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Performers Wanted for "A Very Silver Christmas" Show

Harvard, IL, United States
ID: 294230Exp: 10/9/2025
Description:

The company is holding auditions for "A Very Silver Christmas" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Additional info: Seeking eleven-fifteen dynamic performers for a holiday fundraiser production titled A Very Silver Christmas, featuring a musical cabaret and a one-act play. The cabaret portion of the event will feature mid-century holiday music, the specific songs of which will be decided in collaboration with the singers. NOT ALL PERFORMERS will be featured as singers, but MOST OR ALL PERFORMERS will be featured in our one-act play, Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner. So, if you have a specific interest in only acting, only singing, or in being a part of both, do let directors know! Time Commitment: Production Dates: Friday, December 5th and Saturday, December 6th, with possible matinee December 6th or 7th. Rehearsals Performers will NOT be called to every rehearsal. Sundays and Saturdays, OCTOBER 19TH - NOVEMBER 8TH, 6:30-9:00pm Sunday-Thursday, NOVEMBER 16TH-20TH, 6:30-9:00pm Sunday-Tuesday, NOVEMBER 23RD-25TH, 6:30-9:00pm Breaks (We will NOT meet November 9th-15th and November 26th-30th) Tech (DECEMBER 1ST-4TH, 6:30-9:00pm) When applying, please include your HEADSHOT and RESUME by October 9th. Please also include if you are interested in being cast in The Long Christmas Dinner, the Cabaret, or both.

11 roles

RoderickMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Lead) - Lucia's husband, a successful businessman and family patriarch, fondness of alcohol.

Cousin BrandonMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Lead) - Roderick's cousin and a heavy drinker who joins the family's Christmas dinners, rugged and self-confident.

CharlesMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Lead) - Roderick and Lucia's son, a businessman who marries Leonora, confident and energetic.

SamMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Supporting) - The twin son of Charles and Leonora, spirited, killed in World War I.

Roderick IIMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Supporting) - The youngest son of Charles and Leonora, charismatic and an alcoholic.

LuciaFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Lead) - Roderick's wife, who transforms from cheerful to melancholic as time passes.

GenevieveFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Lead) - Roderick and Lucia's daughter, who declares that she will "never marry."

LeonoraFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Lead) - Charles' wife and the mother of their three children, experiencing the joy of having children and the sorrow of losing them,

ErmengardeFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Lead) - Distant relative who joins the family in later decades, gentle observer.

Mother BayardFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Supporting) - The initial matriarch of the family and Roderick's mother, reminiscent of earlier days.

Lucia IIFemale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

(Supporting) - The twin daughter of Charles and Leonora, youthful innocence and vigor.