealth has turned his heart to stone. Deaf to the needs of his fellow men, Scrooge must journey through his past to regain the spirit of charity and kindness he had as a young man. Baritone.
Scrooge at 12:
Poor orphan who works all day at a boot-making factory. Tired of poverty, he vows to save his money and make his fortune. Desperately misses his parents, and wants to find a home of his own. Tenor.
Young Ebenezer:
Scrooge at 18, saving his money and running from a life of poverty. Still happy and sociable, and deeply in love with Emily. Still searching for a place to call home, but has found a second family in the Fezziwigs. Tenor.
Tiny Tim:
Young son of Bob Cratchit. Weak and crippled, but full of true goodness and hope. More than anyone, Tiny Tim embodies the Christmas Spirit. Boy soprano.
Children's Chorus.
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