Goose Creek Players is having auditions for “Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol” adapted by Mike Goshorn.
Auditions will be held Thursday October 7 from 7-9 pm at the Cascades Library https://library.loudoun.gov/Cascades and Saturday October 9 from 1-3 pm at the Ashburn Library https://library.loudoun.gov/LOCATIONS/Ashburn
NEW! Audition Form and Rehearsal Schedule is here.
Masks will be required for auditions.
Dates for performances are December 10-12 and December 17-19. Location is TBD, but will most likely be in Purcellville, VA.
LIST OF CHARACTERS And Gender/Age requirements:
NOTE: Some roles have been filled with cast carryovers from the show that was postponed in 2020, and will not show here.
| boy | young child | Tiny Tim, Ignorance, Ensemble, Child 1 |
| boy or girl | young child | Want, Ensemble, Child 2 |
| girl preferred | Teen-Adult | Scrooge’s Spirt, Ensemble |
| Male | young-mid adult | Bob Cratchit, Ensemble |
| Male | 40+ | Marley, Ensemble(?) |
| Female | young -mid adult | Mrs. Cratchit |
| Female | Teen-Adult | Narrator 2, Fezziwig’s wife |
| Female | young-mid adult | Ghost 1, Bertram, Ensemble |
| Male | young -mid adult | Narrator 1, Harrington, Dick, Belle’s Husband, Ensemble |
| Female | young -mid adult | Fred’s Wife, Poulterer, Ensemble |
| Male | young -mid adult | Fred, Young Scrooge |
| Any | young child – teen | Turkey Boy, Spirit, Ensemble, child 4 |
| Any | Teen-Adult | Spirit, Ensemble |
Many of the minor roles will come from the Ensemble. Likely people will take on many minor roles. Same for Children. They will be in Christmas Past as kids at the school, as Belle’s kids, in Christmas present and future as Cratchit kids, and on the street, etc…
