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Auditions!
Audition Announcement – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Announcing Auditions for
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Age is just a number! Come out and audition for this all adult cast of Best Christmas Pageant Ever, all roles available to anyone age 18+
Director: Rachael Parker
Please reach out to her with any questions at rachaelparker1224@gmail.com
Audition Dates:
- Sunday, October 8, 6:30-8:00 PM or 8:30-10:00 PM
- Monday, October 9, 6:30-8:00 PM or 8:30-10:00 PM
What to Bring:
- Auditions will be cold reads from the script, no need to prepare any material ahead of time.
- If you have a resume and headshot, bring a printed copy.
- Plan to tell us your conflicts now through Dec 10th
Rehearsal/Show Dates:
- Rehearsals will take place Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesdays
- Performances are Nov 30th, Dec 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10
Characters Breakdown:
“Adult” Roles
- GRACE BRADLEY (MOTHER) – A main role who takes over the annual Christmas pageant; mother to Beth and Charlie; wife to Bob.
- BOB BRADLEY (FATHER) – Husband to Grace and father to Beth and Charlie. A solid family man.
- MRS. ARMSTRONG – Managerial, in voice and manner; largish, bossy, impatient.
- MRS. SLOCUM – Pleasant, motherly woman
- MRS. CLARK – Pleasant, motherly woman
- MRS. CLAUSING – Pleasant, motherly woman
- MRS. McCARTHY – A younger, less imperious version of Mrs. Armstrong
- REVEREND HOPKINS – A nervous-about-most-everything pastor
- FIREFIGHTERS
“Child” Roles
- BETH BRADLEY – A lead role who the show’s narrator. Grace/Bob’s daughter.
- CHARLIE BRADLEY – Beth’s brother – the typical kid brother.
- THE HERDMANS — “the worst kids in the history of the world.”
- RALPH – The oldest Herdman; ragged, scroungy, slouching manner, touch of adolescent cool.
- IMOGENE – Loud, bossy, tough, crafty. The Herdman leader.
- LEROY – Tough, very sure of himself.
- CLAUDE – Tough, combative. A crime buddy to Ollie.
- OLLIE – Boy or girl. Always looking for trouble. Claude’s usual partner in crime.
- GLADYS – Small, wiry, feisty. Often funny; sometimes means it.
- ALICE WENDLEKEN – Prim, proper, pain in the neck
- MAXINE – Beth’s church Sunday school classmate.
- ELMER – The minister’s son; dislikes forced church activities; not fond of the Herdmans.
- HOBIE, DAVID, BEVERLY, JUANITA, DORIS – Other church kids who are involved in the pageant.
- ADDITIONAL ROLES – Angel Choir members & shepherds
All applicants are welcome. Springhouse Theatre is an equal-opportunity theatre, and consideration for casting will be given fairly and equitably, regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, religion, family status, or disability.
“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” is presented by arrangement with
Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
2022-2023 Season
2021-2022 Season
2019 - 2020 Season

2019 - 2020 Season
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- A Christmas Carol
- The Trouble With Love
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn



2018 - 2019 Season

2018 - 2019 Season
- Mary Poppins
- Sanders Family Christmas
- Over the River and Through the Woods
- The Curious Savage




2017 - 2018 Season

2017 - 2018 Season
- Beauty and the Beast
- Smoke on the Mountain
- Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
- Arsenic and Old Lace




2016 - 2017 Season

2016 - 2017 Season
- Oklahoma!
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Little Women
- A Murder is Announced




2015 - 2016 Season

2016 - 2017 Season
- Fiddler on the Roof
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Jane Austen's Emma
- Tom Sawyer





2014 – 2015 Season
- Singin' in the Rain
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Sabrina Fair
- The Giver
2013 – 2014 Season
- Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- Pride & Prejudice
- The Miracle Worker
2012 – 2013 Season
- Man of LaMancha
- The 39 Steps
- A Christmas Carol
- Last Train to Nibroc
- To Kill a Mockingbird
2011 – 2012 Season
- Annie
- The Boys Next Door
- A Christmas Carol
- Sense and Sensibility
- Leaving Iowa
2010 – 2011 Season
- The Sound of Music
- A Christmas Carol
- A Mid Summer Night's Dream
- Shadowlands
- Steel Magnolias
2009 – 2010 Season
- My Fair Lady
- It's a Wonderful Life: The Live Radio Play
- Father of the Bride
- Anne of Green Gables
- The Rainmaker
2008 – 2009 Season
- The Music Man
- It's a Wonderful Life: The Live Radio Play
- Pride and Prejudice
- Twelve Angry Men
- God's Favorite
2007 – 2008 Season
- Guys and Dolls
- Little Women
- Much Ado About Nothing
- The Mousetrap
- You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
2006 – 2007 Season
- Fiddler on the Roof
- A Christmas Carol
- Beauty and the Beast
- Wait Until Dark
- You Can't Take it With You
2005 – 2006 Season
- Man of LaMancha
- It's a Wonderful Life
- She Stoops to Conquer
- God's Man in Texas
- Tom Sawyer (Salt Shaker Production)
2004 – 2005 Season
- You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- The Crucible
- The Matchmaker
- Anne of Green Gables (Salt Shaker Production)
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