AUDITIONS: AUDITIONS for the next Three Shows
Scrooge Meets Shakespeare's Ghosts,
directed by Bella Calabria, AD Anne Childress,
Dec. 14 & 15, 2017, 8 pm,
@ the CNYCF Ballroom, Fayette & Townsend Sts., Downtown Syracuse
Rep Shows: Macbeth, directed by Tony Brown, and
August, Osage County, directed by Sara Caliva, AD for both shows, Christa Wirth
Feb. 9-18, 2018, 7:30 pm
@ The Empire Theatre, NYS Fairgrounds, Geddes. NY
Audition pieces are not required. You will be asked to read from the script for for the show(s) you are auditioning for. The parts not yet cast for "Scrooge" are listed below. Simon Moody is playing Scrooge. Jack Sherman is playing Bob Cratchit & Jacob Marley's Ghost. Bob Reid is playing the Solicitor. All other roles are open but I have asked several people to come down to audition and assured them of a role.
All not pre-cast are expected to come to auditions prepared to sing, acapella or self-accompanied, one of the seven Christmas Carols that are used as parody songs in the script using your choice of the original lyrics or the parody lyrics.
The seven carols are: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlmen," Away in a Manger," In the Bleak Midwinter," "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," "Silent Night" and ""We Three Kings."
Rehearsals begin October 15th.
SCROOGE MEETS SHAKESPEARE"S GHOSTS
Dramatis Personae: (in order of appearance)
Narrator, reads the story line that holds together the fabric of the scenes (1)
Bob Cratchit, counting house clerk to Ebenezer Scrooge (1/D)
Ebenezer Scrooge, owner and master of Scrooge and Marley, accountants (1)
Nephew Fred, the adult child of Scrooge’s late sister (1/D)
Solicitor, solicits a Christmas donation for the poor from Scrooge (1/D)
Jacob Marley, Scrooge’s business partner, dead seven years, appears as a ghost/spirit (1/D)
Three Sisters, Spirits from Macbeth, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, ageless witches (3/D)
Fan, Scrooge’s older sister, as a child (1/D)
Fezziwig, Scrooge’s boss when he was an apprentice, a kindly, jolly man of middle age (1/D)
Mrs. Fezziwig, wife of Scrooge’s boss, a kindly, friendly, sweet woman of middle age (1/D)
Party Dancers, four more revelers who dance at Fezziwig’s during a Christmas past (4/D)
Belle, Scrooge’s first love who broke off their relationship due to Scrooge’s greed (1/D)
Husband, Belle’s life partner and father of their children (1/D)
Hamlet’s Father’s Ghost, Spirit from Hamlet, Ghost of Christmas Present, invisible (1/D)
Cratchits, four of the six Cratchit children, two below 5 & two around 10/12 (4/D)
M. Cratchit, Wife to Bob Cratchit, loving mother to all her children (1/D)
Martha, oldest Cratchit daughter who apprentices for a seamstress (1/D)
Tiny Tim, youngest son, crippled and braced on one leg, uses a crutch to walk (1/D)
Banquo’s Ghost, Spirit from Macbeth who haunts Macbeth, Ghost of Christmas Future (1/D)
Merchant 1, businessman discussing Scrooge’s death in the future (1/D)
Merchant 2, businessman discussing Scrooge’s death in the future (1/D)
Merchant 3, businessman discussing Scrooge’s death in the future (1/D)
Charwoman, chimney sweep who steals valuables from Scrooge at his future death (1,D)
Laundress, washer woman who steals valuables from Scrooge at his future death (1,D)
Old Joe, undertaker who steals valuables from Scrooge at his future death (1,D)
Sunday Boy, first person Scrooge encounters after ‘conversion”; gets Xmas turkey (1,D)
Fred’s Family, wife, sister and children (4,D)
Please make an audition appointment online., here.
Each audition could take up to an hour depending on the shows for which you are auditioning.
Anyone cast in the Rep shows must appear in or participate in both shows in some capacity.
The leads for Macbeth/August, Osage County are pre-cast with Simon Moody and Binaifer Dabu in the leading roles in each show. Rehearsals begin in November. More info on available roles will be released shortly.
