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Dickens Christmas Fair 2007 October Missive #1 - Book Character Auditions
(sent October 5th, 2007)

Here's the list of roles available for auditions next week as well as a reminder about the particulars. Have a great weekend!

Cat

Book Character Auditions - Thursday October 11th
Book character auditions will be held on October 11th starting at 7:00PM at a private home in San Francisco, you will be given the address when you sign up for a time for your auditions. The location is easily accessible by public transportation and there are no pets for those of you with allergies. No smoking, please.

The character parts listed below are open as of now, if you played one of them last year and would like to do so again, please contact your director.

If you would like to audition for one of these roles, please email Robert Young at robert@redbarnproductions.org with the following information:

1. Your full name, email address and phone number
2. The character(s) you would like to audition for. (Please prepare a bit of the dialogue for that character - see web resources above - and be prepared to improvise as that character.)
3. Your first, second and third choice of audition time on October 11th. The auditions will be scheduled at 15 minute intervals, please be patient as we sometimes get a bit behind when auditioning promising actors.
4. Optional: A brief note of any experience you would like us to know about. We will have applications and accept resumes (not required) at the auditions.


Book Character Roles Available
Please see http://www.fidnet.com/%7Edap1955/dickens/characters.html for more information on individual characters.


Christmas Carol
(directed by Anastasia Elizondo)
Ghost of Christmas Present
Ghost of Jacob Marley
Bob Cratchit
Belinda Cratchit
Martha Cratchit
Peter Cratchit
Turkey boy
Very Young Scrooge
Very Young Fan Scrooge
Ignorance (boy with Ghost of Christmas Present)                                                     
Want ((girl with Ghost of Christmas Present)
Joe - a fence
Mrs. Dilber -Laundress
Charwoman
Businessmen  
Solicitor  


Oliver Twist
(directed by Gwen Warfield)
Mr. Brownlow - We are looking for a gentleman, preferably older, to play Oliver's kindly savior.  Brownlow has one semi-scripted scene, and does most of his scenes in the afternoon.  Potential to share the roll depending on scheduling.
Dodger - We are looking for our young anti-hero!  Dodger can be played by someone older but that person needs a baby face.  It is an intensive, and time intensive role full of improv and audience interaction.
Oliver Twist! - We are looking for a full or part time Oliver Twist this year.  The show adds up to a long day, so a young gent ready for the vigors (as well as a few spells of waiting ) is important.


The Other Books Audition Wishlist
(directed by Therese Porter and Rydel Downward)
There are no small roles in Dickens, and every one of these roles  is tried and true to offer all the scenery one can chew plus enormous opportunities for audience and participant interaction.

Nicholas Nickleby
Smike - Nicholas' loyal yet physically debilitated sidekick in his adventures.
Charles Cheeryble - Force of nature and formidable philanthropist.
Edwin (Ned) Cheeryble - The same (his twin).
Frank Cheeryble - Incredibly high spirited and well-meaning nephew (Kate Nickelby's love interest). 
Henry Wittiterly - Sensitive and upright spouse of Mrs. W.
Mrs. Julia Wittiterly - Painfully aesthetic and sensitive spouse of Mr. W. - very conscious of her ornamental place in society.
Alphonse (Bill) - their sullen page
Tim Linkinwater - Cheeryble Brothers longtime clerk, a lion albeit no longer young.
Mr. Scaley - Repo man.
Mr. Tix - Repo man
 
David Copperfield
David Copperfield - the quintessential Dickens male ingenue: earnest, ambitious, and idealistic
Wilkins Micawber - Impecunious larger-than-life mentor of David.
Uriah Heep - unctuous, ambitious clerk to Mr Wickfield and David's nemesis
Dan Peggotty - Pegooty gruff, large-herted, salt o' the earth brother (and man o' the sea)
Li'l Emily - Beautiful young woman doomed to a life of sin by her ambition.
Rosa Dartle - Mysterious and dark young woman of society.
 
Great Expectations
Mr. Wemmick - Eccentric lawyer, Pip's friend and advisor.
Joe Gargery - Kindly, self-effacing blacksmith and father figure to Pip in his childhood
Abel Magwich - Ex-felon. Pip's secret benefactor.
Molly - The extremely reserved, mysterious and slightly unnerving servant to Mr. Jaggers (she has a secret!)
 
Our Mutual Friend
Nicodemas "Noddy" Boffin - The "golden dustman," jolly working class gentleman made rich by a stroke of good fortune.
Henrieta Boffin - Cheery, kindly helpmeet to Mr Boffin
Rogue Riderhood - "Colourful dockside character," and scoundrel of the first water.
John Rokesmith - A mysterious youth, Boffin's secretary, who is actually John Harmon, "our mutual friend" who has faked his own death.
Mr. Venus - An eccentric articulator of bones. 
Mr. Veneering - Society gentleman. New money putting on airs. 
Mrs. Veneering - Society Lady. New money putting on airs.
"Fascination" Flegby - A deceptively mild-mannered young man about town, associate of the Lammles. 
 
Little Dorritt
Amy "Little" Dorrit - Young, serious woman - the "industrious little fairy" around whom the story turns
Arthur Clennam - Long-suffering, poetically morose gentleman (early middle age - Mrs. Finching's former fiance). 
Daniel Doyce - Indefatigable inventor and entrepreneur, the "Spirit of the Age" made manifest
Pancks - Man of business to a benign tyrant, a snorting tugboat of a man.
 
Martin Chuzzlewitt (only casting English, NOT American)
Mr. Pecksniff - An ambitious upper middle-class gentleman with a strong hypocritical streak (among his other carefully covered-up vices). 
Mercy "Merry" Pecksniff - The younger Miss Pecksniff, lively to the point of pertness, the "pretty one"
Charity "Cherry" Pecksniff -   The elder Miss Pecksniff, very proper on the surface, the "smart one"
Martin Chuzzlewit (the elder) - Rich and cantankerous old gentleman.
Mary -  The elder Mr. Chuzzlewitt's companion and nurse, poor but proud, restrained and  sensible
Martin Chuzzlewit (the younger) -  A vain, strong-willed, egotistical and ambitious young man, the elder Martin's contentious nephew
Tom Pinch - Martin's preternaturally cheery and optimistic (to the point of delusion!) friend, and dogsbody to the Pecksniffs 
Montague Teague (Tig Montague) - Boisterously flamboyant con man.
Chevvy Slime - Oily, ne'er-do-well distant relation of the Chuzzlewitt clan
Mrs. Todger - Very proper, very nervous, very Dickensian landlady.
Young Bailey - The Todgers' bootblack a clever, witty, jocular boy, wise beyond his years.
 
Note: If you have played a specific role with us in the past and see it on this"Wish List", it means that you have either not let us know you were still with us, or that you indicated that you might not be able to work this faire, or at some point indicated that you were considering relinquishing the role. Feel free to contact Therese and Rydell if you have questions or concerns.

Everyone else, see if there's anything that looks promising and come audition!


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