AUDITIONS – A Tale of Two Santas & The Charitable Sisterhood Christmas Spectacular

The Company OnStage is excited to announce that we are hosting auditions for “A Tale of Two Santas” and “The Charitable Sisterhood Christmas Spectacular”.

Auditions will take place on Sunday, September 24, and Monday, September 25, 2023 beginning @7pm at 5720 Bellaire Blvd, Suite G, Houston, TX 77081. We ask that participants arrive 15 minutes early to fill out paperwork and introduce yourself to the stage managers. If you have a headshot and resume, please bring it (not required). There are no audition appointments, and actors will not need prepared monologues. The evening will cover the auditions for both shows, beginning with “A Tale of Two Santas”. During each show’s audition, all actors will have an opportunity to demonstrate their skills in a group setting with the director selecting sides and combinations of participants to read together or independently. Please be prepared to move and make bold choices!

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YOUNG AUDIENCES PRODUCTION: “A Tale of Two Santas”
Written by Andy Huggins
Directed By Lauren Hainley
Produced by special arrangement with ANDY HUGGINS

First Rehearsal: Sunday, October 8, 2023
Rehearsal Schedule: Sunday and Tuesday Evenings Beginning @ 7pm (Additional Dates may be added, if needed)
Performance Dates: Saturdays, December 2, 9, and 16, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 3, 2023, @ 2:00 p.m.
Strike Date: Sunday, December 17, 2023

CASTING REQUIREMENTS:
Total Number of Actors: 7
Age Range: 18 through 40+
Number of Men: 2-6
Number of Women: 1-5
All ethnicities are welcome.
Actors must be comfortable with physical comedy and singing.
There are no roles for anyone under 18 in this production.

LIST OF CHARACTERS, AGE RANGES, AND GENDERS:
Santa Claus: 35 and Up Male
Mrs. Claus: 35 and Up Female
Max (Santa’s Chief Assistant): 20-40 Open to Any Gender
Claude (An Elf): 20-40 Open to Any Gender
Monty (An Elf): 20-40 Open to Any Gender
Mr. Corkle: 40+ Male
Everett Corkle: 18-25 (Looks Younger) Open to Any Gender

SYNOPSIS:
What do you do when you feel it’s time for a change? For Max, an elf at the North Pole, change means taking on the role of the big guy himself. But when Christmas comes and the first delivery goes sideways, will Max be able to fill Santa’s big shoes? This holiday musical comedy will answer the question: what do you do when you have two Santas?

AUDITIONS FOR THIS PRODUCTION WILL CONSIST OF COLD READING FROM THE SCRIPT AND PHYSICALITY. AUDTIONERS WILL BE ASKED TO SING A HOLIDAY SONG.

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EVENING THEATRE PRODUCTION: “The Charitable Sisterhood Christmas Spectacular”
Written by Bo Wilson
Directed by Brett Hainley
Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., of Woodstock, Illinois.

First Rehearsal: Monday, October 9, 2023
Rehearsal Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday Evenings Beginning @ 7pm (Additional Dates may be added, if needed)
Performance Dates: Fridays and Saturdays, December 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16, 2023 @ 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, December 10, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.
Strike Date: Sunday, December 17, 2023

CASTING REQUIREMENTS:
Total Number of Actors: 5
Age range 35 – 65
Number of Women: 5
All ethnicities are welcome.
There are no roles for children in this production.

DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTERS:
Tina Yates (40s) – Originally from Walbrook, just outside Baltimore. A successful nurse because she’s warm, practical and cares about people, but doesn’t tend to pause and consider whether she ought to be less frank; a blurter. Enjoys her role as the local Yankee.

Lorraine Jensen (40s) – Lived here (a small town in Virginia) all her life. Has nine children, at last count. Gently sarcastic and always good humored.

Bea Littleton (Late 40s to early 50s) – The wife of Pastor Hiram Littleton and happy to let you know it. He might be the pastor, but it’s her church.

Janet Murchison (35-40) – A New Jersey native who recently opened her own private investigation agency. Quick with a wisecrack and even quicker with ideas. Bea trusts her even though she dislikes doing so.

Lucille Orton (50s) – The widow of the late Reverend Joseph Orton of First Salvation Church. Bea’s blood rival. In appearance, puritanical and scary. In tone, sweetly menacing. Carrie Nation by way of Sue Ann Nivens.

SYNOPSIS:
Christmas, 1977, is only three weeks away, and the ladies of the Charitable Sisterhood are preparing for Second Trinity Church’s annual Christmas Spectacular … but they’re having trouble staying focused on their preparations because there’s a criminal on the loose—someone has stolen the baby Jesus figure from his place in Second Trinity’s nativity scene. Sisterhood leader Bea Littleton is certain that the culprit is her longtime rival, Lucille Orton, from First Salvation (a place of extremely strict beliefs just up the road). Bea and the other sisterhood members decide that they need help getting to the bottom of things, and they call in honorary member and private investigator Janet Murchison to delve more deeply into things and see if she can determine who the perpetrator is. By show time, Janet is starting to think she knows exactly who is guilty of what … but the truth can’t be revealed until the end of the Spectacular. As a result, we watch from both onstage and backstage, as the sisterhood performs sacred songs and satirical skits (after all, where else does Santa meet the Wise Men at the manger?). The fun doesn’t let up until the hilarious revelation at the show’s climax, which leaves the audience and the sisterhood filled with the very best spirit of the Christmas season.

AUDITIONS FOR THIS PRODUCTION WILL CONSIST OF COLD READINGS FROM THE SCRIPT.

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