Singer Audition for Musical "A Christmas Story"
"A Christmas Story" show casting actors. Please see more info below. Additional info: Accompanist, Aux, and iPhone hook-up will be available. Please prepare 32 bars of music in a similar style of the show and a 30-60-second contrasting monologue. All roles are available. No previous experience is needed, directors welcome and encourage anyone from the community to come audition. Video auditions: please see the attachment. The audition form is attached. Character and Dance Callbacks by invitation. Performance dates: November 29th-December 23rd (all Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays during those dates.) If you are interested, please apply.
6 roles
On stage, he is a warm, charismatic and engaging storyteller; omniscient but not overpowering. A good-natured curmudgeon with a deadpan sense of humor, "Jean" focuses the action, keeps the story moving and holds the audiences' attention with his presence and spark. (spoken role).
Ralphie's father. Gruff and grumbling on the exterior, Ralphie's Dad has a good heart. He doesn't overtly show it, but he does love his family. A bluecollar guy, he usually expects the worst out of most situations; but is transformed into a true "song and dance" man in his moments of fantasy. (baritone vocal range).
Ralphie's mother. She is the secret engine that runs the family, keeping the household together with a smile--despite bickering children, limited funds, an xrated 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! (mezzo-soprano vocal range)
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. In Ralphie's fantasy, she transforms into a dynamic, brassy, show-stopping belter and tap-dancing phenomenon! (alto vocal range)
The Santa Claus at Higbee's Department Store is illtempered, slightly inebriated and very unhappy with his job--nothing like the "Jolly Old Elf" of the Christmas stories! He gets rid of each kid as fast as he can. (tenor vocal range)
All vocal ranges.
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