1940's RADIO CHRISTMAS CAROL - Community Theatre of Little Rock
Community Theatre of Little Rock Announces
Open Auditions for its Christmas Musical of Walton Jones’
"A 1940’s Radio Christmas Carol"
Auditions for Community Theatre of Little Rock's Christmas Musical “A 1940’s Radio Christmas Carol” will be held on October 6th at 2pm and October 8th at 7pm, at The PUBLIC Theatre, 616 Center Street in Downtown Little Rock. Directed by Michael Henderson
There will be cold readings from the script. Please be prepared to sing a song selection.
Please bring 2 copies of your sheet music. An accompanist will be available.
Parts for 6 Males and 3 Females
Production dates for the show are November 16th – December 2nd, 2012.
Rehearsals begin around October 11th.
It's Christmas Eve, 1943, and the Feddington Players are now broadcasting from a hole-in-the-wall studio in Newark, NJ, and set to present their contemporary "take" on Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Whether it's the noisy plumbing, missed cues, electrical blackouts, or the over-the-top theatrics of veteran actor, but radio novice, William St. Claire, this radio show is an entertaining excursion into the mayhem and madness of a live radio show. St. Claire's escalating foibles and acting missteps propel the show to a simultaneously comedic and heart-wrenching dramatic climax: St. Claire has an on-air breakdown, and begins to connect his own life with that of the classic Dickens tale. In order to "save the show," the company improvises an ending to Charles Dickens' classic as a film noir mystery, featuring a hardboiled detective, a femme fatale, and an absurd rescue of Tiny Tim (and the Lindbergh baby) from the clutches of a Hitler-esque villain named Rudolf!
Founded in 1956, the Community Theatre of Little Rock(CTLR) is Central Arkansas’s oldest and finest theater tradition. CTLR is a nonprofit, volunteer organization striving to enlighten, educate and entertain our community by providing live theatrical productions of the highest quality, as well as providing opportunities for talented people to perform and participate in all phases of producing live theater.
For further information, visit our website
www.ctlr-act.org. You may also look us up on Facebook or call our information line at (501) 410-ACT3(2283).
