November 21st to December 31st, 2021
The Newport Playhouse | Newport, RI
www.Newportplayhouse.com
AUDITION NOTICE FOR NEWPORT PERFORMANCES
Monday, August 9th, 2021, 6 pm
The Newport Playhouse
102 Connell Highway
Newport, Rhode Island
Auditions for “A Christmas for Carol”
The show runs November 17th – December 31st, 2021
World Premiere: During the holiday season, Carol tends to take Christmas too far at work with decorations, presents, and overbearing traditions that not everyone celebrates in the office. Her co-workers love Carol, but this time of year she gets on everyone’s last nerve, so they formulate a plan for the company party that night. With wacky office hijinks, pranks, an office romance, and even people caught in their underwear, will they be able to help Carol remember the true meaning of Christmas?
Roles:
Characters’ ages listed are not required actor’s age, but they look like age.
CAROL – Caucasian, close to retirement age, and full of Christmas cheer.
FREDERICA* – Late 20s to Early 30s, fashionable, career-driven, and a native Puerto Rican.
MR. JACOBS – Dignified, welcoming, classy, and aged like a vintage wine.
ROBERT* – Late 30s – Leading man, but humble and likable.
LINDA* – Late 20s to Early 30s, innocent, conservative, and divorced mom.
MARTHA* – Early 30s to Late 40s, snarky know it all who thinks others are always wrong.
Please bring a printed out schedule of your availability for rehearsals.
Actors must be available for all shows. Please visit the website to see all the show dates and times. Please note that there are shows during the week, during the day. This is a paid acting opportunity.
During the holiday season, Carol tends to take Christmas too far at work with decorations, presents, and overbearing traditions that not everyone celebrates in the office. Her co-workers love Carol, but this time of year she gets on everyone’s last nerve, so they formulate a plan for the company party that night. With wacky office hijinks, pranks, an office romance, and even people caught in their underwear, will they be able to help Carol remember the true meaning of Christmas?
This script is available for licensing starting in 2022.
Contact me with your request for more information.
The first read-through was May 20th, 2021 for a private Zoom event.
The Cast:
CAROL – Carol Drews
FREDERICA – Ashley Soto
ROBERT – Alex Wersted
MARTHA – Ashley Lopes
LINDA – Meredith Imbimbo
MR. JACOBS – Rick Bagley
STAGE DIRECTIONS – Audrey Dubois
ASSISTANT – Andrea Wilmot
DOOR – Kerri Baggesen
