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LTC is holding auditions for THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER on Sept. 26 and 27 from 5-8:15pm.

Directed by Kate Edington
Produced by Amy Edington-King

Lebanon Theatre Company
10 S Mechanic St, Lebanon, OH 45036

To audition, you must sign up for an audition spot via SignUp Genius as well as bring a completed Audition Form. More information on the audition as well as a link to download a blank Audition Form, can be found at the SignUp Genius link.

Performances will be Dec. 6, 8 & 13-15.

In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids–probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on! This delightful comedy is adapted from the best-selling Young Adult book, and has become a holiday staple for groups across the United States! Features plenty of great roles for children and adults, a few favorite Christmas Carols, and a lot of laughs!

Roles​

• FATHER (Bob Bradley) – solid family man, 35-38 yrs old
• MOTHER (Grace Bradley) – trim, attractive, 35ish
• BETH BRADLEY – the narrator, strong voice and presence, 13-14 yrs old
• CHARLIE BRADLEY – traditional kid brother, 9-10 yrs old
• RALPH HERDMAN – ragged, scroungy, slouching manner, touch of adolescent cool, 12-13 yrs old
• IMOGENE HERDMAN – loud, bossy, crafty, 11-12 yrs old
• LEROY HERDMAN – tough, sure of himself, 10-11 yrs old
• CLAUDE/CLAUDIA HERDMAN – tough, combative, 9-10 yrs old
• OLLIE HERDMAN – looking for trouble, Claude’s usual partner in crime, 8-9 yrs old
• GLADYS HERDMAN – small, wiry, fiesty, 8-9 yrs old
• ALICE WENDLEKEN – prim, proper, pain in the neck, 12-14 yrs old
• MRS. ARMSTRONG – largish woman, managerial in voice and manner, 50+
• MRS. SLOCUM – pleasant, motherly woman, 35-60 yrs old
• MRS. CLARK – 35-60 yrs old
• MRS. CLAUSING – 35-60 yrs old
• MRS. MCCARTHY – a younger, less imperious version of Mrs. Armstrong, middle 40s
• MAXINE – 12-13 yrs old
• ELMER HOPKINS – 12-13 yrs old
• HOBIE – 9-10 yrs old
• DAVID – 8-9 yrs old
• BEVERLY – 8-9 yrs old
• FIREMAN – 25-30 yrs old
• FIREMAN – 25-30 yrs old
• SHIRLEY – 9-12 yrs old
• JUANITA – 9-12 yrs old
• DORIS – 9-12 yrs old
• REVEREND HOPKINS – 35-60 yrs old

THE 39 STEPS
Producers – Kate Edington & Kevin Stout
Director – Paula Whitaker

Auditions will be cold readings from the script; sides will be provided at auditions.

Auditions will be held at 10 S. Mechanic St., Lebanon, OH.Sun.
July 14, 2pm & Mon. July 15, 7pm

Rehearsals will begin Monday, August 1. Typical rehearsals are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings.

Synopsis
​Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have the intriguing, thrilling, riotous and unmissable comedy. The show hurtles a notorious fugitive and a spellbound blonde from a London music hall north by northwest to Scotland’s most remote highlands. Will they save Britain from a den of devious spies? This is a fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily entertaining adventure.

Roles
One actor plays the hero, Richard Hannay, one actress plays the three women with whom he has romantic entanglements, and two other actors, identified only as Clown 1 and Clown 2, play every other character in the show: heroes, villains, men, women and even the occasional inanimate object.

This requires true skill, facility with multiple dialects (and genders), lightning fast quick-changes, and, occasionally, the ability to play multiple characters at the same time or within the same scene.

• RICHARD HANNAY……….male, age late 30’s to early 40’s.
• ANABELLA SCHMIDT / PAMELA / MARGARET……….female; age 25-35; German, Scottish, and English dialects.
• CLOWN ONE……….any adult age range; Standard/RP English, North of England, Scottish, and German dialects.
• CLOWN TWO​……….any adult age range; Standard/RP English, North of England, Scottish, and German dialects.