"A Christmas Carol" Theatre Show Needs Talent
Looking to cast male and female performers for the "A Christmas Carol" play. Please see the details below. About the project: A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. If interested, please apply.
18 roles
The miserly owner of a London counting-house, a nineteenth century term for an accountant?s office. The three spirits of Christmas visit the stodgy bean-counter in hopes of reversing Scrooge?s greedy, cold-hearted approach to life.
Scrooge?s clerk, a kind, mild, and very poor man with a large family. Though treated harshly by his boss, Cratchit remains a humble and dedicated employee.
Bob Cratchit?s young son, crippled from birth. Tiny Tim is a highly sentimentalized character who Dickens uses to highlight the tribulations of England?s poor and to elicit sympathy from his middle and upper class readership.
In the living world, Ebenezer Scrooge?s equally greedy partner. Marley died seven years before the narrative opens. He appears to Scrooge as a ghost condemned to wander the world bound in heavy chains. Marley hopes to save his old partner from suff ering a similar fate.
The first spirit to visit Scrooge, a curiously childlike apparition with a glowing head. He takes Scrooge on a tour of Christmases in his past. The spirit uses a cap to dampen the light emanating from his head.
The second spirit to visit Scrooge, a majestic giant clad in a green robe. His lifespan is restricted to Christmas Day. He escorts Scrooge on a tour of his contemporaries? Holiday celebrations.
The third and final spirit to visit Scrooge, a silent phantom clad in a hooded black robe. He presents Scrooge with an ominous view of his lonely death.
Scrooge?s nephew, a genial man who loves Christmas. He invites Scrooge to his Christmas party each and every year, only to be refused by his grumpy uncle.
The jovial merchant with whom the young Scrooge apprenticed. Fezziwig was renowned for his wonderful Christmas parties.
A beautiful woman who Scrooge loved deeply when he was a young man. Belle broke off their engagement after Scrooge became consumed with greed and the lust for wealth. She later married another man.
Bob?s oldest son, who inherits his father?s stiff-collared shirt for Christmas.
Bob?s oldest daughter, who works in a milliner?s shop. (A milliner is a person who designs, produces, and sells hats.)
Scrooge?s sister; Fred?s mother. In Scrooge?s vision of Christmases past, he remembers Fan picking him up from school and walking him home.
Two gentlemen who visit Scrooge at the beginning of the tale seeking charitable contributions. Scrooge promptly throws them out of his office. Upon meeting one of them on the street after his visitations, he promises to make lavish donations to help the poor.
Bob?s wife, a kind and loving woman.