Directed by Jeanna Daebelliehn

When:

Auditions

Sunday, October 6 (2:00 PM)

Monday, October 7 (6:30 PM)

Performance Dates

December 13, 14, 15, 2024

Friday & Saturday - 7:00 PM

Sunday matinee - 3:00 PM

Who: 

Auditions are open to Youth (6 & up), Teens & Adults

What: 

Acting - There will be readings from the script. 

Where: CHRISTIAN ARTS CENTRE

N2490 Cisco Road, Lake Geneva, WI 53147

Any questions about auditions, email christianperformingartscom@gmail.com

About the show: 

This is the story of six misfit children who volunteer to star in their town's Sunday school Christmas pageant, and end up teaching the town the true meaning of Christmas. 

Casting:

ADULT ROLES  (Ages are “stage age”)

GRACE BRADLEY (MOTHER).  30+.  A main role who takes over the annual Christmas pageant; mother to Beth and Charlie; wife to Bob. 

BOB BRADLEY (FATHER).  30+.  Husband to Grace and father to Beth and Charlie. A solid family man.

MRS. ARMSTRONG.  50s+.  Managerial, in voice and manner; largish, bossy, impatient.

MRS. SLOCUM. 35-60+.  Pleasant, motherly woman

MRS. CLARK. 35-60+.  Pleasant, motherly woman

MRS. CLAUSING. 35-60+.  Pleasant, motherly woman

MRS. McCARTHY.  40s, 50s.  A younger, less imperious version of Mrs. Armstrong

REVEREND HOPKINS.  40s+.  A nervous-about-most-everything pastor                              

FIREFIGHTER 1.  Ready for any fire        

FIREFIGHTER 2.  Ready for any fire

CHILD ROLES  (Ages are “stage age”)

BETH BRADLEY.  10-12ish.  A lead role who the show’s narrator. Grace/Bob’s daughter.   Beth needs a strong voice and stage presence;  is in most scenes dealing with a range of moods and situations. 

CHARLIE BRADLEY.  8-9; Beth’s brother - the typical kid brother. 

THE HERDMANS — “the worst kids in the history of the world.”

RALPH.   12-13.  The oldest Herdman; ragged, scroungy, slouching manner, touch of adolescent cool.

IMOGENE. 11-12  Loud, bossy, tough, crafty.  The Herdman leader. 

LEROY.  10-11.  Tough, very sure of himself.

CLAUDE.  8-9.  Tough, combative.  A crime buddy to Ollie.     

OLLIE.  8-9.  Boy or girl.  Always looking for trouble.  Claude’s usual partner in crime.

GLADYS. 7-8.  Small, wiry, feisty.  Often funny; sometimes means it.

ALICE WENDLEKEN.  10-11.  Prim, proper, pain in the neck

MAXINE:  10-11.  Beth’s church Sunday school classmate.

ELMER.  12-13.   The minister’s son; dislikes church; not fond of the Herdmans.  

HOBIE, DAVID, BEVERLY, JUANITA, DORIS.  Various ages, 7-10.

ADDITIONAL ROLES.   Various ages, 6-up.  Angel Choir members; baby angels, shepherds