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Seeking Talent for A Christmas Story!” Show

Belvidere, IL, United States
ID: 290259Exp: 8/25/2025
Description:

The company is holding auditions for “A Christmas Story!” show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. 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 Story is destined to become a theatrical holiday perennial. Additional info: Auditions will consists of cold reads for character development. Performance Dates: Nov 7th, 8th, 14th, & 15th, 2025 at 7:00pm and Nov. 9th & 16th, 2025, at 2:00pm

11 roles

RALPHMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A story teller. Also plays: THE COWBOY THE TREE LOT OWNER THE DELIVERY MAN THE VOICE OF A NEIGHBOR

MOTHERFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Ralphie’s mother

THE OLD MANMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Ralphie’s father

RANDYMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Ralphie’s little brother

MISS SHIELDSMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

His teacher

FLICKMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

His friend and classmate Also plays DESPERADO ONE

SCHWARTZMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

His friend and classmate Also plays DESPERADO TWO

ESTHER JANE ALBERRYFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A classmate

HELEN WEATHERSBoth genders18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A classmate

SCUT FARKASMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A bully Also plays BLACK BART

SANTA CLAUSMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

A jolly old elf, heard, not seen (can be played by the same actor as THE OLD MAN)