Christmas Carol auditions set at Theatre Albany
Auditions for adults are this weekend, teens and children on Oct. 17
From Staff Reports
ALBANY —Theatre Albany is conducting additional auditions for its holiday season production “A Christmas Carol,” set for mid-December.
Theatre Albany Director Mark Costello said the auditions will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday for adult men and women.
At 2 p.m. Oct. 17, auditions will be conducted for teenagers and children as young as 8 years old.
The auditions will be at the theater at 514 Pine Ave.
Costello said roles for adults include miser Ebenezer Scrooge; the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley; his long-suffering clerk Bob Cratchit and his wife; Scrooge’s former love Belle; the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future; Scrooge’s nephew Fred, and Scrooge’s former boss Fezziwig.
Younger roles include the young Scrooge; his sister, Fan, and the Cratchits’ children.
The production is scheduled for Dec. 11-13 and 17-20.
Interested persons need not prepare anything for the audition; it will consist of cold readings from the script. For further information, call the theatre at (229) 439-7193.
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