A CHRISTMAS STORY - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
CONTRACT
SPT
$579 weekly minimum (SPT 7)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in A CHRISTMAS STORY (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare the materials for your desired character, which may include sides and a track, found at
www.artshhi.com/auditions . Please upload your video audition to Youtube - UNLISTED include a link for viewing in your email submission. Please state your name first, vocals second, scene third. If you do not have access to a reader for the sides you may prepare a brief monologue in the style of the show.
Deadline: Tue, Aug 30, 2022
SUBMIT TO
casting@artshhi.com
BREAKDOWN
Seeking:
Jean Sheppard/Narrator: Late 40s to early 60s. Singing is a plus but not required. Dance ability: none required. A charismatic storyteller who has the ability to weave a spell and draw an audience into his magical world. He is omniscient but not overpowering – a good-natured curmudgeon with a deadpan sense of humor. He holds the audience with his tremendous presence and spark. He has a great sense of play allowing him to slip in and out of minor roles.
The Old Man: 30s to 40s. Vocal range: B flat 2 - G4. Dancing: Strong movement skills. A devoted husband and father who loves his family but doesn’t overtly show it. He is good-hearted, though it is buried beneath a sometimes gruff (and rough) exterior. While he usually expects the worst, he is capable of great excitement if the situation warrants (though it usually doesn’t). In his moments of fantasy, he is transformed from his usual grumbling blue-collar self to a true song and dance man.
Mother: 30s to 40s. Vocal Range: G3 to D flat 5. Dancing: Strong movement skills. The smartest person in the Parker family, and more in charge of the family than the Old Man is (but she would never let him know it). She is warm and affable … at times a bit daffy … but not a pushover. A vibrant woman, she is always busy, and is the secret engine that keeps the family running, keeping the household together with an impressive balancing act.
Miss Shields: 30s to late 50s. Vocal Range: F#3 to D5, belt. Dancing: tap skills. The local elementary school teacher. A seemingly stereotypical 1940s educator – prim and proper. Stern when necessary, though warm– and even humorous— when the situation merits it. In Ralphie’s fantasy, she becomes a dynamic, show-stopping belter and tapper — a force to be reckoned with.
Ralphie: 9, going on 10. Vocal Range: F#3 to D5. Dancing: strong movement skills, tap preferred but not required. Bright, but not precocious. Cute and winsome, but not precious. A regular kid you wouldn’t mind having as a next-door neighbor. He’s a bit mischievous and rascally but with a twinkle in his eye and single minded determination to get what he wants.
Randy: 7 to 8. Vocal Range: F#3 to D5. Dancing: strong movement skills, tap preferred but not required. Ralphie’s younger brother. He’s at the stage of childhood wherein he seems opposed to everything, but he’s still lovable — not a brat. He admires Ralphie but won't admit it.
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Richard Feldman, Vice President & General Manager
Mark Martino, Director & Choreographer
David Grindrod, Associate Choreographer
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal - Nov. 15
1st Preview - Dec. 7
Opening - Dec. 9
Closing - Dec. 31, 2022.
Performances Tuesday - Saturday 7:30PM & Sunday 2:00PM.
OTHER
www.artshhi.com
All Actors must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.Rehearsals and performances held indoors at
The Arts Center. We are working with an Equity-approved safety plan that includes vaccination, testing, masking, cleaning and distancing protocols. Pursuant to current Equity guidelines, proof of full vaccination no later than two weeks prior to in-person work is a required condition of employment.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
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