Check back in early October 2023 for next year’s “A Christmas Carol” auditions!

 

 

ADULT CASTING
Open Call: Dates TBA

Seeking Singer/Actors for musical “A Christmas Carol” – The Players Theatre – NYC

Be Bold! Production, a NYC based theatre company in its 11th season and in residence at the Historic Players Theatre in the West Village will hold auditions for an original musical “A Christmas Carol” at the theatre located at 115 MacDougal Street (between West 3rd and Bleecker).  Seeking actors of all types (age 18-65) who sing.  Show opens on November 27th  and runs through December 30th. 8 performances a week.  Rehearsals beginning of November.  Pay is $20 a performance. Non-union.

Bring 16 bars of a up-tempo musical theatre song – accompanist will be provided.  Please bring pix and resume.

Auditions are at the Players Theatre Studios – 115 MacDougal Street –
Studio 3A

Subway: West 4th Street Station: A, C, E, B, D, F and M

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:

Bob Cratchit  –  (25 – 40 Tenor)
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.

Ghost of Christmas Past: (Female 25 – 50) Soprano.
The first spirit to visit Scrooge and take him on a tour of his past.  Gentle and kind but strong in a motherly way.  Ethereal.

The Ghost of Christmas Present  –  (Female/Male 25-50 Mezzo or Baritone)
The second spirit to visit Scrooge, a jolly soul. His/her lifespan is restricted to Christmas Day. He/she escorts Scrooge on a tour of his contemporaries’ Holiday celebrations.

Belle –  (20-30 soprano)
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.

Mrs. Cratchit – (20-30 Soprano)  Bob’s wife, a kind and loving woman.

The Portly Gentlemen  –  (30-50 Tenor/Baritone)
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.

Agy and Midge: (25-50) Alto / Mezzo.
Agy is a maid and Midge a wash woman.  Both are unsavory characters who rob Scrooge once he is dead.

And a variety of ensemble roles ages 20-60

For Youth Ensemble roles please email: [email protected]