"A Christmas Story" Play Needs Cast
Auditions for "A Christmas Story" show. Actors wanted. Please see the breakdown below. About the project: "Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee’s Department Store. The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family’s temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys’ experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie’s father winning a lamp shaped like a woman’s leg in a net stocking; Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios and more. A Christmas classsic!" Additional info: Preparation for auditions: Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Rehearsals are typically weekday evenings but may vary by director. Show dates: December 2-18, 2022. Show dates are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. All genders, races, and experience levels welcome.
5 roles
The storyteller/narrator.
Gruff and grumbling on the exterior, Ralphie’s Dad has a good heart. He doesn’t overtly show it, but he 100% loves his family. A blue- collar guy, he usually expects the worst out of most situations.
She is the secret engine that runs the family, keeping the household together with a smile–despite bickering children, limited funds, an x- rated lamp in the living room window, a cranky furnace and a crankier husband. Vibrant, warm, affable–but not a pushover–she is always busy, especially anytime she is in the kitchen, and even more so at Christmastime! The actor who plays this role must be very comfortable with children.
Ralphie’s 5th grade teacher, a seemingly stereotypical 1940s educator–prim and proper, stern when necessary–though warm and even humorous when the situation merits it.
The Santa Claus at Higbee’s Department Store is ill- tempered, slightly inebriated and very unhappy with his job–nothing like the “Jolly Old St. Nick” one would dream of meeting! He gets rid of each kid as fast as he can and judges them on their way down.