16th Annual production of
A Christmas Carol
AUDITION NOTICE
Audition Location: Artists’ Exchange (50 Rolfe Square, Cranston RI)
Audition Dates/Times:
Monday, September 30, 2019 @ 5-9pm
Tuesday, October 1 2019 @ 5-9pm
Saturday, October 5, 2019 @ 11-4pm
Sunday October 6, 2019 @ 11-2pm
Seeking Actors & Singers: Adults, seniors, teenagers, and children (ages 10 & up) of all abilities. Experience working with actors of all ages and acting backgrounds in a collaborative, ensemble setting is ideal. Intimate cast size (6-8 kids, 10-12 adults). Voluntary position.
Bring: Resume & Headshot (or current photo)
Prepare: One-minute monologue from any adaptation of A Christmas Carol OR a holiday themed story, as well as 16 bars of a Christmas carol/song, sung a cappella. Text from Charles Dickens’ novel available freely online at Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org) and at local libraries. Piano accompaniment not provided.
Reserve Audition Slot: Slots are each 10 minutes. Email lauren.annicelli@artists-exchange.org with your first and second slot preferences, indicating the dates and times. You will receive confirmation of your scheduled date/time.
About A Christmas Carol 2019 production: A holiday tradition and the most anticipated theatrical production of Artists’ Exchange, it’s a community production performed in Cranston at Theatre 82 from December 12-22, 2019. Shows are performed for (2) weeks, Thursday –Sunday, with four (4) school matinees total, one show on each morning of the Thursday and Friday performance dates. This year’s production is a fresh, original adaptation with a focus on the cyclical nature of time and the disparity between those who have the ability to give and those who are in need of receiving. Our rehearsal period is from October 12- December 7 with tech week December 8-11. Directed by Lauren Annicelli.
About Artists’ Exchange: Artists' Exchange is a nonprofit arts collaborative whose mission is to create an atmosphere in which creativity, learning, and discovery converge and individuality is celebrated. It is proudly owned and operated by Gateways to Change, Inc. Artists’ Exchange is home to multiple art studios, a gallery, online art boutique, and café; along with secondary venue Theatre 82, a multi-use performance, meeting, and instructional space. Enriching classes and summer camps in art, ceramics, theater, and music, and a variety of events (plays, concerts, birthday parties, etc.), are hosted year-round.
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