Seeking Performers for "A Christmas Carol" Play
Currently looking for talent for production of "A Christmas Carol". More detaiils are below. About the project: This fresh approach to the classic tale faithfully conveys the magic of Dickens. On Christmas Eve in 1843 friends and family gathered at Dickens' home ask him to tell a story, but he refuses to work on Christmas Eve. If there is going to be a story, each must take a part in its telling. And so the story unfolds with the cast of 10 playing over 40 parts. Additional information: Callbacks will be Sunday, September 14th if needed.
9 roles
A dynamo of energy. A mesmerizing presence and voice. At this age, he is already near the height of his storytelling powers.
(Also plays the role of: First Portly Gentleman, Fezziwig, Ghost of Christmas Present, Fatman and Man on the Bed). The genial, quick-witted editor of the well-known weekly humor magazine Punch. He is advancing toward middle age and corpulence.
(Also plays the role of: Fred, Young Scrooge, Peter Cratchit, Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (I) and Old Joe). Younger brother of Charles Dickens. Something of a ne’er-do-well, but charming. He is a Dickens after all.
(Also plays the role of: Bob Cratchit, The Ghost of Christmas Past, Topper, The Thin Man and The Undertaker). A painter, famous for both his theatrical scene painting and naval genre pictures. Handsome, with a quality that is at once mischievous yet gentle, equally at home in theaters and the Royal Academy.
(Also plays the role of: A Caroler, Fan, A Little Fezziwig, Belinda Cratchit) Charles Dickens young niece. Already a quick mind.
(Also plays the role of: A Caroler, Young Ebenezer, A Little Fezziwig, Tiny Tim and The Boy). Charles’ and Catherine’s son. Quick-witted.
(Also plays the role of: Belle, Martha Cratchit, Dora, The Charwoman). Wife of Stanfield. An actress before her marriage, she has no trouble slipping into the evening’s activities.
(Also plays the role of: Mrs. Fezziwig, Betsey Cratchit, Jenny and Mrs. Dilber) Wife of Dickens. She is the one who has the resources to put up with occasions such as this, when her husband’s flights of imagination take precedence over everything else, with humor and grace.
(Also plays the role of: Second Portly Gentleman, Ghost of Jacob Marley, Dick Wilkins, Man with the Handkerchief and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (II) Editor and writer. Dicken’s closest friend and advisor. He’s the only person in whom Dickens confided the painful story of his time in the blacking warehouse. He is in many ways Dickens’s opposite: though given to occasional fits of joviality, he is by nature gruff and taciturn. It takes an evening such as this one to reveal that other side.
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