All performances, auditions, and rehearsals take place at
The Theater at Drew United Methodist Church 28 Gleneida Ave., Carmel, NY 10512
unless otherwise noted.
Auditions will also be held on October 15 for:
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Directed by Stacy Dumont
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)
Performance dates
Friday, December 9th at 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 10th at 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 11th at 2:00 PM
It's a Wonderful Life is based on the story The Greatest Gift
by Philip Van Doren Stern, adapted by Joe Landry
Auditioners will be provided a reading from the play. There are several singing roles in the show. To audition for a singing role, prepare 32 bars of a holiday song in acapella.
The setting of this live radio play is the stage and auditorium of
Studio A at WBFR in Manhattan, New York City on Christmas Eve of 1946
Cast of Characters: (radio actors can play multiple roles)
STAGE MANAGER
FREDDIE FILMORE (also called ANNOUNCER), the actor playing Joseph and others
JAKE LAURENTS, the actor playing George
SALLY APPLEWHITE, the actress playing Mary
LANA SHERWOOD, the actress playing Violet and others
HARRY “JAZZBO” HEYWOOD, the actor playing Clarence and others
MARY HATCH, George’s girl
ROSE BAILEY, George’s mother
HARRY BAILEY, George’s kid brother
OLD MAN GOWER, a druggist
BERT, a town cop
VIOLET BICK, a small-town siren
HENRY F. POTTER, the richest and meanest man in all the county
BILLY BAILEY, George’s uncle
PETE, George’s son
ZUZU, George’s daughter
CLARENCE, George’s guardian angel
JOSEPH, the superintendent of angels
YOUNG GEORGE, George as a child
YOUNG HARRY, Harry as a child
BOYS
YOUNG VIOLET, Violet as a child
YOUNG MARY, Mary as a child
GEORGE BAILEY, a typical American dreamer
PETER BAILEY, George’s father
ERNIE, a cab driver
SAM WAINWRIGHT, an entrepreneur
OLD MAN COLLINS, an eavesdropper
BOARD MEMBERS
DR. CAMPBELL, on the board of the Bailey Bros. Building & Loan
MATILDA, secretary at Bailey Bros. Building & Loan
RUTH DAKIN BAILEY, Harry’s wife
MRS. HATCH, Mary’s mother
ED, at the run on the bank
CHARLIE, at the run on the bank
MAN (at run on bank)
MRS. THOMPSON, at the run on the bank
SCHULTZ, a German at the Martini house dedication
MARTINI, an Italian bar/restaurant owner
HORACE THE TELLER, at the bank
SADIE VANCE, the state bank examiner
JANIE, George’s daughter
TOMMY, George’s son
MR. WELCH, a schoolteacher’s husband with a temper
RESTAURANT PATRONS
MAN (at Martini’s)
NICK, a bartender
BRIDGE KEEPER
BINKY, a bouncer
COP
SHERIFF
Tell Us Your Holiday Story!
October 15th - 1PM to 4PM
Show Date: Giving Tuesday, November 29th at 7PM
Keeping the spirit all year long.
Audition with your personal story about how you kept the holidays with you all year long. It could be a lost relative who twinkles at you in the summer, a gift
that never stops giving or any holiday event that reappears throughout the year.
Make us laugh, cry and everything in between!
Your audition will be up to 5 minutes and
your total story must be 12 minutes or less.
All auditions are at Drew Methodist Church, 28 Gleneida Avenue, Carmel, NY 10512
To audition for any show, please send an email to BrewsterTheaterInfo@gmail.com with the name of the show in the subject. Include your full contact information.