Audition Call

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Audition Call 〰️

Auditions: Auntie Scrooge - a BACKWARDS Christmas Carol' by Anthony Palermo

Performance Dates: Thursday, December 5 to Sunday, December 8 & Thursday, December 12 to Sunday, December 15.

Shows are 7pm Thursday-Saturday and 2pm Sunday.

PCT Nye St Theatre 1220 NW Nye St


Production Synopsis:

Set in modern times, this tells the tale of Auntie Scrooge, a kindly, old great-great-great-great-grand-niece of the reformed Ebenezer Scrooge. Auntie runs an ice cream company in Connecticut--full of singing cows and traditional goodies, but she runs afoul of conniving underlings who seek to replace egg nog with the Taiwanese tea, milk & tapioca beverage, Boba--also known as "Bubble Tea."

In the Scrooge family tradition, Auntie is visited by Marley's ghost--but not Jacob Marley. Instead, it's the late reggae star BOB Marley--in dreadlocks and a Santa suit, dragging gift boxes and chains behind him. He explains how tough it is to be a saint, hoping to save Auntie from future "compassion fatigue."

Auntie is then visited by three Spirits to try to wring the niceness out of her. (They ultimately fail, but the journeys are illuminating and funny.) The Ghost of Christmas Past-Due tries to show the cheery Auntie that the optimism she had in her youth was a waste of time. The Ghost of Christmas Presents shows Auntie that commercialism has triumphed--via a visit to her efficiency expert VP, Bobbie Cratchit's family, full of bratty kids and a Tiny Tim that plays the ukulele and falsetto-sings "Tiptoe Through the Tulips." Auntie also witnesses her nasty niece, Fredericka's crass Christmas dinner at a movie popcorn counter.

The Ghost of Christmas 3.0 turns out to be a tech-support call from "off-shore," who explains that the Christmas spirit has been outsourced and likens Auntie's future to that of a worn out smart-phone.

Thoroughly dis-spirited, Auntie attends the company Christmas party and announces she's turning the business over to Fredericka and Bobbie. She wraps all her kindness, generosity and goodwill in a handkerchief to discard, but accidently drops it into the punchbowl with the company's last batch of egg nog. As the party-goers drink it, all Heaven breaks loose and everyone is soon swinging from the chandeliers. But amidst the joyous revelry, the Christmas tree catches fire and burns the building down.

At this point, the cynical narrator is about to conclude his despondent tale, when Auntie grabs the radio script out of his hand and tears it up. "From now on, we improvise," Auntie declares and rallies the employees to rebuild the business by selling spiked egg nog. The show ends with a wild musical number, "Egg Nog! Who Spiked the Egg Nog?" which some troupes have turned into an audience sing-along. Bob Marley's Ghost returns to sing the verses.

Cast of Characters:

8 to 18 actors.

3 men, 3 women, 8 men-OR-women, and optionally, 2 girls

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rehearsal & production dates

Auditions: November 4th and 5th @ PCT Nye St Theatre on 1220 NW Nye. We are meeting at 6pm.
Performance Dates:
Thursday, December 5 to Sunday, December 8 & Thursday, December 12 to Sunday, December 15.

Rehearsal Calendar: (subject to change) Monday thru Thursday 6-8pm - we may shorten this