MACBETH and AUGUST, OSAGE COUNTY: AUDITIONS
BEVERLY WESTON/MACBETH – ALREADY CAST
VIOLET WESTON/LADY MACBETH – ALREADY CAST
BARBARA FORDHAM/WITCH 1 – ALREADY CAST
IVY WESTON/WITCH 2 – ALREADY CAST
KAREN WESTON/WITCH 3 – ALREADY CAST
Open Roles
BILL FORDHAM/BANQUO
Bill Fordham
Barbara's estranged husband and Jean's father, age 49. A college professor, he has left his wife for a
younger woman named Cindy, one of his students, but wants to be there for his family. His marriage is
disintegrating and his patience is slowly running thin.
Banquo
The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches’ prophecy, will inherit the Scottish
throne. Like Macbeth, Banquo thinks ambitious thoughts, but he does not translate those thoughts into
action. In a sense, Banquo’s character stands as a rebuke to Macbeth, since he represents the path
Macbeth chose not to take: a path in which ambition need not lead to betrayal and murder.
JEAN FORDHAM/FLEANCE
Jean
Bill and Barbara's smart-tongued 14-year-old daughter. She smokes pot and cigarettes, is a vegetarian,
loves old movies, and is bitter about her parents' split. She is a molestation victim at the hands of her
future uncle Steve, but reacts violently to Johnna coming to her rescue.
Fleance
Banquo’s son, who survives Macbeth’s attempt to murder him.
STEVE HEIDEBRECHT/KING DUNCAN
Steve Heidebrecht
Karen's fiancé, age 50. A businessman in Florida (whose business, it is hinted, centers around the
Middle East and may be less than legitimate), and not the "perfect man" that Karen considers him. He
flirts with Jean throughout the play, supplies her with marijuana, and molests her.
King Duncan
The good King of Scotland whom Macbeth, in his ambition for the crown, murders. Duncan is the
model of a virtuous, benevolent, and farsighted ruler.
MATTIE FAE AIKEN/LADY MACDUFF
Mattie Fae Aiken
Violet's sister, Charlie's wife and Little Charles' mother, age 57. Just as jaded as her sister, Mattie Fae
constantly belittles her son and antagonizes her husband. Eventually she reveals the major plot point
that Beverly, not Charlie, is the real father of Little Charles.
Lady Macduff
Macduff’s wife. The scene in her castle provides our only glimpse of a domestic realm other than that of
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. She and her home serve as contrasts to Lady Macbeth and the hellish
world of Inverness.
CHARLIE AIKEN/MACDUFF
Charlie Aiken
Husband of Mattie Fae and the presumed father of Little Charles, age 60. Charlie, a genial man, was a
lifelong friend of Beverly. He struggles to get Mattie Fae to respect Little Charles.
Macduff
A Scottish nobleman hostile to Macbeth’s kingship from the start. He eventually becomes a leader of
the crusade to unseat Macbeth. The crusade’s mission is to place the rightful king, Malcolm, on the
throne, but Macduff also desires vengeance for Macbeth’s murder of Macduff’s wife and young son.
“LITTLE” CHARLES AIKEN/MALCOLM
"Little" Charles Aiken
Son of Mattie Fae and Beverly, 37 years old—but, like everyone else, he believes Charlie is his father.
Unemployed and clumsy, his mother calls him a "screw-up", which may be a self-fulfilling prophecy. He
is secretly having an affair with Ivy, who is revealed to actually be his half-sister.
Malcolm
The son of Duncan, whose restoration to the throne signals Scotland’s return to order following
Macbeth’s reign of terror. Malcolm becomes a serious challenge to Macbeth with Macduff’s aid (and
the support of England)
JOHNNA MONEVATA/HECATE
Johnna Monevata
A Cheyenne Indian woman, age 26, whom Beverly hires as a live-in housekeeper shortly before he
disappears. Violet is prejudiced against her, but she wins over the other family members with her
cooking skills, hard work, and empathy. Johnna is the silent witness to much of the mayhem in the
house.
Hecate
The goddess of witchcraft, who helps the three witches work their mischief on Macbeth.
SHERIFF DEON GILBEAU/NOBLEMAN/PORTER
Sheriff Deon Gilbeau
A high-school classmate and former boyfriend of Barbara's, age 47, who brings the news of Beverly's
suicide to the family.
Porter
The drunken doorman of Macbeth’s castle.
**ADDITIONAL ROLES ARE OPEN FOR MACBETH SUCH AS SERVANTS AND NOBLEMAN.
ANYONE CAST IN THESE ROLES WILL SERVE AS CREW FOR AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY.