Audition Information for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Showtimes: Friday, and Saturday at 8pm: Sunday at 2pm.
Advance individual ticket sales are available only through
The Hylton Center Box Office or 888-945-2468.
Adults are $20; Students/Seniors are $15
For Immediate Release
September 20, 2010
Auditions will be held at the Hylton Performing Arts Center. See address below and/or click the link for map & directions.
September 26th and 27th at 7:00 PM
Callbacks (if needed) September 28th at 7:00 PM
The auditions and performances will be at:
Hylton Performing Arts Center
Gregory Family Theatre
10960 George Mason Circle
Manassas, VA 20110
Map/Directions
The director is looking to cast 10 actors (5 M, 2F, 3 children). All roles will have multiple character parts (except for The Child).
The following roles are available:
Gender/Age |
Player name |
Relation |
Most popular character |
F (25-40) |
Catherine Dickens |
Wife of Charles Dickens |
Mrs. Fezziwig |
F (25-40) |
Mrs. Stanfield |
Wife of Clarkson Stanfield |
Belle |
F (10-15) |
Helen Hogarth |
Niece of Charles Dickens |
Fan |
M (10-15) |
The Child |
Dickens’ Muse |
N/A |
M (10-15) |
Charley Dickens |
Son of Charles Dickens |
Tiny Tim |
M (30-40) |
Charles Dickens |
Storyteller |
Scrooge |
M (20-30) |
Frederick Dickens |
Brother of Charles Dickens |
Fred |
M (25-40) |
Clarkson Stanfield |
Friend of Charles Dickens |
Bob Cratchit |
M (30-40) |
John Forster |
Closest Friend of Dickens |
Jacob Marley |
M (30-50) |
Mark Lemon |
Friend of Charles Dickens |
Fezziwig |
* all roles are leading |
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The show will be set in the mid-1800's
Prepare for cold readings from the script; classical monologues welcomed.
Things to Remember:
* Please bring with you a headshot and resume.
*Please be prepared to list your conflicts.
Performances are December 3rd through the 12th
For more information, please contact Mr. Clemente Santiago at info@vpstartcrow.com or (800) 660-8580, or visit www.vpstartcrow.com.
ABOUT VPSTART CROW PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Founded in 1994, Vpstart Crow Productions, Inc. (pronounced “upstart”) is a non-Equity and non-profit professional theatre company dedicated to performing the works of William Shakespeare and other theatre classics. Vpstart Crow’s mission is to produce live theatre as a vital, accessible and exciting part of community life. Employing a resident company of local professional actors and artists of the highest caliber, Vpstart Crow is dedicated to breaking down the barriers between audience and actors in a performance style that is thought-provoking and altogether vpstartling.
The term “vpstart crow” comes from one of Shakespeare’s rival English playwrights, Robert Greene. In his 1592 pamphlet, Groats-Worth Of Wit Bought With A Million Of Repentance, Greene criticizes Shakespeare: “… for there is an vpstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his tigers hart wrapt in a players hyde, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blanke verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum (“Johnny-do-it-all” or “Jack-of-all-trades”), is in his owne conceit the onely ‘Shake-scene’ in a countrey.” In fact, Vpstart Crow spells its name with a “v” rather than a “u” in reference to the way the English language was written in Shakespeare’s day.
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