“Inspecting Carol” Looking for Performers
“Inspecting Carol” is looking for talent. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: “A Christmas Carol” meets “The Government Inspector” meets “Noises Off”. A man who asks to audition at a small, Midwestern regional theater is mistaken for an informer for the National Endowment for the Arts. Everyone caters to the bewildered wannabe actor, and he’s given a role in the current production, “A Christmas Carol”. Everything goes wrong and hilarity is piled upon hilarity. Rate: Non-Paid. Additional info: Actors will be asked to recite a cold reading from the script at the open audition. Deadline: 2022-10-05 If interested, please apply.
11 roles
Founding director of The Soapbox Playhouse. Extremely self-concerned.
A realist who long ago realized that the Company hit bottom. She looks on now as a bemused observer. Founding member and the company Stage Manager. Also plays Martha.
A nervous man in the impossible position of managing director. Afraid of Zorah.
In search of a new career in acting despite having no training, and even less talent. Affable, and eager to please.
Intellectually vain Child of the ‘60’s, still looking for a turn-on. He plays Scrooge and is a founding member of the Company.
Kind but somewhat addled. Plays Marley and Fezziwig. A founding member of the Company.
Sidney’s wife. English and unable to lose her accent. A founding member. Plays Mrs. Cratchit and Mrs. Fezziwig.
Obsessive, usually plays the ineffectual character. He is a founding member and plays Bob Cratchit.
African-American who has recently taken up acting again after a stint in the armed forces. Good-natured, excitable. Plays the Three Ghosts.
A young actor, pleasant-natured. Dresses in a motorcycle jacket and torn jeans. Plays the remaining male roles in A Christmas Carol.
An inspector for the National Endowment for the Arts.