THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER - Lakewood Theatre Company Non Equity Auditions

Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for speaking and non-speaking roles in the Barbara Robinson holiday play The Best Christmas Pageant Ever on MONDAY, SEPT. 26. The production will be directed by Lisa Gilham-Luginbill.

The director is casting for 4 men and 6 women (various adult ages), 8 boys and 9 girls (ages 7-15) and a singing angel choir (ages 7-10). The director is seeking young people with self-confidence, good vocal skills and stage presence. For a breakdown of roles and to sign up for auditions online:
https://www.lakewood-center.org If you need sign up assistance call
503-635-3901.

Auditions for the Angel Choir, ages 7-10 (non speaking roles) will be at 6:00 PM. Auditions for speaking roles will be at 6:30 PM. Sign up up electronically at Lakewood's website to be part of this audition or call
503-635-3901 if you need assistance with sign up.


Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

Materials Needed for non-speaking roles: (Angel Choir) come prepared to sing. No photo or resume required. Enthusiasm is a plus!

Materials Needed for speaking roles: Please bring a current photo/snapshot and resume and be prepared to read from the script. Please be prepared to stay if the director requests you to read with others. Parents will be asked to sign agreement forms. Conflicts not listed at time of audition may not be honored. Those auditioning should be available for possible callbacks on Tuesday, September 27.

Rehearsal schedule: Rehearsals will be held on Saturdays and/or Sundays Oct 24/25, 31, Nov 1, and Nov. 7, 8. Weekday rehearsals will be added starting the week of Nov 9, 6:00 - 8:30 PM, 3-4 evenings a week.

Performance schedule: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever opensThursday Dec. 15 at 7:30 PM and continues nightly at 7:30 PM Dec. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23. There are also 2:00 PM matinees on Sat. Dec. 17 and Sun. Dec. 18. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220-seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

About the play: The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world. They lied and stole and smoked cigars (even the girls) and talked rough and hit little kids and talked back to their teachers. So it surprised just about everybody when they decided to take part in the town's Christmas Pageant.

The Herdman kids had never heard of the Christmas story, but the way they interpreted it, you'd think the story of Jesus came right out of the F.B.I. files. (They called the Wise Men a bunch of dirty spies). It was a Christmas pageant to remember. An American classic ... one of the best Christmas stories ever told.

Playwright Barbara Robinson has written several books for children including Across From Indian Shore and Trace Through the Forest. Her stories have appeared in well-known magazines and a short version of this play appeared in McCall's Magazine under the title, The Christmas Pageant.

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About Lakewood Theatre Company

64 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance, and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 350 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 35,000 people to its shows.

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