Directed by D. Scott Glasser and Steven Krambeck

Actor allowance for A Very Special Holiday Special is $400.

 

Synopsis: Christmas and Hanukkah meet each other and laugh in this lively entertainment.

Audition sides will be provided. Please bring a current picture of yourself along with an updated resume.  We are looking for a cast of 6 actors; we encourage performers of all races and ethnicities, gender identities, abilities and ages to audition.​

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For questions, please contact director D. Scott Glasser at dscottglasser@gmail.com

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For a copy of the script:                                                                   For copies of the audition sides:

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Character Breakdown

A Very Special Hanukkah Special

• Actress 1 (Kim) – sense of humor, realist

• Actress 2 (The Boy) – street kid, on the run Caroler

• Actress 3 (Judy Maccabee) – tough, bossy Caroler

• Actor 1 (Narrator) – enthusiastic storyteller, grounded, know-it-all Caroler

• Actor 2 (Murray) – idealistic, mad as hell, wants to make everything the way it is supposed to be until he finds out it is not supposed to be, a mensch

• Actor 3 (Max) – mature, over worked, on edge

Oh, Tannenbaum

• Christmas Tree – self involved, upper class, fabulous, been around, rootless

• Liebowitz – Nice guy, surprised by life

Birthday Boy

• Judith – concerned, controlling

• Delilah – naïve, tries to be nice, often surprised and shocked

• Mary – filled with life, strong, a survivor

 

A Requiem for Shermy

• Shermy – A complainer, actively depressed

• Violet – A positive view of all in spite of it all

• Actor 3 – British, lots of energy and enthusiasm

• Actor 4 – British, lots of energy and enthusiasm

 

Last Minute Shoppers

• Actor 1 (Gaspar) – A Magi. Practical and a bit grumpy

• Actor 2 (Balthasar) – A Magi. Positive and optimistic

• Actor 3 (Melchior) – A Magi. Procrastinating and indecisive

• Actor 4 (Noelle) – Employee. Trying to help

Oy Vey Maria

• Actor 1 (Mary) Exasperated new mother

• Actor 2 (Ann) Mary’s very Yiddish mother

• Actor 3 (Joseph, Joachim) The proud fathers

• Actor 4 (King 1) Sheepish and awkward; Jewish Mother – full of love and advice

• Actor 5 (King 2) Sheepish and awkward; Jewish Mother – full of love and advice

• Actor 6 (King 3) Sheepish and awkward; Little Drummer Boy; Jewish Mother – full of love and advice

Best Present Ever

• Actor 1 (Linda) Lonely and sad

• Actor 2 (Cal) Linda’s cool and smooth cat, loves Linda

• Actor 3 (Don) Linda’s excitable dog, loves everything

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Les Miserabelves

• Actor 1 – Burl Ives/Narrator

• Actor 2 – Rudolph (the Hero and a nitwit)

• Actor 3 – Prancer (strict and set in their ways); Cornelius (Loud and Boisterous)

• Actor 4 – Clarice (young and innocent); Elf (Stressed and overworked to the point of breaking); Doll (very matter of fact)

• Actor 5 – Reindeer (Resigned and depressed); Hermey (a dreamer and a nitwit); Santa (Jolly, but maybe not so open to new ideas)

• Actor 6 – Reindeer (resigned and despairing); Foreman (tough and no nonsense); Abominable Snowman (brash and crude); Marked Down Toy (needy)